Hello all oldtimers.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned the horse fighting yet, even though it's one of the strongest part of Two Worlds gaming experience. I've spent 3/4 of the game chopping my enemies to pieces from the saddle, or just running them over. I had some trouble with the stronger monsters like golems, ogres and cyclopses (and some other serious shit) from the other side of the river, but that couldn't neglect my sympathy towards those awesome stallions we are able to mount throughout our adventures. Some people on the net say that horse fighting is crap and broken. That's just wrong. If you learn the proper timing with thy weapons and add that +XXX% damage (that you can always reset in favour of other skills, when you reach the end stage of the game) you get from horse fighting skill... you just know this game is made for it. :) Plus, horses are irreplaceable for covering those long distances found in the game. They're just great.

I used horses a lot for traveling around and for carrying my items, but I never really tried fighting from them. I'm surprised to hear that it works well since most players seemed to think it didn't. But that's cool. My character mostly used two-handed weapons which meant fighting from horseback was impossible. In retrospect, I would have gone for dual-wielding instead, but that also would have meant I needed lighter armor....

Anyway, it's cool that the horse combat works well once you learn it. I would try it out, but I have too many other games to play so I doubt I'll play Two Worlds again. I'm planning to try the sequel though so maybe there's good mounted combat there too.

Fighting from horseback works OK. I don't like it in general though because it can be hard to get the horse to turn around when there is landscape around and if you want to loot the bodies you have to get down off the horse anyways in the end.

I think the horses are great. Granted, control in some terrain is not so good, and there are locations you may be able to get to on foot, with a little jumping and/or determination, that the horse just may never go. Some horses seem to be easier to control, as well. Practice hitting from horseback, don't worry about the fact that you have to get down to loot bodies, finish the battles first. Also, you don't have to mount a horse to access their inventory. As long as the horseshoe is visible, you can access their inventory as you access yours (when on foot).

Have fun!

PK

My favourite horse is the skeleton(undead) one. You can find at least 4 of them, all located at the 4 Necromancer towers.

I didn't use them much for fighting, just riding around one. It has nothing to do with the game, I'm just a footsoldier :).

Regarding the horse complaints, I actually don't have anything bad to say about them. They have a hard time going over hill-like spots, but other than that, I think they are pretty cool.