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Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

7.0 based on 36 reviews Read critic reviews How did we calculate this? based on 60 votes Read user comments Rate this game

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Ancaria already awaits you! The mighty realm of the Highelves lies in ruins. The raging war for control over the T-Energy wears down the land and lures its denizens into fear and chaos. The world calls for a hero to end this war. Accompany six characters through the mystic - technological universe of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. Dwell on dreary paths or follow the ways of the light. The decision is yours alone, but be aware this decision will change the world. [Ascaron Entertainment]

PUBLISHER:	cdv Software Entertainment USA
DEVELOPER:	Ascaron Entertainment
GENRE(S):	Action, Role-Playing Game
PLAYERS:	16
ESRB RATING:	M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE:	November 11, 2008

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91

1UP

Even the stilted voiceovers and off-kilter humor have a distinct charm.

84

Gamers.at

Sacred 2 has become exactly what we have all hoped for: One excellent dungeon crawler building upon the strengths of Sacred 1 and a worthy heir to the game’s legacy. Though it could’ve been much better as new ideas are a bit rare. Nevertheless, Sacred 2 remains a great game with high replay value. [Issue # 16]

80

LEVEL (Czech Republic)

One of the most captivating fantasy worlds you can find in RPG genre. If you can get over a little bit slower opening you’ll be rewarded by hours of adventures. Surprisingly good sense of humor for a German game! [Oct 2008]

80

Gamer.nl

Sacred 2 will probably stay in the shadow of "Diablo III", but still manages to be a pretty good game. The huge enviroment will gift you many hours of gameplay and the traditional style of playing works more than fine. This being said, Sacred 2 offers few new features but in the end the balanced gameplay and varied mission structure will be worth you while.

80

GameStar

Ascaron's second monster-bashing game returns to the huge and beautiful realm of Ancaria. It inherits both the virtues and weaknesses of its predecessor - and bugs, too. Possibly the best action RPG for a long time, Sacred 2 is addictive as long as it's not crashing. Ascaron is already working on new patches, which should be available soon .

80

Jolt Online Gaming UK

Out of the box bugs make a mockery of Ascaron’s hard work, making the difficult job of selling an already unfashionable genre even harder. But even we can recognise that despite everything, some of the sheen and charm has worn off the second time around. Whatever Ascaron has planned to make a success of next year’s console releases, they have some hard work ahead.

80

Total PC Gaming

Sacred 2 has a passable single-player mode, but it comes inot its own online with the right company. [Issue#14, p.52]

80

G4 TV

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel doesn’t really do anything new or particularly better than any other level grinding RPG out there, but it does it all quite well and offers a massive world that will take ages to explore fully.

80

Thunderbolt

An entertaining romp.

80

Computer Games Online RO

The AI is pretty dumb, the pathfinding is indirectly and randomly reliant on the cursor’s direction, and there are some pretty ridiculous situations in which a “highly” intelligent person would think of “real sex”, but it’s at the same time the game is extraordinary through its “heart-pounding” addictiveness and the fact that it made me laugh out loud a few times.

79

PC Games (Germany)

Numerous glitches, crashes and bugs make Sacred 2: Fallen Angel an experience sometimes more painful than enjoyable. Yet, despite its technical flaws there is fun to be had with this game, as it easily improves the predecessors formula in lots of ways: Impressive visuals, a huge world to explore and some elaborate control mechanics make this a good game that is worth your attention, as soon as the developers have finished their job and released the necessary patches.

78

GamingXP

Sacred 2 is a game that makes it really hard to write an article about. On the one hand, many aspects of the game have been successfully and outstandingly realized, on the other hand, there exist a lot of minor things that leave a bad impression.

77

3DJuegos

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel may contains some programming errors, but it's one of those titles that role "hack 'n slash" PC game lovers won't want to miss. It's long, it's cheap and it's a good reason to continue trusting in the PC platform.

77

GamingExcellence

Sacred 2 improves upon its precursor in many ways. While some elements of it still need work, much of the game is a good example of the evolution of the hack-and-slash game.

76

Cheat Code Central

Overlook the few minor irritating aspects of the game, and you'll find Sacred 2 to be surprisingly enjoyable.

75

Gameplayer

The consistent humour of the game as well as the hours of gameplay that can be casually enjoyed cooperatively with friends makes Sacred 2 stand above the usual clone variety of fantasy RPG.

75

Meristation

Sacred 2 is a pure, old school hack'n slash made for old school fans of the genre. There is no will of experimentation and it uses the classic formulas for player archetypes, combat, evolution or loot. It´s certainly enjoyable if you love the genre, but it doesn't offer anything new and at some moments it suffers from technical glitches and other small annoyances.

75

IGN

As far as Diablo-style hack-and-slash action-RPGs go, Ascaron Entertainment's Sacred 2 is the best genre entry since Titan Quest.

75

GameZone

If Ascaron patches in fixes for the bugs, to shore up the game, this will be quite entertaining and should provide a lot of fun. The graphical elements are, for the most part, well done, and the game has a very good vibe to it – it does not take itself too seriously, while at the same time telling a decent story.

75

Gamers' Temple

Still, this game is at home on the PC, there's no mistake. It's too bad that home isn't a terribly comfortable one.

72

Worth Playing

There really is a lot to like about Sacred 2, but only as long as you are willing to put up with the constant need to micromanage your journey with a high tolerance for FedEx-type questing.

70

games(TM)

Fixes addressed, Sacred 2 should scratch that nagging ARPG itch between now and Diablo III. [Jan 2009, p.121]

70

GamePro

Though it has flaws, Sacred 2 has more than enough personality to make it a solid action RPG.

70

DarkZero

For the people on the lookout for a new RPG to play and especially the ones who are awaiting Blizzard’s Diablo 3, Sacred 2 might just pass the time for you. It won’t replace your Diablo 3 thirst, but it will give you something to play in the meantime.

70

Game Informer

Sacred II nails the unfettered joy of exploring a wide-open fantasy world and ties it to the always-amusing process of building a heroic avatar to meet the stiffest of challenges. To dismiss it merely because of its (dozens of) missteps is to lose out on the many things it does well.

70

Total Video Games

Despite being a deep RPG that delivers a lot of scope for fans of the hack 'n' slash genre, Sacred 2's 16-player online multiplayer is its only real stab at originality.

70

GameSpot

Although Sacred 2: Fallen Angel doesn't break any new ground, it does impressive work freshening up an old formula.

65

PC Zone UK

If you liked "Diablo" and are salivating at the prospect of getting back into its dungeons, Sacred 2 will keep you going until "Diablo III"'s release. If you didn't, Sacred 2 will be an experience comparable to having your eyes pecked out by eagles. [Jan 2009, p.74]

63

PC Format

Mindless hack-n-slash nonsense, in a very pretty world. [Jan 2009, p.98]

60

PC PowerPlay

Okay, so there's plenty of irritating stuff but we're here for the clicking, and there's plenty of clicking to be had. This is no challenge to Diablo or even Dungeon Siege, but the world is big and there's plenty of stuff in it to murder. And isn't that, at its heart, the essence of the action RPG? [Christmas 2008, p.79]

60

Destructoid

If it weren’t for all the bugs, Sacred 2 would get a better score, but as it stands now it needs some significant patching to reach its full entertainment potential.

60

EuroGamer

Sacred 2 is the best Diablo clone since Titan Quest and its excellent expansion, Immortal Throne, and while the compulsion to play is there, the unholy alliance of clicking and collecting works and works well.

58

Gaming Nexus

A decent action RPG with some interesting and unique character development. It may take some time to appreciate, and many won’t. It’s worth a look, but it’s not for everyone.

58

Game Revolution

It needs to be said that Sacred 2 is still rife with minor bugs, but patches are slowly mending the game-crashing bugs and graphical mishaps. This is just one of many clues that point towards an overambitious design document that didn’t have enough time or manpower to execute fully.

57

PC Gamer UK

Proof that more isn't necessarily better. [Christmas 2008, p.80]

40

GameSpy

What it misses is the nuance, the charm and the challenge that marked both the original games and the best of the Diablo clones (such as Titan Quest). In short, Sacred 2 is a game that's easy to miss without really missing out.

The average user rating for this game is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 60 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Luke W gave it a5:
I wanted this game to be great, I enjoyed the first Sacred quite a bit, I loved the system of picking up skills to skill up instead of only levelling up. But I'm going to have to say I agree with Kevin G wholeheartedly, this game is a technical piece of garbage. I'm not sure they even beta tested this one before releasing it. My x and y movement on my mouse were slightly different which can throw one off completely. How about some hardware cursor? Hopefully they patch this down the road and it is actually worth playing, but why release it so buggy? Save your money (for now?).

Zsheezor B gave it a9:
Yep, this game was released pre-maturely. That is it's biggest flaw that hurt it initially. The Devs have been hard at work and have fixed hundreds of bugs and already better balanced the game and fixed exploits within 60 days of the products retail release. The latest v2.34 Patch is great. Even so, that patch was delivered initially with problems - so what. The devs fixed the majority of the problems within 72 hours of releasing the patch. Other game companies seem to not give a flying care about things like that - quickly, recently in this industry. While some would rather that criticize this games minor flaws and drone on and on about it's frustrating initial problems, here's the bottom line: The Developers genuinely desire to make things right by their fans/customers and so far, in 60 days after release they have done that. If you LOVE Action-RPG's like the Diablo and Titans Quest series and you can handle a moderately deep, yet simple and powerful character development system you will really enjoy Sacred 2. It plays differently than the above listed ARPGs I mentioned and it does it wonderfully if you take a few extra moments to read and follow the in-game tutorial hints. The tooltip instructions are pretty good in the game too. There is a reason why this game got "Best International Game of the year" in Europe. Try the demo. If you like it, you will like the game. If you want the English version of the game, purchase the International English Collectors edition (UK collectors - Deep Silver) - its not much more than the regular english edition and works in all international english speaking countries like the USA and Canada and the UK. Do you like mounts in ARPG's? Sacred 2 has them, and unique ones at that. Plus you can fight on your mount in combat. How about humor? Sacred 2 has a lot of that too. Some might even complain that Sacred 2 uses SecuROM - well yes it does. What others don't investigate is that the version that they use allows you to have it installed and not have the DVD in the drive. They even inform you of this on the box on the European editions. It was the US distro-houses that tend to hide that fact. You can even have it installed on two PC's with the same installation key and play on your own home network and not have to buy two copies of the game - legally. The exception to that is that if both people on both PCs with the same key want to play multiplayer-online at the same time, they cannot. Multiplayer online only - requires a key for each PC/account. If you uninstall the game, this version of SecuROM releases your key back to the master servers. Not a big deal compared to more aggressive versions. If you have problems with your key or activations its pretty easy to solve via a simple email or telephone call. Ascaron has done a pretty good job of balancing DRM and customer service issues, imo. Try the demo, read the reviews, buy the English UK editions for the best-sourced-distribution if interested. I live in the USA and have both versions, UK and USA. I like the UK distro best (Deep Silver), they gave more to the fans for almost the same price as the US versions and more specifics and better explanations of the game. If you love ARPGs you will love Sacred 2, just do your research before you buy.

Jeff Z. gave it a0:
This review is based on the online multiplayer at the patch 2.34. Before the last patch the game was seriously riddled with bugs, most of them game-breaking. As of this last patch, a game that was broken before has become totally unplayable. In order to correct some item bugs, instead of disabling the items in question, the developers elected to delete all items you character was wearing and using. There was no previous warning or anything, they took the servers down to patch, and in the process destroyed all those items. If this was not enough, the patch fails to install for unknown reasons for a lot of people and therefore fails to solve the problems that literally fills an otherwise beautiful game world. This game was released more than 5 weeks and had 1.5 gigs of patches, but is still an unfinished and unpolished product. Therefore i rate it a zero.

Falad A. gave it a0:
You will realise this game is broken even before you start playing. The lobby system is this bad: - the server list is bugged so you will click on a server name but you will join the one above or below - there is no way to check pings - the server list keeps going back to the top making it impossible to browse properly If you live in the USA the US server are in Europe! If you manage to enter the right game, you will certainly come across some GAME BREAKING bugs that, while well known from at least 2 weeks if not a month, are still present after 1.2 gigs of patches: - you cannot start or complete the main quest (!!) - you cannot create your own game These 2 bugs are highly irritating and are still unpatched - a server-wide announcement stated that they were restarting the server to patch the main quest bug but that did not solve the problem. How can you announce server-wide then fail so miserably? By itself the game would get a 4 because the map is real big and nice, but the quests are just fetch/kill tasks. What brings it down to ZERO here is the complete and insulting lack of support from the developers and their forums. One of the GMs was complaining on the forums that "they work on sunday and holiday to fix problems" but the harsh reality is that they shipped an alpha builld, for 50 euros, and now have to work weekends to fix it. Of course having announced the 360/PS3 versions, it is no surprise that the PC version gets zero support. If you try to post on the forums because say, 50% or more of the game you paid does not work, you will be banned on the spot. I will now list some other random problems to try and give you an idea how bad this game is: - any hireling you will get will get you killed, their AI is set to PULL ANY ENEMY IN SIGHT, THEN ANOTHER ONE, NEVER STOP, and you cannot give them instructions or stop them in any way. - Major NPCs and bosses can and will fall underground, below the game world, but will still be able to kill you. You will not be able to retaliate and you will be forced to quit and restart the mission. Some missions require an hour or more. - Since you cannot host your own server you are forced to use their own, which are laggy, crash very often (10 or more times a day) and will make you lose valuable loot and xp. - Your stashed items can disappear without a trace, a bug that has happened to MANY people so far, and for which there was no word from the devs. - DRM protection will randomly cause crashes - The chat system is also not working, using too tiny letters, and colors that makes it real hard to read. This is something so basic that it amazes me they would ship with this dismal lobby system. In closing, the game has been TOTALLY unplayable online in the last 3 days, with pings over 20 THOUSAND. Again, no word or support from the forums, the GMs or the devs. You should not buy this game for any reason, for any cost.

Ryan Z. gave it a10:
WOW....The reviews are horrible considering how great the game actually is.. Kevin G... Im not sure what happened when you tried playing but my game hasnt crashed or had any problems AT ALL...And Im running it on a desktop from 2000...LOL with less then 500 RaM and a 20Gig harddrive with a graphics card that is wayy out of date. The game still runs perfect on minimal settings. And still looks as if the settings are at max in most games. The camera view is perfect in the game going around objects and even passing under foliage. The game never froze up once and ive never seen a black screen effect LOL. By the way...The reason your character doesnt respond when you click to attack is because you are suppose to hold down the mouse button to attack not just click once. Id advise you get a new computer, read the manual before playing, dont post nonsense that isnt true, and maybe wait until your above 10 before posting again.

Carolyin H. gave it a0:
After more than 1.2 gigs of patches and more than a month after release, this game is still hopelessly broken. What makes it even worst is the total lack of support from the devs. While the support forums are many, some with only 7 posts MONTHS OLD, if you dare to complain about a game breaking bug you will be promptly banned. The reason for this is because all the people working at Ascaron are busy developing the 360/ps3 versions, which were delayed several months, and it is now obvious why - the console gamer would have been in uproar for the poor state of the online performance - my ping with Ascaron servers today was between 15 THOUSAND AND 18 THOUSAND - no game is playable with that ping, and there are many complaints from Hardcore difficulty players, who lost their PG forever due to this. You may argue that 1.2 gigs of patches sure look like "support" but you would be wrong in this case. That amount of data served the purpouse to make the game change from "100% broken" to "85% broken". Most characters cannot finish the main quest, or even start it for that matter; this is particularly hilarious considering that 5 weeks after release the online players got a BIG MESSAGE on screen saying " we found the main quest bug and we are closing server to patch it". The process was as much fast as it was useless, in that it took 2 minutes but 95% of the players STILL CANNOT START OR COMPLETE THE MAIN QUEST. The graphics are ok, the gameplay is a boring clickfest. You must be particularly careful in not buying this game because, even assuming that you could bring the game back in 24 hours for a refund, it takes at least 3 times that time to realise the problems, but once you start noticing those problem the game becomes a continuous excercise in frustration: why is the quest/sub-quest marker pointing at an empty place? How come there's an enemy that fell below the game world, but is still hitting me real hard and i cannot see it, or target it? Why my charachter cannot create its own game? (This is another bug that goes on since release and has not been patched) Why does the blacksmith forging my weapon forge completely different attributes and values, not shown anywhere before? This game is not only not worth 50 euros, it is not worth even 10. Rent it so that you may give it back at your leisure, this is the best i can say.

Jimmy B. gave it a0:
This game is a disaster of incredible scale, but it takes time to realise it. This review refers to multiplayer closed net online, which is the main draw for many ppl buying this kind of game. The online is, simply put, broken. Does not work. You may be able to play online for a bit, but once your character passes lvl 61 (out of 200), it will not be able to create an online game anymore, therefore making it impossible to play the questline. Should you however manage to find a game someone else created, rest assured that your problems are not over, since the main quest is broken as well and cannot be completed, for another different bug. Both these problems have been ongoing and have not been solved in more than 1 gig of patches. The thing that keeps ppl playing these games is ITEMS and sacred 2 has lots of them. Unfortunately, a lot of the item bonuses/stats just do not work, or do not work as advertised. This is a problem also in the "skill description" area, which is very generic and does not give an idea of what you are buying with your skill points. Descriptions like "GREATLY INCREASES this or that" are often misleading, but even more often INCORRECT, like a skill that claimed in the description to INCREASE regeneration times of spells (not good) but in reality if was DECREASING that (good). The support of the developers however is the real, basic problem of this unfinished and buggy game: there have been more than 1.1 gigs of patches, and not one of the main problems has been fixed. The game forums are a labirinth of subforums where it is impossible to do anything since the devs just do not read or post there, no matter how big your problem is. More problems you are guaranteed to have: giant end-game bosses disappearing underground, becoming impossible to tarket; your stash with your preciuos saved loot will just become EMPTY for another stupid bug; server crashing many times a day making you lose progress, exp and items you had gathered that far; the list could go on forever. As of this writing ,the game is in development for PS3 also, so you can bet that PC version will not get any support until that one is out. Do not buy this game, unless you love feeling cheated.

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