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A role-player's game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I notice from one 1 star review, the person even admited they barely met the min requirements. A review should not be rated if you dont have recommended. I have 1.5Ghz and 512 RAM. Now, the 'outdated' engine most are speaking about doesnt get in the way or play a part in the experience if one is looking for a game with content, which Sacred has a LOT of. It's a roleplayer's game. Diablo fans will love this game, I agree, but I actually was not a Diablo fan. I like this game though a lot because this is a game with tons of action and good content with a HUGE world JAMMED with quests. It should also be noted that the problems of trying to access the game or crashing have all been addressed at their support forums, but I havent had a single problem with it. Installed smoothly and went straight into a character. I even didnt have a problem with the demo. ALWAYS try the demo first of ANY game ;) For people who have problems, follow regular troubleshooting guidelines.. get your latest drivers. A con would definately be the need to rotate the camera. Zooming is nice and gets you into the action. The world is huge, the variety of weapons and armor is huge.. leveling is adequet, I think it's a tad slow at the beginning, but the action right off the bat no matter what class you are is addictive right away. Option of a horse interesting too. Not sure if I really like it, but it does make for fast travel while viewing the scenery. Also your character will make quick little comments once in a while, which can be quite funny. Good game, full of content

Biggest 'should-have-been' shame ever

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I really wanted to love this game. It's Diablo 3 in a lot of ways, but it crashes CONSTANTLY and I have yet to play it online. The company says it's because I use a "router". Well, my "router" is my DSL modem... I would expect an online multi-player game to support BEING ONLINE!!

Plus, constant freeze-ups, crashes & wierd hang-ups where the game continues, but absolutely ignores my commands, letting the bad guys pummel me to death while I watch helplessly.

There are people saying you should make sure your system meets min specs before you complain, well, I'm running a 1.8G P4 with 516M ram, and I have an Nvidia 5200 with 256M. So, I definately exceed specs.

Quests are seldom rewarding, but more than that, so buggy that about half of them are impossible because you'll go where your supposed to go and find... NOTHING.

In their forum, the company has used every excuse there is to rationalize this horribly buggy mess.

This really is a crying shame. 5 star example of a "should have been". Maybe in 6-12 months, when you pick it up in a close-out bin for $5, the company will have released enough patches to make it playable... but I wouldn't count on it

If the copy you have does not work, exchange it for another

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If the copy you have does not work, exchange it for another. thats what I did. and the copy I got, works fine. If you like diablo, you'll love this game. it is more enhanced and much better at least in terms of gameplay and graphics.

sacred problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

sacred is a great little game but I think they rushed to get it out too soon..Their are numerous bugs in it so many quests get failed. I downloaded the patches and they made it worse.I play with a radeon pro card-my boyfriend plays with an n videa.my card is rated as higher than his but i have problems he doesn't
have-like the game crashing-he has the others-unable to complete a quest..The bug fix downloads make it worse.It is a good game, but frustrating..I think they should have delayed putting it out and fixed the numerous bugs in it.

Tedious and boring.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I tried this game over a course of several months and really tried hard to enjoy and like it. But unfortunately it is just too boring. Nothing of significance ever happens. You just go from one place to another slashing and hacking but get nowhere. Unfortunately this problem is not unique in PC games. Some games such as the old King's Quest and Ultima series as well as the newer Baldur' Gate manage to keep the story interesting but this one does not! For example, you can do a whole dungeon and all you get it is some very standard treasure. On the occasion you may get a stand alone side quest. To keep the game interesting a story must unfold. Conversations with locals is very limited and you don't get much by going around and talking to people. On the good side, the interface is great. In fact the game engine by itself is very good and able to create a great game. It is the story which is poorly done.

3D Diablo

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: May 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Starcraft is to Warcraft 3 as Diablo 2 is to Sacred. Not quite as addictive at first but definately improves where the other left off (not that sacred is a sequel). Horses, charged special moves, graphics (weather effects are awesome), unique characters, and best of all, very user friendly for those who aren't role-playing fanatics! Just plain cool... try it if you loved Diablo 1 or 2.

really fun...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i bought this game on a gamble, not sure what it was really like...turns out it's great! if you like Diablo II you'll like this one. i think that Sacred does have better graphics and a bit more humor than Diablo. there's also a few features that are far superior to Diablo such as you don't get tired when you run, if you import a high level character the merchants automatically have stuff that fit your skills, and so on. you can play this game with multiple people, which just adds to the enjoyment. all in all i love this game.

A Great Time-waster with a few flaws.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For those who want a Fantasy based "RPG" that will waste a few hours or days (depending on whether or not you do the side quests), consider Sacred.

Props:
Characters - The game provides a nice selection of different character types. Characters in Sacred include the Gladiator, Dark Elf, Wood Elf, Vampiress [complete with soul], Battle-Mage, and Seraphim (let's not get technical about the name). Sacred Underworld and Sacred Gold (Sacred + Underworld) add the Daemon and the Dwarf. The Dwarf is humorous enough to recommend buying Sacred Gold instead of the original. The makers have provided each character with some nice personality features and comments making the choices both important and distinctive. Each character has a back story. Back stories range from unimaginative to purely humorous. Each character begins with it's own starting place and mini-quest.

World - The world is well developed and fleshed out. Non-Player Characters range from those with something important to say (these have names) to those who merely exist for environment. In the course of the adventure you'll visit farm lands, plains, deserts, forests, mountains, ocean. The land is huge but still a bit small to explain all of these terrains in such proximity. This is a trade off to minimize the amount of time it will take to get from one area to another... and this game will definitely run you all over the place.

Horses - To help minimize that distance, most characters will get to ride a horse. The horse aids in defense, attack strength, and outrunning annoying pests who are trying to attack you while you're trying to complete a mission.

Gear - At the outset you will have only one ready weapon or weapon-shield pair slot, and one special ability ("combat art") slot. As you progress you will gain levels you will get up to 5 weapon-shield sets and 5 ready combat arts. This will allow you to switch rapidly between your spells and the appropriate weapon for a situation.

Combos - Additionally, you will discover combos. A combo allows the character to combine several combat arts into one special ability slot. With a combo, a player could begin combat by putting a couple of protective spells on himself and adding a couple of protective auras without using up all of the available slots.

Gripes:
Sets - In the course of exploring, questing, and adventuring, you will find some armors and weapons that are part of sets. When all parts of these sets are used together, they provide vastly improved abilities. Unfortunately, these are purely random with duplicates of these "unique" items turning up as often as new members of the set. By the time you have assembled a complete set, it may be no more powerful than items you've had to pass up.

Controls - In order to minimize the number of controls, most of the code has been placed behind the mouse. While this can be helpful it can also be a serious (sometimes deadly) nuisance. To cast a spell on yourself, you need to click on your base circle, but in the midst of combat, monsters may mob you making it impossible for the mouse to identify your base circle through the mobs. Similar problems happen when you are escorting someone. You may need to quickly protect them, but catching them while they move or are mobbed can be difficult. Additionally, some are chatty and the mouse may activate some pop-up yammer-box which not only keeps the spell from activating but blocks you from doing anything else until you close it (at which point you or your charge are dead).

Escorts - These can be one of the biggest annoyances. You usually need to move this person safely from point A to point B through monster infested territory. However, the designers have decided to have these unarmed puny NPCs run directly into combat (often bare handed) so that they can shed their mortal coil. An NPC aggressiveness instruction would be so nice.

Horse combos - The combos mentioned above are tremendous, but most will not work from horseback, even though all of the individual combat arts will. There's no real point to this other than to make you trade slots for time.

Monster levels - Monsters advance at roughly the same rate you do, so the puny level 1 goblin you killed at level 1 will be a level 35 goblin when you get to level 35. However, some monsters are initially much more powerful than you are making levels of at least SOME use.

Respawn rate - The respawn rate is too high. Monsters respawn almost immediately as you leave an area. This keeps you from proactively clearing an area to bring your escorted charges through and insists that you will experience all of the fun of protecting them from mobs of Dark Elves or what have you.

Awesome game, just like diablo seris

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Everyone says its buggy but i've played it for a few days straight :-) and i've had one bug, but i downloaded the newest patch and it has ran just fine for the longest time. not only that but i only have a 2 ghz comp, 64 mb video card. it runs just fine. my advice is just get the newest patch from the sacred official website.
the game is great though. the world is absolutely huge and i love games that allow free movement over the land. in diablo you had to go from quest to quest through one path. this you can go explore the world before you even get half way through the main quest. if you liked morrowind you'll also like this. the graphics aren't as 3d but this is a big, fun game.

Sacred

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: May 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

So far i have only played the demo version of this game. It is not as addictive as Diablo 2 LOD but the graphics make up for that. I think that Encore has a lot of work to do on fixing those bugs though. There are lots of places for improvement. For example i called my horse and my characted disappeared until my character mounted it. That kinda freaked me out. I hope that Encore polished the rough egdes of this game a bit, and it might just be as smooth as Diablo 2 and Ultima Online. ;)

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