**Questions answered by Daniel Dumont, Heiko tom Felde, and Jens Eischeid of Ascaron Entertainment**

What would you say is the "hook" of Sacred 2? What are the one or two things that you're most proud of and feel are the most unique?

Ascaron: There are many reasons to be proud of Sacred 2, just picking two is really difficult. That said, one of the things we are proud of is how our technology is going to advance online-multiplayer gameplay.

We have a technology that allows an instant "drop-in" feature during the single-player campaign, creating a cooperative gameplay experience that supports up to eight people. If you "open up" your game on our server (which is free of charge) while you play, other gamers can join your game after you approve their request. You can also set up buddy lists, and find new friends to play Sacred 2 with.

Players will find this useful either when they are up against a boss, or a dangerous mob. If you need help, you can contact a buddy with the click of a button, and they can then come help and fight. Your friends can instantly join in on the game, and it does not affect their campaign, except in that they earn additional experience and items.

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“The impressive thing about the demo was when the dev showed off the sheer size of the world. We're talking about an area that's about 27 square miles in size, full of cities and villages, woods, mountains, deserts, and more. And delve beneath the surface and there are plenty of dungeons, sewers, and caves to explore."

"Here's where it gets really cool: The PC version will support up to 16-player cooperative gameplay, which means that you and 15 of your friends can wander around the world at the same time. (The Xbox 360 version will support only up to four players in co-op mode.) You don't even need to stick together; you can all be spread out miles from one another.”

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“We got a chance to see one large-scale boss encounter. The foe was a towering fire demon with wings and giant sword, and could summon minions to attack you. The shadow warrior character in the demo was able to counter this by resurrecting killed summoned monsters to do his bidding.”

"In terms of visuals, the game is very pretty. Animations are smooth, vegetation lush, and dynamic daylight and weather cycles add to the graphical appeal."

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"With over 180 quests in each main campaign alone and 24 hours of gameplay if you race through, Sacred 2 could make a lot of twitchy dungeon-running button fingers happy when it launches worldwide in September, 2008."

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