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Ayy Oct 24, 2014 @ 3:30pm
is this game broken?
I've read things about this game being broken and only playable by a community patch. I really try to avoid these kind of games if thats the case. Is this a flawless functioning game from the download?
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Vepar Oct 24, 2014 @ 7:00pm 
What's the problem with community patches?
The game is pretty old, so community patches are common for games this old.

But to answer your question, no, it's not unplayable without the community patch, but it's highly recommended that you download.

I experience graphic lags in the game, so it was suggested that i download and install a community patch (downloading it now). I'm curious to see if they fix it.

But aside from this, the patch adds a ton of stuff, fixes minor bugs (like some text or skill numbers or something), and is generally a good idea to have.

Besides, you probably have Windows 7 or 8 and the patch probably fixes the compatibility of this game with those systems. It works great without it too, but should you encounter problems (i didn't besides the lag, but that could be anything), the patch might help...

TL;DR No game is flawless but yes, it's a functioning game without the patch if you want to play it like that. And for 5 euro on sale now, it's a steal.
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judee Oct 25, 2014 @ 5:51am 
Patch? I just bought this game, just installed. I always assumed any game installed from Steam is the latest version. Is this not the case? do I need to download something, and if so, what and where?
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Vepar Oct 25, 2014 @ 6:24am 
You don't need to download anything, but people suggest you do. I did, and it does fix some stuff so i recommend you apply it. Since the company went out of business or something (idk what happened), they couldn't support the game any longer so the fans continued to improve the game.

So, while the Steam version is the latest official version, there's also a community patch that fixes things the developers didn't get the chance to. It also adds new content which is cool...

Get the latest community patch here:

http://xmas.ancaria.net/patches/cm-patch0150.zip
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Eminem Oct 25, 2014 @ 7:59am 
I just bought this game due to the sale. Have Windows 8 and the game didn't start. Did a few google searches, downloaded the player community patch and changed the game to run in XP compatibility mode and it fired right up.

Pretty good game thus far and 5 bucks is a steal
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Enrath Oct 26, 2014 @ 6:49am 
This game is not unplayable as a standard steam release.
But I would strongly recomend you to find good comunity patches. There is never a bad thing in anny game to look for comunity content that souly fixes bugs, stats etc that makes the game more balanced. The dev team of Sacred 2 went banckrupt right after the expancion was released and they where not really focused on patching the game.
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Chris77 Oct 27, 2014 @ 6:25am 
My Antivir just found a Trojan in that zip. Just wanted to let you guys know.
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Crazy Alchemy Oct 27, 2014 @ 6:37am 
It's not broken but you may need to
go to steamapps\common\Sacred 2 Gold\system
right click sacred2.exe
click properties
Check run as administrator with windows xp compatibility settings

I initially had a problem getting it to launch with Windows 8 but If you do that it runs perfectly.
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Vepar Oct 27, 2014 @ 7:17am 
Originally posted by xassox:
My Antivir just found a Trojan in that zip. Just wanted to let you guys know.

Might be a false positive. I installed that patch, and run Malwarebytes and AVG later. None of them found anything. But even if that one has it, there's other files out there.
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zvejnieks78 Oct 28, 2014 @ 12:58am 
Originally posted by soge99:
I just bought this game due to the sale. Have Windows 8 and the game didn't start. Did a few google searches, downloaded the player community patch and changed the game to run in XP compatibility mode and it fired right up.

Pretty good game thus far and 5 bucks is a steal
Give me reference to the patch, please
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MadMarkPhx Oct 28, 2014 @ 3:18pm 
Originally posted by OMGWTFBBQ:
I've read things about this game being broken and only playable by a community patch. I really try to avoid these kind of games if thats the case. Is this a flawless functioning game from the download?

As you can see by my hours played I love this game. It works just fine with just the steam DL. I did get the CM nod which adds content unlocks weapons and makes the game HD. It eats up GPU on Ultra setting normally, so have a rig for it modded.

Play a Shadow Warrior if you like DKs or Evil Characters. If you want to be a goody-goody play a Seraphim or High Elf (pally and Mage respectively). I recommend you read the quests... TONS of lore if you like that kind of stuff, but, humourous enough for casual Hack 'n Slashers. I give it 9.9/10 ... .1 off for the 3 crashes in 5 years.

P.S. PC is WAY better than the console version. Enjoy !!

Originally posted by judee:
Patch? I just bought this game, just installed. I always assumed any game installed from Steam is the latest version. Is this not the case? do I need to download something, and if so, what and where?


If you are using Win8/8.1, start steam and then start game from start menu. Works eveytime. Great game ... ENJOY!!
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Vepar Oct 28, 2014 @ 3:26pm 
Ok, i think OP is no longer interested in this conversation so no need to convince him of buying the game, especially now that it's no longer on sale. :P He either got it or didn't.

Now, questions:

Originally posted by wizardoffitness:
I did get the CM nod which adds content unlocks weapons and makes the game HD. It eats up GPU on Ultra setting normally, so have a rig for it modded.

How does the community patch make the game HD? I have the 1.5 version, and it looks the same. Runs a little better than vanilla, but textures and effects are the same. Or did you install some other patch/mod? Not that i have the PC to run it, i'm just curious...

Originally posted by wizardoffitness:
P.S. PC is WAY better than the console version. Enjoy !!

So true!
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Aunarisk Oct 28, 2014 @ 4:45pm 
I try to changing properties "run as admin" and "windows xp compatibility" still can't play - -

Start up error
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Vepar Oct 28, 2014 @ 7:46pm 
Originally posted by Aunarisk:
I try to changing properties "run as admin" and "windows xp compatibility" still can't play - -

Start up error

Check the file integrity.
Maybe something got downloaded wrong...
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AntiUnicorn Oct 30, 2014 @ 7:54pm 
It's a flawless and running game, however it has extra steps added to the installation in order to get to that point. worth it tho.
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Zethell Nov 1, 2014 @ 10:52am 
Dont download the community patch, it's infected with a trojan backdoor.
If you have problems starting, check out this guide instead. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=166938930
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