Nice little managment simulation, it's a pity that the game is so repetitive and without any automatizations!

The game has a huge potential, but with so tiny maps (with 2 or 3 towns), fighting often against awful IA and as I said with a cruel lack of automatization, I would reccomand this game only for micro-management addicted and for the fans of middle-age trade.

At first 'The Guild 2' may seem confusing, bizarre or even difficult. It took my around fifteen to thirty minutes to gain enough understanding to move confidently through the game. Did I regret it? No! The Guild 2 revealed itself to be a timeless, almost limitless game. Working my way through the interface soon became a breeze, greeted by wonderful graphics for a game of this caliber.

The gameplay was fantastic. Before I knew it, my simple patron had become the head of an estate farm, married with two children (who also grew up to start their own businesses) and had a coffer full of gold. My wife had a successful political career in the towns grim medieval feudal structure as I took joy in sentencing people to death as the chief magistrate.

The game may seem sticky at first, but trust me be patient because The Guild 2 will give you hours of gameplay, which you can repeat again in yet another profession!

Though I have never played previous Guild games, this one certainly got me interested in the series. I enjoyed having a family and having a wide variety of jobs to keep my top 3 members busy with. Even after hours of playing I still had much more to accomplish and this game does not dissapoint in terms of replayability.

I really tried to like the game and installed mods too. In the end this game stops 10% on the way. It tries to achieve immersiveness but ultimately fails to do so because of bugs, repetitive gameplay and technical issues. Graphics are terrible, the money making part is a no-brainer (once you have figured it out) and the political play is pointless. Very frustrating experience, eats up lots of time but fails to deliver. 1 Star.

this is a fun and unique medieval life sim that is marred by a steep learning curve and needless micromanagement.

if those things don't phase you, you will have a lot of fun running your business, robbing merchants running for mayor and leading your family through the ages.

I absolutely love this game. Although now it has gotten much better with patches, this game had so many glitches and crashes it was unbelievable. Even through it all I could not stop playing it. There is so much attention to detail I wouldn't even no where to start. Basically, just imagine you are in a medieval world and anything you can do in that world, you can do in this game. The possibilities are endless. An all time favorite I love it.

Seems to be a good economic style game, however I would warn that there is a steep learning curve. The tutorial only goes so far.

This game is a two star game for me. I am not much into RPG games, but thought I would try this one because it had some good reviews. Personally this game is too slow for me. Not the graphics speed, but the speed of the gameplay. Maybe it is because the RPG's I have played are quest style action games. Guild II is directed more toward those interested in political and commerce gameplay. The graphics are good (not great). The information screens and upgrade screens are not always very intuitive, especially the screen to get resources and use them for whatever craft guild you are in.

Overall I was not very impressed with this game. After a couple of weeks I was tired of it. It may be that I need to plug away at it some more to get the entertainment value, but the gameplay is pretty tedious to me. If you like a game that is not about battles or strategy this may be a game for you, but if you are more into strategy games and adventure/quest games I would bypass this one.

This game is oddly addictive, and you won't realize it for a good while. It has the 'one more turn' syndrome that games of civilization can cause. I haven't bothered with the main campaign, but the custom game mode is very good, and not much is different between the two. Running a business and dabbling in politics up to the point of King/Queen keeps the game fun and interesting.

However, towards the end can get quite tedious, though this is a dynasty oriented game not a single character oriented game, your first character can live well long enough to rise from low class to ruler. The children you have end up being more support up until your main dies, and while you can accomplish more with 3 then with 1 you often find yourself doing the same thing just 3 times more.

I gave this game a 3 since although I enjoyed the game well enough to give it a 4 despite any of it's flaws, when you do finally beat it there is no ending, just a graph of your statistics such as family wealth. That really killed the replayability for me.

You can be a nobleman and work your way up the political ladder or you could be a highwayman robbing travelers or you could be a bit of both. There are so many things you can do in Guild 2 that you will probably miss most of them in your first run. But what is the Guild 2, it's a rpg/action/strategy/ the sims mix. Depending on what class your character becomes the game will shape it self after that

I actually really liked this game. The ability to run for office and thinking ahead about what offices to get to keep your family in power is really cool. It is a very engaging and immersive game. Some graphics bugs, but nothing that wrecks the game like I'v seen in other graphically enhanced games. Good game!