GAMES: GameSpot | GameFAQs | SportsGamer MUSIC: Last.fm | MP3.com MOVIES: Metacritic | Movietome TV: TV.com
Home | About Metacritic | About Metascores | What's New | Wireless Versions | Discussion Forums | Advertising Inquiries | Contact Us | RSS
Metacritic.com: We Deal With Criticism
     Help
> Switch to Advanced Search  
Film Video/DVD Music Games TV

Games

Playstation Reviews
PS3 | PS2 | PS One | PSP

Xbox Reviews
Xbox 360 | Xbox

Nintendo Reviews
Wii | DS | GBA | Cube | N64


PC | N-Gage | Dreamcast

How Metascores Are Calculated
Discuss Games In Our Forums

 

Upcoming & Recent Releases

sort by name sort by score

76 Age of Booty
xx Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Make the Grade
63 Armored Core for Answer
65 Baja: Edge of Control
78 Banjo-Kazooie
79 Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
71 Battle Fantasia
29 Beat'n Groovy
85 Bionic Commando Rearmed
70 Blitz: The League II
52 Bolt
76 Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
42 Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009
85 Call of Duty: World at War
82 Castle Crashers
77 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
60 Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant
30 Crazy Mouse
63 Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3
89 Dead Space
xx Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
52 Disney Sing It
49 Domino Master
80 Duke Nukem 3D
89 Fable II
53 Fable II Pub Games
54 FaceBreaker
93 Fallout 3
85 Far Cry 2
65 Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown
87 FIFA Soccer 09
62 Fracture
74 Galaga Legions
93 Gears of War 2
63 Gin Rummy
45 Golden Axe: Beast Rider
55 Guilty Gear 2: Overture
85 Guitar Hero World Tour
xx High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance!
xx History Channel Civil War: Secret Missions
68 Infinite Undiscovery
xx Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2
81 Kingdom for Keflings, A
65 Last Remnant, The
89 Left 4 Dead
62 Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, The
49 Legendary
76 LEGO Batman
71 Lips
64 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
84 Madden NFL 09
82 Mega Man 9
72 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
81 Midnight Club: Los Angeles
79 Mirror's Edge
50 MLB Stickball
51 Monopoly
75 Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
68 Moto GP 08
70 Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade
81 Naruto: The Broken Bond
84 NBA 2K9
77 NBA Live 09
69 NCAA Basketball 09
66 Need for Speed Undercover
67 NFL Head Coach 09
89 NHL 09
69 NHL 2K9
xx NPPL Championship Paintball 2009
43 PDC World Championship Darts 2008
77 Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode 2
43 Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball
89 Portal: Still Alive
86 Prince of Persia
75 Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
85 Pure
65 Quantum of Solace
41 Rapala Fishing Frenzy 2009
xx Rise of the Argonauts
92 Rock Band 2
39 Rock Revolution
54 Rocket Bowl
81 Saints Row 2
72 Samurai Shodown II
74 Scene It? Box Office Smash
xx SCORE International Baja 1000
50 Shadow Assault Tenchu
63 Shaun White Snowboarding
65 Shotest Shogi
66 Shred Nebula
72 Silent Hill: Homecoming
55 Smash Court Tennis 3
63 Sonic Unleashed
69 Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
73 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
90 Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
81 Tales of Vesperia
xx Things on Wheels
84 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
62 TNA iMPACT!
77 Tom Clancy's EndWar
76 Tomb Raider Underworld
65 Too Human
59 Vigilante 8: Arcade
82 Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
45 War World
54 Warhammer: Battle March
43 Warriors Orochi 2
xx Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge
81 WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2009
54 You're in the Movies
46 Zoids Assault
xx Zombie Wranglers

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed games.



Printer-Friendly Version Email This Page Discuss In Our Forums
Two Worlds xbox360 Game Reviews
Two Worlds
Critic Score
Metascore: 50 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
5.6 out of 10
based on 44 reviews
Read critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
based on 113 votes
Read user comments
Rate this game

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]

PUBLISHER: SouthPeak Interactive / Zuxxez Entertainment
DEVELOPER: Reality Pump
GENRE(S): Role-Playing Game
PLAYERS: 8
ESRB RATING: M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE: August 23, 2007

What The Critics Said

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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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!
Read Full Review
70
GameZone
Two Worlds aims high and delivers a flawed-yet-decent role-playing game that is lengthy and occasionally fun.
Read Full Review
70
GameSpot
Epic scale and depth of content make Two Worlds worthwhile.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
60
Extreme Gamer
This ambitious game is a little rough around the edges concerning the production which unfortunately hinders many of the gameplay aspects.
Read Full Review
56
IC-Games
At the moment though, the game is simply far too flawed to be recommended.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
53
Talk Xbox
It's a shame that for every step forward, Two Worlds takes about five steps back.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
50
Thunderbolt
Compared to the hype, Two Worlds is a bitter disappointment.
Read Full Review
50
AceGamez
Two Worlds is not the worst game on the Xbox 360. But it is the worst RPG available for Microsoft's console.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
50
GameShark
It was apparently made on a low-end budget and pushed out long before it was ready.
Read Full Review
46
Ferrago
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.
Read Full Review
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?
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
40
Kombo
Xbox 360 owners are better off playing Oblivion with a private chat channel open than attempting to play through Two Worlds.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
25
netjak
This game doesn't feel rushed. It feels like it was done by amateurs AND rushed.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
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.
Read Full Review
20
X360 Magazine UK
Tiresome gameplay, Unusuable maps, Broken combat. [Issue#24, p.78]

What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 5.6 (out of 10) based on 113 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Kanada514 Fiveonefour gave it an8:
This game is very underrated indeed. There are some technical shortcomings such as the lag in the streaming. The graphics are ok, but they are the least important part of a video game. I'd say entertain and induce fun is the prime purpose of a game, and Two worlds does just that. I never sensed a feeling of freedom in a game as much as I have in this one, and the exploring is just too fun. If the size of the map was infinite, I'd play Two Worlds for a good 10 years before having enough.

J. R. gave it an8:
This is a very solid PC style RPG and is sadly underated due to the poor technical performence. It has a lot of satisfying depth and longevity to it and it really reminds me of the awesome gothic II.

Meestyk gave it a9:
This is my second review of this title. My first was a very positive review, gave it a 9/10. For those who gave it a bad name, should seek immediate help to build a new PC that can play this game decently. This game should not be compared to the much overhyped Oblivion, which ended up being an improved version of Morrowind over voiceovers and newer graphics but with lesser quest variety, a disappointment for some in fact. Two Worlds tries to bring you back into a similar world you've been accustomed to with other RPG games. I must admit that the graphics could have been much better and the voiceovers could have had more sparkles, Two Worlds is by no means a dud. It has its strenghts built into the main story quests. Once you've reached a certain point, new possibilities open to you. And Two Worlds is by far a huge world to explore and forge your destiny or seal your fate. Do not fall prey to lies and deceitful reviewers (who are usually paid to do havoc on your own judgement).

Eric W. gave it a10:
I can't put this game down. Halo 3 came out and i found myself missing Two Worlds so much that i decided to try and finish before i dip into Halo3. The first hour of play was not impressive but once i played a few lvls and get some skills and figured out controls and mapping i started having the time of my life. The quests are great! The story is interesting, graphics are nice and i have had no promlems with Frame Rate except in 2 big cities and it was so minor that i overlooked it easily. I see this game getting a 4/10 and 2/10 in gameinformer and i can only think they had a huge chip on their shoulders. But i never listen to their reviews much anyhow, i've played some of the games they rate 9/10's and i can only laugh at how terriblly wrong they were. Don't let the reviews scare you, if you like a game that is kind of like Fable, Oblivian, and Diablo rolled into one, then you will enjoy Two Worlds. The stuff they slam this game for are things most every other game could be slammed for and also are really not drastic enough to effect my gameplay one bit. If you are looking to hate this game from the start you'll find plenty to hate, but if you go in open minded and without a chip on your shoulder then you just might be as suprised as i was at how much fun it has been to explore Two Worlds.

Dan M. gave it a7:
The hatred for this game is completely overblown -- probably as a reaction to the overblown marketing hype. Basically this game plays like Fable (even the way it feels rushed and cobbled together at times), has art direction inspired by Oblivion, and graphics that look like a PS1 title (save for cutscenes, which are very reminiscent of Oblivion) . The voice acting in the first 30 hour of play is the worst of the entire game... if you can get beyond it, you're left with an acceptablly playable and enormous hack-and-slash game, with a vast playfield, and a tendency towards byzantine exposition. If there is one minor annoyance for me, it is the layout of the inventory screen, which is too small to display all your posessions, and offers the player no easy way to scan through his/her items.

Mary-Scott H. gave it a9:
Very underrated game. Fantastically written and exquisite details.

Jamie T. gave it a7:
Does anyone else think this game is underrated? I have put about 12 hours into this game and so far I enjoy it more than Oblivion. The only thing that sucks is riding a horse. The graphics aren't bad in HD and the combat is more interesting than Oblivion.

Read more user comments...

Discuss this game in our forums

Return to top of page
Home | FILM | DVD/VIDEO | MUSIC | GAMES | TV | Forums | About Metacritic metacritic.com

Popular on CBS sites: MLB | Spore | iPhone 3G | Paris Hilton | Antivirus Software | GPS | Recipes | Shwayze | NFL

About CBS Interactive | Jobs | Advertise

© 2008 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use