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ArcheAge vs Two Worlds Epic Edition

ArcheAge is a mmorpg open-world game from XLGAMES (2015) while Two Worlds Epic Edition is an action-RPG open-world game from Reality Pump Studios (2009).

Quick answer: Two Worlds Epic Edition rates higher, 6.6 to 5.7 on the GamingPickz Score.

ArcheAge

2015 · XLGAMES

5.7GamingPickz Score

Not listed

Steam: Mixed

Two Worlds Epic Edition

2009 · Reality Pump Studios

6.6GamingPickz Score

$14.99

Steam: Mostly Positive

What each one is

ArcheAge is filed under Mmorpg and Open-World. In contrast, Two Worlds Epic Edition under Action-RPG and Open-World.

ArcheAge

Play ArcheAge - A vast open-world sandbox MMORPG with everything you can possibly imagine.

Description from its Steam store page

Two Worlds Epic Edition

... 300 years after Aziraal has been banished, a brother and sister are drawn into the conflict which has flared up between the Orcs and the free world. Kyra, the hero's younger sister, suddenly disappears in mysterious circumstances.«...If my family really belongs to the chosen ones, why then have we always been as poor as church mice?

Description from its Steam store page

Story, characters and reception

ArcheAge
Reception

Reception ArcheAge has received generally favorable reviews from critics, holding a score of 80 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 11 critic reviews. ^ "ArcheAge for PC Reviews" . Metacritic . (Wikipedia)

Two Worlds Epic Edition

No Wikipedia detail on file.

At a glance

ArcheAgeTwo Worlds Epic Edition
GamingPickz Score5.7/106.6/10
Steam ratingMixed (52%, 7,338)Mostly Positive (78%, 5,919)
Critic aggregate80/10065/100
PriceNot listed$14.99
Install size70 GB
Steam DeckUntestedplayable
Released20152009
DeveloperXLGAMESReality Pump Studios

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

ArcheAge vs Two Worlds Epic Edition, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    ArcheAgeMmorpg open-world game
    Two Worlds Epic EditionAction-RPG open-world game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    ArcheAgeMassively Multiplayer, Free to Play, MMORPG
    Two Worlds Epic EditionRPG, Open World, Fantasy

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    ArcheAgeScore 5.7 · 52% on Steam · 80 critic
    Two Worlds Epic EditionScore 6.6 · 78% on Steam · 65 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    ArcheAge7,338 reviews · 70 GB
    Two Worlds Epic Edition5,919 reviews · 3 add-ons

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    ArcheAgeNot listed
    Two Worlds Epic Edition$14.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

Two Worlds Epic Edition takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Two Worlds Epic Edition (GamingPickz Score 6.6)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

Open WorldRPGSandboxFantasyAdventureMultiplayerActionExploration

Where they differ

ArcheAge is also

Massively MultiplayerFree to PlayMMORPGPvPPvEPirates

Two Worlds Epic Edition is also

SingleplayerMedievalAction RPGStory RichCharacter CustomizationDark Fantasy

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, ArcheAge is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Two Worlds Epic Edition is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

ArcheAgeTwo Worlds Epic Edition
Minimum GPUNVIDIA GeForce 8000 series 512MB / AMD Radeon HD 4000 series 512MBGeForce FX 6
Minimum CPUIntel Core2 DuoDual Core CPU 2.0 GHz
Minimum RAM2 GB1 GB
Install size70 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: ArcheAge · Two Worlds Epic Edition.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for ArcheAge and 1 for Two Worlds Epic Edition. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are ArcheAge and Two Worlds Epic Edition in scope?

ArcheAge has drawn 7,338 Steam reviews and installs in 70 GB. Two Worlds Epic Edition has drawn 5,919 Steam reviews and ships 3 add-ons.

Is ArcheAge or Two Worlds Epic Edition better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Two Worlds Epic Edition rates higher (6.6 to 5.7). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, ArcheAge or Two Worlds Epic Edition?

One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.

Should I get ArcheAge or Two Worlds Epic Edition?

Two Worlds Epic Edition rates higher, 6.6 to 5.7 on the GamingPickz Score. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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