Sacred 2 just blew my effin mind

I didn't hear about Sacred 2 until the day of its release. It's probably better that way I have been waiting for a good action RPG since I bought my 360. By far my favorite style of game I have had little to nothing to keep me satiated in this respect. Sure there had been games promising to hit my little pleasure nub.

Kingdom Under Fire: Circle Of Doom was a nice attempt but the combat system was ultimately broken and trying to synth gear for hours got old fast.

Rise of the Argonauts just turned out to be terrible. I can't put my finger on it but it just hurt me deep inside to play that game. It might be the constant running back and forth to try find trigger points for the quests. Really if I wanted to run back and forth for quests I would have never quit WOW.

Tales of Vespiria wasn't actually what I would consider an action RPG like it was toted before release. Sure you could fight when you got into battles instead of turn based action but really thats more of a band aid fix for my wanton need.

The only action RPG game that was worth anything so far was Two Worlds which according to everyone besides me sucked but was actually pleasurable but not pleasurable enough.

So when Sacred 2 came out you could guess that I would be leery to sprint down to buy it with my gamer erection pushing against my pants. I needed to see if it was worth my love. A friend once told me that having a motel heart will just leave you upset and depressed if you love anything that comes along. So that's why I was mister hard to get.

So Mike bought it and I started playing it. This game is more than I could ever have hoped or dared to ask for. Sure the trading between two players doesn't work right now but thats good because who could resist duping and cheating the game - I know I never could. The graphics are wild the action is good and the game plays a lot like a mix between Champions of Norrath and the aforementioned Ultimate Alliance. The spells and skills are mapped to the controller like Marvel Ultimate Alliance which could only have been designed by a visionary who needs the video game equivalent of a Nobel Peace Prize.

I will admit I found the start of the game a little awkward because it was not clear which character is which class. Turns out they even made that more awesome. Instead of having the warrior, mage, archer and what have you. Instead You get characters like an undead warrior-necromancer who was brought back to life to kill shit (I might have skipped my characters motives).

I do have to warn you though if your going to play Sacred 2 go to the store and buy thousands of face diapers because your going to shit your fucking mind. Your going to just keep shitting it everywhere repeatedly and constantly its that awesome. I'm only about 11% done the game right now with one character one one of his campaigns.

So far I have already proved aliens as the culprits behind crop circles. I chased one down to its lair and cut off it's head to show the farmers.

I also ran into a gladiator fight organizer who was stereotypically gay and he chose my opponents by what color my skin would accent well against which happened to be a green lizard man. Sure theres no proof that any of the historical gladiators were homosexuals with the eye of an interior designer but theres no proof there wasn't either.

But the highlight of the game so far and the incident which just spurred me to write this post was the inclusion of Blind Guardian. Fantasy and power metal go together like nerds and shit nerds like so it was nice to hear some power metal in the opening CGI cut scene. Whats absolutely magnificent however is the fact that the actual band are characters in the game. Commence mind shitting.

You run into Hans on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere and he asks if you like metal which is weird for a high fantasy game. He then goes on to explain that While his Band Blind Guardian was on tour they were attacked by the undead and had their instruments stolen. So you start out on a quest to get first Hans' mike which is actually a mage staff that shoots lightning. After you get this he joins you on your quest to get the bass, the guitar and the drumsticks. After you get everything your warped to a merch booth in the middle of the forest.

Commence even hard mind shitz because after you talk to Hans again it unlocks a CGI cut scene of the band playing a song live. Switch diapers because the shat is about to tsunami because the crowd is made up of monster werewolves and trolls.

AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH AFTER YOU WATCH THE SONG YOU GET THEIR INSTRUMENTS AS WEAPONS. My Shadow warrior now walks around with a flaming bass guitar.
THIS FLAMING BASS GUITAR