Author Topic: Sacred 2 Consolez Edition (Read 7073 times)

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #60 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:01:36 PM »

soooooooo what's the current optimal model of 360

demi · « **Reply #61 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:04:05 PM »

Jasper- buy an Arcade

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #62 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:05:04 PM »

can i just put my old hd on it? any hoops i hafta jump through?

demi · « **Reply #63 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:05:32 PM »

yes just plop your HD on and you are set. you will have to do the license dealie if you want to play XBLA offline and crap though

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #64 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:05:57 PM »

well, that's not so bad. can i use my installed games, as well?

OR WILL SACRED 2 MURDER MY NEW 360 AS WELL

demi · « **Reply #65 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:06:35 PM »

yes installed games arent subject to the license hoops, they should be fine. send me your sacred 2

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #66 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:07:57 PM »

Sorry to hear that, Prole.

Get a Jasper!

http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/12/12/how-to-find-a-jasper-xbox-360.aspx

http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/1684.html

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #67 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:25:06 PM »

Why does that photo have Airborne and Vicks product placement? Is your X360 sick?

demi · « **Reply #68 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:25:50 PM »

looks like a bottle of febreze too.

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #69 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:46:09 PM »

pretty much the game of the gen

pilonv1 · « **Reply #70 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:49:17 PM »

prole has the same awesome tv as me

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #71 on:** May 17, 2009, 09:30:15 PM »

wow, the pc version is LIGHT YEARS better and it's a 6/10 game at best

what ARE all you filthy console poors smoking, this interface makes dark spire look downright accomplished

20-30 fps, no vsync, shit textures

console poors are degraded

ah well, at least i got a jasper out of it

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #72 on:** May 17, 2009, 09:31:23 PM »

that's the upstairs setup, i just got back from a busines trip and put everything from my toiletries bag on the tv cabinet

spoiler (click to show/hide)

i left the anal lube from my patel visit out of the shot

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BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #73 on:** May 17, 2009, 10:11:11 PM »

Runs better than it would on my PC :'(

MoxManiac · « **Reply #74 on:** May 17, 2009, 11:45:25 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on May 17, 2009, 09:30:15 PM

wow, the pc version is LIGHT YEARS better and it's a 6/10 game at best

what ARE all you filthy console poors smoking, this interface makes dark spire look downright accomplished

20-30 fps, no vsync, shit textures

console poors are degraded

ah well, at least i got a jasper out of it

Nooooo I wanted this to be good

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #75 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:12:09 AM »

buy a pc

join the REPUBLIC OF GAMERS

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #76 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:12:33 AM »

my LAPTOP runs this game better than the 360/ps3

demi · « **Reply #77 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:15:08 AM »

so does this mean i can have your copy

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #78 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:20:04 AM »

possibly, i will give it some more time

i do kinda like the behind the back camera despite the draw-in

demi · « **Reply #79 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:20:47 AM »

i beat two worlds twice. i have better street cred. i will give the definitive review of sacred 2.

bork · « **Reply #80 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:26:46 AM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on May 17, 2009, 09:30:15 PM

wow, the pc version is LIGHT YEARS better and it's a 6/10 game at best

what ARE all you filthy console poors smoking, this interface makes dark spire look downright accomplished

20-30 fps, no vsync, shit textures

console poors are degraded

I can't say I have a problem with the interface; it's really easy to navigate, but then I never played it on PC. Yeah, the visuals...

Unless I'm going crazy, the game did seem to run smoother at 720p versus 1080p though.

Quote from: MoxManiac on May 17, 2009, 11:45:25 PM

Nooooo I wanted this to be good

Remember, Prole's coming off the PC version of this game. It probably won't bother you as much. I posted how ugly the game is and how janky the frame rate is on day one, and on places like GAF, I had people disagreeing and saying it looked "absolutely gorgeous." This is LOL-worthy. If you don't mind the frame rate, I say give it a try, Mox. It's a decent game for what it is, and the world is HUGE.

I wish Snowblind would make a Champions game on PS3. :'(

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #81 on:** May 18, 2009, 05:33:37 AM »

Wow. Griffinborough is pretty awful. I have the game installed and the game still locks the camera and does the loading thing every few feet. This is the only spot in the game where I've been overly annoyed.

GilloD · « **Reply #82 on:** May 18, 2009, 09:13:12 AM »

This a bad B-movie of a game. It's like, "Oh hey welcome to sacred 2 heres a sword you don't like it okay here's a cape and a sword thats on fire are you bored? sorry heres a cave with a flaming green axe okay hey did you know you can bring people back from the dead you can oh guess what you can summon undead spectres to fight for you have you seen the skill tree? want a tiger to ride? we can get you a tiger hey look pirates kill the pirates fuck yeeeeeaahh"

The N64 graphics and janky 2fps are part of the charm. It reminds me of that 3D Gauntlet game, just free-roam and with an obscene skill tree to hang yourself on on. It RULES.

GilloD · « **Reply #83 on:** May 18, 2009, 10:35:21 AM »

Also, I am hoping the obscenely low difficulty is onyl because I'm still in the "first" little area. Although, it is amusing to leap into a group of brigands and start stacking corpses. I'd just like to have to use a little more strategy.

MoxManiac · « **Reply #84 on:** May 18, 2009, 10:52:54 AM »

Quote

Remember, Prole's coming off the PC version of this game. It probably won't bother you as much. I posted how ugly the game is and how janky the frame rate is on day one, and on places like GAF, I had people disagreeing and saying it looked "absolutely gorgeous." This is LOL-worthy. If you don't mind the frame rate, I say give it a try, Mox. It's a decent game for what it is, and the world is HUGE.

I wish Snowblind would make a Champions game on PS3. :'(

Well i'd hate to "settle" for the ps3 version when I can wait until I get a new PC down the road...sigh maybe i'll just go back to Titan Quest.

I'm really attracted to the open world go anywhere thing of this game, though.

GilloD · « **Reply #85 on:** May 18, 2009, 11:06:32 AM »

[youtube=560,345]5fakNlghOJY[/youtube]

Haha. Try and tell me this is not the best fucking game EVER.

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #86 on:** May 18, 2009, 11:50:36 AM »

Prole: Should I buy this or give Ambition of Illuminus a shot? I am itching for multiplayer loot game.

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #87 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:19:09 PM »

The console controls are confirmed superior to the PC controls. Having 12 face buttons mappable allowing instant one-button CA casting destroys the PC version with the keyboard + mouse click CA controls. That one improvement alone makes the console version superior because you use the CA literally all the time.

This isn't a theory or my "opinion", it's a fact. I've read about it on the official Sacred 2 forums and GAF thread as well, and they all pretty much agree.

Anyway, my only legitimate complaint about this game is the difficulty level. As someone said earlier, it's just too easy, even on Silver. Bronze must feel like you're playing a game on the Wii because I'm cutting through all the enemies on Silver with great ease.

I wish Gold difficulty was unlocked right off the bat but you have to finish the Silver main quests before unlocking it. And then there's Platinum where you have to complete Gold before unlocking and then finally Nobium...same thing.

With that said, this game is all about the loot and exploring the massive world. One thing I'm surprised about is that I haven't got bored of doing these completely inane quests...I figured I'd get bored with them being meaningless side quests but I just keep doing them like a machine. I find them addictive with the rewards you get and stuff... they're also fairly quick to travel to. It's not like in Far Cry 2 where you gotta trek for miles to get to the next side quest... it only takes a minute thanks to the portals, boats, etc.

So yeah, if not for the difficulty, this would be a 10/10. As it is, I give it a 9/10. The thing is, I'm not sure how I feel about having to complete Silver to unlock Gold because it kinda makes me want to just rush through the main quests and unlock Gold then Platinum then Niobium, but I was hoping for an epic first-time play-through instead of rushing through it like that.

There's also level requirements for the difficulties which I'm a bit confused about. 60 to unlock Gold, 100 to unlock Platinum, 140 to unlock Niobium.

GilloD · « **Reply #88 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:23:11 PM »

Yeah, the difficulty thing is a downer. In Diablo it was acceptable because you had a MOB of dudes. So far my biggest Sacred 2 mob has been like 5 dudes. And yeah, it's amusing to cut down 2, raise them from the dead and watch them chow on their former companions, but I just wish it mattered more. Especially with the byzantine and entirely unexplained combat/skill trees. It would be super easy to fuck yourself without meaning to. I wish the tutorials were a little more sensible- The Blacksmithing tutorial is like. Some guy loses some shit, so you go get it back and then he goes, "Okay, go see the Blacksmith". What the fuck? That's not a tutorial.

But on the whole it's 100% fun. It's all about action and cool shit and I can forgive the small stuff.

If anyone wants to play tonight, I'll be around btw 6a nd 8ish

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #89 on:** May 18, 2009, 01:54:23 PM »

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on May 18, 2009, 12:19:09 PM

The console controls are confirmed superior to the PC controls. Having 12 face buttons mappable allowing instant one-button CA casting destroys the PC version with the keyboard + mouse click CA controls. That one improvement alone makes the console version superior because you use the CA literally all the time.

This isn't a theory or my "opinion", it's a fact. I've read about it on the official Sacred 2 forums and GAF thread as well, and they all pretty much agree.

Anyway, my only legitimate complaint about this game is the difficulty level. As someone said earlier, it's just too easy, even on Silver. Bronze must feel like you're playing a game on the Wii because I'm cutting through all the enemies on Silver with great ease.

I wish Gold difficulty was unlocked right off the bat but you have to finish the Silver main quests before unlocking it. And then there's Platinum where you have to complete Gold before unlocking and then finally Nobium...same thing.

With that said, this game is all about the loot and exploring the massive world. One thing I'm surprised about is that I haven't got bored of doing these completely inane quests...I figured I'd get bored with them being meaningless side quests but I just keep doing them like a machine. I find them addictive with the rewards you get and stuff... they're also fairly quick to travel to. It's not like in Far Cry 2 where you gotta trek for miles to get to the next side quest... it only takes a minute thanks to the portals, boats, etc.

So yeah, if not for the difficulty, this would be a 10/10. As it is, I give it a 9/10. The thing is, I'm not sure how I feel about having to complete Silver to unlock Gold because it kinda makes me want to just rush through the main quests and unlock Gold then Platinum then Niobium, but I was hoping for an epic first-time play-through instead of rushing through it like that.

There's also level requirements for the difficulties which I'm a bit confused about. 60 to unlock Gold, 100 to unlock Platinum, 140 to unlock Niobium.

you don't need more than one ca -- the game isn't hard enough to make it a necessity. high elf + glacial thorns. game over.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #90 on:** May 18, 2009, 11:52:02 PM »

Got a giant lizard mount.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #91 on:** May 19, 2009, 12:13:15 AM »

setting it on silver + over-the-shoulder is actually kinda fun, although the game still feels janky-plus next to the pc version. seraphim is an awful class, so i switched back to inquisitor.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #92 on:** May 19, 2009, 01:54:07 AM »

You can set the camera to over the shoulder? I didn't know that.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #93 on:** May 19, 2009, 02:49:23 AM »

well, the follow cam. that didn't work so well with m/k on the pc version, but is pretty playable with a controller.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #94 on:** May 19, 2009, 05:27:47 AM »

Oh I see what you mean.

demi · « **Reply #95 on:** May 19, 2009, 05:39:20 PM »

i bought it today. cyoote carrier imp will be mine.

too busy playing RE5 Versus though. stupid dlc.

Jansen · « **Reply #96 on:** May 20, 2009, 12:40:55 AM »

bought it

will have to wait until the weekend so i can use someone elses 360 since mine is being shipped off to texas tomorrow

GilloD · « **Reply #97 on:** May 20, 2009, 12:48:03 AM »

Ove rthe shoulder, you say? The world feels weirdly "small" from a top-down.

muckhole · « **Reply #98 on:** May 20, 2009, 11:04:37 AM »

After firing up the game last night, I personally found the over the shoulder camera a bit too limited in view for my tastes. I prefer the top down view so I can make better use of my bow.

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #99 on:** May 20, 2009, 11:11:28 AM »

Do you like the game, muckhole?

GilloD · « **Reply #100 on:** May 20, 2009, 11:12:47 AM »

Quote from: CurseoftheGods on May 20, 2009, 11:11:28 AM

Do you like the game, muckhole?

Not liking this game is on the same par as not liking ice cream or donuts. Fats and sugars are delicious. Likewise, lootwh0re lootfests with flaming weapons and tigers and hellhounds and METAL BANDS who give you GUITAR WEAPONS are delicious.

muckhole · « **Reply #101 on:** May 20, 2009, 11:20:23 AM »

Quote from: GilloD on May 20, 2009, 11:12:47 AM

Quote from: CurseoftheGods on May 20, 2009, 11:11:28 AM
Do you like the game, muckhole?

Not liking this game is on the same par as not liking ice cream or donuts. Fats and sugars are delicious. Likewise, lootwh0re lootfests with flaming weapons and tigers and hellhounds and METAL BANDS who give you GUITAR WEAPONS are delicious.

Pretty much. It's a bit of a mess from what I've seen so far, but yeah, it tickles the lootwhore nerves in all the right ways.

One of those games where within the first five minutes of playing, you're thinking "Uh oh, what buggy mess have I bought in to," until you get outside and start dealing death. Then it's like slipping into a comfortable pair of assless chaps.

demi · « **Reply #102 on:** May 20, 2009, 11:27:15 AM »

Consoles saving yet another PC developer

muckhole · « **Reply #103 on:** May 21, 2009, 10:46:54 AM »

So I got up to level 9 last night, and I'm starting to see some better drops. I'm getting to the point where I don't have to constantly monitor my health when I'm fighting more than one enemy at a time, which is nice.

Also, last night I actually looked at the overworld map. Much larger than I expected. Very cool.

Finally, after doing a bit of searching, it seems that a patch is in the works, though I don't know if it will fix any of the screen tearing, draw-in or performance issues. Apparently some folks have just flat-out lost their saves, so it may be to address this. Fingers crossed.

GilloD · « **Reply #104 on:** May 21, 2009, 11:58:22 AM »

Carrier Imp still isn't fixed. Whhaat the fuuuu

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #105 on:** May 21, 2009, 11:59:53 AM »

Quote from: GilloD on May 18, 2009, 09:13:12 AM

This a bad B-movie of a game. It's like, "Oh hey welcome to sacred 2 heres a sword you don't like it okay here's a cape and a sword thats on fire are you bored? sorry heres a cave with a flaming green axe okay hey did you know you can bring people back from the dead you can oh guess what you can summon undead spectres to fight for you have you seen the skill tree? want a tiger to ride? we can get you a tiger hey look pirates kill the pirates fuck yeeeeeaahh"

The N64 graphics and janky 2fps are part of the charm. It reminds me of that 3D Gauntlet game, just free-roam and with an obscene skill tree to hang yourself on on. It RULES.

omg, that should be a blurb on the box. well, i'm sold. i guess i'm gonna pick this up sometime in the next week or so.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #106 on:** May 21, 2009, 12:06:32 PM »

better be a patch, the undead legion quest is bugged to hell and back. if you enter the cave in the old naval harbor near thylyklysyslstsyssium with the quest flagged, OMG FALL DOWN INTO BLACK ABYSS

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #107 on:** May 21, 2009, 12:07:22 PM »

Quote from: muckhole on May 21, 2009, 10:46:54 AM

So I got up to level 9 last night, and I'm starting to see some better drops. I'm getting to the point where I don't have to constantly monitor my health when I'm fighting more than one enemy at a time, which is nice.

Also, last night I actually looked at the overworld map. Much larger than I expected. Very cool.

Finally, after doing a bit of searching, it seems that a patch is in the works, though I don't know if it will fix any of the screen tearing, draw-in or performance issues. Apparently some folks have just flat-out lost their saves, so it may be to address this. Fingers crossed.

put points into bargaining post-haste so the merchants carry 2 and 3 star items

GilloD · « **Reply #108 on:** May 21, 2009, 12:15:11 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on May 21, 2009, 12:06:32 PM

better be a patch, the undead legion quest is bugged to hell and back. if you enter the cave in the old naval harbor near thylyklysyslstsyssium with the quest flagged, OMG FALL DOWN INTO BLACK ABYSS

Haha. I entered a portal somewhere and it dropped me into a bottomless river, but then it let me fly up a mountain, so we good.

muckhole · « **Reply #109 on:** May 21, 2009, 12:18:19 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on May 21, 2009, 12:07:22 PM

put points into bargaining post-haste so the merchants carry 2 and 3 star items

Where do I do that? I have barely touched any of the sub-menus or shops, outside of equipping my character with gear. I suppose reading the manual couldn't hurt, either. On both occasions that I've played, I've just started up and gone exploring, with little thought of my spells/skill trees etc.

GilloD · « **Reply #110 on:** May 21, 2009, 12:35:13 PM »

Quote from: muckhole on May 21, 2009, 12:18:19 PM

Quote from: Professor Prole on May 21, 2009, 12:07:22 PM
put points into bargaining post-haste so the merchants carry 2 and 3 star items

Where do I do that? I have barely touched any of the sub-menus or shops, outside of equipping my character with gear. I suppose reading the manual couldn't hurt, either. On both occasions that I've played, I've just started up and gone exploring, with little thought of my spells/skill trees etc.

I have yet to buy anything from a merchant. I have like 300k gold, I bought a pretty horse.

Anyway, you can do it when you add those skill categories like "blach blah lore" and "blah blah focus"

GilloD · « **Reply #111 on:** May 21, 2009, 01:05:56 PM »

$40 bucks:

http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/164229

Do it. Join us.

MoxManiac · « **Reply #112 on:** May 21, 2009, 08:06:46 PM »

But the one gogamer is selling is the smelly yurop version :'(

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #113 on:** May 21, 2009, 09:16:48 PM »

I am up to level 51.

This game is too addictive.

Also, that mist boss fucking sucked. I couldn't target it and the frame rate slowed down to the single digits. It was hell.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #114 on:** May 21, 2009, 09:24:48 PM »

how is it sorting through drops? i just remember titan quest and it would be a nightmare trying to do that on consoles

demi · « **Reply #115 on:** May 21, 2009, 09:42:12 PM »

wow console gaming just wow

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #116 on:** May 21, 2009, 09:42:34 PM »

sorting through drops is pretty rough

if you have a decent pc, get that version

demi · « **Reply #117 on:** May 21, 2009, 09:44:23 PM »

nobody will actually do that though.

buy the console version, save an industry!

pilonv1 · « **Reply #118 on:** May 21, 2009, 09:47:17 PM »

i could get the pc one, but i have a desire to play a lootwhore game on my xbox though

demi · « **Reply #119 on:** May 21, 2009, 09:49:56 PM »

CONSOLE GAMES WOO

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Author Topic: Sacred 2 Consolez Edition (Read 7073 times)