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Altered Beast
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Two Worlds combines the dynamic combat system the meaning and freedom of exploration. The ultimate goal of the Two Worlds project is to deliver a superior Role Playing Game to the PC and Xbox 360 market where players have a real chance to shape the game world with their actions - to an extent that has yet to seen in other productions. This premise is supported with a strong, non-linear storyline and stunning combat sequences. The world comes to life as it immediately reacts to the player's actions and changes accordingly - offering new and exciting challenges. Players can shape their own story by choosing the path of conducting the main conflict and resolving meaningful side-quests. The combat system combines intuitive steering, tactical challenges and movie-like visual experiences. Players can experiment with different careers and even reverse their former choices with the help of "career changers". Players can travel and fight on various animals from horses to tamed lizards and beasts. Randomly generated pieces of equipment, thematic sets and combined items offer the space to experiment and satisfy the need to collect. [SouthPeak Interactive]
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more... 76
Cheat Code Central
There's a lot to Two Worlds that will take you an eternity to complete. This is probably the biggest draw to the game that I can mention. It is one of those games that you can put down, wait a while, come back to it, and rekindle the enjoyment you had the first time around.
 75
ZTGameDomain
Fans of old-school PC games such as Diablo will find plenty to entertain them and the amount of items and weapons to discover truly is impressive.
75
Just RPG
Despite a host of major flaws, Two Worlds gets better as you play it, and honestly, becomes strangely addictive and may suck hours away from your life. Sure, it’s far from perfect, but if you can overlook some of the problems, it’s actually a lot of fun!
70
GameZone
Two Worlds aims high and delivers a flawed-yet-decent role-playing game that is lengthy and occasionally fun.
70
GameSpot
Epic scale and depth of content make Two Worlds worthwhile.
70
GotNext
If you can ignore the occasional glitches and poorly thought out menus, Two Worlds can be a fantastic single player experience. Just don't buy for Xbox Live...at least not yet.
68
IGN
The execution is flawed. On both Xbox 360 and PC this game is buggy and unpolished, and these quirks will prevent it from duplicating the real key to Oblivion's success: mainstream appeal.
65
Play Magazine
It's easy to see the thinking behind Two Worlds. Elder Scrolls has been a massive hit and it'll be years before another hits home: When opportunity knocks... [Oct 2007, p.89]
62
Games Master UK
An epic adventure that's come too late and is let down by being rough around the edges. [Nov 2007, p.72]
60
Armchair Empire
Two Worlds is a game that will surely appeal to RPG fans, but even fans of the genre will be irritated by the countless problems with the game.
60
Official Xbox Magazine
Odds are, if you can stomach Two Worlds' first hour and get into the meat of the gameplay, you'll enjoy what it has to offer. [Nov 2007, p.90]
60
PALGN
Two Worlds is a good game that suffers from a shoddy port. You would best be playing it on PC. Or, better yet, playing Oblivion.
60
Video Game Talk
As a fan of role playing games, it pains me to see Two Worlds released in such a haphazard condition. It’s actually an entertaining, rewardingly difficult RPG, unfortunately locked up in a graphical engine wrought with massive problems, containing gameplay riddled with design issues, and features a currently lag-filled multiplayer.
60
Extreme Gamer
This ambitious game is a little rough around the edges concerning the production which unfortunately hinders many of the gameplay aspects.
56
IC-Games
At the moment though, the game is simply far too flawed to be recommended.
55
Worth Playing
If you're looking for a sub-par RPG with a sub-par storyline, sub-par gameplay, sub-par sounds, and very sub-par multiplayer, then sure, pick up Two Worlds.
54
Gamers' Temple
Two World has nice ideas and swings for the fences, I'll give it that. But lousy animation, funny (in a bad way) voice acting, and the lack of countless small touches ultimately fell this beast.
53
Talk Xbox
It's a shame that for every step forward, Two Worlds takes about five steps back.
51
Team Xbox
The simple fact of the matter is that the game has a lot of potential, but it’s ultimately critically wounded by poor gameplay design and one of the worst engines in recent memory.
50
Thunderbolt
Compared to the hype, Two Worlds is a bitter disappointment.
50
AceGamez
Two Worlds is not the worst game on the Xbox 360. But it is the worst RPG available for Microsoft's console.
50
Official Xbox Magazine UK
Badly scripted, plotted and acted. [Nov 2007, p.90]
50
Gamer 2.0
Two Worlds fails to live up to any of its so-called promises and feels nothing more but a broken and blatant rip-off of Oblivion.
50
GameShark
It was apparently made on a low-end budget and pushed out long before it was ready.
46
Play.tm
Sadly, the ongoing diatribe of criticism cannot be allayed by Two Worlds' character evolution either, and although its undeniably involving weaponry, items, and magical alchemy features do provide moments of considered worth amid the gathering disappointments, they're not able to drag the experience clear of its own destructive inadequacies.
41
Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
An RPG needs to entertain for hours, to fully immerse you in its universe and not let go, but Two Worlds starts to show cracks before the tutorial is over. It's a -10 for execution, with no chance of a saving throw. [Nov 2007, p.76]
40
Boomtown
In the end, Two Worlds is a bit like when you know there’s a five pound note hidden under a pile of rancid, squishy, steaming manure – sure, you’d like the money, but is it really worth wading through all that poop to get to it?
40
Edge Magazine
Two Worlds has a lot of content for anyone willing to slog through it, but its buggy failure to take Oblivion’s crown, its troubled development and unfinished feel are testament to ideas beyond its makers’ capabilities. [Nov 2007, p.96]
40
Game Informer
There is one and only one good thing to say about Two Worlds: the game truly gives you the freedom to align with any faction and change the gameworld by your choices. Everything else – and I mean everything else – sucks.
40
Kombo
Xbox 360 owners are better off playing Oblivion with a private chat channel open than attempting to play through Two Worlds.
40
GamerNode
As it stands, this is something most gamers will refuse to play until several updates and fixes are made. The sad part? This game is strangely addicting at times. Imagine what could have been.
40
Game Almighty
I hate this game. It's an embarrassment, a misfire in every respect. A game that thought it could compete with the big boys and ends up being one of the worst experiences you'll find on the 360.
40
GamePro
Those who have been waiting for a quality role-playing will be sorely disappointed, and anyone brave enough to search for the positive aspects in Two Worlds may find something to satiate their appetite, but finding those good aspects takes far too much effort than it should.
40
Eurogamer
Unless you're astonishingly tolerant of technical and interface problems, and totally addicted to dull hack-and-slash RPG combat, don't buy this game. Forsooth.
35
Deeko
But Two Worlds is a terrible game, and despite there being some good here buried under all of the mediocrity, I could never quite find it. And that's too bad, because I know it's in there somewhere.
34
My Gamer
This game is not even worthy of a rental so I strongly advise that you stay away. Now if you’ll excuse me, I am going to go play a better game…it’s called Sneak King.
33
Game Revolution
I've just given this game a lot of grief, but it's possible to get used to the random hardships and persevere, so it's not a complete failure.
32
Planet Xbox 360
Really, it is a damn shame that it does not currently work. When/if the game's online functionality is fixed, it appears to be a rather rich, ambitious online experience.
30
MS Xbox World
My experiences with Two Worlds has been mixed considering there have been times where I’ve gotten into the role and gained some enjoyment from my adventures; however the serious gameplay flaws as well as technical aspects that really should have been ironed out prior to release have somewhat cast a huge dark cloud over the game.
30
Gamestyle
With the Xbox 360 laying host to several epic Japanese RPG’s of late and the soon to be released Mass Effect. Two Worlds warrants little attention and deservedly so. Amidst the range of options, classes and menus, lurks a promising storyline but while the PC market would have lapped up this five years ago, it deserves to be cast into another dimension.
25
netjak
This game doesn't feel rushed. It feels like it was done by amateurs AND rushed.
22
Jolt Online Gaming UK
Two Worlds isn't fit to be put on the same shelves as Oblivion, or any other game. It does bring a new meaning to the term RPG, though, as in Real Piece of Garbage. Just....no.
20
GameSpy
It's rare that a game releases that is so shockingly incompetent. Online options don't make it any better; they're simply a chance to play a terrible game with other people, in a few innovative modes like "Team Deathmatch." When something this just plain malign comes out, it's cause for a sort of celebration, because every other game will seem better by comparison.
20
X360 Magazine UK
Tiresome gameplay, Unusuable maps, Broken combat. [Issue#24, p.78]
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