"The goal is the horizon."

"The goal is the horizon."

Two Worlds II: Pirates of the Flying Fortress (video game)

Customer Review

The Story:

After we have witnessed an unpleasant "incident", we end up somewhat roughly on the "Wandering Wrath", the ship of the infamous for his cruelty Captain Teal. From him we are entrusted with the quest for the fabled treasure of the ancient scriptures say that "the one who found him that obtains what he desires most." The second order, which seems to be related to the first, consists of an interview with a dodgy woman. Easier said than done, because Maren, the beautiful shaman seems to guard not only a mystery. And there would still be the "Flying Fortress", the flying ship on the horizon, has fled from the curse of the majority of the pirate crew. Let the adventure begin!

The Quests:

Without pathos one can say that the developers have outdone themselves well: While it indeed II were largely very successful quests in the main game of Two Worlds, but lacked the one time or another the necessary tension and imagination. In AddOn we are experiencing in the main quests some unpredictable twists: We help with a soul union, look for a three-part glass map and even dive into the subconscious of a lost cartographer.
The side quests range from an angle, about creepy to captivating. So we may the duties of a antaloorianischen Santa Claus, including outfit and - well - "Reindeer" do, carry an urn to its final destination, take on a body swap meet for the undead, a basilisk, whose gaze petrified every living thing, defeat or work out a Varn To name a few of the many varied sidequests.

The Characters:

Here there is a high recognition value. The characters are concise and - in the positive sense - self. The voice actors to convince the supporting roles and merge with the distinctive faces, in "Pirates of the Flying Fortress" - very well come into play - thanks to a new camera, as well as significantly improved graphics.
In addition to the antagonists there are some interesting supporting roles, such as the cannibalistic tree or the - uh - crate. Especially you should focus on Weaver, "a friend, a nightmare, a silver lining", pleased the stands you in the last section to the side. Chapeau for this brilliant, very amusing idea! (I know about love, who has served here as a voice ...)
Ever should be noted that the humor is not neglected: slapstick and trenchant sayings are interspersed repeatedly. ("Try to get the Reschpekt of the team!" "And how you can quickly acquire the 'Reschpekt'?" "Snatches du'n speech impediment?" Or "Has anyone here has an identity crisis? If you can not actually be a dragon?"

The Landscape:

Actually, there are four islands, which - added - are similar in flora and fauna. Nevertheless, there are picturesque forests, quaint abandoned (or inhabited) houses, sprawling dungeons as well as, more specifically: two lovingly detailed ships, which provide atmosphere. Here is where the new graphic: The environment affects less "edgy", the reflections come to wonderful effect, the scenery appears clear and "internally consistent".

The game in general:

Also, I was nostalgic and have my already geskillten and selected "tried and true" hero - just to start soon on a new "travelers". Meanwhile, I can only recommend this choice.
Many skills, especially the Assassin skills (apart from lockpicking once), are completely useless for the addon: How to be, for example in the entire game no pickpocketing or even to commit an assassination. But even should the warriors among you have a little experience with the bow, as it abounds in the islands of really vile, poisonous plants just so.
As for the optics, so there is not only the "edify" the hero some new opportunities, such as additional options in facial hair or hair style, the new armor that lets you start (as a warrior), does - I think anyway - a nice optical impression, as opposed to the often kitschy colorful, covered with glossy armor from the main game. However, if it hopes to buy arms in the AddOn said, hoping in vain. Those (already upgraded and provided with crystals) armor is only a successor in the game, which we in turn must fight hard to.
In addition, the "new" hero is well supplied: the right amount of Auras, equipment and raw materials already exists. If you want to respec, finds at the outset a relatively favorable Soul Master - again shows how well thought out the add fails. In addition, the Level goes neither too fast nor too slow, what with the duration of the game (for me it was 16 hours) is a great advantage.

On weapons are found, as expected, not too many new varieties, but they are exceedingly "pirate-like". Unfortunately, we are faced with the same problem as with the armor: the "Olurumschlächter", the most powerful one-handed sword, you can for example already play at level 51 - see is one there but only a few levels later, as it, like the axes, sheets or rods with the greatest damage effect is not to obtain commercially, and only as a struggle prey. But the wait is worth it, so do not process the valuable raw materials too early!

The new enemies are partially really nasty. To cite two examples: There are the Olurum warlock who can hurl not only with crates and barrels, but even with opponents or boulders already killed, or elementals, seemingly out of the fire nothing and not always instantly recognizable , float in the air. The fights are sophisticated: So the hominid opponents withdraw once they have become severely wounded to attack from a distance. Other bosses have a protective aura or help yourself to altars to refresh your life energy.
The statement that some opponents still did stupid hammer in the back, I can not confirm.

Sailing is thanks to the automatic version a lot more comfortable, even when you think of often, the wind would come with malicious intent from the direction you want to drive straight. Here are certainly many on appropriate "On-the-Water-Go-drinking" or the simple swimming resort, which is by the way possible for each island distance. Nevertheless, it is also an entertaining pastime like riding (see below).
And while we're on the subject Sailing: This region is also the seemingly single bug in the game, because the boat has the nice habit after a long absence of the hero simply disappear. Maybe sometimes there is an extremely high swell, because the "parking" on the mainland provides no remedy. Who still does not want to miss out on his boat, should the cheat eq_boat_01 notice.

Criticisms:

(Spoken always in the plural) on the armor for horses as well as the change in the weather has been much in advance. The fact is that you can ride only one horse in a (!) Island with only a suit of armor. Bad this is actually not, because the riding is not a worthwhile thing, although it is certainly to do with the newly created, highly realistic horse not only players who ride outside of the virtual world, fun. Nevertheless cavort not only in the woods too many enemies, there are plenty of teleports and some stretches are simply easier to deal with walking. Really useful is not however - for me to ride indeed belongs definitely to Two Worlds II thereto.

The problem with the sound has already been mentioned: Unfortunately the dialogs via headphones / headset are very difficult to understand. Increasing the level and does not go to time, one winces thanks to the now fully overdriven noise. The optimal solution has my pros reviewer Stefan Scholz "Stefan71242" already aptly described.

If it was still a highly praised weather changes. Well - it's raining in between. Oh, and thunder it does at the same time. Did I forgot something? No. Certainly, this involves a matter of taste, so I can only speak for myself: I was this sudden change in the weather, which (luckily) is rapidly disappearing as abruptly and again as he came, just annoyed. Just in bright sunshine and then a second deluge? This need not necessarily be.

These few, rather small criticisms, however, are not significant.

Conclusion: A captivating story, exciting, sometimes quirky quests, interesting characters with a great setting (big compliment to the voice actor), extremely detail-Locations and good combat scenarios. An addon replayability - I can only express a definite buy recommendation!

"Boy Band" with claim Rank: 5/5
April 21
Very Good 1 5430 Rank: 4/5
September 14
3 satisfactory 1 Rank: 3/5
May 7
Great for the beach Rank: 5/5
August 14
Well ... Made in China up! Rank: 1/5
April 18

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