@ Benedict—Sacred was put out around 2004, I think.

I also have tried several times to slog through Sacred—patched and updated—and enjoyed it at the beginning only to get worn down by the combat—which is saying a lot, since I generally have little problem with grind in arpgs, but the spawns in Sacred were relentless—you never had an area really cleaned out.

Hopefully they've made the combat more tolerable with a new skills system, choice of light or dark paths and larger world in this one.

Thanks for the preview, Myrthos.