So much worse than oblivion
The basic story is simple in theory; rescue your sister - fine
Your character; a bounty hunter searching for his sister - fine
now onwards to the game! - not so fine at all
The tutorial consists of you being landed somewhere and told to hit a button to kill "groms" and after that (considering you haven't been killed by the ridiculously hard - medium and hard setting) you go off to the big bad world.
the learning curve of this game is harsh and it will take you a good few hours before you have any idea of what is going on. and after that it still won't make much sense.
In Oblivion you are met with a huge world awaiting your discovery and ,although slightly daunting, it always feels controlled. Two Worlds however is different. it seems you never really have a purpose except running around killing stuff and although some of the few towns are interesting, they are let down by the terrible voice acting and the characters in general - It appears that there are about 3 actors within the whole of the game who repeat the same lines over and over again and after a while you won't even bother talking to characters unless you know they will give you a quest - completely unlike Oblivion. While there is lots of things to do in theory there is no real sense of purpose in Two Worlds
On to Combat - The basic system of combat is melee, range and the four schools of magic( fire, water, earth, and necromancy). In addition to this you also have a skills list for you to upgrade.
Melee
There isn't much to say about melee; press a button to hit you opponent. Even after a good time playing the game I still don't know how to block as THERE IS NO BLOCK BUTTON! and the manual doesn't offer any clues. I know this may sound small but it becomes quite annoying.
Ranged and magic
ranged attacks are basically selecting a target and charging your bow power and releasing
The magic system in general is good and it is one of the games (few) commendable points with you being able to upgrade levels in your preferred magic schools which leads to better spells (when you acquire them - which can be quite a struggle). You can use your magic spells by pressing a button
Inventory
The inventory in Two worlds is good enough if sometimes confusing because everything is so unclear. You can upgrade your skill points from the inventory and the skill point system is a good one with you usually seeing the direct consequences of you upgrading a skill. You can also use alchemy here but it isn't that interesting or good. A very neat idea that Two Worlds is that if you get an item that you already have you can combine them together to make a better version. The one problem with the system is that you'll only really be able to find lots of bad weapons to make good weapons and a lot of the time you will just stick with your good weapon.
A quick story to sum up this game - In one of the main subplots there are two groups; the house of skelden (the big, oppressive baddies) and the karga clan (the heroic, rebellious goodies). I was given a quest to kill someone in the karga clan. I had no idea where to go so I just left it but on one of many roaming travels I found a town in the middle of nowhere that wasn't on the map. This was the karga clan. I wasn't sure who to kill so I talked to one of them (he was surprisingly friendly considering I work for their big bad enemies). He offered me a quest and I said no because my boss wouldn't like it. I then set about killing everyone there as I had come all this way and did not want to leave without something. I died a few times but when you die you just come back at the nearest shrine. A few minutes later I realised I had killed the leader of the karga clan and his sons. I was expecting a grand procession on my arrival at the house of skelden but all I got was a note saying a couple of my quests had failed and that was it. The people still said the same things about the now non-existent karga clan. That was it.
During the whole game the graphics leave a lot to be desired
You will probably find this game enjoyable enough but you will definitely find Oblivion 100x better.