Xenus 2: White Gold is truly a diamond on the rough in every sense of that term. Fans of Boiling Point: Road To Hell (AKA Xenus 1) will be right at home here with the return of Saul Myers in this epic adventure, for better and for worse. White Gold is an excellent game, marred namely by technical issues & other minor issues that compound themselves unfortunately on top of the game. Even despite these numerous problems, the game continues to keep compelling the gamer to keep coming back. Xenus 2's story might never be as personal as the story in Boiling Point (since Saul Myers was trying to find his daughter in Boiling Point) - but here in White Gold, the story (cocaine being an epidemic throughout one of the most corrupt game-worlds in gaming), the action (many awesome shootouts in awesome areas), the gameplay (FPS with RPG elements) & level of polish in some areas (not all) is of much more epic proportions.

I was running Xenus 2 w/ Official Version 1.1 from Gamersgate; and also modded-up with Wesp's Unofficial Patch 1.6 & Gamersgate's Russian Sound Files Fix. Without the Russian Sound Fix, the game had ALL kinds of sound issues - sounds not playing, dropping out, ans things of that nature. With the Gamersgate-provided sound fix files, the game's sound worked flawless. Xenus 2 is not the best running game, technically - to get it running solid, I had to drop the resolution down (from 1980x1080) to 1600x900 on my Windows 7 PC (i7 950; GeForce GTX 560 Ti; 8 GB of RAM; Win 7 64-bit). Xenus 2, even being around for a few years, still looks good - especially if you pump all the graphics settings up in-game and especially through your video card's software panel. The game's character models do look good, though many of them seem to be often overused. Also, many of the environments are quite varied - ruins of ancient civilization; islands; small villages; mansions; military bases; and a run-down prison just to name a few areas. The game's usage of these Caribbean paradise-like islands (think like Far Cry) do look quite good, even for a game of its age. The game's English voice-over in the cut-scenes are not good at all - though the text translation is decent, though nowhere near perfect: there are punctuation errors, untranslated words; typos; and other issues here and there. One major problem here, more so than anything else - Xenus 2 can be broken, in some areas. Namely, closer to the end of the game, it's very easy to break the game's main quest - namely by pulling a lever too soon BEFORE The Gods Reincarnation quest and not finding the key needed on the CIA Boat Mission Quest. You may travel between the islands via planes and boats; and travel around the game-world even by foot or even by cars - this game definitely has a lot going on. It often shoots for the moon - and when it succeeds, it does so greatly. The level of freedom to do what you want; freedom to explore the world; freedom to work for many different factions at war and cause rifts between them and you; good amount of weapons to upgrade; perks and skills to learn when you level-up; and many of the game's main quests and side missions are just flat-out excellent.

This game is often very ambitious and shoots for the moon, often resulting a direct hit and an excellent trip worth taking. If you loved Boiling Point and any of the STALKER games for their mixture of FPS and RPG elements in an open-world environment, you do owe it to yourself to play Xenus 2: White Gold. Just make sure that you are prepared to mod this game up a bit to get it into shape properly; and that you have lots of saves on-hand just in case you might somehow accidentally break the game so that you can not lose too much ground. Take a trip to this ambitious "Paradise", if you dare to be as ambitious in many regards just like this game.

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Xenus 2 (WGold), is a excellent first person shooter (FPS), with credits. Tropical islands, waterfalls + underground caverns + more. Configurable keys like, smart jump, crouch, prone, autorun + run, inventory, map, minimap + much more. Weapons like, pistols, assault rifles, shotguns, fusil, SMG, scoped sniper, grenades, armour + more. Control alcohol + medicine + drug addictions. Enemies like, soldiers, indians, bandits, guerrillas, government, creatures + more. Collect items from the dead, increase player experience + trade. Has, VGood flashlight, binoculars, map + mini map, inventory, perks + more. Fly + refuel + repair choppers, drive vehicles, boats, gunboats, tanks + more. Has too much to list. Above excellent (FPS), superb graphics, real life atmosphere, weather + more. Has NPC speeches + sound effects + Xenus 2 sound speech pack + more.

excellent (FPS), above excellent entertainment,

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Xenus 2 was probably a decent game when originaly released in its own country, but the poor translation and buggy desing makes this game undesirable by the majority of the gaming community. Only hardcore gamers may be able to look past the games obvious flaws.

There are very few modern day FPS/RPG's that are truly open world. However Deep Shadows gives us that very experience with the fantastic follow-up to 2005's Boiling Point: Road to Hell. The game can be tackled in any way you see fit. You can go anywhere and do anything (provided you can actually survive the experience) you want to. There are a large number of weapons, plenty of side quests and tons of land to explore riddled with Easter Eggs. The unfortunate thing about this game is, as with Deep Shadows other open world games (and many Russian developed games), that there are quite a few technical problems with the game "out of the box." However, fortunate enough for us, there is a very large community that is consistently putting out unofficial patches to fix these problems. Even if you do not install these patches, the game is still highly playable and very fun. None of the bugs are game breaking, they are rather a minor annoyance when you will inevitably run across them. Bugs aside, the game is highly fun and entertaining with all kinds of stuff to do and a world to get lost in.

Pros: Completely open and explorable world, insanely entertaining and engaging experience, plenty of choices and tons of Easter eggs.

Cons: Bugs are only patchable via third party support and AI is not as advanced as some western open world games (but still a challenge).

The bottom line:

If you are a fan of games like elder scrolls, fallout 3 or really any completely open world game, then you should do yourself a favor and check out this game (as well as The Precursors, also developed by Deep Shadows). This game is worth every penny. Just make sure you download the unofficial patches for it for the best experience possible.

Xenus is a a unknown and slightly rough around the edges gem. There are quite a few problems with it, such as dodgy sound (which the many other reviewers piont to fixes) and a couple of bugs here and there but its a deep, giant and imersive world that sucks you in to the point that you forgive it its faults.

Basicly did you like Stalker but wished it was more vibrent and had more rpg elements? Or did you like what Boiling point was trying to do but its faults kept you from loving it? then you have found your game.

For being a very low budget game, it is very ambitious, the game is very open, alla fallout. As as many have said, it is composed of a role playing system, in which every time you level up you gain a point for a perk you may wish to level up. The game is unforgiving, and very difficult but interesting and fun at the same time. It is a rough gem, so i strongly suggest you follow the tips above to have this running, and believe me you wont regret it.

Intensive open-world gameplay in a tropical setting.

You can drive with different vehicles such as cars, boats, tanks, helicopters and so on.

That means that you have the amazing possibility to explore the world you want and play the quests on

your very own way.

Pros:

+ many different vehicles

+ interessting quest npcs with a good charakter design

+ great landscapes

Cons:

- long loading time

- difficult money generation

This is a great game, how ever it was not properly ported into english. The subtitles are sometimes a bit off but the real problem I the sound files. Many of the sounds (gunfire, animals, etc) wont play because of glitches or because when it was ported to english all russian dialogue was removed (which also results in silent people). To fix this you have to download the old russian audio files, use them to replace the audio in game, then download and put in an english cut-scene fix (the cut-scenes are dubbed). Once done the sound returns to normal (russian with english subtitles and working gunfire and animal sounds). Once fixed, this game is great. It provides you with an open world where you can do almost anything. You can even trick people into thinking you're an ally, bribe people, sneak, fight, or just avoid them. The game world is huge, beautiful and full of entertaining diversions. I would highly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys open world games, shooters, and/or RPGs, provided you have the necessarily skills and patience to fix the audio problems (the games forums go into detail on the solution).

Rereading some reviews under, for those who still have issues with sound ingame here is a link with the solution :

http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12402

It also works similary for Precursors if you also bought this game.

Personnally i just love both games, Xenus 2 being like a clone of Farcry, with little issues (when you manage to patch the game yourself following all guidance on that forum linky i gave above).

5/5

Xenus 2 White Gold is very entertaining but frustrating as well. The story line gives you many hours to explore and do many missions for different people and factions in the game. The frustrating part was the sound problem that I could no find a fix for. Overall I enjoyed the game and would recommend it for anyone who enjoys role playing games from a 1st person perspective.

This is a very interesting Ukrainian first person role playing game. As stated by people before me, there is a perk system, allowing for various types of boosts, such as allowing aiming down the sight for more accuracy, and increasing carrying weight capacity. The game has a plotline, but the world can be explored at your leisure, with lots of places to explore, sights to see, and sidequests offered. However, the translation is very spotty, and will make some things hard to understand. The game is also very buggy, but an unofficial patch takes care of a fair few things. The sound also has a tendency to cut out randomly, and some NPCs have missing voice overs, which can be fixed by downloading the russian voice pack. I personally find some mechanics janky such as the mouse aiming and driving vehicles. These flaws aside, I'm finding the game very enjoyable, money well spent.

It is a shooter w/ perks u can choose when leveling up. It feels somewhat like stalker because survival is pretty important in this game. You have to watch ur inventory weight, make sure u hav weapons that arent so worn out, and remember to get urself healed after u take dmg. There r some bugs, but the latest unofficial patch takes care of a lot of them.

a sorta sequel to boiling point that plays very similarly. its a buggy open world shooter/rpg/sim with some terrible translations and awkward gameplay mechanics. still it manages to be unique and fun despite its frustrations

Like its predecessor, this game is pretty buggy. Also like its predecessor, the premise is great.

The environments are lovely and very colorful, unlike many games today. The visuals are pretty good, though dated, you can see a huge distance and you really feel like you're on a jungle island ala Far Cry.

Unfortunately, the sound is very iffy. Shooting a revolver doesn't make a huge bang, and most gun shots are very underwhelming. The voice acting ranges from passable to downright terrible and there is a good chance youll get a sound bug where none of the sounds play properly (it is fixable, though).

If you can get over that, you're in for a very fun game, it is truly a sandbox game, you can kill anyone you want and go (almost) anywhere. plus the added RPG element , though it be limited, is a nice touch, since it gives you some character progression and goals.

basically, if you can deal with the bugs, and you like vibrant FPSs you'll have fun.

You know how there are games that you really like? And then there are those games that you really hate? Well, White Gold is one of those that makes you love it to pieces, and then 1 hour later, you'll become so frustrated with it that you just want to toss your monitor out of the window.

For me, at least, it was a "love-hate" relationship. This should have been the Far Cry 2 that wasn't, but it didn't successfully hit the mark all the time. And yet when it does, it's absolutely stunning, and plays like that dream, non-linear game you've been waiting for your whole life. It's not halfhearted in the sense that every feature's not up to snuff; rather, you get some features that are stupefyingly awful, only to find yourself deeply engrossed the next moment.

Since Gamersgate reviews have word limits (they cut off your review abruptly), I'll just do a tl;dr version of this. Graphically, the game wows at times, and fails at others. Diving into the deep blue can be fascinating when you behold creatures of the deep all around you, and even a dolphin (shark? didn't manage to catch it) in one particular quest. Flying a helicopter as the sun sets is also nothing short of picturesque. And yet, you will not miss ye olde graphical glitches like texture overlaps and people that look the same.

The sounds are even worse off, being either too soft, gratingly repetitive, or both. The gunfire sounds are alright, but the voices and vehicle sounds have a tendency to just suddenly cut off, or become non-existent at will. The only saving grace for this are the gunfire sounds and the decent music.

AI is pretty good, but sometimes they'll just stand around and look elsewhere even when they know your position. Otherwise, they do a rather good job of rushing you and evading your gunfire (Indians with spears)) or running around taking cover (enemies with guns).

The story is rubbish. Translation is a joke, literally. At first, it was just awful to read and I skipped through most of it. Later, I learned to appreciate the hilarity of the dialogues ("Relax brother, no shmalyay!" "I went there, hence got neurosomething")

Now for the gameplay...ahhh...where to begin...the perks that you gain when leveling up are horribly unbalanced, but some are fun, such as the night vision and double jump. Some quests are awful and tedious, especially the Fedex quests ("give me item X" or "talk to Y for me"), while some are brilliant (escaping a prison). But, the one thing many have in common is, they're glitched. Some can't be completed due to being broken (for every quest, you HAVE to complete the first objective to move on to the next, but there are a few that can't be completed); there are some which are impossible to understand due to poor translation; and so on. Vehicle controls and physics are absolutely balls (though I found the aerial vehicles quite fun to drive, even the seaplane).

The gunplay is excellent though. Initially, you will find yourself taking cover, making silent kills, sneaking around. Later, when you get the fast runner perk, you'll zip around and quickly find the good cover spots to take down the enemy. It's too bad there's only a limited selection of guns, and most items you find are merchant-wares too.

Levels are rarely linear, until you reach the last few levels, where they feel rushed and unfinished (the barge level was the silliest of all. Not going to spoil anything here, you'd have to play it for yourself to understand the idiocy of the level design there). Many, however, are really well designed. You can travel anywhere in the game world at your own leisure, and explore some beautiful locales (underwater cave!), skydive from a great height to land on a good sniping position, etc etc.

Like I said, this should have been the Far Cry 2 that wasn't. It's really a good game, buried beneath an innumerable layer of glitches. Flying trikes (repair the wheels of a trike to see what happens), occasionally getting stuck on small steps, stairs that behave more like slides, incomplete features (guns that were never added in)...it goes on and on. It begs the question on whether the developers actually had any QA testing going on at all. Sometimes, this game feels like a 2* game; then it surprises you with 5* production values, and then dips down again after that.

Gets a wavering 3.5* for me, rounded off to 4 (I'd really like to give it higher than that, but I'd be lying; and I'd also like to give a lower score than that, but I can't bring myself to).

This game is indeed a 'must' for any RPG lover; it is bugged though; the bugs will, occasionally, drive you crazy and I have a hunch that no patch will ever solve the issue; at least not completely; even though an unofficial patch is available that resolves the most urgent bugs but not all; that been said I will conclude by saying that in the end it doesn't really matter, for the game is soooo gripping that it will keep you tied to your pc for hours and hours.

This game is awesome.

I loved the first Xenus game, Boiling Point. And this game followed up brilliantly. It still has bugs just like the first one. But the game is that good you just dont notice the bugs. If your into RPG games then you MUST own this game. Its that good.