I feel like Gothic needs way more attention in this time and age. In the world where games are obsessed with big plots and sandbox worlds, Gothic really shows that sometimes less is more. For me Gothic is still a perfect formula for an entertaining RPG game that doesn't feel too easy, too difficult or too overwhelming. Its minimalistic design provides a clear view of how the game works without the need of manuals, its small worlds is packed with content and the plot is tight and utilizes the environment well. We need more games like that.
We'll see how that G1 remake ends up. Maybe it's good enough to warrant a remake of G2 as well. I only require a combat system similar to Risen 1, and some slight graphical improvements. Actually screw the graphics, just improve the combat, and maybe tweak the rushed ending sections of the game a tad, and the game is perfect.
@@MrJenssen In my opinion Gothic 1 and 2 still look great. A little bit old though, the low poly assets did not age too well, something that could be quick-fixed with tessellation for the meshes and Upscaling for the textures. There are a few of projects in the works that work on using the original assets and improving them or changing the renderer, that make the game look amazing: DX11 patch, GD3D11, gothic reloaded, .etc. Some people are also working on porting the game to a modern engine (the vanilla one is very clunky), which could streamline the process of porting modern graphic features to the game. I really hope the remake turns out good, i would also love to see some more content and things to do in the game, that do not break the balance or change the original atmosphere, particularly the mid-end game and boss fight.
I love the worldbuilding of gothic, it is tiny compared to many new games, however handcrafted with lots of well thought out layering of world features sitting top of each other and taking up the same space on the map. It feels so much bigger, there is so much more to do and explore on a square foot/meter in this game, than the large stretched out maps you see nowadays. On those you need a horse or some kind of vehicle to transverse the world, because there is nothing particular progressing the game and revealing itself between locations. While in Gothic most of the time find new hidden places, when going from A to B on a slightly different path that before or even on the same path.
Well it's rather 4/10 but thank you brother. Gothic is a marvelous franchise that died way too early. I hope these qualities won't get lost in the Remake.
I was 15 years old, when played this game for the first time and now I am 37. Time runs just too fast and this game will always be one of the best of all times. Anyways, Gothic II is timeless to me. The graphics is outdated nowadays, but not ugly at all and it is worth playing anytime. For now, I am looking forward to playing Gothic remake, which should be released this year, so this will be really big moment!!! The first Gothic is not my favorite, but if the remake will be of high quality, then we can be sure, they will make remake of this legendary second part and that might be an ultimate rpg of all times. We will see.
i was 15 too when i played the first one for the first time. Such great games, i couln't believe what a great atmosphere they managed to build . Really looking forward to the remake aswell.
@@mamamamamamamable Hello again, yes. The remake should arrive pretty soon. I am not sure, if during this year, since the developers haven´t announced any release date, but think, the begining of the next year is sure bet. The legend is back after so many years. The biggest comeback of all times. I am sure, you will enjoy it from morning till evening, when you got the time.
Well, I was way younger when i "tried" playing gothic 2( JUST Gothic 2 without NotR and it didnt really go well , to this day i remember that i couldnt even figure out how to fight, nowadays i play gothic but modded like New Balance made by SaiyansKing/Likier
I played it when I was just a wee little 4 year old, the gothic games were pillars to me growing up and my determination to learn English and other sorts of skills back in my country, and will always remain my favorite childhood games.
There are 2 more ways to get to the city! - you can buy leather armor from Orlan which allows you to enter with no problems - becoming fire mage, you don't have to enter the city to become one, it also gives unique dialogue (Also i think being mercenary works too but dialogue is similar to the leather armor one)
I always went around the city, jumped into the water and swam to the harbor, to collect the 500xp from Lares. A pretty big deal that early in the game. And the line you get from him is funny as hell.
You can also just go straight through the main door, just go behind the guard (behind guard and wall). the dialogue trigger is only in front of them. :D
I am so proud of my younger self for recognising this gem among rpgs and playing it for all factions and all combat styles. What an amazing adventure it was.
Its impressive it only took nine month for Piranha bytes to finish the game after releasing Gothic 1 . This game is so full of quests, story and a hughe map to explore. I would love to c more games like this where you can feel this love for the details ! Great video dude ❤
Even more if you think about the months of work they had already spend in the then abandoned Gothic 1 sequel, though some parts were reused for Gothic 2, like big parts in the intro sequence.
wish games took this short nowadays to create. Another good example of how fast games were produced back then: Gta 3, Vice City and San Andreas came out in the span of 3 years.
@@jock4551 these games where not my cup of tea tbh but you are right about that. But its more complex to develop the games today with better grafic face impressions and such things ...
Gothic 1 and 2 Tutorials are great. Instead of the Game explaining the gameplay to you, it is actually NPCs doing so. And instead of an automap with quest markers, you have to get a map ingame, and you only get descriptions how to get to places, like in real life.
Ah, there used to be I time I knew Khorinis better than my home town. Hanging out at recess and discussing our findings, hidden treasures and no-go areas where you get maimed by a Shadowclaw is a core memory.
Corporations killed everything - games, food, tv, cinema, interaction with people. What we have left is just a shell of the real world we used to live in.
Ah man what did you do to me? 😅 I have not played this game for 3 years now and it used to be my tradition to play it yearly since like 2004 when I was 7 years old. But now life is not as easy sadly, but it was so nice to smell that nostalgia taste with this video. Music just brings back too many memories, when I just remember how it sounded on those old pc speakers... Good idea to talk about the starting location. Thank you for a good video friend. All the best!
The problem with yearly playing traditions is that eventually you'll grow sick of playing even great games. Gothic 2 is an amazing game, but after playing through it 10+ times already it's not really the same anymore. The feeling is all used up. The first Deus Ex and the first Knights of the Old Republic are the only games I've played through more times than Gothic and Gothic 2, but they too are empty husks for me by now.
@@jock4551 The Dark Souls scene was never my thing, but I did play BG3. A shame they didn't deliver on the promise of the Early Access, the EA had so much more potential than what was delivered with the final product.
@@khatack , same for me. The only recent game that got me addicted enough to play for over 2k hours was pathfinder wotr. But other than that, idk what to play because all good old games were replayed many times both vanilla and with all kinds of mods and are just boring at this point, and pretty much none of newer games "work" for me. I'm astonished by people (e.g. some letsplayers on youtube) who can play a game over and over again for like 50 times over the course of many years without getting bored.
I've always been a fan of the Gothic series. Started playing Gothic 2 shortly after it was released (even before playing Gothic 1 after finishing 2) and what drew me into that world more than probably any other game was exactly what you described. The immersion and unforgiving tough start of the game really made you learn a few things. 1. save often 2. exploring the world to your hearts content is rewarding and 3. actually listening to the people and exploring the dialog options will give you info you would otherwise miss. To this day I play G1 and G2 once or twice a year and it will probably be that way for many years to come. That being said - great video! Keep it coming.
Yeah at the beginning it can be very demotivating to get killed by small goblins or wolves but once you get the hang of it, it's really a mindblowing adventure! Thanks mate!
Pretty sure these are from the NoTR version because the protagonist sounds completely different to the one in Gothic 2 Gold who had a much stronger American accent.
Mate, you should be a voice on so many audiobooks. So smooth. You perfectly captured the feeling of my Gothic experience, my experience being more than 20 years ago. GG my friend 🤗
I have 3 weeks of vacation. Im at the end of week 2. Its 6 am i have my 5th beer and watching gothic nostalgia videos. One could say some things never change. Just hearing you how you talk about the game realizing what the devs had in mind makes me know that you are a great person. People today don't appreciate things anymore on a level like this. Yet you ask anyone that truly loves the gothic series and of course he could tell you that, well not that comprehensive but you know what i mean. Man your summary sums it up perfectly. A QUEST MARKER ON MY MAP/SCREEN, A GOLDEN LINE SHOWING ME THE PATH!!?!?!?!? HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME LIKE THAT. As an 11 year old playing G1 had me legit thinking "what should i do" or "how should i do that". Running away from a shadowbeast had me legit scared for reallife. Those were the days. Honestly glad that i had this instead of whatever the f... today rpgs are. Thank you for this video!
Thank you for this great video about my favorite games! You absolutely right about this special feeling when you start playing gothic! It's very petty to see that this kind of games doesn't exist nowadays!
This amazing speech at the end I didn't see coming. God damn, you are so right my dude. First time I played this at a young age I lost all sense of time, played till 4 in the morning and was blown away by this immersive experience.
Me, a 15 year Gothic 2 "veteran" : >There are spell scrolls behind Xardas tower. Oh wow, I never knew. >Bandit at the cave namedrops Dexter right at the start. HOLY SHIT
I love this video and I love you Vertigo ♡, I can feel your attatchment and emotions towards Gothic, and may I add that gothic has the ability to create unique experiences for all of us, its a journey of self growth.
Hi there mate, great video. Regarding your speech at the end, go try Skyrim mod called Enderal (unless you already did). It is really the only game that hit me in the same way Gothic 1,2 and Archolos did. The authors of Enderal are big fans of Gothic games (they are germans after all) and it really shows. Even if you are not a great fan of Skyrim engine, the gameplay is largely modified and the leveling system is similiar to Gothic games. There is no fast travel, no hand holding, exploration is hugely rewarding. And the story, oh boy... I will not spoil anything, but the story of that game is freaking phenomenal. When I was few hours in the game, I was like "ok this isn´t bad". When things started rolling and I jumped on the main quest I was like "ok this is going to be epic". And it was. As a one Gothic fan to another - go play Enderal, it will blow you away. PS: video on the inspiration the Enderal took from old school Gothic games could be a good topic to explore in video in the future.
I can recomend enderal too, it Is really good. It also expands on the mystery/horror/occult themes that were abandoned after Gothic 1, as you mention in one of your videos. You will like it.
I wondered many times why some of those games are so close to our hearts ... it's every time closely related to happy times in our lives when we developed out perception of what is good or bad when we are young and we stumbled upon something your friends play or from boredom you just pick some random game like Mass Effect was for me. Gothic experience for me was fun time in my cousins house while playing Gothic 2 because only game I could run on my PC was Gothic 1. Personally I played Gothic 1 over and over again when I was 10 and that is maeby why it is my most favorite Gothic game. Mass Effect closely influenced my teen years 12-16 and World of Warcraft helped me to communicate with people and socialize in a way from 12-20 ... All those games have strong place in my heart. I also like Gothic 3. Maeby even same way as Gothic 1 ... Gothic 2 was great for me because I could came back to collony and explore its changes. That is why it saddens me even more that today in gaming industry we have such a small ammount of memorable games. I catched myself realising that nowadays I never finish any games I play. Every time it bore me down and I stop even if I at start am enjoying that game. Elden Ring and Cyberpunk are are one example of that. I know it's not because of me. I know because after 9 years I played Mass Effect Remastered Trilogy and I felt in love once more and experienced those emotions again in my 28 ... and I finished all 3 games in row. They did not bored me at all. I don't know why is todays gaming industry so dead for me and I'm sure I'm not only one in that. Let's hope Gothic remake will be a good game.
I feel like this is a fantastic opportunity to remind people of Archolos. Without any exaggeration, it’s one of the best games i’ve played in recent history, and it’s finally scratched the itch that G2 left decades ago
Gothic is the series that really made me a gamer and it's very near and dear to my heart. In so glad these atmospheric Games still have an active fan base. I'm very excited for the Remake of Gothic 1 and what was shown in the Gameplay trailer looked very promising. I hope it can manage to recreate the thick atmosphere and mood of the first game and improve on some of it's shortcomings. And if it does I hope it sells well to allow Gothic II to get the same treatment.
Senang bisa melihat orang di komentar menyukai game Gothic saya pun sampai saat ini merasa ketika mengingat saat bermain gothic. Aq terbawa seperti berpetualang hari ku dulu. Gothic game terbaik dgn cerita yang sempurna❤
And also you can take the farmer's clothes, put them on, talk to Canthar, pose as a farmer (he asks if you are one), then you will not be offered the pass and he will not try to force you into setting Sarah up. You can put the clothes back after that
I remember crying my mom to buy this game, in a tech store, not even on a shelf, but among dozens of other game boxes. It was extremely cheap. That cd cover was love at first sight. It was early 2000's. I had an old computer I dont event remember the specs of the computer. I remember going into khorinis first time killing the npcs from rooftops because I didnt know how to get experience. Then after some time I restarted the game. Literally with an English dictionary next to my keyboard. This game thought me English right after I learnt how to read in my own language.
The best thing that much of the starting area is optional. You don't need to go into Lester's valley, you don't need to kill the bandits. You can just go straight to the city and bribe your way in, scale the walls, use Canthar's pass or get the farmer's clothes. You don't need to help Greg either. Gothic 2 does little in terms of hand holding and essentially releases players into the world and only sets very basic goals. No one tells you how to fight, there is no way to judge if an enemy is too strong and you're basically told to find your own equipment. I also think that the addon does far too much to make the game easier for you. In Xardas' tower you're provided with a belt and basically every herb needed for Constantino's apprenticeship trial, Cavalorn handles the bandits for you and later on Lares takes care of many of the enemies across the island.
For hardcore fighters and gothic players: If you want most xp at beginning go by hardest way possible. Giving Greg the Farmer Clothes and then getting yourself through Lighthouse mountain and jumping into water will give you sweet price from Lester ☀️ So many ways and its rly rewarding and enjoyable. I love this game ⭐
Giving Greg the farmers clothes, then dropping into the city and talking with Lares is by far the best way. 600 experience safe, plus you don't waste any herbs or gold.
@@vertigo7082 you can go further and go to the main gate jumping the outter wall from inside the city without triggering any guard or paladin conversation. Then tell the main guards you have the plants for Constantino giving you a few more.
There are more smaller treasures: near the young wolves in the valley there is a gold satchel. There is some magical items behind bushes on the path down into the valley. There is also a satchel of gold in the barn and a pickaxe behind windmill. There is a satchel near the Cavalorn, on the crates. So many rewards for exploring that makes a player satisfied
At the position of Cavalorn if you climb the hills behind him (just walking) you find a little area wit warans (german word dunno the english one) and a cool medallion
I had the pleasure of playing Gothic 2 in Polish. The game is phenomenally translated into Polish. So many memories. I'm glad it was my first action crpg. Great gameplay, great voice actors.
Gothic 2 is one of the best games I have ever played in my entire life, even to this day. But man, it really hurts to see how the english voice acting completely butchers the dialogues. It sounds more like a parody or a poorly dubbed fan mod.
Most pieces of dialogue are okayish. Some voice actors in Gothic 1 are great even but you are right, most of it doesn't really capture the spirit of the german version.
The game was released in 1999 - you can see that the community is still really active.. wondered why I was so obsessed with the game and then I realized. the game didn't force us to completely continue the story. No indicator, nothing that would lead us and show us how to do things.the mystery factor... for example ...you should have find a character you've been looking for for hours :D. It was so real for me like a real life adventure . Music and sounds(they felt so real) ... sounds of the wind, breaking in the thickets of trees. when I was 12 years old, the game was magical and mysterious for me...and now im 22 yo and even after 10 years im returning up to this day./Im sorry for my english ...
Up to this day this game is proof that grafics is nothing if u have good storytelling soundeffects and overall feel of that game is just very well done ....
@@vertigo7082 I know. The creative heads behind Gothic 1 and 2 were long gone. I didn't even play anything past Risen 1. While I have some friends who actually like Gothic 3, I never got into it, the first city occupied by orcs is the furthest I ever got. Still, in the same way you mourn when a loved one, who had severe dementia for years already, dies, I also mourn the eventual death of PB. But, there is also light. The latest trailer from Alkimia Interactive looks pretty nice. Not perfect, but better than I would have expected.
i dont currently have the time to watch your video in its entirety, but here are my points about the intro to G2 and why it is the perfect intro. the setting in the tower is pretty grim, and so is the lookout. depending how thorough you are, you start your game with a knife or a wooden stick, both not optimal. you are then put into the world, with a lot of enemies, that you can absolutely defeat if you want, but also access to some that will instantly kill you. you get a feeling for discovery and careful exploration, that is instantly rewarded (finding lester which gives you an alternate entry into the city, finding the hidden cave..) you then follow the path to lobarts farm and get an easy task to fulfill, nothing really all that relevant, but from there two things are instilled: the way you go about your dialogues and how you complete quests is EXTREMELY important. what reward do you ask from lobart? do you let him rip you off? do you finish all tasks on the farm and get the cheapest set of farmers clothes? do you give that to greg? do you keep it? do you deliver the pan for (hilda i think?) the farmers wife in 3 days? or do you forget about it and get her mad? do you make a deal with canthar, which WILL come back to you? from there, you have at least 4 or 5 ways to get into khorinis: 1) enter in farmers clothing 2) bribe the guard 3) enter with collected herbs 4) jump the wall (a little cheaty, but absolutely doable in the games mechanics, so kinda encouraged??) 5) swim through the harbor and many many quests work like this: same outcome, but how you solve them is up to you - and it gains you different rewards. next: the guards instill this feeling that you are not welcome everywhere - not like skyrim where everybody is just waiting for you to arrive - no, you are a wrecked loser, nobody wants you, nobody needs you (except bosper). you then enter the safety of the town, and a feeling of ease sets in. you have been out in the wild, unprotected, animals will kill you, next to no supplies, and you can spend HOURS in khorinis when first entering it. it is a small town, but almost all npcs are relevant and interesting, are helpful or freightening, have quests inside and outside of town, quests you can do instantly and quests that you will finish 3 chapters later. and all of it feels like it matters. even today, i just love to roam the streets of khorinis and enjoy the waves in the harbor. from khorinis, you leave again into the wild, but now the very vast and wide open wild, where there are many many things that will instantly kill you - the ante is UP. and all around the world, you meet natural acting npcs and all the little stories are laid out so well - and you are equipped for it because the introduction is SO GOOD.
I just realize i totally effed that up back in the day, i allways followed the road, because i didnt bother to listen to Xardas. 😅 I just followed the road and got killed by the wolf there over and over again. Never seen this tutorial area, or at least cant remember ever having seen it.
Killing it with the Gothic content! Great video! Any chance you'll cover the Valley of Mines in Gothic 2 in this same style? It would be great to see you narrate through all the changes and the FUBAR situation and the Old Camp castle.
@@vertigo7082 I suppose he is talking about the playable teaser, which is saying nothing about how gothic will be and is just a technical demo, for testing out ideas and getting feedback.
7:40 This advice from Lester was only added in Night of the Raven, it doesn't happen in vanilla Gothic 2. And it makes no sense plot-wise. It contradicts the rest of what Lester tells you - that after the fall of the barrier he wandered around untill he found that valley. The barrier fell no more than a month ago. Even assuming that Lester, an ex-con freshly escaped from prison, somehow got into the city and got a job (well ok, we know that's possible) then why the hell is he now hiding in that valley?
At first Lester says he worked for constanino some time ago (which could have easily been before he was thrown into the colony), and it would have been fine if he simply said try to gather herbs and see if the guards will let you in claiming to have herbs for constanino, but it actually gets ruined when he says that Constanino gave instructions to let people through the gate if they have herbs, it doesn't make sense for Lester to know that piece of information.
Played all 3 games indeed. Yes like you said the fact that gothic 2 re-uses the starting area is something good. It doesn't forgets it and it makes sure later it has something interesting for you then rather never having to go back. The difference between gothic 1,2 and 3. In the first game when u started you feel so weak and meaningless and you have to be careful cuz u gonna die a lot of times..in the beginning you can't fight most of the creatures so you must make quests to get the experience. As for gothic 3 Yeah I love the game and yeah has very interesting mechanics and quality of life improvements but even in the beginning if u don't know what you're doing ,you never struggle, there are no hard enemies to give you trouble or to make you feel like you have to choose carefully what you do. You just breeze to the starting area and kill everything and next.yeah unlike previous games u have a dificulty you can set and an improved ai combat but even with that most of players just say the game is to easy or it doesn't feel that impactful as first 2. Still I fully agree with what you say. And also I used to hate gothic 3 not cuz I played and didn't liked it but because of that misconception when someone says and game is bad and u agree even if u didn't play it. But not anymore cuz I'm playing the game and I like it even gothic 3. Is not as bad as manny say.
loved your speech in the end. I feel so too, but doubt it will happen. Maybe some indy stuff. Dark souls did great and was a mainstream success. but is not the direction a game like gothic was. you said "gothic 1 & 2 respect the players intelligence." this exactly is the problem. Gaming was still "kinda" niche in the late 90's, early 2000's. I remember meeting like minded nerds and weirdo's that couldn't really connect with society. We had games like this, quirks, passions. talked about D&D, games, physics, math... Games like WC3, star craft, CS started to introduced more casual people into gaming. Computers were more common in households, consoles sold more than ever before, social media, youtube, smartphones, etc. Today everyone is online. Almost everyone plays games. Even 58 year old karen plays candy crush in the subway. the attention span has dropped significantly the past 30 years. Since 85% of humanity is stupid and lazy, and almost everyone plays games, it is simple: Games have to be understood VERY fast. They can't be too challenging. they have to reward you every 2 minutes to keep you going. intelligent people and people with a healthy dopamin reward system are not the main audience.
I feel like Gothic needs way more attention in this time and age. In the world where games are obsessed with big plots and sandbox worlds, Gothic really shows that sometimes less is more. For me Gothic is still a perfect formula for an entertaining RPG game that doesn't feel too easy, too difficult or too overwhelming. Its minimalistic design provides a clear view of how the game works without the need of manuals, its small worlds is packed with content and the plot is tight and utilizes the environment well. We need more games like that.
Playin since 3 years gothic online and i love it so much :D
We'll see how that G1 remake ends up. Maybe it's good enough to warrant a remake of G2 as well. I only require a combat system similar to Risen 1, and some slight graphical improvements. Actually screw the graphics, just improve the combat, and maybe tweak the rushed ending sections of the game a tad, and the game is perfect.
@@MrJenssen In my opinion Gothic 1 and 2 still look great. A little bit old though, the low poly assets did not age too well, something that could be quick-fixed with tessellation for the meshes and Upscaling for the textures.
There are a few of projects in the works that work on using the original assets and improving them or changing the renderer, that make the game look amazing:
DX11 patch, GD3D11, gothic reloaded, .etc.
Some people are also working on porting the game to a modern engine (the vanilla one is very clunky), which could streamline the process of porting modern graphic features to the game. I really hope the remake turns out good, i would also love to see some more content and things to do in the game, that do not break the balance or change the original atmosphere, particularly the mid-end game and boss fight.
I love the worldbuilding of gothic, it is tiny compared to many new games, however handcrafted with lots of well thought out layering of world features sitting top of each other and taking up the same space on the map.
It feels so much bigger, there is so much more to do and explore on a square foot/meter in this game, than the large stretched out maps you see nowadays.
On those you need a horse or some kind of vehicle to transverse the world, because there is nothing particular progressing the game and revealing itself between locations.
While in Gothic most of the time find new hidden places, when going from A to B on a slightly different path that before or even on the same path.
I would add that „less“ only pertains to the map size. Because despite being a small map for today‘s standard, it is packed full with content
I still can't believe that after all these years Gothic still has so much to offer. This is 11/10 production quality, thank you for this!
Well it's rather 4/10 but thank you brother. Gothic is a marvelous franchise that died way too early. I hope these qualities won't get lost in the Remake.
I was 15 years old, when played this game for the first time and now I am 37. Time runs just too fast and this game will always be one of the best of all times. Anyways, Gothic II is timeless to me. The graphics is outdated nowadays, but not ugly at all and it is worth playing anytime.
For now, I am looking forward to playing Gothic remake, which should be released this year, so this will be really big moment!!! The first Gothic is not my favorite, but if the remake will be of high quality, then we can be sure, they will make remake of this legendary second part and that might be an ultimate rpg of all times. We will see.
i was 15 too when i played the first one for the first time. Such great games, i couln't believe what a great atmosphere they managed to build . Really looking forward to the remake aswell.
@@mamamamamamamable
Hello again,
yes. The remake should arrive pretty soon. I am not sure, if during this year, since the developers haven´t announced any release date, but think, the begining of the next year is sure bet. The legend is back after so many years. The biggest comeback of all times. I am sure, you will enjoy it from morning till evening, when you got the time.
i dont think Gothic Remake will come this year. They still have things to do. I expect it in the spring.
Well, I was way younger when i "tried" playing gothic 2( JUST Gothic 2 without NotR and it didnt really go well , to this day i remember that i couldnt even figure out how to fight, nowadays i play gothic but modded like New Balance made by SaiyansKing/Likier
I played it when I was just a wee little 4 year old, the gothic games were pillars to me growing up and my determination to learn English and other sorts of skills back in my country, and will always remain my favorite childhood games.
There are 2 more ways to get to the city!
- you can buy leather armor from Orlan which allows you to enter with no problems
- becoming fire mage, you don't have to enter the city to become one, it also gives unique dialogue
(Also i think being mercenary works too but dialogue is similar to the leather armor one)
Oh you are right, i forgot about the fire mage way but the leather armor i didn't know about!
Wow, even after all these years this game still has things I have never experienced.
I always went around the city, jumped into the water and swam to the harbor, to collect the 500xp from Lares. A pretty big deal that early in the game.
And the line you get from him is funny as hell.
You can also just go straight through the main door, just go behind the guard (behind guard and wall).
the dialogue trigger is only in front of them.
:D
@@narve7337 You are absolutely right.
Yet that always felt like cheating to me.
Like walking straight to Lord Hagen.
I am so proud of my younger self for recognising this gem among rpgs and playing it for all factions and all combat styles. What an amazing adventure it was.
Man I felt that outro speech. I felt it deep in my soul
Same here. Games suck now and it's depressing.
Its impressive it only took nine month for Piranha bytes to finish the game after releasing Gothic 1 . This game is so full of quests, story and a hughe map to explore. I would love to c more games like this where you can feel this love for the details ! Great video dude ❤
Even more if you think about the months of work they had already spend in the then abandoned Gothic 1 sequel, though some parts were reused for Gothic 2, like big parts in the intro sequence.
wish games took this short nowadays to create. Another good example of how fast games were produced back then: Gta 3, Vice City and San Andreas came out in the span of 3 years.
@@jock4551 these games where not my cup of tea tbh but you are right about that. But its more complex to develop the games today with better grafic face impressions and such things ...
Gothic 1 and 2 Tutorials are great. Instead of the Game explaining the gameplay to you, it is actually NPCs doing so. And instead of an automap with quest markers, you have to get a map ingame, and you only get descriptions how to get to places, like in real life.
Ah, there used to be I time I knew Khorinis better than my home town. Hanging out at recess and discussing our findings, hidden treasures and no-go areas where you get maimed by a Shadowclaw is a core memory.
Piranha’s approach to level design was way ahead of it’s time, great video
Oh yeah it was. Thanks a lot coz!
Corporations killed everything - games, food, tv, cinema, interaction with people. What we have left is just a shell of the real world we used to live in.
This was excellent. Gothic 1 & 2 are both fantastic examples of games that provide a true sense of adventure and accomplishment.
These and Dragon’s Dogma. Something about that era of gaming is fantastic and well missed
I didn't expect such high quality from a 500 sub youtuber. Good job!
Thank you very much Sir!
Ah man what did you do to me? 😅
I have not played this game for 3 years now and it used to be my tradition to play it yearly since like 2004 when I was 7 years old. But now life is not as easy sadly, but it was so nice to smell that nostalgia taste with this video.
Music just brings back too many memories, when I just remember how it sounded on those old pc speakers...
Good idea to talk about the starting location. Thank you for a good video friend.
All the best!
The problem with yearly playing traditions is that eventually you'll grow sick of playing even great games. Gothic 2 is an amazing game, but after playing through it 10+ times already it's not really the same anymore. The feeling is all used up. The first Deus Ex and the first Knights of the Old Republic are the only games I've played through more times than Gothic and Gothic 2, but they too are empty husks for me by now.
@@khatack yup, we need more new great content. Hopefully you played Baldur's Gate 3 and Elden Ring?
@@jock4551 The Dark Souls scene was never my thing, but I did play BG3. A shame they didn't deliver on the promise of the Early Access, the EA had so much more potential than what was delivered with the final product.
@@jock4551 both are meh.
@@khatack , same for me.
The only recent game that got me addicted enough to play for over 2k hours was pathfinder wotr. But other than that, idk what to play because all good old games were replayed many times both vanilla and with all kinds of mods and are just boring at this point, and pretty much none of newer games "work" for me.
I'm astonished by people (e.g. some letsplayers on youtube) who can play a game over and over again for like 50 times over the course of many years without getting bored.
I've always been a fan of the Gothic series. Started playing Gothic 2 shortly after it was released (even before playing Gothic 1 after finishing 2) and what drew me into that world more than probably any other game was exactly what you described. The immersion and unforgiving tough start of the game really made you learn a few things. 1. save often 2. exploring the world to your hearts content is rewarding and 3. actually listening to the people and exploring the dialog options will give you info you would otherwise miss.
To this day I play G1 and G2 once or twice a year and it will probably be that way for many years to come.
That being said - great video! Keep it coming.
Yeah at the beginning it can be very demotivating to get killed by small goblins or wolves but once you get the hang of it, it's really a mindblowing adventure!
Thanks mate!
Well done Video, was a joy listening
Cheers mate!
So weird to hear Gothic characters speak in English. Nice video, good observations & great narration, thanks for covering!
Pretty sure these are from the NoTR version because the protagonist sounds completely different to the one in Gothic 2 Gold who had a much stronger American accent.
@@MaesterfulNo these voices are from gold
Archolos is good too.
Definitely. It's the best mod for Gothic 2 for sure.
@@vertigo7082returning still takes #1. Archolos is better written and more polished, but returning is super addictive gameplay
Best mod its new balance for me
Has a named hero and therefore it's automatically trash.
@@5chneemensch138 I pity you. If your not playing Archolos just because main character is not Nameless Hero You missed amazing adventure.
Mate, you should be a voice on so many audiobooks. So smooth. You perfectly captured the feeling of my Gothic experience, my experience being more than 20 years ago. GG my friend 🤗
I have 3 weeks of vacation. Im at the end of week 2. Its 6 am i have my 5th beer and watching gothic nostalgia videos.
One could say some things never change.
Just hearing you how you talk about the game realizing what the devs had in mind makes me know that you are a great person. People today don't appreciate things anymore on a level like this. Yet you ask anyone that truly loves the gothic series and of course he could tell you that, well not that comprehensive but you know what i mean.
Man your summary sums it up perfectly. A QUEST MARKER ON MY MAP/SCREEN, A GOLDEN LINE SHOWING ME THE PATH!!?!?!?!? HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME LIKE THAT.
As an 11 year old playing G1 had me legit thinking "what should i do" or "how should i do that".
Running away from a shadowbeast had me legit scared for reallife. Those were the days. Honestly glad that i had this instead of whatever the f... today rpgs are.
Thank you for this video!
thats why we all love to comeback to this game more than to any other
Thank you for this great video about my favorite games! You absolutely right about this special feeling when you start playing gothic! It's very petty to see that this kind of games doesn't exist nowadays!
Now do a retrospective of every zone, thanks!
Gothic 2 is the best ARPG ever made.
It is my friend!
This amazing speech at the end I didn't see coming. God damn, you are so right my dude. First time I played this at a young age I lost all sense of time, played till 4 in the morning and was blown away by this immersive experience.
Me, a 15 year Gothic 2 "veteran" :
>There are spell scrolls behind Xardas tower.
Oh wow, I never knew.
>Bandit at the cave namedrops Dexter right at the start.
HOLY SHIT
Other way around for me tbf.
I always knew how to get the 1st bandit spill his guts, didn't knew about the scrolls behind Xardas' tower
that sheep thing was next level though. Never knew you can take it to the monastery
Hope the Gothic remake will be successful and Gothic 2 will get an overhaul as well.
I saw the whole video, I enjoyed it quite a bit but one thing that clearly speaks out about you is this...
Passion for the hobby. It's so clear.
I love this video and I love you Vertigo ♡, I can feel your attatchment and emotions towards Gothic, and may I add that gothic has the ability to create unique experiences for all of us, its a journey of self growth.
Aww man, such nice words. Thank you so much. Yeah it does and I hope that the future will give us more of these types of games! xoxo
Been a gamer since 5 years old. It's one of the very very few games I've played through multiple times.
Hi there mate, great video.
Regarding your speech at the end, go try Skyrim mod called Enderal (unless you already did).
It is really the only game that hit me in the same way Gothic 1,2 and Archolos did. The authors of Enderal are big fans of Gothic games (they are germans after all) and it really shows.
Even if you are not a great fan of Skyrim engine, the gameplay is largely modified and the leveling system is similiar to Gothic games. There is no fast travel, no hand holding, exploration is hugely rewarding. And the story, oh boy... I will not spoil anything, but the story of that game is freaking phenomenal. When I was few hours in the game, I was like "ok this isn´t bad". When things started rolling and I jumped on the main quest I was like "ok this is going to be epic". And it was. As a one Gothic fan to another - go play Enderal, it will blow you away.
PS: video on the inspiration the Enderal took from old school Gothic games could be a good topic to explore in video in the future.
Mhhh maybe I will try that out in the future. Sounds intriguing...
Thanks for the advice pal!
@@vertigo7082 you are welcome! if you have any recomendations for games that have that gothic soul in game, I´d love to hear them
@@JJChWorkshop That sounds a like a good idea for a future video!
Second best game "mod" after Gothic's Archolos in my eyes. Very nice atmosphere in Enderal, nothing like Skyrim.
I can recomend enderal too, it Is really good. It also expands on the mystery/horror/occult themes that were abandoned after Gothic 1, as you mention in one of your videos. You will like it.
The starcraft music at the end blended in very nice
Now this, was an amazing video.
Thanks a lot! May the Sleeper awaken!
@@vertigo7082 AWAKEN
Nostalgia overloaded.
Great.
Now I want to replay Gothic 2 again
For the 10th time
Dew it!
I wondered many times why some of those games are so close to our hearts ... it's every time closely related to happy times in our lives when we developed out perception of what is good or bad when we are young and we stumbled upon something your friends play or from boredom you just pick some random game like Mass Effect was for me. Gothic experience for me was fun time in my cousins house while playing Gothic 2 because only game I could run on my PC was Gothic 1. Personally I played Gothic 1 over and over again when I was 10 and that is maeby why it is my most favorite Gothic game. Mass Effect closely influenced my teen years 12-16 and World of Warcraft helped me to communicate with people and socialize in a way from 12-20 ... All those games have strong place in my heart. I also like Gothic 3. Maeby even same way as Gothic 1 ... Gothic 2 was great for me because I could came back to collony and explore its changes.
That is why it saddens me even more that today in gaming industry we have such a small ammount of memorable games. I catched myself realising that nowadays I never finish any games I play. Every time it bore me down and I stop even if I at start am enjoying that game. Elden Ring and Cyberpunk are are one example of that. I know it's not because of me. I know because after 9 years I played Mass Effect Remastered Trilogy and I felt in love once more and experienced those emotions again in my 28 ... and I finished all 3 games in row. They did not bored me at all. I don't know why is todays gaming industry so dead for me and I'm sure I'm not only one in that. Let's hope Gothic remake will be a good game.
Hell Yeah Man!!
I almost missed the rant at the end :)
One of the best rpgs ever Made I so Love it❤
The graphics stillooo so charming and good its crazy
I feel like this is a fantastic opportunity to remind people of Archolos. Without any exaggeration, it’s one of the best games i’ve played in recent history, and it’s finally scratched the itch that G2 left decades ago
I could watch you do the whole thing. Very captivating.
I played this the first time at around 7 years old, still my favourite game and now I am 25.
amazing this video was
as a pole i really appreciate your love for gothic
Thank you man! Innos light your way!
Love that "Silbach Idyll" tune from Archolos.
Archolos is magnificent and its soundtrack gorgeous!
Gothic is the series that really made me a gamer and it's very near and dear to my heart. In so glad these atmospheric Games still have an active fan base. I'm very excited for the Remake of Gothic 1 and what was shown in the Gameplay trailer looked very promising. I hope it can manage to recreate the thick atmosphere and mood of the first game and improve on some of it's shortcomings. And if it does I hope it sells well to allow Gothic II to get the same treatment.
I too really love the beginning of Gothic 2. still play it a few times a year.
It's a tradition almost. You simply can't let go of it.
How i found everyday some nice Gothic content this game is immortal. You are too very good i really liked the 16:21 scene
Masterpiece. Ill always love and re-play this game.
And then you learn you needed that goddamn sheep later on.
What? How?
@@Tony132GR to enter the monastery of the fire magicians. Sure it's not the only way but it would be the easiest and quickest.
@@derb7462
Nah a thousand gold and a sheep way too much I'd do the fire mage quest
You could use that sheep😳 I never knew
@@dima45ft93 time to replay gothic2 I say
I'm kind of sad for anyone who has to play Gothic on English. The english dub is fine, don't get me wrong, but the german dub is just stellar.
so true!
Maybe but the best one is polish dub.
@@tomekniewczas lol
@@DSP990 th-cam.com/video/yRk0esECt5Y/w-d-xo.html
need more content like this
Senang bisa melihat orang di komentar menyukai game Gothic saya pun sampai saat ini merasa ketika mengingat saat bermain gothic. Aq terbawa seperti berpetualang hari ku dulu. Gothic game terbaik dgn cerita yang sempurna❤
Amazing, thanks for the road on the memory lane
And also you can take the farmer's clothes, put them on, talk to Canthar, pose as a farmer (he asks if you are one), then you will not be offered the pass and he will not try to force you into setting Sarah up. You can put the clothes back after that
I remember crying my mom to buy this game, in a tech store, not even on a shelf, but among dozens of other game boxes. It was extremely cheap. That cd cover was love at first sight. It was early 2000's. I had an old computer I dont event remember the specs of the computer. I remember going into khorinis first time killing the npcs from rooftops because I didnt know how to get experience. Then after some time I restarted the game. Literally with an English dictionary next to my keyboard. This game thought me English right after I learnt how to read in my own language.
Keep up the good work my friend!
Certainly will! Thanks bud!
2:57 If you don't want to fight the wolf you can lure him to the sheep and he will get distracted. I think that's the reason for that sheep.
If my fantasy book will chart and i need an english voice to make it an audiobook, you are in. Your voice is dope!
Thank you man, I am delighted!
Gothic 2 it's a sacred game. Thanks for the video 💚
that zone is worth remembering
The best thing that much of the starting area is optional. You don't need to go into Lester's valley, you don't need to kill the bandits. You can just go straight to the city and bribe your way in, scale the walls, use Canthar's pass or get the farmer's clothes. You don't need to help Greg either. Gothic 2 does little in terms of hand holding and essentially releases players into the world and only sets very basic goals. No one tells you how to fight, there is no way to judge if an enemy is too strong and you're basically told to find your own equipment.
I also think that the addon does far too much to make the game easier for you. In Xardas' tower you're provided with a belt and basically every herb needed for Constantino's apprenticeship trial, Cavalorn handles the bandits for you and later on Lares takes care of many of the enemies across the island.
Very nice voice you got there, perfect for this style of videos.
Cheers mate!
For hardcore fighters and gothic players: If you want most xp at beginning go by hardest way possible. Giving Greg the Farmer Clothes and then getting yourself through Lighthouse mountain and jumping into water will give you sweet price from Lester ☀️ So many ways and its rly rewarding and enjoyable. I love this game ⭐
Giving Greg the farmers clothes, then dropping into the city and talking with Lares is by far the best way. 600 experience safe, plus you don't waste any herbs or gold.
@@vertigo7082 Yep ✌️⭐ my mistake 😅 Smart
@@vertigo7082 you can go further and go to the main gate jumping the outter wall from inside the city without triggering any guard or paladin conversation. Then tell the main guards you have the plants for Constantino giving you a few more.
@@josenucre4094 True! I didn't think about that one!
Oh my so many ways to get those juicy xp 🔥
Oh man, Sliverz shared your channel because I simply forgot to look you up. Instant subscribe and bell because... Gothic 🥰
Cheers mate! Sliverz is the man!
There are more smaller treasures: near the young wolves in the valley there is a gold satchel. There is some magical items behind bushes on the path down into the valley. There is also a satchel of gold in the barn and a pickaxe behind windmill. There is a satchel near the Cavalorn, on the crates. So many rewards for exploring that makes a player satisfied
At the position of Cavalorn if you climb the hills behind him (just walking) you find a little area wit warans (german word dunno the english one) and a cool medallion
@@AlienIschozar ja aber das Medaillon gibt es erst seit dem zweiten Kapitel
@@machberet4884 stimmt jetzt wo dus sagst man muss auch Magier sein wenn ich mich richtig erinnere
Great video! 100% agree. Gothic 1 & 2 are the best games ever made
I had the pleasure of playing Gothic 2 in Polish. The game is phenomenally translated into Polish. So many memories. I'm glad it was my first action crpg. Great gameplay, great voice actors.
Same. I wouldn't be the same person if I'd have started with TES for example.
Great stuff!
cheers brother in Innos!
nice video, i hope video games will be fun again in the future.
Yeah me too
Gothic 2 is one of the best games I have ever played in my entire life, even to this day. But man, it really hurts to see how the english voice acting completely butchers the dialogues. It sounds more like a parody or a poorly dubbed fan mod.
Most pieces of dialogue are okayish. Some voice actors in Gothic 1 are great even but you are right, most of it doesn't really capture the spirit of the german version.
The game was released in 1999 - you can see that the community is still really active.. wondered why I was so obsessed with the game and then I realized. the game didn't force us to completely continue the story. No indicator, nothing that would lead us and show us how to do things.the mystery factor... for example ...you should have find a character you've been looking for for hours :D. It was so real for me like a real life adventure . Music and sounds(they felt so real) ... sounds of the wind, breaking in the thickets of trees. when I was 12 years old, the game was magical and mysterious for me...and now im 22 yo and even after 10 years im returning up to this day./Im sorry for my english ...
Up to this day this game is proof that grafics is nothing if u have good storytelling soundeffects and overall feel of that game is just very well done ....
the game was released in 2002, not 1999.
oh .... thank you now i wanna play the whole trilogy again the 50th time
Yeah mate, start it up!
in Night Of the Raven you must give your clothes to Greg the pirate unfortunately so that removes that option, but Lester's way is the easiest
You don't have to help Greg! It's an option!
I must be crazy! What are you doing here? Did you swim here?!
+500xp
There is the Gothic 2 New Balance mod for those who don't know. If you haven't heard about it, check it out. Currently, there is a version, 4.0!
Grandiose video
Watching this so short after the closing of Piranha Bytes … stings.
Piranha Bytes was only a shadow of its former self. The quality was dropping with each and every game. It was foreseeable.
@@vertigo7082 I know. The creative heads behind Gothic 1 and 2 were long gone. I didn't even play anything past Risen 1. While I have some friends who actually like Gothic 3, I never got into it, the first city occupied by orcs is the furthest I ever got.
Still, in the same way you mourn when a loved one, who had severe dementia for years already, dies, I also mourn the eventual death of PB.
But, there is also light. The latest trailer from Alkimia Interactive looks pretty nice. Not perfect, but better than I would have expected.
i dont currently have the time to watch your video in its entirety, but here are my points about the intro to G2 and why it is the perfect intro. the setting in the tower is pretty grim, and so is the lookout. depending how thorough you are, you start your game with a knife or a wooden stick, both not optimal. you are then put into the world, with a lot of enemies, that you can absolutely defeat if you want, but also access to some that will instantly kill you. you get a feeling for discovery and careful exploration, that is instantly rewarded (finding lester which gives you an alternate entry into the city, finding the hidden cave..) you then follow the path to lobarts farm and get an easy task to fulfill, nothing really all that relevant, but from there two things are instilled: the way you go about your dialogues and how you complete quests is EXTREMELY important. what reward do you ask from lobart? do you let him rip you off? do you finish all tasks on the farm and get the cheapest set of farmers clothes? do you give that to greg? do you keep it? do you deliver the pan for (hilda i think?) the farmers wife in 3 days? or do you forget about it and get her mad? do you make a deal with canthar, which WILL come back to you? from there, you have at least 4 or 5 ways to get into khorinis:
1) enter in farmers clothing
2) bribe the guard
3) enter with collected herbs
4) jump the wall (a little cheaty, but absolutely doable in the games mechanics, so kinda encouraged??)
5) swim through the harbor
and many many quests work like this: same outcome, but how you solve them is up to you - and it gains you different rewards.
next: the guards instill this feeling that you are not welcome everywhere - not like skyrim where everybody is just waiting for you to arrive - no, you are a wrecked loser, nobody wants you, nobody needs you (except bosper).
you then enter the safety of the town, and a feeling of ease sets in. you have been out in the wild, unprotected, animals will kill you, next to no supplies, and you can spend HOURS in khorinis when first entering it. it is a small town, but almost all npcs are relevant and interesting, are helpful or freightening, have quests inside and outside of town, quests you can do instantly and quests that you will finish 3 chapters later. and all of it feels like it matters. even today, i just love to roam the streets of khorinis and enjoy the waves in the harbor.
from khorinis, you leave again into the wild, but now the very vast and wide open wild, where there are many many things that will instantly kill you - the ante is UP. and all around the world, you meet natural acting npcs and all the little stories are laid out so well - and you are equipped for it because the introduction is SO GOOD.
gothic 2 is still one of the best rpg i ever played ❤
Such a brilliant game!
It is indeed!
I just realize i totally effed that up back in the day, i allways followed the road, because i didnt bother to listen to Xardas. 😅 I just followed the road and got killed by the wolf there over and over again. Never seen this tutorial area, or at least cant remember ever having seen it.
Killing it with the Gothic content! Great video! Any chance you'll cover the Valley of Mines in Gothic 2 in this same style? It would be great to see you narrate through all the changes and the FUBAR situation and the Old Camp castle.
You are lucky. That is on my list!
@@vertigo7082 Can't wait! It will be worth it just for the initial approach after talking to Jergan!
@@ArhonOkvals One of the fondest memories I have of gaming in general. Exactly that moment.
I'm a simple man. I see Gothic in the title, i click.
Here's to hoping the Remake will live up to the reputation of the first 2!
Amen!
From what I've seen so far, it seems very unlikely. The gameplay consisted of the worst of the worst from modern RPGs + cringey fanfic writing 😅
@@wampyrelli you've seen gameplay?
@@vertigo7082 I suppose he is talking about the playable teaser, which is saying nothing about how gothic will be and is just a technical demo, for testing out ideas and getting feedback.
@@4F6D Yeah seems about right.
Favorite game! So good.
Hello, could you tell me what is mode which improved graphic and allowed you to collect loot and items on the ground without picking up animation?
hey man, I am using the D3D11 Renderer by Clockwork I think and the quick loot mod.
@@vertigo7082 Thank you very much man, im looking forward to try it out
Very good!⛏👍
Thank you Mister!
Very unexpected Starcraft Terran theme. :D
I simply had to use Terran 3 for the climax of the video!
7:40 This advice from Lester was only added in Night of the Raven, it doesn't happen in vanilla Gothic 2. And it makes no sense plot-wise. It contradicts the rest of what Lester tells you - that after the fall of the barrier he wandered around untill he found that valley. The barrier fell no more than a month ago. Even assuming that Lester, an ex-con freshly escaped from prison, somehow got into the city and got a job (well ok, we know that's possible) then why the hell is he now hiding in that valley?
At first Lester says he worked for constanino some time ago (which could have easily been before he was thrown into the colony), and it would have been fine if he simply said try to gather herbs and see if the guards will let you in claiming to have herbs for constanino, but it actually gets ruined when he says that Constanino gave instructions to let people through the gate if they have herbs, it doesn't make sense for Lester to know that piece of information.
what mods are you using? some of the UI elements seems new for me, even some of the graphics
i really have to play this game
Don't get discouraged by the controls of Gothic 1, it might take an hour to get into it but then you are in for a treat!
Good job man
Thanks brother!
@@vertigo7082 you should do a playthrough of gothic 1 or 2 your pick
@@pasxalakis i already finished G1
@@vertigo7082 then play gothic two hehe
17:10 try KCD on Hardcore. Love that game!
What mods did you use in this ?
4GB Patch
D3D11 Renderer Clockwork
Union
Texturepack by Artemiano ( i am not sure)
and some smaller QOL mods like Quickloot and Picklockhelper
@@vertigo7082 nice, thanks
damn... now i have to install it again and play it! lol
Please make video about chronicles of myrtana
In time™
What mods are you using? I dont remember vanilla having moving text when picking up items
That is the Quickloot mod!
@@vertigo7082 cool. Any other mods you reccommend?
@@NicaNicu31 My personal list:
-Renderer
-Quickloot
-4GB patch
-Texturepack by Artemiano
-CoM: Archolos
-G2 L'Hiver
-G1 Definitive Edition
-G2 Nostalgic Edition
Played all 3 games indeed. Yes like you said the fact that gothic 2 re-uses the starting area is something good. It doesn't forgets it and it makes sure later it has something interesting for you then rather never having to go back. The difference between gothic 1,2 and 3. In the first game when u started you feel so weak and meaningless and you have to be careful cuz u gonna die a lot of times..in the beginning you can't fight most of the creatures so you must make quests to get the experience. As for gothic 3
Yeah I love the game and yeah has very interesting mechanics and quality of life improvements but even in the beginning if u don't know what you're doing ,you never struggle, there are no hard enemies to give you trouble or to make you feel like you have to choose carefully what you do. You just breeze to the starting area and kill everything and next.yeah unlike previous games u have a dificulty you can set and an improved ai combat but even with that most of players just say the game is to easy or it doesn't feel that impactful as first 2. Still I fully agree with what you say. And also I used to hate gothic 3 not cuz I played and didn't liked it but because of that misconception when someone says and game is bad and u agree even if u didn't play it. But not anymore cuz I'm playing the game and I like it even gothic 3. Is not as bad as manny say.
It's pretty sad that Piranha Bytes learned seemingly nothing from Gothic 2, their own creation.
loved your speech in the end.
I feel so too, but doubt it will happen. Maybe some indy stuff.
Dark souls did great and was a mainstream success. but is not the direction a game like gothic was.
you said "gothic 1 & 2 respect the players intelligence."
this exactly is the problem. Gaming was still "kinda" niche in the late 90's, early 2000's.
I remember meeting like minded nerds and weirdo's that couldn't really connect with society.
We had games like this, quirks, passions. talked about D&D, games, physics, math...
Games like WC3, star craft, CS started to introduced more casual people into gaming. Computers were more common in households, consoles sold more than ever before, social media, youtube, smartphones, etc.
Today everyone is online. Almost everyone plays games. Even 58 year old karen plays candy crush in the subway.
the attention span has dropped significantly the past 30 years.
Since 85% of humanity is stupid and lazy, and almost everyone plays games, it is simple:
Games have to be understood VERY fast. They can't be too challenging. they have to reward you every 2 minutes to keep you going.
intelligent people and people with a healthy dopamin reward system are not the main audience.
what mods were used for this video?