Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - PlayStation 3

i have been a fan of the sacred series since it came out, at the time sacred 1 was the next diablo game that blizzard, at the time, had no interest in becuase they were focusing on the starcraft and warcraft series. needless to say i was excited when i heard this was coming out and 2 people can play on one ps3 becuase my fiance and i had fun with games like champions of norrath 1 and 2 for ps2. all the hype about the game and rumors of gameplay made it seem that much more appealing. unfortunatly the rumors were wrong which i will cover now. there was a rumor that you could play 2 people on one console and 2 people online at the same time. this is not correct, 2 people on one console can not play online. also you can not trade items (or drop them, instead you destroy them) when playing 2 people on one console. you also need to have 2 profiles on the ps3 in order to play co-op on one system which is unnessesary. the instructions are not clear and the instructions also state that 2 player co-op one one system the characters can exchange items through the Hero chest, this is also not true at this time. also when my fiance and i played together and saved the game, it saved her character completely, but it did not save my characters items that i aquired, but it saved my character level. i got the game on the 12th of may, the release date becuase i had it on pre-order. so far i dont think many people have the game, it is already back ordered on bestbuy.com and bestbuy didnt have it releasing until 5-14-09. at this time there are no patches on the PS3 version that correct the problems, i have not played online multiplayer yet due to lack of people that have the game becuase it seems not many were shipped out at the time of origional release. if you have played sacred 1 for pc, you will also be let down becuase they took all but the seraphim characters, the new characters are not that great, i miss the battlemage big time. the new characters are mediocre, some of the abilities are cool, but i miss the big spells of the battlemage. the graphics on the game are good, and there are plenty of items to find and alot of quests to keep you busy. though the game is lacking on the single console multiplayer at this time the game is worth picking up due to PS3's lack of RPG games. if you are a fan of the diablo series it is worth looking into and if you have played sacred on the pc, the only let down may be the multiplayer experiance and the new characters. hopefully knowing ps3 there will be an update to correct the problems but it is all up to ascaron since they would need to put the patch out. this is their first console game i beleive, all in all a pretty good first shot.

If your a fan of the DIABLO series or Champions of North then you will like this game. It does take a little while to actually figure out the game play but once you have the controls down it's actually quite fun. There are 100+ hours worth of gaming for just one character so you get your monies worth. One downside is the small text for quests and items. It can be somewhat difficult to read. I do not have an HD TV so that might be part of the problem, but other then that the graphics are great. I also love that there is very little load time for this game. Every now and then you hit an area where the game has to reload a section of the map, but it only takes a second where as some games on the PS3 take minutes to load.

I bought this game because I like RPG games, and wanted to try it. I'm happy that i bought it. The control lay out is a bit difficult at first, but once you get the feeling for it, its great. at only 23% of the map revealed, and almost 100 hours on ONE character, it is really a good game. The only thing I do not like is that on many of the 500+ quests, you have to back and forth from here to there constantly, in 1 part it was rather annoying because I had to go back and forth 6 times to complete the quest. Of course I had to travel lengthy distances to do it too. Other then that the graphics are good, but watch you spell casting, OFTEN you will find that your spell get discharged, and no effect, or only a 1/10 of the effect it should have due to terrain. All in all it is a good game, the in game concert is actually good music, and fun.

If you want an RPG that you can play over and over this one is for you. It's similar to the Diablo and Dungeon Seige franchises. I have over 40 hours played on one character and 20 hours worth of gameplay on others. There are over 500 side quests and it has an open world for you to explore whatever you want. Go buy it!!

Let me start off by saying I love RPG games and bought this really having high hopes for it. I was sorely dissapointed. This game feels half finished. When playing online with others that is fun, but the game lost my save data twice. I was only like lvl 15 both times so it wasn't a huge deal but if I was like 150 or something, I'd go bananas. The graphics are just terrible. For a PS3 game, they should be ashamed. The fighting is boring. You build up these "super moves" but they are lame and seem to be ineffective. Not to mention that whole aspect of the game isn't really explained anywhere in the manual or game. If you are looking for a fun RPG to grind away the hours, look elsewhere. There are much more deserving games to play.