Finding the Best ARPG Ever Made: Sacred

[@theguytoby1362]

Man I remember playing this game with my dad via 15 meter LAN cable through our entire house just so that my lvl 40 "I'm a Battlemage" would stand in the corner of high level areas and shit his pants and my dad's lvl 200 Gladiator just one shots everything. Good times... Man I miss playing games with my old man.

[@willielast]

ahhh thats nice...i wish my dad liked video games

[@theguytoby1362]

@@willielast It's all fun and games, until he sent you to bed at 8 and you wake up to 6 more hours of Playtime on your game and you don't know why you are some place else. Also when he beats your ass in Halo, because he played that game non stop and you just sat beside him wanting to play too. Still good times though

[@redshift912]

@@willielast I don’t wish your dad liked video games

[@kalebdye4378]

Same...

[@lexeleister4618]

@@willielast same

[@ChaosHikari]

The Goblin enemies actually talk german and say one of the many words for penis and the other one is literally "Behead him, I need a new ashtray". German is a diverse language. Also just skill "Disarm" so you can get enemies weapons... including Trolls Giant Tree Clubs, which you can't equip since it requires the Troll Class

[@seer6251]

LOL, this comment really keeps pushing me to think this game was made to troll audiences. Between the weird language, and the missing required Troll Class weapons, there's so many charming things about Sacred

[@Bloodlyshiva]

Has someone ever modded/unlocked to Troll Class, then?

[@ChaosHikari]

@@Bloodlyshiva dunno if there is a mod but there is no troll class to unlock. Sometimes you can equip their giant tree sized clubs but some are locked as far as I remember. Also played on an unpatched CD version years ago so it might have changed.

[@HardcoreWithKoda]

Schlagt ihm den Kopf ab.. ich brauch nen neuen Aschenbecher 😂

[@bicello]

@@seer6251 eeeh i guess you didn't read the tombstones then, or found the soccer field, or the pacman dungeon, etc etc etc, what a pity :D

[@cerocero2817]

The screams of the cultists enemies in spanish were incredibly loud, long, high pitched and over the top. Casting a fire ring inside a unisex group of a copule dozens of cultists created an earrape more powerful than any on this website.

[@alantremonti1381]

I mean, I am gonna need a clip of that.

[@GarkKahn]

Tu sangre purificara tu alma corrupta!!! *grito mas afeminado posible* Aaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!

[@franchopancho9389]

@@GarkKahn "ARREPIENTETE, GUSANO!"

[@mxvrdahegaouwu7577]

INFIEEEEEELLLL!! TU SANGRE PURIFICA TU ALMA CORRUPTA!!! *me congela con sus hechizos* *lo mato con hechizos de hielo y fuego* -AHHHHHH bwaaa

[@priestofcrab4043]

We need to tell OldSacks immediately.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

The Vampiress was (unsurprisingly) my favorite character in this game - but not because of any game play advantage. I actually love her random voice lines about ancient battles or long-forgotten kings she used to know. It's one of the few "ancient vampire" characters in a video game I think actually "feels" ancient, and not because of her powers, but just because of her general attitude towards the world and the people in it - every time she meets a new person or enters a new area, she's like: "Oh, this reminds me of that time, long ago..." I was super bummed that they didn't include the Vampiress in any of the sequels.

[@John_on_the_mountain]

Its a really cool idea for an ARPG class too

[@oliverurbanik9647]

The Vampiress was also the Main Character in the first Sacred Novel - there she was on a redemption journey, getting involved in a conspiracy regarding the church and werewolfs and such if i remember correctly. has been 20 years oO ..

[@LadyDoomsinger]

@@oliverurbanik9647 There's a novel???!!

[@oliverurbanik9647]

@@LadyDoomsinger i know at least of 2 - from sacred 1.

[@eylien5730]

Fun Fact Sacred 2 had a Song Recorded exclusive for their game called Sacred Worlds from famous German Metal band Blind Guardian which áll of the band members are also featured in the game as Npcs and you have to find their Instruments also featuring a ingame cinematic with a concert of them ingame fting orcs goblins etc in the crowd Sacred never took themself to serious kinda charming

[@lipayy9852]

Blind Guardian is great

[@_Jay_Maker_]

Holy shit, that's awesome. _NIghtfall in Middle Earth_ is one of the greatest albums in history.

[@LeonserGT]

Tbh, still my most favourite song from Blind Guardian...

[@Nonchalant-xxx]

I remember doing that mission every single time to sell the items you get just to buy a new mount from that island with weird mounts I freaking loved that

[@molilolo5292]

This is my childhood game after Diablo... It's really good

[@SPTNN]

Same for me bro, but i completely forgot about this game. Deep deep memory

[@xzxxx-km4vy]

@@SPTNN Install Reborn HD and play it again, like i am doing

[@Testgeraeusch]

There is no "town portal", but there are two disconnected portal networks: Big portals near major towns or important places that let you teleport to any other of them once activated... and smaller ones that appear in pairs. For those you need a dedicated portal rune. Usually after beating a main quest or finding a seacret area, there will be a small prtal nearby to be activated by the drop from an enemy. I spend quite some time trying to activate most of the small portals and i found some rather surprising connections.

[@Kaktanternak]

Finally! I played a shit ton of this game as a kid, it's pure nostalgia for me. And just so you know, you can exchange 4 of any skill runes for one of your choice at the combo master (the old wizardy dude)

[@seer6251]

This tip is killing me, I can't believe I missed that. Next playthrough it's going to be great lol

[@nikvon1555]

@@seer6251 You can also click an NPC that you turn in the quest with, quicksave before you reach them, then get the reward and, if the reward sucks, quickload. You might say that that's cheating, but I say that the devs gave us this function for a reason. Just note that set drops are level restricted, so you might not get pieces of the set you want unless you're high enough lvl

[@filippetrula1234]

@@seer6251 also if you dont use skill runes you ll drop more of them

[@Xsidon]

7 fucking years later you made me want to play this shit again with this comment... I... I'm not even mad

[@LeonserGT]

@@seer6251 moreover, exchange 2 runes for a completely random rune of any class, exchange 3 runes for a random rune of your class and finally 4 runes allows you to select which skill you want specifically.

[@mugogrog]

I remember finding Sacred in a 1 dollar pile of games in a store. I installed it expecting nothing and I got something epic :p Yeah Sacred is clunky as hell but it's seriously awesome. And yet it's something most people have never heard of. PS: The first thing I did when firing up the game was to just wander the world which ended me up at some huge dragon in a hidden clearing in some random woods. I snuck in and grabbed some stuff. The dragon felt like end game stuff but the mere fact that you could basicly get there instantly just shows you how open the game is.

[@MetaL556]

I remember that dragon to this day. My first run-in with it was a very "woah this game is awesome" experience, since the game just lets you wander off into the woods and find something special without hand-holding.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

I can't even remember how or where I got Sacred. But I am so happy I have it. I still go back to it every now and again, when no other games appeal to me.

[@aaronjenkinsson]

if i remember correctly that dragon was in the west right? :D

[@JoeSmith-mp2fn]

Got 2 for like 4$ and easily put few hundred hours in

[@PanzerShrek94]

I once had a PC game magazine which had game walkthroughs and one was Sacred..once i read through it i wanted the game and a year later i found it with another game magazine(Which sometimes had full game CDs in them)

[@Lucky-df8uz]

Admits to being battle mage, sets self on fire. Those guys man, something off about em. This seeries is great can't wait to see more!

[@CatchingVibes-et9zv]

Pyromancer from Rift, literally had a self conflag bar.

[@DungeonsAndDerps]

I paused this video at the first second, couldn't wait. Sacred was a huge part of my childhood, I've played it for countless hours. I'm gonna make dinner, sit down and enjoy the show - Can't wait to see what you think. Thanks for making my Friday evening better.

[@psielemental]

I remember playing the Battlemage. There is this one set of items that gives you an permament spirit aura, which in turn reduces cooldown on all skills. Coupled together with massive bonuses to ice abilities, you could use a frost spell that would fan out in a half-a-screen nuke and kill anything, including dragons, in anywhere from 1-4 shots. That was fun.

[@petrasb1]

Ice shard build oh yeah :D

[@yayayhea8377]

Bmage was as vulnerable as fun. If built great he literally was op

[@michastachal6434]

Great game! Played that like 15 years ago... Big world, nice progression system with runes and fighting agains dragons and giant spiders. I would like to be able to play that on Switch after somekinda remaster!

[@GreyVictory1510]

I would probably sink an unhealthy amount of time in if they ever rereleased it on Switch. Portable Sacred without the installation problems? Yes!

[@bugiej]

This was and still is a masterpiece. Best of its kind

[@Wojti2000Zapasowe]

This game and the first Narnia movie sparked my interest in fantasy when I was basically a toddler. ...im almost 23 now, and with my own fantasy tabletop wargame in the works. I will never stop loving this game for inspiring my imagination when I was a child and being so fun

[@DevilinGame]

O cholera Wojti :D Sacred is the best, still struggle to find any game that gave me such joy as Sacred Gold.

[@Twitch_Moderator]

I still have all these old RPG games on disc from day 1. Nox, Sacred, Temple of Elemental Evil, Neverwinter Nights, Dungeon Siege, Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Diablo 1 and 2, Torment, etc. I have an insane library of disc's from when computer stores sold big box games.

[@FulmineNero]

Keep them warm and safe. They're a treasure.

[@FraternityOfShadows]

Ok, so to unwrap a couple of things: 1. Runes are random, but the Combat Arts master can exchange any 4 runes into one choosen by you (or you can gamble, giving him any 3 runes to get a random rune for your class) 2. Combinations have separate cooldowns from Spells/CombatArts, and they can be used to either spam a long-cooldown ability 4 times in a quick succession, with a larger cooldown in between; stash a pre-prepared buff routine, or create a combo, like for example multi-shot and self-guided arrows for the oh-so-hated-by-you wood elf. Each class has it's own uses for the mechanic. 3. The dial, that you have no idea what it does is in fact a MainQuest pointer, with smaller arrows pointing you to the direction of side-quests.

[@Sway22]

Omg... after so many years and hours in the game... I finally know what the dial and the smaller arrows mean xDDD I always thought that they are so random. Only the red ont that points to your marker made sense to me ;)

[@PanzerShrek94]

using the same spells for combos are the most fun,like shooting 4 fireballs in succession with the mage..or with wood elf use multi arrows to shoot 3 arrows and then explosive arrows..you will fire 9 explosive arrow in succession,obliterating anything in your way.

[@FraternityOfShadows]

@@PanzerShrek94 better to use multi-shot as a skill, and then 4x Explosive Arrow for quicker 12 arrows. Or, you know, the actually best combo in the homing arrows.

[@PanzerShrek94]

@@FraternityOfShadows If you want to go overkill then use the "attack" skill which standardly shoots like 3 arrows,if you use that with multi shot then you will shoot like 6 arrows all at once..3 times in a row..a machine gun bow basically.

[@withnofiller]

The cutaway to multiple choice and the later fakeout of the same thing had me rolling. Brilliant as always, sir

[@tylerp657]

It was excellent 👌

[@corexmaily]

fancy seeing you here

[@86-panda]

@WithNoFiller that video about the D2 maps was a masterpiece! Long time sub here!

[@NonnyStrikes]

Name-lock Teleport Concentration Hammer

[@withnofiller]

@@86-panda Thank you kind sir!

[@opposed2logic]

please never stop making videos seer. theyre so god damn good. the second you branch out to a more mainstream gaming (or anything else) audience you'll be huge. youre like a sssethtzeentach mixed with a videogamedunkey. top tier content.

[@belgarathmth]

So, I enjoyed the review, but apparently you never realized that the combo master can trade those random runes for any skill you want. You seem to have missed his second button that takes you to a screen where you can trade any four runes for whatever skill you choose.

[@seer6251]

My GOD, there's no way, LOL. Well that is an amazing tip, thank you

[@ke3jackson]

@@seer6251 Ye , havent checked the game in years , but it was similar to how upping gems in Diablo works . 3 Runes and gold for a rando rune of your class , 4 runes and more gold for a rune of your choice from your class , and if i remmeber correct , 2 runes and a bit of gold for basically a rerloll from the pool. SO thats what you do , with all the runes game is throwing at ya, reroll them for your runes. Also bot Sacred and Sacred 2 had this wierd balance , where you didnt want to lvl the basic skill with runes by eating much , it was much more efficiently to get the lvl ups from putting the runes in gear - mostly cause the cooldowns get ridiculous. For instance aah , lets say a basic combo like attack (evry class has a combat rune with a 3-4 multi hit skill) , you basically eat one rune to get 1 lvl in the skill , then have it in all your gear slots for + 10 or more , cuz the % gaisn from gear are the same if u had eaten 10 runes , but the Cooldown stays like 2 secs for like lvl 1 , with the stats of lvl 10 skill. TLDR - Eat minimal lvls of runse to keep skills at your comfortable cooldowns , get the other skill levels by putting them into hte gear. ITs absolutely weird but, once it clicks - ALSO skills have one global cooldown for all , combos have another, so 2 skills and 2 combos for tougher enemies is my go to , with spamming single skills and the combo on diff cooldowns , there were also i think it was concentration , that lvlv that stat lowers cooldowns. Shiiii.. that T:DR turned longer , but yea the game has veeery different rules from other Arpgs but once you figure the system out (Works with slight tweaks for Sacred 2 aswell- tbh S2 is a more polished in the skill systems dept), its amazing. The best thing of all is - as you said it is highly customizable - unless going full meta min max , you can make a looot of things work decently . So ya , eat minimum nr of runes , have 2-3 single skills on very low cds in the skill bar , and 1-2 good combos of those skills for tougher guys or crowds, put all your runes in the gear to get all the positives without the negatives, rune guy in town is your best friend. Fuk that was long , why did I even bother with the tdlr.....

[@Zaburino]

@@ke3jackson If I reinstall, I'll want to remember this lol

[@PanzerShrek94]

Lol he's not the only one,when i played the game it took me years to realize this..i kept getting bummed of not finding a lightning rune for my mage while i could easily have traded for one.

[@GuyDudeman97]

Tfw I just got this game and was gonna play it after work and then this video comes out. Must be a sign

[@ricksticksgaming]

I don't think I finished this game. I got so distracted with open world exploration using Gladiator and his leap skill to cross rivers and stuff. I had a good time with it though. Great video Seer... glad you checked it out. Did you find many of the 'easter eggs' in Sacred Gold?

[@seer6251]

No, I actually didn't find many at all! Either I don't know anything so I didn't notice them (possible), or I just didn't explore enough. The good thing is I aim to get a character to max level, so I'm hopeful I see a lot more stuff on the way up.

[@clueso_]

btw Seer, in Sacred there is also a vendor that lets you buy specific Skill Runes of your choice in exchange for x other runes. You can get a completely random Rune for x Runes, a random Rune for your Class for x+ Runes and a specific Rune for x++ Runes. That makes it easier to get the Skill Runes you need.

[@Walldasher]

This and that you can socket Rings and Amulets into gear too making it possible to put set-piece-accessoires into gear

[@Lazurah]

The tone of your voice and delivery on "would this guy just shut up... but before that we have to talk about combos" section got me. Like you're actively trying to convince someone in the room to not interrupt. Good seeries, me laugh, me clap hands!

[@CaptainPerfect]

I have a nostalgic love for this game. I go back to every few years, sure there is so much jank but damn the atmosphere is amazing. Also it needs the keybinding change mod.

[@hotdogfingerz9674]

Ahhh Sacred... picked up a copy ages ago for a dollar once, that was a great day.

[@TheAzureGhost]

Combosystem has a use beside getting a skill copy with seperate cooldown. As the Woodelf for example you could combo multishot with homing shot and piercing shot to get a multi homing piercing shot that swooshes over the battlefield like a swarm of that guided arrow weapon in guardians of the galaxy. Shoot at a single dragon for example and you have a bunch of arrows spread out from your bow, home in on the target, pierce through, curve arround and come back for another homed in piercing attack, repeating until the current cap of your piercing skill was reached.

[@Walldasher]

I also cant believe that vampire is busted, man this alone made me always pick woodelf just for this xd Back then my pc was crying because i just used combo-potion with those dancing arrows making craptons of those

[@MartinPetkovMVP]

Man I remember someone giving this as a gift to a birthday party I was to as a kid and we were taking turns playing this. I totally forgot about this game but I remember it being really cool (at least for the first few levels)

[@TheRoflstranger]

This channel is cracked I love it so much, going through all the finding the best ARPG vids and I haven't laughed this consistently in such a long time. Great stuff.

[@TheEtherea]

I mean I got Sacred 1 at the release and was seriously blown away by the sheer scale of the game. There were no Action RPGs in open world if at all back then and as you've said properly the way you actually play in a proper world instead of gimmick levels made it an experience. I have no idea how much time did I actually spend on Sacred, but it truly is one of the insane experiences I got. Sacred 2 was almost good, but they had failed with all the hype around it and it sadly all went downhill later on.

[@benjifiji2019]

what suprises me the most about tis series is how little things have chnaged, yet how far we have come.

[@sologemeni]

lmao bro this video was hilarious the editing is hilarious and the delivery of some lines is key. just enough balance between "actual info about the game" and "tee-hee i'm funny"

[@dereila12]

I'm currently playing the game again, after 100 times and I will never get tired of this one. I will always hold the hope they do a remastered version of Sacred. WELL, ONE CAN STILL DREAM

[@jrizzelli]

I always wanted an open world style game with D2's combat and loot. I heard Sacred 1 and 2 were exactly that so i went and got them. Too bad i could never get them to run on my pc.

[@seer6251]

Maybe steam would fix the problem! I can imagine trying to run the discs themselves would've been very difficult on a modern computer. If you're ever in the mood for a very weird ARPG experience lol

[@jrizzelli]

@@seer6251 i have them on GoG. Maybe ill try steam, cause im always up for a weird time.

[@ERROR-40444]

i put countless hours into this game alone and with my dad before he passed away. i watch videos of it from time to time just to get back the feeling. i freakin love this game even if i dont play it anymore. top tier game. one of the best of all time for me. id really love a remaster in a Diablo 2 Resurrected kinda style.

[@TheIZproductions]

Yea that one lady who broke the mold in character select by saying "this world...." instead of introducing herself like the others fucked me up as well

[@АндрейБабичук-у9ц]

I remember simping for this one back when i was a kid. I mean it's surprisingly CRPG like in a ARPG genre.

[@dfg12382]

Also they did insanely well with the German dubbing. Dwarf has the voice of Gimli, Gladiator is Bruce Willis, Darkelf is Nicolas Cage, Battlemage is Milten from Gothic, Vampiress is Kira from DS9. Recognizing these when browsing through the characters was an amazing moment to me.

[@Fsynergy]

hoped you would talk about the jason easter egg that gives you the machete and hockey mask there's so many cool hidden things in this game, but great vid

[@seer6251]

wooow I would've never even guessed that there was any sort of Friday the 13th reference, but this game just keeps getting deeper and deeper as I look into it, so I'm not surprised, lol.

[@eldunae922]

There was a Blind Guardian concert in the Game. I think It was blind guardián.it was in the región full of giant spiders and charging worms. Hated that place.

[@housetherapyofficial]

Thank you for making this funny!!! I really loved this game back in the day, probably took me 8 years to complete it... it's crazy massive game for such a small sized game.

[@ivogody]

Glad to see this game here. I played as a dwarf. Using a mortero skill killed everything instantly. I still can remember how satisfying that felt

[@Claytron4000]

Never actually saw gameplay of Sacred before and this honestly looks like a janky fun time and visually pleasing to look at a cool combination of Ultima and Diablo

[@matheusbee3441]

Do it, it is alot of fun. And uh, spoiler, the "angelic" class is actually the equivalent of the Terminator lmao

[@TheAzureGhost]

not to mention one of her Skills is just called BFG Big Fu**ing Gun

[@cesaredits6726]

​@@matheusbee3441 same with dwarf , that mf with his canon oneshots everything ☠️

[@DJJJ1138]

i loved this game as a child. need to reinstall and run through it again at some point. there is even an expansion i never got to play back when i had time to play

[@jumbojake]

Love the video, Next I hope to see video on Nox and possibly Dungeon Siege. 1 of course. If you see this Seer I can help you with that pesky windows watermark. Cough cough I may have tons of windows keys cough cough

[@seer6251]

👀👀👀

[@fifoffjfufs]

your scripts are great. 'my family hasn't been wrong in centuries' cracked me up

[@Kradily]

Sacred 2… blew my lil mind playing a android Anubis with an arm canon, and finding a music video side quest…and also using his poison to spread it on the whole desert map and just getting lvls like nuts xD

[@jimnewl]

Played Sacred a bit back when it came out, but have been playing Sacred 2 off and on over the last few months (the game is crazy huge) and it has overwritten all of my old memories of the original game. So I can only agree that Sacred 2 is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of ARPGs. It is actually entertaining, a once-appreciated quality contemporary games seem to have completely forgotten about. The humor is great and the voice acting is among the best ever. As with the example you give, the game is lol funny at times. For instance, my TG periodically mocks the death cries of his victims by mimicking them in a mocking tone. Inspired stuff.

[@opelz17]

Had some really good times playing this with my brother when we were younger. Glad to see some coverage on this hidden gem we loved. #gibbongang

[@Fluxikator]

I had a great WoodElf build. Using the homing arrow which i made spammable with a cooldown of like 0,5 seconds or so. It was fun having like 10 arrows circling around one enemy hitting them repeatedly. Sacred was a great game. And all the puns were really funny. Probably one of the few games where you get happy finding the next graveyard and taking the time reading all the gravestones. XD

[@lcicey8419]

i remember getting this game for cheap on steam, spent awhile to get out of the starting areas and get a grip but it was really fun after a while. Quickly found out that like other ARPGS of this era weapon scaling is kinda... bad in these sorta games unless you get super lucky with drops. After that i rolled seraphim and just took all the spell casting stuff, there's a light spell that does a big aoe around yo that can multi hit and i think it persists so i just got a bunch of hp and gear that pumped that up and started running through zones nuking everything down 10/10 would do again

[@LF-wl5br]

damn what memory have you unlocked for me. i've bought this game at a dollar store when i was like 6 yo? my dad bought it for me, amazing memories, i remeber the intro perfectly, and this video just gave me a massive dose of nostalgia. one of my favorite games ever. PLAY SACRED. skip the third one tho, lol

[@HierophanticRose]

I had a demo of this game from somewhere when I was kid, and I remember playing the entire demo so many times as Seraph, it was so fun I still remember to this day.

[@Moane1990]

Really loved this game back in the day. The giant map and fuckton of sidequests was awesome. I think I also remember there being secret bosses if you killed a certain number of enemies in an area? Isn't there a number somewhere when you open the map or something? Might be misremembering. Also the Tristram easter egg blew my mind as a kid

[@SV13GRK]

This game opened my world towards RPG's. Amazing game and story.

[@Sway22]

I played this as a kid on every holidays because we would go to my aunt and my cousin had Sacred on his old computer xD I rly enjoyed it even tho I was sooo bad at it. I didn't understand english so the quests made no sense to me I would just go to the marker and figure it out. I also don't believe that I ever made it further then the first two cities and then the desert where I died... a lot. You would ask why go to the desert if the main quest is taking you somewhere else... well I didn't know that. And also I always tried to get to the island in the bottom left of the map. The one with the volcano. It was my only goal xD I don't know why, I guess I just rly wanted to know what's there.... I never made it ;) Now a couple weeks ago I bough the game and decided to finally play it and finish it. The first thing is that I can't believe how big the map actually is. This thing is huge! I would have never explored it all as a kid xD Also there are some quests that give you time limit and I wouldn't have known that back then sooo I would def fail them. The story line is cool, the quests usualy require you to go for something or escort someone somewhere or fight something, which is not a lot but I still did find it fun. There are hidden places with interesting things which always gives me joy when I find them. The voice acting is tragic and some enemies are sooo anoying with stuns and spells that keep you in place. I didn't encounter many bugs yet except for the one with the one quest in the desert that buggs 4 other quests :/ which I can't believe the creators didn't fix by now. I don't know when I will finish it since I decided that I will uncover every black fragment of the map... which takes a looong time. Overall I do enjoy the game wayyy more then I thought I will which is a big plus.

[@grunerkaktus]

still playing it from time to time. right now even, thanks to that video :D one of my fav arpgs ever. still worth a play today and getting it to run isnt too hard, you just have to fiddle with the launch settings

[@ZJtraylor]

Love these videos man I would watch a breakdown of pretty much any game you did a video on.

[@fabianglathe6131]

I loved this game as a kid an I still love it now. Idk about the Vampiress meta I’ve always hated that character. IMHO you picked the worst possible option in terms of fun. For me, the dwarf always was where it’s at. With the flamethrower killing mobs in hordes with one cast and the mortar being able to strike bosses from behind terrain cover, the best thing about the dwarf is that he has a special smithing skill that allows you to smith +x% rare item drop chance into EVERY slot making him the go-to class for farming them legendaries and set items. Also, you’ve noted 2 things already: quest reward are random and you can save and reload. Put those two together and with a bit of patience you can reset for any set item you want as early as the first town

[@TheMusicolophile]

Nice. Sacred 2 is the go to for the series though. Be sure to give it a shot.

[@louissteyn6871]

My advice, for sacred 1 and 2 I would recommend getting the community patches, you do have the option to trade four runes for one of your choice at combo masters (the game never tells you this and I only found out about that in the second game and realized you can do in one too) but be careful because higher rune levels have longer cooldowns which can be lowered through specific stats, points the relevant skills, lighter armor (armor has regen penalties but armor skills also reduce the penalties), so it's a balancing act between ability levels and your character's ability to use them

[@DarkToement]

I played this game when i was like 5 years old in my old father's computer and i was really hooked up. Sacred Gold it's my second favorite old ARPG game after diablo 2

[@Jiggerjaw]

I LOVE this game. And no I did not skip quests. Or any monsters, I cleared the whole map and killed absolutely everything. You only need one class, and that's (I'm a) Battle Mage, and you only need one skill, and that's Gust of Wind. They should call it GOAT of Wind.

[@Tonlah]

I have childhood memories of being gifted hacked items when I'd play online. Takes me back man

[@KobraNage]

The Portal Runes are used to activate some one way portals. They should be consumed when you step on the pedestal and open the portal.

[@therealmaulsriot]

Mario Party Mini game cuts are clean af.

[@OrdanKarris]

I remember playing this with my brother in LAN, loved playing the dark elf in a tanky way with a bow BECAUSE YOU CAN

[@painwheel_1337]

Try Sacred Reborn mod, overhauls and "fixes" a lot of things, including making the game run, buying runes, town portal, making complete useless skills useful and lot of stats balancing. I have played original a lot during my years, even before the expansion (it was even more weird) but this mod was a gamechanger. I think with this mod people that were alienated by how dated and lackluster thins are can actually enjoy it.

[@a.m.6138]

Aaahh Sacred. I have very interesting memories of this game. You see, I've been playing arpgs thanks to my uncle, who taught me hoy to play Diablo II when I was like 6 years old. Years past and afromentioned uncle went to live in Italy. Some other years past and the same uncle came back with some games for me to play, and between those games was Sacred. I was really interested because hey, a new (for me at least) arpg, cool. But it had a small problem: the game was in Italian. As a native Spanish speaker I could understand some words but in general it was very confusing, but the thing I remember the most is that the voice of the battle mage sounded so fucking smug I loved it. And also the seraphim was nice.

[@mateuszsotys3912]

I remember slotting a tone of life-steal buffs on the vampiress and becoming almost invincible. It was a tone of fun

[@Tauposaurus]

Vampiress was so fucking uniilable it was hilarious.

[@WaddupBenny]

Really enjoyed this review! Your commentary (and voice a bit) reminds me of AVGN but if he did more recent games. Looking forward to your future videos.

[@Nabuchadnezar]

I loved this game back then. I remember savescumming dragons to "pick" loot (quicksaving a second before I struck the final blow). The hilarious goblin noises are still stuck in my head to this day.🤣

[@xbrandon]

and here I am again now clicking the bell. Sacred holds a special place in my heart and this humor is top tier.

[@unmorcipan]

Yes, quest rewards are random BUT you can save the game before retrieving the quest and if you don't like what you get you can just load the game and get a different reward. Also, the longer you go without dying the more chances you get on legendary rewards, at some point you can use the save/load exploit to just get always green gear. And to get the Combat Arts you want all you have to do is talk to the combo master (the wizard dude in almost every town) and you can exchange 4 random combat arts for any of your choice.

[@ZyrYoutubeAccount]

"I'm a battle mage" made me laugh very hard, not sure why. Nice Video. I personaly like the game a lot for nostalgia reasons. I play the game once a year. you know, like other people watch once a year all lotr movies, I play every christmas sacred. :D

[@aska221]

showing the name of the songs playing is a nice touch

[@InvadeNormandy]

You can choke slam a dragon in this game as the barbarian. That is my review.

[@lucasboos]

"Look at this horse, isn't that something?" lol Awesome script. :D

[@Zaxth]

You're not entirely reliant on luck to get the skills you want. Three random skills can be exchanged for one particular skill from the skill wizard. You first meet him in the second town (I forget the name it's been years).

[@Animaster89]

At this point might as well try Divine Divinity or some other old school goldie

[@brendo7363]

Haven't played in a good 10 years, but i remember abusing the couple of free runes you get at the start a million times until i had a character with very high level skills that took literal hours to recharge without a potion, then using that to 1 shot a dragon which would respawn until i was pretty OP

[@KarmaSpaz12]

Oh god that bear in the graveyard brings back the fear. And the dragons! This vid is pure nostalgia. You can cut off the head of the final boss too.

[@Shivz88]

IM THE - BOTTLE MAGE! "Takes 2 sips, passes out losing turn" Seer you've done it again man, brilliant, freaking brilliant mate!

[@bha1959]

this series fucking rules, this is exactly what I was looking for to determine what ARPG to get into.

[@Hravokh]

finally the good stuff! :D is Sacred 2 also on the list ?

[@ШвецВладимир-с1я]

The game has the mechanics of exchanging runes of other classes for runes of your own class. Three "not your" runes for a random one, and four - for any of your choice. So there is no problem with pumping the necessary skill.

[@tahrakgaming1554]

If you're REALLY looking for something broken when you play it... Try the battlemage using the chain lightning ability.. But change all your runes you find into it and stack the spell. You'll 1 shot everything on the screen. You'll feel like a god. As an ARPG should make you feel! Also quest rewards are random so if you're a sweaty try hard just do a quick save before turning in a quest and you can have a full set in just a spam of quick game loads.

[@EliTheGleason]

You're genuinely one of the funniest writers on KZbin, every sentence is an adventure ❤

[@OriLariTFT]

Love Sacred from 2007, I hope the next Baldur's Gate will have a map and enchantment like Sacred

[@GreyVictory1510]

I loved this game. And it has so many silly thinks. Like... The Jump skill from the Dark Elf let's you jump over rivers, leading to massive shortcuts, hidden areas or just cheesing dungeons. And then there is a hidden passage directly through a certain forst where the trees have no collision to reach an easteregg.

[@MMORPGFreaky]

I will love this game forever, Dark Elf Main, I loooooooved this as a kid so much

[@miser2570]

Tbh every time i play this game i discover some weird ass interaction between skills and stuff. This last one been the weird revive/convert mechanics from the Awaken Undead Vampiress skill. Zombie apocalipse go brrrrrr. That aside, i always loved the setting, managing to be spooky and dark while keeping a sense of humor, the character voicelines, and the open world always out there to see. Finally, for anyone wanting to replay this game with a new coat, the Reborn mod adds a bunch of quality features, allows changing keybinds and resolution, and does some rebalancing, thou it must be said it does change how some abilities work (mostly for the better with buts). Now to continue to pray to the gods that devise the actions of THQNordic so they make a damn remake.

[@yayayhea8377]

I really appreciate your video, glad to see people loving this masterpiece.

[@iiangmariiomega2639]

Of course, i also Love Sacred 2. The Sacred community is also still pretty active

[@hideshisface1886]

There is definitely randomness to drops, but the game skews the drops to the class you play. You will get drops for other classes, but most of the things will be something you can use. Runes that give you skills - you also have some control over them - you go to the rune master (the wizard looking dude in every major settlement) and he can exchange any 4 runes to 1 for your class of your choosing. So yeah, you can always get the skills you want. That said - the number of runes dropped is not random - the more you have in your pack and the more you have "eaten" - the less will drop. So the game encourages you to frequently clean your inventory of unnecessary runes and to NOT eat too many. Besides - eating to many runes may mess you up - because level of a skill increases... but so does the cooldown. So that previously spammable fireball may be turned into a one-shot-kill nuke with half an hour recharge quite easily. But that brings to one major gripe I personally have with Sacred. You can screw your build, and quite easily so. Because a lot of stuff is not exactly self explanatory, especially when it comes to stat distribution and chosen passive skills. And there is no respec. You leveled up concentration on a vampiress, not knowing that this skill does not apply at all when she is in vampire form? Tough shit. You leveled up hellpower and medidation on daemoness only to notice that her forms are not considered spells? Sucks to be you. Leveled all the spell-buffing skills for Seraphim only to notice that the BFG you were using this entire time is considered a combat skill? Oh well... That is one of those games where I'd say character editor mod is kind of mandatory.

[@ChopSueyyy]

Man this game. Have played it again recently and figured out that one set from the Dark Elf gives you permanent waterform for some reason, aka. permanent invisibility. On top of that, there are some legendary ICON set items that, if you collect them all, will give your character a fire trail. In other words. You are invisible, but can do damage. Its sooo janky, but thats part of the fun and charm of it.

[@SenatorStink]

Absolutely lost it when I saw you named your dwarf StockyFuck. I'm like 1 minute in. Great content.

[@Hermitwizard777]

I've been randomly yelling at my dogs, a large irish setter and a tiny chihuahua,"I'm a battle mage." They respond correctly by looking at me as if something is deeply wrong with me.

[@Fullgrym]

I had great time with the game. I remember there was some way to buy skill runes... But sadly i can't remember the details. Also, the demoness is extremely powerful. She has a flying mode where you run faster and you can FLY over obstacles like a river. That big forest with a river where a dragon is hiding? You don't need bridges anymore. And her fire mode/stance/form was incredibly OP. There was one other form i used for enemies resistant to fire (maybe some dragons were?) but i can't remember which one. The physical damage form i think sucked, but it was so long ago.

[@shoeshank112]

Loving the content Seer!! Are you going to put all of them into the final running? You just wanna do a hardcore run through of all of them don't you?

[@seer6251]

I need to start declaring that more games SUCK ASS, but most of the one's I've played have been fun. At the current rate, I'll have way too many games to play a hardcore run in, lol.

[@shoeshank112]

@@seer6251 in any case man, I'm here for it!!

[@Idkwhtpsipto]

Good stuff man big fan of the style I know this video took some time I’ve subbed 🤙🏻

[@babis8142]

Sacred :') I was playing when it was new-ish. My one love and only. Path of Exile, Grim Dawn, Diablo 3. None of them compare. Well they do. But still.

[@hermine4955]

how dare you , thats what I thought when playing the dlc for the first time :D Love to see people still plays this game after all this time. Edit: This is a German game, all the odd dialouges slap harder in german.