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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great, if you know how to play!, 16 Jul 2004
This is a great game, but you have to know what kind of game Sacred ist! It's not really a Role-Playing-Game. It's not an action game. It's no 3D graphic wonder! It's something else.Why not a RPG?
Well, the story is VERY rare, there are not many dialogues or bigger quests and the character system is all about skills (Sword lore, riding horses and so on...) and attributes (Strenght, Dexterty, Charisma). That's it. Why not an action game?
Because there IS this rare story, the few quests and the character system. Action game's normaly are very linear... Sacred isn't! Do want you what and when you want. Go where and when you want! Why not a graphic wonder?
Well, have a look at the screenshots and you'll know why! The map and the scenery are 2D. Ok, they're very detailed an look quite good, but they're not the state of the art! The characters and monsters look very good, 3D - detailed, you can see every part of you armor, your weapons and even you're amuletts, BUT some of the character animations are terrible and unnatural!!! Some of the characters run as if there would stick something very large in their... Ok, i'll stop here :-D This sounds all very negative. But it isn't. Why? What kind of game is Sacred? Well, it's just slaying monsters and evil persons... AND IT'S FUN!!! There is a big world to be explored, there are VERY much different weapons, armor and opponents, the characters' voices sound very good... Even funny :-D and even the small quest are fun! Oh, i forgot to tell about the details of the game... Well i'll start with the heroes:
-Gladiator (m, Close combat-fighter): Don't care about your enemy's. Just kill them, you'll win!
-Seraphim (f, Mystic battle-angle, uses weapons and magic): A little "weaker" in close combat than the gladiator, but she can use magic and looks better ;-)
-Wood Elf (f, Typical Greenpeace-Member, best at ranged combat with bows and crossbows!): Kill your enemy's with ranged weapons, because YOU will be killed in close combat! (Looks good too)
-Dark Elf (m, Close combat-fighter too, but a little more agile than a gladiator): Place traps, fight with your "arms and legs" and poison your enemy's! (That's one of the terrible animated ones)
-Battle Mage (m, Magic, of course): Name's program!
-Vampiress (f, May switch between vampire- and knightform): Close combat when a knight, klaws and bites while a vampire... Looks nice ;-) but terrible animated! (m = male, f = female) That's all about the heroes, now the equipment:
All you weapons, armor etc. raises to higher levels, just like you! That means that you have an iron sword at the beginning (Level 1) and at the end of the game (Maybe... Level 255), but it's more powerful in the end! (Oh, i forgot, there are 3-4 difficulties for EACH hero! That means you COULD play this game for more than 2000 hours :-D, if you explore the whole world) What else, ah the fights. Fighting is simple, click and hold your left mouse button on an enemy and wait... ;-) With your right mouse button you can activate special combat arts (Very strong attacts, magic...) Then you have to wait until they are reloaded, then you can use them again. And, last but not least, your enemys. Orcs, goblins, dragons, animals and "normal" people, of course undead (Skeletons, zombies and gouls) and, of course, a demon! So, nothing thrilling! Ah... It's difficult to descibe the game and i forgot the multiplayer part, because there are much problems with it. A patch shall change that. But that's not important, it's much fun in singleplayer too, so if you like slaying-games, with lots of blood, monsters and possibilities buy the game! It's not that expensive, is it? (I hope you could understand this text, you know, i'm from Germany and i'm still learnign English ;-)
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