here is one and only one good thing to say about Two Worlds: the game truly gives you the freedom to align with any faction and change the gameworld by your choices. Everything else – and I mean everything else – sucks. The rest of Two Worlds is not merely mediocre or lacking polish. It flat out sucks.

In an action/RPG in the Elder Scrolls/Gothic vein, one would expect some free-roaming environments, lots of combat, and a bit of character progression. Two Worlds does indeed have those, but they’re all broken. Environments are bland. The combat is worse than Gothic III’s unplayable mess, with terrible sword- and spell-play layered on top of a badly imbalanced system. Leveling up through the Diablo-like skill set could have been decent, at least – if it were in a better game.

If, somehow, you’re able to get past the game’s many flaws, there is some measure of fun to be had in the later content. It’s still not anything special, but at least the world opens up a bit and you can exercise the freedom to explore whichever particular piece of poorly executed content you feel like. I’d still recommend picking up Gothic III in the bargain bin if you’re into that sort of thing, though – at least that title has some gorgeous vistas and an interesting world to go along with its awful combat. Two Worlds doesn’t even have that.