Steam review system is bad. This game is not officially terrible, it is just meh. They should add (at least) a neutral review, as I want to give to this game. A 5 out of 10.

Always had a deep passion for medieval-fantasy RPG games, and especially if they are old ones. 'Two Worlds: Epic Edition' was promising. Well, it was.

At launch it was perfect: quite decent visuals, beautiful colours, smooth movements. The main story is intriguing, the world map is HUGE, with with a plethora of varied environments & locations (towns, villages, (capital) cities, camps, outposts, castles, dungeons, caves, etc.), the customization is terrific, there are countless sets of armors and weapons, a lot of NPCs (mainly useless though), a bunch of sidequests, a full original bestiary, a lot of special abilities to uncover, factions to get along with, pretty music, ... Well the list of the qualities is really long.

I had fun for something like 10 hours, and it seemed very long. If you tend to die on each and every opponent at the beginning (I have nothing against it, against non-tutorial games nor difficult ones), I quickly managed to find/steal/buy incredibly powerful armors & weapons, making every fight a one (or two) shot(s) one. I maxed the melee and basic magic spells and managed to run over any opponent encountered. I became richer than Croesus. I quickly reached the 'you are a living legend' level of reputation amongst different factions, and just by completing few sidequests. And the game began to lose my interest.

I traveled a lot, because I deeply enjoy to explore the map, and chose to do so by horse (quickest option so far). A Navy aricraft carrier is easier to maneuver than the horses in 'Two Words'. I got soft-locked many times and had to reload as many times. You can whistle to get the horse but it doesn't come. It often get stuck in weird angles, and always when you are chased by those d*mn boars or wolves. Skyrim did it way better afterwards (lol). So travelling was eventually not that funny anymore.

I so chose to fight to complete repetitive sidequests. But with my badass equipment I emptied dungeons (often 4 to 5 small rooms max) very quickly. Camps are just a big zone with 5-20 enemies. And that's done. Not funny neither.

I spoke to many NPCs and wow they have so much to say. They just ignore what chit-chat is. By the way, voice dubbing is so awful it looks like a total joke. Try to find compilations on the internet if you need a good laugh ! It felt like the devs tried to fill the lore everywhere they could. It all started to feel really empty in the end.

After something like 8 hours of gameplay, the game suddenly lost its music and started to freeze-lag a lot. I tried to fix it but no chance. I persevered for 2-3 more hours but it was time to let go. Discovering teleportation stones was a help but also contributed to ruin the experience, making the game even easier and challengeless.

It is sad because I saw its potential, just didn't have to patience to make some one-hour-long trips on a buggy horse to have to find the brother of an unknown dude in the forest neaby. Stay tuned if you want to read the sequel review because it won't discourage me to play it!