Sacred 2 ... or how to waste $100

[Pure Mongrel]

The guys at JB HIFI obviously know what buttons to press when it comes to parting me with my cash.

/press - "Look dude, the collectors edition for less than the standard edition!"

Sacred 2 was not on my list of games to buy, in fact it was not even on my radar in any capacity, but I hear those magic words and next thing I know I am walking out of the shop with a game I never really wanted.

So anyway, I put it in my XBOX and played it for a couple of hours ... I will never get those hours back

To go through all that is wrong with this game would take way to long to type.

Instead I will leave you with a brief description as a warning.

Sacred 2 is like Diablo (kind of) without any of the substance, storyline or depth. You run around a vast map smacking thing, looting them ... rinse repeat. The quests involve ... running around smacking things and looting them ... rinse repeat.

One quest was a bit of a change ... an escort quest where I had to protect a women while she made her way to her husband. I understand why this women was where I found her, she was so dumb her husband was trying to get rid of her. As I tried to take her home (no shade of a lie) this women ran off the path at every point she could towards danger. Than, once finding the danger, ran off screaming from the monster / bandit only to barrel headlong into another monster ... rinse repeat.

Now this would not be so bad if she would stop long enough for me to hit her attackers. Did she? ... no. By the time I gave up on her (again no shade of a lie) there were in excess of 30 mobs after her. She would not die, the monster had no interest in me at all and the horde just got bigger and bigger. It was funny at first, then tedious, then stupid ... then the XBOX went off.

The controls are crap. To slow to respond to your commands so you find yourself pressing more buttons. Unfortunately it remembers each button press so you are left waiting for your character to stop flailing around like an idot before you can do the action you really want to do at that moment.

Even the start of the game sux. You are told to make a character choice before you even know why you are picking a character. It is only after you have made your toon that it shows you an intro about the base outline of the story (at least i think thats what it was, I can't remember it it was that bad ).

To make matters worse, the collectors edition of the game comes with a figurine (that on the pictures looks bigger than the game cover) that is is very small, a folded piece of paper that is a poor excuse for a map and a CD of the games music.

If I had spent the $99.95 on tooth picks and jammed them into my eyes, I would have had far more fun for the money.

You have been warned, purchase (or even rent) at your peril!

[Bawheidbob]

Doh, not good

[Chief]

lol, I could have told you that. The first game was terrible, played the sequel at a friend's place on PC and it was no better. Take away the nice simple point & click control of a mouse and it must be absolutely unbearable!

Put it on ebay ASAP

[Ancient_One]

stop it stop it..........I can't laugh any more my sides are hurting.

You sure as hell know how to make my day mate.

Sorry for your loss though.............dollars that is.

Take it back and complain for a refund or throw it on ebay for a quick sale to end your pain.

[Pure Mongrel]

I am going to take a photo of the game and put it in my wallet. That way before I pay for a game that was not on my "list" I will think twice.

Maybe I should put a toothpick in there too ... just in case

[Chief]

You should just take it back, make a huge fuss about how the sales person lied to you, saying it was a great game and whatnot. If you start yelling it makes them look bad, and they'll give you a refund just to shut you up as they don't want to look bad in front of the other customers.

I know from experience, it works

I used to work at JB, they don't just employ general retail staff, they employ based on each section, so to get a job selling games there you have to know a fair bit about games. So, the sales person either isn't qualified for the position, or knew the game was crap and wants to get rid of as many units as possible. Good fuel for a refund argument

[George]

There is a TOG review here for the PC version. Might be worth commenting on.

Edit: They gave it 4.5 out of 5

[jatcave]

If you're ever in doubt about a game, EB is the place to go. You have 7 days to return the game, no questions asked. Simply tell them "It was crap!". Even if you go hard and finish it within 7 days, you get the full amount back. When I say back, you can swap for another one, or get a store credit. Dick Smith do 14 days on stuff, just not sure about game returns.

[Pure Mongrel]

Originally Posted by George

There is a TOG review here for the PC version. Might be worth commenting on.

Edit: They gave it 4.5 out of 5

Oh Dear God! 4.5? I can not overstate enough how much I want to protect people from this game.

This game is like masterbating with a cheese grater! Mildly amusing but mostly very, very, very painful! (This comment is rough I agree, but that's how damn bad this game is!)

I have now put a response, but they need to look at the setup of user reviews. There is no option to put in links and after I submitted it all the paragraph spacing was removed. Plus there is no way to go back and edit

I won't take this game back. I am either going to give it to some one I really really hate ... nah I can't back that up. I would never be that cruel no matter what crime was committed.

I think I will just mount it to my front fence to keep away, hawkers, sales people and any upcoming attacks by the undead! (That's how repulsive I feel this game is! )

[Ancient_One]

So Pure Mongrel lay on this couch and tell me your problems........so you feel very strongly about this game........when did you start feeling this way.......do you think you might be over reacting and the game is actually very very good........repeat after me......."I love this game, the game loves me."

Is it working.?