History YMMV / TwoWorlds

* AccidentalInnuendo: The evil force is called ''The Taint''. It is no doubt in reference to something becoming tainted, in other words corrupted, but when it is just "taint" most people are going to be thinking something quite different

* ClicheStorm:
** The sequel tries to shake this up by making the orcs {{Noble Demon}}s, but even the characters you meet are just standard fantasy archetypes with green skin.
** Another, somewhat more successful try to do something about that is the New Ashos University in ''Two Worlds II''.

** Ignoring the obvious ones from the first, the second game allows you to attack certain bosses from a distance with a bow...before you activate the trigger that makes them able to do anything but stand there. While killing them breaks the quest, it's possible to sit just out of range and chip them to near death, only triggering their AI (and thus make the game register you fought the boss) when they're one hit away from death.

* {{Narm}}: The French dub of the second game is ''very'' hard to take seriously due to its sub-par voice acting, sentences frequently getting cut abruptly and some rather... ''Poor'' choices of vocabulary. How poor ? Some undead ennemies are named "nècres". It sounds almost ''exactly'' like "nègres", which is French for ''the N-word''.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While it has its flaws (most infamously its [[AbortedArc rushed ending]]), Two Worlds II is a '''big''' improvement over the first one. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4jK9uZDvs0 One review]] tellingly doubles its score, as a huge expansion of content adds to its RPG appeal.

* GuideDangIt: The labyrinths in the second game. They all look identical, with the same 2-3 wall/floor/ceiling textures repeating everywhere, with no unique markings to get your bearings, no map to slowly uncover the fog of war from like other caves/dungeons, and you no way to mark your own path. They're also pitch black aprt from the final rooms and the entrances. The first few are simple enough that you could charge blindly and still reach your destination. But they get bigger and more complex with each one, and by the end of the quest chain you'll find yourself in a [[https://guides.gamepressure.com/twoworldsii/gfx/word/-668174875.jpg MASSIVE labyrinth]] filled with dead ends and so many split paths that the "hug one side" trick will end up leading you in circles.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The evil force is called ''The Taint''.

** The first game has its detractors, but the entire soundtrack by Harold Faltermeyer is unbelievably epic. The title theme alone is worth a few listens.

** The first game has its detractors, but the entire soundtrack is unbelievably epic. The title theme alone is worth a few listens.

* GuideDangIt: The labyrinths in the second game. They all look identical, with the same 2-3 wall/floor/ceiling textures repeating everywhere, with no unique markings to get your bearings, no map to slowly uncover the fog of war from like other caves/dungeons, and you no way to mark your own path. They're also pitch black aprt from the final rooms and the entrances. The first few are simple enough that you could charge blindly and still reach your destination. But they get bigger and more complex with each one, and by the end of the quest chain you'll find yourself in a [[https://guides.gamepressure.com/twoworldsii/gfx/word/-668174890.jpg MASSIVE labyrinth]] filled with dead ends and so many split paths that the "hug one side" trick will end up leading you in circles.

** Remember how badly alchemy broke ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''? Now imagine if those stat boosts were permanent. It's possible to kill the final boss in two hits with a properly powered-up character in the first game.

* Narm: The French dub of the second game is ''very'' hard to take seriously due to its sub-par voice acting, sentences frequently getting cut abruptly and some rather... ''Poor'' choices of vocabulary. How poor ? Some undead ennemies are named "nècres". It sounds almost ''exactly'' like "nègres", which is French for ''the N-word''.

** Just the dialogue and character models in the second. For example, the ''Ghostbusters'' reference (...Are you a god?) on the main page's ShoutOut section takes place in the middle of a semi-serious guild plotline. In general, the protagonist's snark diffuses a lot of the more cliche quests.
* PortingDisaster: ''Two Worlds'' was obviously meant to be a PC game. The Xbox 360 version has inferior graphics, an almost-unusable user interface, and [[ObviousBeta more bugs than you can shake a can of RAID at.]] The second game has some bizarre mix of console and PC disadvantages in the user interface, such as being unable to select some (minor but very noticable) things with the mouse but otherwise retaining an obvious leaning towards PC functionality.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The first part takes place in Northern Antaloor, which was just recently shaken by a bunch of sleezy jerkasses who took control of the region via political intrigue and imposed a bunch of laws the populace hates. The main quest of that area involves a lot of political intrigue and the like that could have been fleshed out and given more overall depth. In the South, there's a lot of tension and concern over the invading Orc armies, and in fact when you get to the capital city of Cathalon, you can see siege machines being set up across the river by Orcs. Once again, the epic potential of this stock Fantasy trope is epically wasted because, all in all, you don't really even do too much to help end the war.

!!This series provides examples of:

** The first game has it's detractors, but the entire soundtrack is unbelievably epic. The title theme alone is worth a few listens.

** Another, somewhat more successful try to do something about that is the New Ashos University in TW2.

** Permanent stat bonuses are removed in the second game, but some of the most inventive aspects of the alchemy/spell system result in overpowered mechanics. For example, a character will usually accumulate enough materials to concoct 10 potions to resurrect them upon death-- and if that's not enough, resurrection exists in spell form.
*** One of the weaknesses of the "mage" archetypal character is that missile spells don't stunlock enemies like melee weapons (and, to a lesser extent, ranged weapons) do. While melee characters usually have an easy time one-on-one, mages must result to kiting... until they figure out that they can combine a missile with an area-effect that blinds opponents, resulting in an even longer stun than expected for ''most'' enemies, though those who are immune suddenly become DemonicSpiders in comparison.
*** Missile spells are affected by the spray modifier, turning one projectile into many. Not only does this resulting in a shotgun effect where adventurous mages will aim to inflict triple or more damage by attacking upclose, but the fact that missiles can be combined with another carrier card can resulting in a mage instantly summon numerous minions that surround enemies and stop them from being a threat.
*** Part of the danger of the Swamps in the third chapter is because of how little walking room there is, resulting in characters being surrounded by the flying Vespines or the undead who are able to wade through the deep water. Introducing the water-walking ability, in both spell and alchemy form...

*** Summoning in the second game. In the first game it was overpriced and weak; but in the second, you can easily swamp the enemy with hordes of instantly-summoned, incredibly-tough giant scorpions or viciously fast stunlocking skeletons, and can rapidly resummon any that get killed.

* MemeticMolester: Lucius Darx

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** The first game has it's detractors, but the entire soundtrack is unbelievably epic. The title theme alone is worth a few listens.
** Another example: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4giPAAMcH5g Opala]].

** Just the dialogue and character models in the second. For example, the ghost busters reference (...Are you a god?) on the main page's ShoutOut section takes place in the middle of a semi-serious guild plotline. In general, the protagonist's snark diffuses a lot of the more cliche quests.

* JerkSue: The first game's protagonist is ''incredibly'' arrogant, but everyone responds to him with respect or praise rather than the irritation one would expect. And he never does get called out on causing the massacre of an entire city to further his own goals.
** On the other hand, he does have his moments of doing some missions simply because he wants to and not because he's a greedy prick, and by the second game, he's far more likable, partially because most of the stuff he did in the first game came back to epically bite him in the ass, and partially because they made him a DeadpanSnarker.