Odd, I didn't see a topic on this, though I'm sure I remember discussing it - I've searched too!
Anyway, I got this on Saturday despite the bad reviews due to the sheer amount of people saying "all these bad reviews are bullshit!" hehe
http://www.2-worlds.com/
I'm so certain we had a discussion about this on here... anyway, I got it and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. It's been referenced as 'oblivion on steroids' which the single play is sort of, but the best way I can word it is this (taken from another dude on Xbox 360 forums)
"If oblivion is what got you in to RPG games, then this isn't for you, but if you are a genuine RPG fan give it a shot"
The biggest element for me is the multiplayer, which is available on both 360 and PC, though I was certain it was supposed to be cross-platform compatible. Turns out it's not (At least not right now).
You basically choose a large area of the map to play in, there is one easy map, two medium ones and about ten hard ones, where you and up to 8 mates on 360, or 16 on PC, go in and RPG it up some. However, the maps are pretty much just skirmish maps, there's no story at all. Quests are bog standard 'go here kill this' and 'go here find this bring it back'. But it's very satisfying to be playing together, trading magic cards/armour to boost your stats. I've gone pure willpower on my Char, which means that most creatures can kill me in a single hit, but I can whore me up a chaining spell (chains them to the spot) then a buff spell to increase the power of my next shot, then a lightning bolt and repeat! Fantastic because you can PVP!
You've got varying weapon masters of course, sword dancers (fast) warriors (duh) etc, and about 4 good magic courses and ofcourse necromancy.
You have:
Air Mage, Lightning and Buffs
Fire Mage, Fire and *shrugs*
Water Mage, Cold and Summons
Earth Mage, Hard to describe from memory, have spells like chain enemy to spot etc
And necromancy - raising the dead and poisons.
To level up your spells/weaps you have a few of options.
Increase associated Stat (willpower, strength, agility, vitality)
Raise the associated skills (like your experience in the Air magic circles)
Buffing: Find a 'gem' to boost it's stats permanently
Doubling up: Find a duplicate of the weapon and combine them together to level it up one, similar to the result of say "Sword of Fly Swatting +1", but it's becomes class 2, class 3 and so on.
Oh, and spells can be doubled up too.
There's alchemy too, which is self explanatory as far as RPG's go and of course mounts! Mounted combat is fun despite the terrible animation.
Xbox 360 versus PC
Xbox 360
Less glitches and bugs
No install
Fighting mechanics work very well with controller
PC
Much better graphics
Easier to use interface (though not hard on either)
More people in multiplayer
I've encountered a crash on my 360 one, but the complaints for the PC one are scary
.
It really fucks me off that the graphics are better on the PC, because the graphics in this are worse than oblivion in both versions, and the 360 runs oblivion just fine.
I haven't looked at the PC's graphical options in fairness, because one problem online is the fact that despite my previous comment, this game still is graphically intense which doesn't help with the lag factor - you don't want choppy frame rate when trying to eradicate lag.
In fact, the only time I've lagged was playing with a dude who had a 1mb connection, compared to my 16mb down and 1.24mb up. When I played with my friends who have 4meg connections (four of us) it was fine (I was host)
I definitely recommend this game.
A lot of people call it 'the poor mans oblivion' which is fair enough, but I think it's more like 'the better graphics mans morrowind without the same freedom' because of the unlimited buffs
There are even fairly easy to make potions which permanently increase your stats.
Hehe, awesome.
