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Tried the demo

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Demos don't always show the full product but if this storyline continues on in the manner that it is, a player will spend many hours exploring this new world.

It is very similar in feel to Diablo II but with some excellent additions including the ability to combine spells and weapon styles into one easy button that you can push.

Distance always proves to be an issue in many RPG's. This game provides an easy to get there horse system and if you forget where you parked your animal, just whistle by using the easy to hit horseshoe on you character's picture. This game even has horse upgrades.

Six character classes include some of the old favorites like a gladiator "tank" and some new ones, like seraphim (angel) and vampiress.

This game is even boasting a similar online setup as Blizzard did with Diablo II. So if you played Diablo II like I did all day and night, your wait for a successor is almost over. Twenty - four hours and counting!

The old 3-D engine reborn.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: March 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Theres a few pros and cons about this game, but I'll get to that later on. First off, Sacred is alot like Diablo II, only with a good story. It's very open-ended for an action-RPG, over 50% of the world is open to explore as soon as you start the game. Unlike most action RPGs, where the smaller enemies just seem annoying, in Sacred the monsters carry random items. You could kill the smallest enemy and find a great weapon or item on it. As you go along, you find "runes" to place in slots to do special moves. You can combine these moves to make a really cool looking (and powerful) combo attack. Theres alot of movement in this game. It's not just "hack & slash". Characters have moves where they can kick, punch, spin around, do acrobatics, and all kinds of stuff. Theres also "particle effects" on some items. One of the armors for the Seraphim class, when you put it on, sprouts blue "wing" like things that sway around when you walk or move. You can also have blacksmiths combine weapons and armors to make completly new items.

Pros:
- Lots of 'eye candy' for this type of game.
- LOTS of items, weapons, armors etc etc.
- Diverse enemies and characters.
- Nice music and sound effects.
- Each character class has a differant type of "play". You can beat the game with the gladiator, and have a totally differant experiance if you beat it with a vampire class.
- The replay value is great. 30 main quests and 200 sub-quests. You wont be beating this in 4 hours like some action RPGs.
- You can buy a horse and ride it around, and attack from it.
- Online play.
- The overhead view has a zoom feature. Where you dont have to stare at tiny characters running around. When you zoom in you can see how much detail is in this game.
- A really "clean" interface.

Cons:
- Kind of a "dated" engine. It has an overhead view like Diablo and Baldurs Gate. But it's not really a resource killer. This game will play on any average PC.

Over all, I really liked this game. I compare most of these game types with the famous Baldurs Gate series (gameplay, content, originality, etc). And this one was more than enough to keep me interested. It's just alot of fun. It's good to see that games are still being made that just arent all about the graphics.

Diablo III anyone?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: March 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'll make this real simple, anyone longing for a Diablo III will love this game. It has the great gameplay action and skill building of Diablo II along with a seemingly endless amount of quests to add some interest to all the hacking & slashing. Another thing, the gameworld is HUGE. The game includes a meter that measures the percentage of the world you've explored and so far I've played 20 hours and have only explored 6%, although I must admit I am a plower from the older Might & Magic games.

Awesome game, but only for the Challenge Obssesed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I sat for days waiting for this game to finally come out and when I FINALLY got it I was overjoyed. Great graphics, interesting voices in the background (Cursing and sexual innuendo abound!), everything about this game is amazing and great! You have a whole world to explore and villians to vanquish. Very open-ended and many different sidequests. It's nice, believe me.

The problem is the battle system. Like Diablo, yes. But you have so many powers and abilities to use, but no way to really get from one to the next, and run and fight? Don't even think about it! Parish the thought! It's wierd because the game is good, but you aiming is atrocious and you have to aim for everything...just...GAH! The battle system leaves much to be desired, but if you know a way around this then enjoy an otherwise awesome game.

Refreshing game, but cherry on top is missing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 29 / 31
Date: April 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After playing Diablo 2 for the last few years, I was really excited to see Sacred released. It's different, yet the same from Diablo 2. The graphics are superior and there are a TON more things to do. They smartly programmed the experience gain, too. No more level 80 in one day. The skill variations are VAST, so you could make several different builds of one character, so...it might take you a few months.

The single player mode is the winner with this game. You can do quests at your own pace, explore at your own pace, etc. Multiplayer on the Net is a little shaky. Wanna do a campaign or mission on multiplayer? Good Luck. I have an extremely difficult time questing in multiplayer. It seems all the quests are already done or in progress...that is the frustrating part.

The battle graphics are smokin' HOT! They will bring a tear to your eye!!

Verdict: Excellet game that needs a few finishing touches put on multiplayer. Then this will truly be the "Diablo Killer".

Sacred - Worth every penny and then some.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: April 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It may have been buggy at release, but the 1.5 update, which I applied before I started playing, seems to have fixed everything for my machine. I've been playing almost non-stop for 2 and a half days and not a single glitch that I can find.

Diablo II fans should rejoice at this truly excellent game. Better graphics, a map that is bigger than you can possibly imagine, simple controls, a little bit of innovation (combo moves, Saraphim and Vampiress characters, special abilities, etc.) good story, diverse adversaries, good music, and a whole lot of fun. I discovered this game by accident on-line, and had a hard time finding a copy near me, but the effort (of driving to a GameStop in downtown Boston) was worth it in the extreme.

Go buy this game immediately if you have any love at all for Diablo II style gaming.

Amazing value for money. Fun. Massive world.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: April 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The six player character options all play fairly differently. Plenty of scope for different builds within each of the characters. The offical sacred forum on the developers site is pretty full of debate on what is "best build"... a good sign.

The game world as stated by many people is huge. I mean really huge. You can walk (or ride) across it without loading screens etc. Very nice. Saving games is also approx 5 seconds long.

Many main and subquests to complete. Subquests are fairly easy to complete, main quests are often lenghty affairs across good distances. Some of the subquests are broken to some degree with the little subquest arrow not working right. I suspect this will all be patched at some point. The game is massive, so not surprising some of the wee bells and whistles don't work. The developers have shown excellent follow up on patch issus so far, which bodes well.

Hundreds of items, plus many can be socketed with jewelry and runes, and there are at least a hundred of these to play with as well. Lots of combinations for outfitting your character.

Simple to use, yet deep to think about, special combat arts, spells and combo system. Also leveling up requires thoughtfull application of stats and skills.

Many people complain about difficulty with clicking on monsters to attack etc. "I have to click 4-5 times to attack a monster" sort of stuff. The game works best by clicking and holding the left mouse button down. Once doing that your character will continue to attack without constant clicking. (Nice for my carpal tunnel issues!) This info is also on pg 27 of the manual.

Overall I've enjoyed it greatly so far. Player for 20 hours and explored 6% of the map. Excellent value for money!

Caution Laptop Users

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 23
Date: April 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First, I gave this game a single star for one reason. I couldn't play it. It might be a great game and bought it based on recommendations made here. However, when I got it home and loaded it on my laptop (866 PIII-M, 1 GB mem, 16 Mb Video), it actually hung my XP system - impressive! I set all display and sound options to the minumum, downloaded the patchs, got the latest DirectX runtime (9.0b) and still it would not load. If you look in the readme file the company mentions that the game may not run on all laptop tops due to their inability to test every integrated video chip configuration and I guess mine was one :(. So, if you're thinking of installing this game on a laptop please be aware that there may be problems. I'm not saying it won't run (I had the minimum recommended system requirements but not the recommended requirements) but be prepared to be frustrated and ensure you can return the game if it you have too.

Almost perfect

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: April 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It's a wonderful game, but the prolific amount of bugs found in the game play cost it that final star. Overall, if you like rigid storylines with A+B+C plot sequences, this may not be the best of games for you. However, that lack of structure is also what makes the game so unique. You have the freedom to move about an immersive world that maintains a fresh feel even when you aren't working on the main quest. Sub quests are neither easy, lame, nor hackneyed, making it all feel like more an experience to play than a just another game.

Overall, it's almost perfect.

Wow i like it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: April 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Its very good and satisfying rpg because it plays a lot like diablo2 but its better because of graphics and slightly diferent in gameplay but basicly go around and hack everyone down which is fun. Combos and skills look awesome when you use them gracefuly kill your enemys. Magic is pretty to everything is visble like the kind of armor you are wearing you can tell it looks just like the picture of the armor itself. PLenty of cool special unique itmes and ENOURMOS WORLD ride a horse if you want! But i still dont realy consider this game D3, it is more like ARCANUM if you have heard of, nice rpg to. Its like a hybrid of Arcanum and diablo, mostly diablo though.
Enjoy a great rpg with good variety of things to do i doubt youwill get bored in the next few month.

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