It should be no surprise that the hero's voice actor is Jonathan Faila (aka the narrator in The Settlers 2, Ramadamses in The Settlers 3 and Fuxxyhead in AquaNox 2). From what I've heard, his delivery of dialogue is quite hammy.

The archers in BG were pretty powerful.

Heh, wow. Steam is selling the game for $20, too. So gog definitely has a good deal.

I'm in the "love it" camp. Take it as it is and you surely couldn't be disappointed.
It's got a big, open world filled with lots of things to see/do/collect. There are no artificial restrictions on how far you can level. It has a very neat item combining system whereby you can take two items of the same type and merge them into a new slightly better item of same type. Archery, melee, magic - check. Lot's of lore/individual stories - check. An incredibly attractive supporting actress - check (almost worth the $10 for this alone, although it's best to not get too excited when she is supposedly your sister). Alchemy/herbalism/gathering - check.
The loalisation is definitely suspect, but like others have stated it is nearing cult status. If you look past the localisation issues there is actually an incredibly solid story and well-realised world under it all. Ok, the story arc isn't particularly revolutionary or inspiring, but then Bioware churn out the same sort of crap, allbeit polished beyond recognition. I say this as a massive Bioware fan: still, I'm not going to pretend Bioware's writing is wonderful (it's pretty poor, if you ask me) or that I've not been paying to hear the samne story from them for the past 15 years.
Bugs, forget them - it's pretty much bug-free now.
Don't let poor localisation put you off - you'd pay to see a good foreign film with dodgy (not indecipherable) subtitles would you not? Or maybe you wouldn't - that could be the problem here. Seriously, the only thing David Gaider et al have over Two Worlds is that English is their first language - otherwise the English speaking world would all be laughing at Bioware too. It's the same nonsense.
And good on Good Old Games. Whather your hand was forced into selling this through a wider deal or not, I think Two Worlds sits very nicely in this catalogue of cast-offs and forgottens. I seem to remember the same backlash against Gothic almost a decade ago when it first surfaced and look at the classic that has become. In fact, most of GoG's catalogue fits nicely into this bracket - perhaps this is a little pre-emption on their part.

Please elaborate on Gothic. :)
Yes I do love that many of their titles are hidden gems. I'm certainly playing a lot of great stuff I haven't even heard of.

It's very hard to find a professional negative review of the first two Gothics now, but I remember a lot of discussion about the clunky controls and numerous bugs. A lot of people felt it was a bit amateurish too. I'm sure if you check the Amazon reviews from 2001/2002 that half of them will be 1 or 2 stars and the other half will be 5 stars. Kind of like Two Worlds, really - you either loved it or hated it. People tend to score it kinder now - although I'm sure subsequent patches (official and community) help. But then, Two Worlds has had some pretty extensive patches now. People seem less keen to re-evaluate it than with Gothic, but it is perhaps a little too soon. I'm sure the tide will turn, if the Oblivion nuts (who mostly haven't even played it) stop dumping on it in some kind of territoriall ritual.
Don't get me wrong, I played Oblivion for hundreds of hours and built mods for it - but then again, I have fantastic experience of some of the vicious elements of the Oblivion community. Oblivion and Two Worlds are like... Two different worlds. I've never understood the fear and annmosity from one camp towards the other. A good 50% of the bad reviews compare it to Oblivion, which is just stupid.

Understandable. I could totally see how one would hate Gothic and think it's amateurish. In a way I suppose it is, but I kinda find it charming that way. I do prefer Risen for these reasons, though...

Especially considering the circumstances - that GOG is selling the only version that objectively is worth any real money at all
:)

Very much agree about Gothic. It is one of the best "treasures" I've found on GOG. I was not familiar with it until I found it here. Got it on a whim and was extremely surprised at how good it was. It is a true classic. And plays on just about any machine - even netbooks. A superb value at GOG prices.

One other great thing about Fallout 3 is that it doesn't have that shitty leveling mechanic where everything scales to your level.

They must have some good drugs at walmart then.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Dragon-Age-Origins-PC-PC-Games/10802673

I am REALLY regretting my purchases of Two Worlds and Enclave this week.
Maybe I should have just have finally bought Ishar instead...

Wish I could play my copy of Gothic 2 I got from GoG - but having both Windows 7 and an nVidia video card means I get graphical crashes. Gothic 3 is growing on me though.

To those of you who said that they bought the game and were disappointed, could you elaborate? I am sincerely interested to know, as the negative reviews as of now are not really helpful in understanding. Also some people accuse positive reviews like mine of "misleading" prospective purchasers, which I would almost take personally if I wasn't clearly just one of many who really grew to love the game.
I mean, when I look at screenshots of the game (and that's the least I would do before buying a game):
[url=http://www.ag.ru/go/scr/http://www.ag.ru/screenshots/two_worlds_2007/204372#show][2] [url=http://www.ag.ru/go/scr/http://www.ag.ru/screenshots/two_worlds_2007/191408#show][4]
I for one, considering my taste in gaming, find that these screenshots make me want to play this game (again) very very much. So I figure no one who wouldn't feel at least somewhat the same would have bought the game.
But the game delivers on all that these screenshots promise, and so much more! If you can honestly say that the screenshots make you want to play this game, then I can't really see what could have made you regret your purchase, so it would be cool to hear your reasons. Because as of now the only way I could imagine this happening is if you didn't really play it yet (Two Worlds takes 2-3 hours of getting used to). Did you find your first horse to ride around with? Did you visit one of the quest locations or do a side mission? Did you just stray off the path for once and explore? Did you play around with the alchemy system and level up your character a few times?
I just don't think that the screenshots or positive reviews give false promises.

Long time ago, on disc, not too long after its release, I picked this up from Best Buy for a PENNY - as BB was junking the game out they do old strategy guides b/c it was getting lots of returns b/c of install limits and the phone number to tech support was invalid. I heard the Internet rumors, went to the store, checked it out, and it was true. :-X
Upon release - it had performance issues and the voice-acting was WAY all over the place, but who's to complain? I paid ONE PENNY for it! :P I did like the game, BTW - it was good, despite all its problems. I did spend a good 30 hours or so w/ this title.
But, really - it's good to see GOG get this title - especially DRM-Free. That's always a good thing. :) I think it's worth the $9.99 pricetag GOG is selling it at.
Oh - did the DRM get patched-out of the retail disc version?