Two Worlds sequel this winter

By Robert Purchese Published 3 July, 2009

"A breathtaking RPG experience."

TopWare (now owned by Zuxxez) has announced a sequel to Oblivion-alike RPG Two Worlds.

Memorably dubbed Two Worlds II, the game will appear on Mac, "next-gen consoles" and PC this winter.

The sequel has been in development for two years and makes "quantum leaps" in all areas, boasts the press release. AI has been overhauled, authors ditched and a brand-new combat engine employed. Not in place of the authors, obviously.

It will be an "unforgettable experience where excitement, sheer enjoyment and graphics rule", which is presumably why the statement goes into bizarre depth about all the graphical techniques used. Boring, says I. Screenshots are much easier.

Two Worlds II is set two years after the first game, where new adventures in brand-new locations "packed full of atmosphere" await.

Developer Reality Pump is owned by Zuxxez too, and the split from previous publisher SouthPeak appears to be a big deal, enabling fan feedback to be incorporated, development time taken and a "breathtaking experience" to emerge.

The original Two Worlds, however, was "a mess", as our review points out. "Average but quite charming" on PC, but dreadfully converted to Xbox 360.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (31) 3 years ago

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  • BBIAJ #1 3 years ago

    No, Richard Leadbetter does that for them as part of Digital Foundary, it's entirely up to Rob if he's not as into the graphical nitty gritty as some.

  • systems #2 3 years ago

    I'm one of those strange people who really liked Two Worlds. I played nothing else until I'd finished it. I guess it reminded me of Gothic but of course it's nowhere near as good as that.

    They really cocked up on the cut-scenes and dialogue though - even I had to mute all the voices. I'm all for giving them a second chance.
    Edited by 1 at 03/07/09 @ 14:31

  • Horse #3 3 years ago

    WTF is up with the commenters above about graphics? Do people not realise that the site is run by more than one person? Since when do the staff have to act like cult members, all toeing the party line?!
    Edited by 1 at 03/07/09 @ 14:38

  • stevetuck #4 3 years ago

    First one was rubbish... ill pass :)

  • mkreku #5 3 years ago

    I really tried to like Two Worlds.. but I failed. I got a fair bit into it before giving up though.

    I will keep an extremely cautious eye on the sequel.

  • PearOfAnguish #6 3 years ago

    The first was one of the most hilarious broken games I've played. Hope they keep the feature where aggro'd creatures would never ever give up chasing you, resulting in a massive train of beasts following the player wherever they went.

    "You say its boring to talk about graphics yet dedicate pages and pages of your website to the smallest of graphical details between games and call them face offs and other such bullshit.

    Sounds to me like you don't even know what you like. "

    What's your problem? That was just a flippant comment to introduce the screenshot link.
    Edited by 2 at 03/07/09 @ 14:47

  • NewbieZilla #7 3 years ago

    It'll take my breath away from all the laughing I'll be doing.

  • mkreku #8 3 years ago

    Oh yeah, and hope they keep the feature where you could somehow combine all the samey equipment you found, making your own equipment more and more powerful, seemingly limitless. I remember having like a Superman Golden Longsword of Ultimate Destruction +1000 after level 10 or so..

  • Sandhurst #9 3 years ago

    Yes the game was horrible to look at, but I really enjoyed it.

  • Darren #10 3 years ago

    Haha... Two Worlds... well I was definitely in two minds about the game that's for sure! On the one hand it was so poor coded, so laughably voice-acted, so graphically atrocious and so badly scripted that it was a contender for the worst game ever never mind worst RPG. This is the Xbox 360 version by the way. But do you know what, I actually got some enjoyment out of it. I don't know how, maybe the reality was that I stuck with it to see if it got any worst. It's like someone played Oblivion, decided they wanted to make a better game but lacked the skills, time and finances to do so. Not even close and definitely no cigar!

    Oblivion is a flawless classic in comparison to Two Worlds!

    While I'll certainly be interested to see how the sequel does, I've lowered my expectations enormously so there's absolutely no chance I'll be shocked, appalled or disappointed when it turns out to be another broken mess. I suggest everyone does the same too.

  • berelain #11 3 years ago

    or, and here's a crazy thought, they could take some time away from cooing how pretty their game looks (especially when, judging by those screenshots, it looks decent at best) and concentrate on making the game playable, finished, and not shit?

  • chrisno21 #12 3 years ago

    I enjoyed the first. Read the reviews thought it was going to be terrible, rented it and didn't put it down for a week. Interested in the sequal, as far as rentals go.

  • Xerx3s #13 3 years ago

    Two Worlds was an unforgettable experience but not in the positive sense. :/

  • Milbe #14 3 years ago

    If you all could just stop comparing it to Oblivion, maybe you could appreciate how good this game really was. Even the badly programmed X360 version.

  • PearOfAnguish #15 3 years ago

    "pretty sure this is one of the publishers accusing and suing innocent people for filesharing"

    They should be rewarding anybody who plays Two Worlds, whether they paid for it or not.

  • Johnhost #16 3 years ago

    Many flaws games become clut classics, like the original Everquest. Players took the broke game and made it their own. I think people did that with Two Worlds.

    I think we will see something better in the next two worlds, but I highly doubt any german developer will ever make a quality game like Oblivion. Even graphically they aways seem poorly done.

  • Darren #17 3 years ago

    @Milbe - Oblivion and Two Worlds are very similar games so it's understandable that people will compare them. They're also at totally opposite ends of quality scale.

    Two Worlds is a very amateurish game IMO, it's not totally unplayable but it's so rough and unfinished that I can't believe anyone could defend it. The ambition was clearly there but sadly the developers were unable to see it through.

  • DUFFMAN5 #18 3 years ago

    Loved the first game, spent well over 50 hours on it. I have been looking forward for the sequel for years it would seem. Sacred 2 reminds me a lot of Two Worlds.

  • RedSparrows #19 3 years ago

    I like some broken, patchy games, like Sacred 2. Two Worlds just didn't cut it, was hideous. Hopefully II can do some good stuff.
    Edited by 1 at 03/07/09 @ 17:22

  • cowell #20 3 years ago

    There's no split from SouthPeak. It's still theirs in the UK and US as was the first game.

  • WrongShui #21 3 years ago

    Forsooth, verily I decree two worlds a bug filled raggamuffin.

  • immateriaux #22 3 years ago

    Played Two Worlds on PC with the 1.6 patch and thoroughly enjoyed it. The hammy acting, for me, was just hammy acting, nowhere near a deal breaker and it worked, when fully patched a lot better than Gothic 3 (when likewise fully patched). I've forgotten now what exactly I enjoyed most but I do remember horse riding my way across quite a lot of the landscape and enjoying that experience in particular.

    The end game got a bit too bleak and boring but overall landscapes were well conceived, side stories decent, Large Towns/tiny villages contrasted well. Given the reports of the XBox version, I think the PC one was almost a completely different animal as I played from start to finish, encountering one, maybe two, significant bugs at most.

    So hope they can deliver a good sequel as I would definitely go buy it based on my previous experience with it.

  • Phishfood #23 3 years ago

    I liked the first Two Worlds mainly because of the twist that the protagonist was a sarcastic arsehole who speaks in ye olde tounge.

    FORSOOTH! I will be looking forward to more of that dry dialouge in the sequel.

  • Spekingur #24 3 years ago

    As long as you don't have to fill a normal creature with arrows to kill it then all will be good.

  • midnight_walker #25 3 years ago

    Two Worlds was shit. Two Worlds II will have to be something incredibly special for me to even consider it.

  • Cheeky #26 3 years ago

    A sequel shouldn't have even been considered for the piece of junk that was - and still is - Two Worlds.

  • Agent_Llama #27 3 years ago

    Another here who enjoyed Two Worlds, despite its many obvious flaws. Like Sacred II, it was unpolished and clunky, but that didn't stop the atmosphere and charm of the world pulling you in.
    Edited by 1 at 04/07/09 @ 23:20

  • jimmyjimbob #28 3 years ago

    Got the original one kicking about for the 360, don't the patches resolve any of the hideous gameplay problems you guys are talking about? Trying to work out if I should bother giving it a try or not...

  • jdobem #29 3 years ago

    I say let's give the game a chance!
    I've still to play the first one but its on queue. As i play every RPG i can get my hands on,
    i await for this to be better than the first (judging from all those bad reviews).
    Truthfully though, most bad reviews of RPGs turn out to be unfair (IMO). Its not the type of game to be quickly judged with 1-2 hours of gaming, and most reviewers dont have or dont spend much time on them.

  • gmmonkey #30 3 years ago

    Never played the first but the gfx look pretty nice in the sequel.

  • bcrankshaw #31 3 years ago

    I enjoyed Two Worlds ,yes certain quests were broken but the game was playable and entertaining .I'll be buying the sequel :)