Sacred 2 Remaster - Review

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Gamespew reviewed the Sacred 2 Remaster:

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Sacred 2 Remaster review - A disappointing update of a classic action RPG

As an action RPG fan, I was in my element when Sacred 2: Fallen Angel launched back in 2008. While its story was passable, it looked great, had a massive open world to explore, and offered up mountains of loot. Also, I could play it with friends thanks to online co-op. I was happy, then, when it was announced that it was getting a remaster for current-gen consoles and PC. But now it's here, Sacred 2 Remaster is a disappointment.

As you'd expect, Sacred 2 Remaster is the very same game as Sacred 2: Fallen Angel at its core, only now it also includes the Ice & Blood expansion. That means it features new regions to explore, two additional character classes to play, and has a wealth of new missions, items, and more, as standard. On top of that, the visuals have been cleaned up a little, the user interface has been tweaked, and full controller support has been added.

All of those things are very welcome indeed. And there's no doubt that Sacred 2 Remaster has never looked better. It's nice to be able to play the game on current formats, too. Unfortunately, though, some of the changes here are either troublesome or downright perplexing, and in some cases, both.

Take the controller support, for example. Rather than allowing you to equip four skills and activate them by holding the right trigger and pressing the face button designated to each of them, you instead have to tap the right trigger to switch between them, which, in the middle of combat, is a pain. And then there's the co-op - or the lack of it on consoles. As anyone who's into action RPGs will know, playing with a friend is always more fun, but that's not an option on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S for some reason. It's strictly a single-player experience.

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There's some fun to be had with Sacred 2 Remaster, but on the whole it's a disappointing update of a classic RPG. Newcomers will find many aspects of it bewildering, using skills with a controller is overly fiddly and, worst of all, multiplayer isn't an option on consoles. Much more should have been done to bring this classic up to date.

Score 5/10