Sacred 2: Fallen Angel makers Ascaron have announced that they have added NVIDIA’s PhysX technology into their game!  They decided on NVIDIA’s PhysX technology to ensure players an eye-popping, totally immersive, visually detailed experience.

Here are some of the Sacred 2 Hardware-Accelerated PhysX Effects

• Spell Particles: Each character has two spells enhanced with physical particles.
• Ground Debris: Physical ground debris, such as fallen leaves and small pebbles have been added throughout the entire game.
• Wind: Wind has been added to the entire game, which will cause the leaves and spell particles to be blown about while playing the game in stormy weather.
• Footsteps: Characters will disturb ground debris as they walk through an area.
• Force fields:  Spells have been enhanced with force fields which will push and pull the physical debris throughout the world. Characters can cast spells causing all of the leaves in the surrounding area be pulled up from the ground and sucked into the spell. Or a shockwave can emanate from a character, causing leaves and pebbles to be thrown in all directions while fully colliding with surrounding buildings and obstacles.

Key Game Features:

• A massive, seamless and dynamic world delivering hundreds of hours of freeform exploration.
• Two deep campaigns: play as the “Light” or “Shadow” side, complete with distinct skills, rewards and story-elements tailored to the chosen path.
• Six playable characters, each with a distinct look, capabilities and in-game motivation.
• Modifiable combat arts: change, upgrade and link together your alter ego’s combat skills to match your playing style.
• Fight effectively from the back of a number of mounts under your control; equip and upgrade your character’s unlockable special mount.
• Deities offer unique combat disciplines and unlock additional quests.
• Seamless transition between single- and multiplayer gaming modes via LAN and the Internet.
• Captivating online modes of play challenge gamers in cooperative, PvP and PvE play.
• Cutting-edge graphics and Dolby 5.1 channel surround sound utilize the latest technologies for a truly immersive experience.

Stay tuned to GDN as we test out the game with and without PhysX and give you the skinny on how it goes down.