Anyway, that’s not what this post is about! I’ve recently purchased Sacred 2 for my 360 (have it on PC as well) and thanks to GamersGate’s cheapo weekend (Hooray! – for cheap bastards like me) I got King’s Bounty for $9.99! I’ve been playing both off and on and enjoying them a lot.

I’m finding that KB is quite addictive and very, very polished. I have only found issue so far with a couple things – since the map has so much on it, I find my hero jitters a bit as I move him around… bumping into various things. But that’s not really a big deal. I wish you could auto-resolve battles, especially when you run into the 4th –insert low-level monster here– in a row. That can get kind of dull, but once again, not a game-breaker in the least.

Sacred 2 on the other hand, not so polished. You’d think it would be, considering the number and size of the updates applied to the PC version, but it’s sadly not the case. Still, there’s no comparable action-RPGs on the console (Marvel Ultimate Alliance imo is very diffeerent) so I guess it kinda wins by default. I find the text a bit hard to read on my large-screen 480p TV, but it’s still pretty darn fun.

Check back soon for some reviews on a Photo Organizer app and an MP3 jukebox app… both to appear as ‘Overlooked’ reviews.

However, much more importantly, it also adds a virtual tome, like in Warhammer Online or Lord of the Rings Online. Sweet. I love those things. Now to figure out what the points are for for the achievements you earn.

Anyone?

And those crazies at Ascaron didn’t stop there – they also made your Quest log not suck. Hooray for non-suckage! That’s worth the download, right there.

The following image shows the leafy excitement, coming from our pals at Fidgit. Booyah.

As I’ve said before, virtual tomes are all the rage! So I’m pretty glad to see one introduced in the recent patch for Sacred 2, which updates this awesome open-ended action RPG from version mumblemumble to version 2.40. Included in your new virtual tome is a redesigned quest log, which tidies up your quests quite a bit from the way they used to be dumped into the game. The quest log also adds more helpful information. Also included in your new virtual tome is a page for in-game achievements, which used to be all but invisible. When you first loaded a game, the names of all your achievements would flash on the screen without explanation for what they were and with no way to look them up. They were just fleeting words. Now they’re all visible, complete with their requirements and how many points they’re worth. What do the points do?, you ask. No idea. The virtual tome doesn’t seem to have that page yet.

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