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Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Review
User Submitted Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Reviews
Date: 2008-11-30
2 installs?
I hate DRM. 2 activation limit? Give me a break. I hate that the industry limits me like this. If I spend good money on a game or CD, I expect to be able to install and play it as much as I want where ever I want. Especially if I pay full price. I won't buy a CD or game with this feature, and everyone else I know won't either. I always buy my CDs, games and DVDs. I want the quality, reliability and accessibility of owning my own original copies, and yet I'm punished for that honesty. Its not appropriate and I won't support it with my money.
Date: 2008-11-30
2 Install Limit
This game has a "2" activation limit. I should say that one more time, two. Considering the rampant customer disgust at games with 5 install limits (Bioshock) and recently 3 install limits (Spore), for some brilliant reason this game decided to go with less. Of course people in their infinite wisdom still defend this move.
From the official Sacred 2 forums people will blast any anti-drm post for the following reason: you can deactivate an install. While this is technically true it's also simple a headache. The two main reasons I would have to reinstall games is either a) my computer had a massive malfunction (i.e. harddrive crash) and I have to reinstall the OS in which case deactivating the produc doesn't do me any good. b) I'm moving to a new harddrive and/or computer.
I don't know about the rest of you but the whole 'notion' that I'd have to manually uninstall each and every program/game/etc on my computer before beginning the process of reinstalling those programs/games/etc on a new computer is not appealing. I don't know of anyone who manually uninstalls all of their programs when putting a harddrive out to pasture. I format the dang thing. It's quick and easy. Hell, it probably takes less time to do a clean install than to manually uninstall each program. I've easily got 15-20 games currently on my PC. If it takes on average 5 minutes per uninstall (not including the ones that require a reboot) it would take me nearly 2 hours to manually remove the games.
I just can't get my mind around this. I'm also extremely irritated at stardock and their site impulsedriven. A site that claims to only promote games with limited DRM. They sell this game and to me it is the worst DRM offender I've seen.
I've finished Fallout 3 and was looking forward to purchasing this game. I think instead I'll go to GOG (good ol games) and pick up the original Sacred Gold Edition without ANY drm on it.
Date: 2008-11-22
Almost got caught by Securom DRM product
I am a fan of the original Sacred who waited anxiously for Sacred 2 for years. I almost clicked the "add to cart" button when I noticed the Securom note and followed up about the DRM scheme. Must say I am extremely sad to miss what would have been a great game but I refuse to spend $50 (or even $5) on a product that can mess with my OS (Vista) and treats me like a thief. I hope this note alerts others to check out the issue and decide (against) as well. Right now I am going to spend my entertainment dollars ($50) with a publisher that shows some customer respect.
Date: 2008-11-19
NOTHING IS SACRED ANYMORE
The original Sacred was a great game that, although not exactly groundbreaking, it offered many hours of action-cRPG fun. What is more, its publisher had the good sense to price it reasonably from the start and thus fight piracy in the most effective way.
SACRED 2, although enjoys more demanding environmental graphics and spell effects, is just another victim of clueless gaming industry executives. Instead of learning from the history of their own game, they'd rather idiotically jump on the "SecuROM/Limited Activations" bandwagon. After all, if they can hide behind the "everyone is doing it" excuse, who can blame them when the game does poorly?
They are obviously under the illusion that selling at full price a game that is actually RENTED will fail to be...noticed! Respect is a two way street - and underestimating gamers' intelligence is not a good start.
It is a shame that SACRED 2 got shot in the foot by its own publisher. Now, instead of being another success, it will simply be another game sacrificed on the alter of corporate Greed and marketing incompetency.
AVOID.
Date: 2008-11-18
Beautiful game, but...
So - the first Sacred game was one of my all-time favorites (along with Diablo 2). Bought this on the first day available.
The graphics are fantastic, but of course you pay for it in system performance. Not quite as smooth as the first Sacred, but it's definitely playable.
The game play is pretty much the same as in Sacred, with a combination of monster-killing in the countryside, and mini-quests in the cities (which involve running from point A to point B a lot).
However, one big issue is that there isn't any pause in the game - yep, that's right, no pause. Which means, if you have to go to the bathroom, eat dinner, acknowledge your spouse exists, etc. you have to Save And Quit, or let the monsters hack on you until you come back to the computer (or until you're dead).
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