lucius 1 or 2?

[Vindasel]

which one is better?

[MartFassage]

1 is more competent, 2 is more fun. Decide which you want, stability and a solid game, or a loose buggy but nonetheless fun sequel.

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[⧹ͲsꀎKΣM☯几o⧸]

Start with the first one then go to the second one

[Vito Scaletta]

Lucius 1

[MartFassage]

lucius 2, the first is meh.

[Angrypillow]

1 had a solid story, and each death actually felt like it meant something. Lucius 2 tried to go full sandbox, which isn't bad in and of itself, but they seem to have lost all the charm that made the first title a good game. Not to mention the AI is seriously broken in the sequel.

[Bloodartist]

Lucius 1 is a railroaded puzzle story where theres only one solution to a given puzzle and you cant proceed until you have solved it. Lucius 1 is however more polished. Interactive The Omen.

Lucius 2 is a combination of The Omen and Hitman blood money. You still proceed from mission to mission but theres much more people you need to deal with on the way and its much more freeform about how you do it. You also sort of 'level up' your character in a way that requires choices. The controls and ragdoll physics are however more silly than in the first game.

I personally prefer Lucius 2. Lucius 1 is the sort of game that you play through once and enjoy it, and then let it be.

Completionists may want to play Lucius 1 first since it directly predates the events in 2.

[NocturnLuxur]

Thx, now i chose ^^

[Ω Spriggan Ω]

the kills in the first one have a lot more weight....but it plays alot more like a puzzle...once you solve it you aren't suprised by it anymore.

the second one...the kills don't have much weight but you have choice.......after a while though the choice feels limited. generally i end up tossing a can of flameable fuel into a cooker mind controlling someone and making them cook it so it explodes burning and killing them...followed by me mind controlling people and making them walk into the flames.

[Ryo]

i loved lucius 1 way more. 2 was too confusing and big for my taste and was pretty glitchy at times

[Ω Spriggan Ω]

likewise it was graphically more pleasing and the kills were more rewarding.

2 had more varity but the AI had a pretty bad memory and relaxed pretty quickly after seeing someone get shocked to a horrible death in front of them........also who eats a sandwich that gets thrown at the-...oh right the heavy weapons guy from team fortress 2...

[Natoriouspig]

Lucius 2 is a little lame until you level up your mind control, then you get the murder option, where you possess someone, have them grab an axe, and start killing everyone around. It's pretty fun.

[Ω Spriggan Ω]

Originally posted by Natoriouspig:

Lucius 2 is a little lame until you level up your mind control, then you get the murder option, where you possess someone, have them grab an axe, and start killing everyone around. It's pretty fun.

yeah but by that point you realize the AI is pretty damn stupid and limited. :/
like you mind control someone and make them attack someone and they all stand still like nothing really happened...

its a great puzzle game but the kills and the AI in general could of been a bit better.

[Sunday Driver]

So far I think both have their positives and negatives. I can see where the developer was going with Lucius 2. People who played the first often commented on lack of freedom in options for getting through each stage, so in this it was the total opposite. A sandbox with tools. The comparison to some of the Hitman games is pretty fair but this one has a lot more humour and Postal 2 style silliness and fun in mind to go with the shock of it all.

If you want a tight scripted puzzle adventure with a good story then the first one is the best. Lucius 1 feels like a whodunnit adventure game played with swapped roles (great idea, really). If you want a series of freeform sandboxes with looser puzzles and obstacles to explore and expermiment with to find all the ways you can do crazy things with the toys, physics engine, magic powers and combos in your hunting of the NPCs then the sequel is the one to go for.

The first one has way less bugs and the sequel still has a few crashes and physics engine issues (objects vanishing through floors or draggable items not registering as dropped, etc). The game as it is now is reasonably stable and error free so it's not going to be doing this every level.

I'd still recommend playing both and in order.

[APN34Z]

First game by far