Thing is, since they can't work, you can't get any training, which by that time, shouldn't really be a problem. Yeah, the Avatar has an assload of servants trailing behind him when he goes on a quest to save Britannia the last 3 times. Your closest companions, which includes Iolo and Dupre, who have been wandering the wilderness with you for months on end, are incapable of cooking at all without the servants. If you don't resolve it, you will come back to a castle where no one is able to work because they are hungry. The nanny goes on a rant about the worker class, etc. Note that this is a medieval game with a medieval king (despite being a pretty benevolent and hapless one) who is not only having a bit on the side with the serving girl (who is cheating on him) but actually has a will naming her soon-to-be kid as his heir. I feel very similar about UUW1 and UUW2 as I do about Thief 1 and Thief 2 and EotB1 and EotB2: The sequel has the better engine and plays smoother, but the original is the better game.Īt some stage, the castle servants go on a strike because of 'working conditions'. UUW1's level of quality is consistently high throughout (except perhaps for that silly Pac-Man maze) but UUW2 is all over the place. I like the variety offered by the eight worlds of UUW2, but they clearly differ in qualities. Players can't just fast-track over to the eighth world to see the sights there, they have to slog through the others first. They then need to be 'cleared' up to a point so that the next three open up, and then that again for the final two. Only after having 'cleared' that do the next two open up.

but only one world can be accessed there.

First there's only Castle Britannia and the sewers, but then the nexus point is reached. By comparison The Labyrinth of Worlds is very linear. Imagine how better the flow of UUW1 would have been if the Grand Staircase in the north hadn't collapsed. The Stygian Abyss is only linear in one manner: Each floor comes after the other, except for needing to ascend and descend them one at a time (which I believe to be an engine restriction) players are free to tackle each floor as they see fit - though obviously it's best to start at the top and work your way down. That is also one of the reasons why UUW2 is (IMO) inferior to UUW1. Understandable, having to trek through the Mage School Trials a second-time is a major turn-off, even if some of the trials have been previously dealt with.

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