Any way you look at it, The Guild 2: Venice is pointless. It provides almost nothing new, includes none of the content in the original game or the first expansion, and even omits the multiplayer mode of play included in both of its predecessors. Instead of taking you for a ride on a gondola, all this expansion does is take you for a ride.
Thinking of a typical German genre most of us refer to economic simulations. Oldschool ecosim-veterans of course know Die Fugger. Everyone else pricks its ears when hearing the name The Guild, which was released in 2002 as a kind-of-sequel. Now it’s 2014 – the release of The Guild 2 was 8 years ago. A few weeks ago we finally got to know that The Guild 3 is going to be released in 2016. First facts can be found in gameplane.de's extensive gamescom 2014 preview. Now it’s time to dig a little deeper – welcome to gameplane.de's The Guild 3 interview!
JoWooD Entertainment AG has released a new patch for The Guild 2, solving all known issues with the engine and introduces several changes to game balance based on JoWooD’s intense cooperation with the game’s fan community. The patch is compatible with all versions of The Guild 2, including The Guild 2 Gold Edition, The Guild 2 Universe Edition, The Guild 2 Royal Edition and the Pirates of the Hanse expansion.
JoWooD has issued a new patch for The Guild 2: Venice, updating to v3.5 the second add-on for The Guild 2. Among various bugfixes, problems with the load / save function are fixed. There may be still issues with Quickload and Quicksave on some systems, so it is recommended always using the save via menu function.
