Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 15 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

5
Average:

6
Bad:

3

Pros:

Expansive universe.
Tons of questing to do.
Lovely visuals.

Cons:

Bugs.
Boring combat.

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Last revision on March 15, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Expansive universe
Tons of questing to do
Lovely visuals
Highly customizable characters
Enough quests to keep you constantly busy
Nicely varied and good looking world
Solid, if mostly traditional game design

Reviewers Didn't Like

Bugs
Boring combat
Awful story and dialogue
Atrocious voice-overs
Getting around can be a chore
Main story is rather lackluster

Expert reviews and ratings

Elitist message board wailings to the contrary, being a clone isnt necessarily a bad thing. Its very possible for a development team to be inspired by a particular title and try to put their spin on it. This often pushes the genre as whole forward...

By GameSpy on December 19, 2008

Although it has flaws, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel has more than enough personality to make it a solid action role-playing game. Andrew Dagley Lowest online price: ££29.93...

By PC Advisor on December 15, 2008

Action RPGs are difficult to get right. At their core, they’re just games about killing tons and tons of enemies and looting the bodies, all the while perfecting that ultimate character build. Most are highly derivative, allowing players to almost...

By Gaming Nexus on December 09, 2008

Itching for a little Hack N' Slash now that Titan Quest is getting old and Diablo III is still a long way off? Well then Sacred 2 might be your best bet. THE BOTTOM LINE: Though it has flaws, Sacred 2 has more than enough personality to make it a...

By GamePro on December 08, 2008

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By BrightHub on December 06, 2008

If Ascaron patches in fixes for the bugs, to shore up the game, this will be quite entertaining and should provide a lot of fun. The graphical elements are, for the most part, well done, and the game has a very good vibe to it – it does not take...

By GameZone on December 05, 2008

Action-role-playing games grew up in corridors. Some have wide corridors, and some have randomized corridors, but they're all corridors that lead from a starting town hub to a final boss fight. Sacred 2 doesn't stand for that. You go where you...

By 1Up on November 25, 2008

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is epic in pretty much every sense of the word. For instance, it has a power metal theme song, penned by Teutonic veterans Blind Guardian. The terrain measures an impressive 22 square miles, there are 200 character levels to...

By Games Radar on November 20, 2008

Hack. Slash. Grab loot. Repeat. That formula is followed to a tee in Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, another action-first RPG you can toss onto the pile atop Diablo, Titan Quest, and the first Sacred, now more than four years old. But this isnt just another...

By cnet on November 19, 2008

Although Sacred 2: Fallen Angel doesnt break any new ground, it does impressive work freshening up an old formula....

By GameSpot on November 19, 2008

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