Gothic on GOG - gog.la/LeftyWantsYouToDistributeTheWater THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo Hopefully the new workspace will be done in time for a video in September, but if things go exceptionally well there'll be another in August.
MandaloreGaming That was great,but bloody hell we've come long way since then.When you look back at those games that were considered pinnacle of game design and graphical fidelity,we thought nothing can beat that.Here we're decades later,or years later.We're witnessing history in the making.Games evolved so drastically it's really hard to comprehend for gamers like me.I've been gaming for over 30 years and it's really interesting to see all those changes unravel before my eyes.Enough of this bolloks.Good vid.Ta
I am in a federal penitentiary (I have to hurry with my comment before my boyfriend comes back) I am so grateful for this advice from mandalore. He helped me channel my potential onto a target worthy of my rage.
I feel like you could have mentioned 2 more interesting things: a)you can beat up every trader and steal their whole inventory, they don't have it magically stashed away somewhere b)when a skill trainer teaches you, they actually describe the new or improved action you'll be doing, it's not just a +1 to a skill, they describe how the new moves work, so it feels like an actual training session
Thats the good think about Gothic. The Creator expect you to be an Asshole time to time. You can kill people out of greed and even get paid for it. Morrowind had this features two (no in the inventory but you were able to steal traders Stuff out of their Shops. Meanwhile Oblivion and Skyrim punish you for randomly killing people as they just give you the middle finger for killing people for Loot.
he didnt really figure out the combat completely i would add. the block is actually very important it just does not work on animals ,instead of throwing it out of use and trying to stun lock with hits (btw the ai does learn to predict combos) its really all about timing
@@TheMetastasia I love that the immoral things you described are possible, because it puts your actions into perspective like in real life. If the game for example hadn't allowed killing people and robbing them, the act of not doing that would have been meaningless. With the option to do so being available, it adds a whole new interesting layer to the world, whether you do it or not.
@@Stefan-xt5sk yeah, i wish factions and their people kept being a part of actual story and took into account your way of doing business. oh well, a man can dream)
@@TheMetastasia yes but what do you expect the city guards to do after you murder a citizen? Applause? Its perfectly reasonable to have a crime system to deal with any criminal and if you want to kill merchants and loot their shops then you can do it you just don't have to get caught
When you listen to an English video at a full volume, knowing no one in your family speaks English... And suddenly there is some really mean swearing in your native language. Oops.
Man, I totally didn't expect DID YOU JUST SHAT YOURSELF YOU FUCKTARD in a middle of a chill game review while I was having breakfast with my mom nearby.
Yes, it's very strange that polish teens seemed to love that game. I think many things come into play here. You don't need good hardware to play, which is a huge thing in Poland. Then it's cheap or even free and most importantly, the dark and depressing setting which is Slavic culture in a nutshell.
@@DieEineMieze And also it was fully dubbed game. If I remember corectly CD Projekt was responsible for dubbing the game to Polish gamers. I think Marcin Iwiński (co-creator of CDProjekt) was directly supervising dubbing of the Gothic.
@@DieEineMiezeI'd say neither Gothic nor Poland are depressing. It got popular because the country is big on fantasy, and also because the games' humor sense is almost exactly the same as in Poland.
Polish voice acting is so damn good that there is kind of meme in Poland that Gothic is so popular here just because it has great voice acting. Even Jacek Mikołajczak (actor that put his voice into Nameless Hero) finds it funny that peoply ask him about Gothic so often :D
Gothic 1 and 2 were THE games for us kids here in germany hahaha, literally all of my friends played it when we were way too young to understand any of it - If you want another absolutely hidden gem, I can absolutely recommend Technomage (2001) - it's a beautiful german RPG with great music, characters and a lovely world
So I didn't know what the green elephant is, so I read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia. I regret everything Btw, I'm half curious what was the quote in the video you referred to
The thing is, the concept of Gothic is genuinely interesting. There's this great war against an orcish horde going on, but it's all background for why you get dropped into this situation. You're just some guy, and you never stop being just some guy, you just become a stronger, better version of yourself. You never stop being what passes for normal in this setting, never get any kind of special destiny or divine aid. I wish more fantasy games were willing to not force you to be the chosen one.
The later games makes you someone with divine aid. Sure the divine aid is that you get none and thus you have full control over your destiny unlike the npcs but it is still an plotpoint of the main series.
In TES Oblivion we litterally are a side character from start to finish, just there to be a messenger then the bodyguard of the emperor son, it's his story not ours.
lol for me it was the original Zelda on NES, but then I wouldn't know what rpg was until Mario rpg came out, but never knew it meant role playing till much much later in life - I am the worst nerd
One of my first RPGs and my big love to this day. The Minecrawler nest was so damn terrifying as a child I had to stop in the night. Also one of the first games where I played through the night it was so enthralling.
@@URMyNewTV Well, I was sarcastic in a way that "manliness" in and of itself is so vague a descriptor that it could mean basically anything. Manly means different things to different folks, you know? Is it a dark, raspy, boomy voice? Or is it a quiet, calm, deliberate voice? Is it a voice sodden with wine and beer, where you can basically smell the alcohol, just by listening to the voice actor? Or is it a folk-tale-narrator-type voice? There's such a beautifully rich variety of male voices. Sorry, that's just stuff I think about. It's just not communicated clearly, so one can understand what makes the voice so cool. :D
One of the fun things I remember about the game is how in the old camp at some point there is a band playing on the little stage and its a real song from the german medieval band In Extremo (as in the band is performing it). Since I listened to them a lot back then that was a fun little thing between a small german game studio and a somewhat small german band (at the time).
@@titanjakob1056 "Stop right there criminal scum!" Oh... wrong game :-) I like Gothic + Gothic 2 + Risen more than The Elder Scrolls. But Morrowind was the best among them (as RPG).
5:36 there was a goblin at the very start of the game and I had a pretty nice sword. I was replaying the game and it was the first time I saw the goblin so early game. Went straight up to murder him with the confidence of someone who never played gothic Needless to say, the lil gremlin one-shotted me and I didnt even saw enemy health bar move with my blow *s*
13:50 - Well, I sure wasn't expecting Mandalore to reference "Зеленый Слоник". Now I'm both scared and intrigued to find out which obscure memes he's going to use next.
true that, for gothic 2 I recommend choosing the blacksmith proffesion , there is an exploit that can make you rich very fast, as soon as you reach the mercenary blacksmith
One big advantage from having a smaller world map is, that you remember every place. I always remember "Oh yeah this hunter is right next to where I killed all those orcs". I couldn't say you anything like that about later Elder Scroll games, where I only vaguely remember special dungeons and cities.
Not to mention a better quest design is possible. Like how you have the quest gives actually describe the quest location and how to get there. Instead of just a boring marker and arrow pointing the way. In this game, one has to listen to the quest givers if you actually want to know the way.
Maps being smaller have nothing to do with maps being memorable or your ability to recall them. Per your example of Elder Scrolls, I can recall where most relevant NPCs, items, quests, and locations are in Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, and ESO in addition to irrelevant but noteworthy ones, and I do so almost entirely from associative memory formed from an initial playthrough. Don't conflate your own shortcomings with those of the game's. @@kopicat2429 The overwhelmingly vast majority of games confer relevant quest details through the dialogue or quest log, regardless of there being a marker or not. It's also not remotely "better" to not have them, you just happen to prefer it, there's many many reasons markers are a ubiquitous feature. Learn to differentiate between subjective preference and objective improvement.
@@KaleidosXXI You might have a point. And yeah, I might not be good at differentiating the objective and subjective. But since you seem able to, maybe you can explain what makes map markers and radar objectively better?
@@garok2412 you can die 10 times on a particular fight, than something completely strange happens and AI begins to act weirdly. That time you can win the fight. Every hardcore gothic player knows it.
I was playing The Long Dark while watching this happily, until the cliff racer sound played. I immediately looked up and left clicked twice instinctively. Morrowind changed me.
Deskdrawer Morrowind changed us all. By the way, as a fellow TLD player, the sudden growl of a wolf on Stalker, especially in CH or BR will forever haunt me.
The Long Dark and Gothic 1 are similar in that wolves alone is scary to deal with. While other games you are killing dragons and giants from the beginning.
19:09 The Dead Island games actually have that as a control option, they call it "stick swinger" or something. You even get an achievement for getting kills using it. It pairs amazingly well with the first person melee combat, very visceral feel to it, but it does make movement an absolute nightmare. Add in the fact it's a ZOMBIE game, where ZOMBIES SWARM you, it's completely unviable.
screen i.n.,666 Gothic metal "everlasting Eternal life,ver! important it's the one" we have our own Gothic Mansions "finest poets and Gothic girls I read them private and public private,oh sweet tips and not dumb trails"
It's called The Green Elephant, it's arthouse movie which is so bad, it's good. Think about it as Russian The Room, except with less logic and more shit (literally, there are 2 main characters in that movie and one really wants other one to eat his shit, that's major plot point...). It's fairly popular, you can watch it online with English subs.
@@Harrisonmego 13:43 It's a fragment from a weird russian movie called The Green Elephant, the guys were talking about how they didn't expect it to appear in the video. Don't watch the movie, by the way
This is a lot after the fact, I know, but this video actually exposed me to this game and I thoroughly enjoyed the 40 or so hours I played. Recommended completely.
@@kooroshrostami27 I think Gothic 3 is fine if you patch it properly. Granted, after G1 and 2 the combat system takes some getting used to and it's a little wonky (ironically because you use the mouse) but I found the story and world building quite enjoyable. It's not as good as its prequels but still a nice game.
I wasn't expecting you here, although on the other hand, you are German so it's normal to look at another youtuber's review about Gothic,big fan of your channel✌️✌️✌️
Nice to see this game covered. It has alot of flaws, no doubt but it was a very ambitious game back in the days. To really understand why Gothic is a cult-classic today one has to play the sequel. It's the better game in every regard and has a very good addon too.
I just love how this game have no quest markers! Getting lost in this mysterious world for days without having a clue where to go is just amazing! Running away from dangers is just fantastic! Saving before any fight is just perfect! Going back to your old killer after getting experience for revenge is just outstanding! Love everything in this masterpiece. Best gem ever crafted by games developers.
Dude, the open world is small as my university's campus. How do you get lost? Also the game has an open world map. And (except New Camp region) almost every important location is easy to recognize.
Finished it just now and it was one of those experiences that I will never forget. Despite the jank, it was very immersive and it never got boring. Been a long time since Okami where I got complete satisfaction throughout a whole game without getting tired at all, despite looking under every rock and checking every nook and cranny. The design was very fascinating.
Hey maybe didn't show the best examples because those potheads could easily seem as unnatural in real life. But his point holds true, many characters in the English voice acting just have a voice that doesn't fit the emotional state or position they are in.
Oh, Gothic....Game that in my country have status of absouletly cult classic. And for good reasons. One thing that I personaly adore about this game is that even in very late game, with god-like gear and stats, there are still monsters that can kill you in a heartbeat if player isn't paying atenction. But if you know how to fight, you can murder preety much 99% of NPC-s and still finish the game.
12:10 that scene was etched into my brain ever since I first played Gothic. When you said you were about to talk about bad voice acting, I had a gut feeling I was about to see this scene again and was not disappointed
I recognize the voice actor for the character at 12:30. He voiced a character in operation flashpoint way back in the day. God that voice really brings back memories.
I really loved Gothic 1, explored every possible inch on the map. I came to it fairly early, being czech, I remember it being distributed here in gaming stores.
i grew up with this and im still play it today some times. somehow i see new things 15 years later( never knew you could hide into a barrel lol ). happy you reviewed it gj!
I was lucky to play it on a PIII 500 MHz in 800 x 600. A friend played on a 266 MHz PII and it was so bad (view distance nearly 0 to get playable FPS). Saving a game took a good 10 or so seconds and loading one was a bit over a minute. There was a demo released that featured the whole first starting area around the old camp and I played that through four or five times, knocking down everyone in the camp just to get more XP for that last level up. It was a ton of fun.
@@Gigator The first time i played gothic1 was also on such a potatoe pc, but then i bought myself a PIII 500 and a geforce 2 mx and (dont remember exactly) 128 or 256mb ram....it was so great to play this gem on nearly max settings XD
Great subtle gachimuchi you had there. As for Gothic, another really remarkable thing about it is the incredibly long view distance the engine is capable of even on normal settings.
Best review i have ever seen done on the game. Not kidding. And i have seen a lot. Well done. Thanks for this. Only thing i would have loved you to mention is the amazing quality and amount of user created content for that game that easily expand the playtime of the game by 10 times
No idea. I am from Poland, and it was my very first open world RPG I've played. Everyone from my generation was playing it :D To be honest, I am more surprised it was not so popular in different parts of the world. Gothic saga (Gothic 1, Gothic 2, and somewhat Gothic3) along with The Elder Scrolls are the best open world RPG games released like ever.
This game is such a hidden gem. I first played it maybe in 2003 when I was still a kid. Up to this day it remains one of my most favorite games ever. If you manage to overcome some of the obstacles (graphics and difficulty), I guarantee you will be hooked.
I loved this game. This is an epic classic, right up there with Morrowind, Bloodlines, Deus Ex, etc. Playing and exploring was a blast, reading and planning for a more epic play-through (min/maxxing or completionist mode) was just as rewarding (as you had to face insane challenges, but for awesome rewards), this game was fun for multiple plays. This is one of those games where you think "why aren't we getting more games with this much awesome in this day and age, how come such old games (with such limitations) can outshine so many modern creations?". I know that some games are just breakthrough brilliant and innovative, but we can be building on old successes instead of innovating new duds. Even remakes, like X-Com and MechAssault, are such a disappointment; why do they have to dumb-down a game, can't they remake a classic and just improve graphics and take advantage of advanced computing power, why do they have to mess with success and muck it up? I think this is why I look for indie games more, they are more likely to focus on gameplay & story over just graphics & style/gimmicks. I'd rather have substance over slick graphics any day.
This and Gothic 2 is my all time favorite single player RPGs. I remember faking sick in school and staying at home for a week just to play this non stop back in 2002.
In Gothic 1 you'd want to knock your opponent down with a sword then finish them off with a bow/crossbow once they're back up - you'll get exp for them once more!
Yeah, the melee weapons knock them down first, but the piercing arrows kill them. That's also an important difference for some quests, where you better shouldn't kill some people.
yes that is a great way of getting exp, but it is also bugusing and defenitely not planned (and I personally don't like that but everyone can choose for himself ofc)
@@Katzenhaarallergie Yes.. just like me killing Raven in G1.. I mean.. you did get the TP to Fire magicians.. going to the ore baron and Raven showing up and were able to kill him... I wish there were other options in G2.. using your save file for example who are what were alive in G1 save file and transfering to G2 gameplay.. instead Raven.. now another person was the bad guy... etc etc etc.. the choices that you made made difference in G2.. I hope we'll get something like in the future games. I hope Elex will catch up with this setup..
I just realized that you’ve got the old Harry Potter Ost playing in the background. God bless, would love to see a review of those first two games from you :)
Thank you times a million. Even though I'm generally bollocks at gaming, I still have a great appreciation for this game and the way that it does combat. At least at the very beginning. I never really got further than that but am working on it. I love that you need to be legitimately disciplined in your swordsmanship to get anywhere. I'm glad I actually decided to take a tougher game like this for the spin.
Look up "Gothic II: The Chronicles Of Myrtana" here on youtube. A Gothic 2 Megamod (essentially another game on the same engine and in the same world). It's nearing completion.
Russian dubbing for this game was 11/10. Phenomenal. My whole childhood is associated with this game. Countless of hours spent in it. Love it. One of the best RPGs ever made.
@@notinspectorgadget sorry for a late reply but that was obviously edited. The voice fragment is from an underground 90s movie that is just... well, it was shot on amateur camera and had coprophilia elements in it. It became a meme classic of a legendary status in Russian speaking community. Like, almost every sentence said there is basically a meme. No idea where the author did get that and how did he know that tho
I love this channel and the fact that you review alot of older / neice games. I'm turnung 21 in a few weeks and it's been cool to see all these games that were around before i started gaming and before I was born. Plus the discounts are great because I get to try them myself and it helps contextualise modern games and how they have learned or forgot cool ideas.
Big thanks for this video, you made me replay Gothic after a decade. The game is still great, easy 9/10 to me. Anyway, here are some of my observations regarding your review: 8:23 Sect Camp's goal is to escape with Sleeper's power. Some members may be okay with weed-based lifestyle but they are the minority. Old Camp is the only one okay with staying imprisoned due to lucrative deals with the king. 19:04 You have the option to use a mouse though. Switching targets is easier with it. 19:36 There are no restrictions on skills except for 2 specific cases. Member of the Sect Camp can't learn all Circles of Magic. Member of the Old Camp is the only one who can master crossbows before 4th chapter.
I personally still loved G3 a lot. But it was not as much a masterpiece as 1 + 2. But the biomes, the camps, the size of the world, the loose main quest... that was really nice.
Gothic on GOG - gog.la/LeftyWantsYouToDistributeTheWater
THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo
Hopefully the new workspace will be done in time for a video in September, but if things go exceptionally well there'll be another in August.
MandaloreGaming Yoo man, where did you get such knowledge about Russian meme culture? 13:45
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That was great,but bloody hell we've come long way since then.When you look back at those games that were considered pinnacle of game design and graphical fidelity,we thought nothing can beat that.Here we're decades later,or years later.We're witnessing history in the making.Games evolved so drastically it's really hard to comprehend for gamers like me.I've been gaming for over 30 years and it's really interesting to see all those changes unravel before my eyes.Enough of this bolloks.Good vid.Ta
Arx
every summer I dream about life in Arx underground. Giant worms, cultists and goblins are not bad compared to boiling hot weather.
what with this green elephant voice clip?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Do you know who Ssethtzentach, or whatever, is?
Ahh. Good choice. I bought this game for a friend when it came out for his birthday.
I never sent it to him.
Always cool to see creators you like watching each other!
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Ha xD
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I really had to look twice to realize it's you :D
"Like in real life, save your murders for when they count."
~MandaloreGaming, 2018
True though
I am in a federal penitentiary (I have to hurry with my comment before my boyfriend comes back) I am so grateful for this advice from mandalore. He helped me channel my potential onto a target worthy of my rage.
Good News: the Steam version is now the newest version and comes pre installed with the additional patches
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Thanks for the info. Just made an steam account not too long ago and I was debating if I should get both gothic 1 or 2
Is it just gothic 1 or does it includes the sequels
@@nickk4953 wouldn't know how 2 played before the update but it plays as well as the 1st game.
I feel like you could have mentioned 2 more interesting things:
a)you can beat up every trader and steal their whole inventory, they don't have it magically stashed away somewhere
b)when a skill trainer teaches you, they actually describe the new or improved action you'll be doing, it's not just a +1 to a skill, they describe how the new moves work, so it feels like an actual training session
Thats the good think about Gothic. The Creator expect you to be an Asshole time to time. You can kill people out of greed and even get paid for it. Morrowind had this features two (no in the inventory but you were able to steal traders Stuff out of their Shops. Meanwhile Oblivion and Skyrim punish you for randomly killing people as they just give you the middle finger for killing people for Loot.
he didnt really figure out the combat completely i would add. the block is actually very important it just does not work on animals ,instead of throwing it out of use and trying to stun lock with hits (btw the ai does learn to predict combos) its really all about timing
@@TheMetastasia I love that the immoral things you described are possible, because it puts your actions into perspective like in real life.
If the game for example hadn't allowed killing people and robbing them, the act of not doing that would have been meaningless. With the option to do so being available, it adds a whole new interesting layer to the world, whether you do it or not.
@@Stefan-xt5sk yeah, i wish factions and their people kept being a part of actual story and took into account your way of doing business. oh well, a man can dream)
@@TheMetastasia yes but what do you expect the city guards to do after you murder a citizen? Applause? Its perfectly reasonable to have a crime system to deal with any criminal and if you want to kill merchants and loot their shops then you can do it you just don't have to get caught
When you listen to an English video at a full volume, knowing no one in your family speaks English... And suddenly there is some really mean swearing in your native language.
Oops.
Man, I totally didn't expect DID YOU JUST SHAT YOURSELF YOU FUCKTARD in a middle of a chill game review while I was having breakfast with my mom nearby.
Same here, affortunately Spanish is our native language :)
Hahahaha XD
Ah, this made my day.
It is the Green Elephant! It is the classics! You should know it!
Gothic 1 and 2 were THE games you played as a kid in Poland.
And they had the most amazing, meme-y dubbing ever.
In Extremo - Herr Mannelig, as an early Teenager it was so cool seing this in Gothic, the World feels surprisingly realistic for its time
Yes, it's very strange that polish teens seemed to love that game.
I think many things come into play here.
You don't need good hardware to play, which is a huge thing in Poland. Then it's cheap or even free and most importantly, the dark and depressing setting which is Slavic culture in a nutshell.
@@DieEineMieze And also it was fully dubbed game. If I remember corectly CD Projekt was responsible for dubbing the game to Polish gamers. I think Marcin Iwiński (co-creator of CDProjekt) was directly supervising dubbing of the Gothic.
@@DieEineMiezeI'd say neither Gothic nor Poland are depressing. It got popular because the country is big on fantasy, and also because the games' humor sense is almost exactly the same as in Poland.
DON'T BUILD YOUR HUT CLOSE TO THE DITCH THEY SAID
And then I killed him :D hahah
“What’s your problem?”
DON'T CLOSE YOUR BUTT TO THE DUTCH THEY SAID
*BASTARDS*
Polish voice acting is so damn good that there is kind of meme in Poland that Gothic is so popular here just because it has great voice acting.
Even Jacek Mikołajczak (actor that put his voice into Nameless Hero) finds it funny that peoply ask him about Gothic so often :D
True Bro
not true
@@effortless8130 nah
So is it yay or nay?
@@enoch13th85 yay
Gothic 1 and 2 were THE games for us kids here in germany hahaha, literally all of my friends played it when we were way too young to understand any of it - If you want another absolutely hidden gem, I can absolutely recommend Technomage (2001) - it's a beautiful german RPG with great music, characters and a lovely world
it was same in poland
@@adamkrzeslak4326 same for russia/ukraine/belarus lmao
@@Moons1167 wow i didn't knew about that is very cool
Same in Poland, bro. I still play this little gem :D
I still remember playing Gothic 2 with my best friend for hours and neither of us actually understood what the hell was going on.
A quote from The Green Elephant is just about the last thing I expected in an English-language review of a German RPG classic.
Yep. Did not see that coming.
That was surprising!
So I didn't know what the green elephant is, so I read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia.
I regret everything
Btw, I'm half curious what was the quote in the video you referred to
@@badgermcbadger1968 I'm sorry.
It's at 13:43. You can turn on the subs to learn what it says.
@@AllardRT oh that part, thx
The thing is, the concept of Gothic is genuinely interesting. There's this great war against an orcish horde going on, but it's all background for why you get dropped into this situation. You're just some guy, and you never stop being just some guy, you just become a stronger, better version of yourself. You never stop being what passes for normal in this setting, never get any kind of special destiny or divine aid. I wish more fantasy games were willing to not force you to be the chosen one.
The later games makes you someone with divine aid. Sure the divine aid is that you get none and thus you have full control over your destiny unlike the npcs but it is still an plotpoint of the main series.
Initially it is how you describe it but on the second half of the game you literally become the chosen one with a special destiny.
In TES Oblivion we litterally are a side character from start to finish, just there to be a messenger then the bodyguard of the emperor son, it's his story not ours.
@@xenio8736 Not the chosen one =|= side character
in gothic youre still the protag
@@sebastiangorka200 I mean, you still are the protagonist in Oblivion, it's just that you only deliver a message in the grand scheme of things
"Why run around everywhere, when you can turn into the malaria express." - Lol.
*_LEFTY WANTS YOU, TO DISTRIBUTE THE WATER_*
NOT ANYMORE I'VE WON THIS FIGHT.
THE PEASANTS LOOK THIRSTY LEFTY.
Later in the game: Hey Lefty...I wondered is it possible to shove 12 bottles of water up someone's ass?
peasants look thirsty
@@SimbaBrank23 Durmin Paradox quote 😅
@@studenastrana273 MY GUUUUUY!!! :)
The game of my childhood. Gothic really was the game that intruduced me to RPG, even though I couldn't ever complete it as a kid.
Meines ebenfalls :)
lol for me it was the original Zelda on NES, but then I wouldn't know what rpg was until Mario rpg came out, but never knew it meant role playing till much much later in life - I am the worst nerd
Yup! Sucked at it, but I loved it.
One of my first RPGs and my big love to this day. The Minecrawler nest was so damn terrifying as a child I had to stop in the night. Also one of the first games where I played through the night it was so enthralling.
My entire childhood was replaying this game over and over. Glad to see people still discovering what a gem it is
Greetings from Poland where they still play Gothics.
They translated recently Returning 2.0, a massive project.
Fully translated?!?
Yes. Translated to Polish. Don't know about English one...
That's why all russian mods for STALKER have 4:3 patches, amrite?
SpecShadow
Hello there,how good is it?Is it proper translation or just some halved assed attempt?
Metsarebuff 22 I am Polish and we earn 3 times less than people on the west but PC shit is just as expensive. Woohoo
It's a classic in Poland, mostly because of it's very good dubbing. The game had the manliest voice acting you could get.
And we all know manliness is a staple descriptor for quality.
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@@URMyNewTV lol, what? xD U totally misunderstand hahaha
@@robrobusa You weren't snarky-sarcastic? In that case sorry, nevermind and have a great day. xD
@@URMyNewTV Well, I was sarcastic in a way that "manliness" in and of itself is so vague a descriptor that it could mean basically anything.
Manly means different things to different folks, you know? Is it a dark, raspy, boomy voice? Or is it a quiet, calm, deliberate voice?
Is it a voice sodden with wine and beer, where you can basically smell the alcohol, just by listening to the voice actor? Or is it a folk-tale-narrator-type voice? There's such a beautifully rich variety of male voices.
Sorry, that's just stuff I think about. It's just not communicated clearly, so one can understand what makes the voice so cool. :D
One of the fun things I remember about the game is how in the old camp at some point there is a band playing on the little stage and its a real song from the german medieval band In Extremo (as in the band is performing it). Since I listened to them a lot back then that was a fun little thing between a small german game studio and a somewhat small german band (at the time).
Another fun thing is that band and song doesn't exist in the polish version, but the stage they play on is still there
"Do you want some swamp weed?"
Yes, yes I do!
“I already found it and I’m keeping all for myself”
@@titanjakob1056 "Stop right there criminal scum!"
Oh... wrong game :-)
I like Gothic + Gothic 2 + Risen more than The Elder Scrolls.
But Morrowind was the best among them (as RPG).
they literally call it weed in this game. that's hilarious. most fantasy universes come up with some other name for their drugs.
in german its called swampkraut
Yes, and in polish it's called "bagienne ziele" which means "swamp herb"
pssst, kid, want some skooma ?
Sumpfkraut* @@skarafan01
@@skarafan01 No that's SUMPFKRAUT!
5:36 there was a goblin at the very start of the game and I had a pretty nice sword. I was replaying the game and it was the first time I saw the goblin so early game.
Went straight up to murder him with the confidence of someone who never played gothic
Needless to say, the lil gremlin one-shotted me and I didnt even saw enemy health bar move with my blow *s*
When the Russan voices came I almost lost it. There is no way I could've foreseen it. 10likes. No. 100likes. Your reviews are amazing.
13:50 - Well, I sure wasn't expecting Mandalore to reference "Зеленый Слоник". Now I'm both scared and intrigued to find out which obscure memes he's going to use next.
"Instead of a laid back starting town, it's an ancap convention." LOL, love you already.
what is an ancap convention?
@@Carcosahead Ancap= Anarcho Capitalism
ninjasolidsnake thanks snake (I read your comment with Hayter voice)
Mandalore's political compass when?
Jk I don't want to know, I like his videos too much.
@@Superkirbeh he has lib right energy, don't ask me why.
Gothic 1 and 2 are the perfect rainy day games, you snug up in a blanket in the dark and just soak the atmosphere in.
I played Gothic I through about 6 or 7 times. It was always in Winter after the first time I played it, it was almost like preparing for Christmas.
sehr gemütlich
Damn... now I’m just dying for the next rain storm to come in cause that sounds incredible.
It don't here though 😔
true that, for gothic 2 I recommend choosing the blacksmith proffesion , there is an exploit that can make you rich very fast, as soon as you reach the mercenary blacksmith
Before he was VCR repairman, Jay Bauman was just an ordinary Rpg hero.
Is the main antagonist Rich Evans?
This is the best comment yet written on the internet.
So he got attacked and thrown into a pit while walking to a theater showing Goulies 4?
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez he was thrown into the Manhole
@@jantyszkiewicz8823 how embarrassing
One big advantage from having a smaller world map is, that you remember every place. I always remember "Oh yeah this hunter is right next to where I killed all those orcs". I couldn't say you anything like that about later Elder Scroll games, where I only vaguely remember special dungeons and cities.
Not to mention a better quest design is possible. Like how you have the quest gives actually describe the quest location and how to get there. Instead of just a boring marker and arrow pointing the way. In this game, one has to listen to the quest givers if you actually want to know the way.
That's every Elder Scrolls game. Especially fucking Daggerfall
Maps being smaller have nothing to do with maps being memorable or your ability to recall them. Per your example of Elder Scrolls, I can recall where most relevant NPCs, items, quests, and locations are in Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, and ESO in addition to irrelevant but noteworthy ones, and I do so almost entirely from associative memory formed from an initial playthrough. Don't conflate your own shortcomings with those of the game's.
@@kopicat2429 The overwhelmingly vast majority of games confer relevant quest details through the dialogue or quest log, regardless of there being a marker or not. It's also not remotely "better" to not have them, you just happen to prefer it, there's many many reasons markers are a ubiquitous feature. Learn to differentiate between subjective preference and objective improvement.
@@KaleidosXXI You might have a point. And yeah, I might not be good at differentiating the objective and subjective. But since you seem able to, maybe you can explain what makes map markers and radar objectively better?
give him a minute to look up some big words in the dictionary to sound smart
By recommending the german voice acting this makes it the best gothic review on TH-cam.
I am sad that he didnt mention InExtremo...
@@TheChaosfreak97 In Extremo is only in german versions, because of licensing reasons.
If you don't have a german copy, you won't stumble over it.
@@Xerkrosis There's two russian versions, one of them also has in extremo.
You can easily access it with mods or console commands
The russian version I played too had an amazing voice acting. And it was the method of me learning the ciril alphabet and read in russian
Hey hey people
Mandalore here.
Trouser Snake strikes again...
*spin spin zoom*
Praise the Merchants guild for this video
Is that reference to Seth?
@@fast1nakus Mandalore is really just SSeth off his meds.
6:18 I played Gothic through for like 10-15 times, but I never, ever, saw jump-kicking skeletons. Wth man.
LOL you are right, I guess it's a bug because they have swords but they attack like someone without a weapon. Hilarious though :D
When the skeleton is jumping you, something is not right!
This is not a bug, it was like this all the time. I guess replaying 10-15 times is not enough :P
@@garok2412 you can die 10 times on a particular fight, than something completely strange happens and AI begins to act weirdly. That time you can win the fight. Every hardcore gothic player knows it.
they do that
Fun fact: Gothic 1 and 2 were inspirations for CD Projekt Red when it comes to creating living world in Witcher games.
what else could have been..
That explains a lot.
I was playing The Long Dark while watching this happily, until the cliff racer sound played.
I immediately looked up and left clicked twice instinctively.
Morrowind changed me.
Deskdrawer Morrowind changed us all.
By the way, as a fellow TLD player, the sudden growl of a wolf on Stalker, especially in CH or BR will forever haunt me.
The Long Dark and Gothic 1 are similar in that wolves alone is scary to deal with. While other games you are killing dragons and giants from the beginning.
19:09 The Dead Island games actually have that as a control option, they call it "stick swinger" or something. You even get an achievement for getting kills using it. It pairs amazingly well with the first person melee combat, very visceral feel to it, but it does make movement an absolute nightmare. Add in the fact it's a ZOMBIE game, where ZOMBIES SWARM you, it's completely unviable.
Would be nice if they added it to Dead Island 2: it would really compliment the improved gore.
12:31 For a single frame, this guy becomes one with infinity.
Nice catch lol
Arexion5293 This happens sometime on Windows 10 :D
took me like 30 tries but i finally catched that damn fkin frame , thank you for sharing this moment. im gonna call it "infinite view".
@Flammenwerfer cool
screen i.n.,666 Gothic metal "everlasting Eternal life,ver! important it's the one" we have our own Gothic Mansions "finest poets and Gothic girls I read them private and public private,oh sweet tips and not dumb trails"
well now ssethtzeentach's gothic ii review makes more sense
that man needs about 2000000 more subs
"as expected, the german woods are filled with giant rats, giant birds, giant velociraptors, and, worst of all, germans."
@@Nutellafuerst Not today anymore. The Germans don't go into the forest, they stay in the citys.
6:18
That Harry Potter PC game music thoroughly enmoistens me, oh yeah baby
Oh wow. I totally missed that!
13:45 this is fucking gold. I love you, greetings from Russia!!
may i know the source of the sound clip... all i could understand was the blyat blyat stuff
usoap141 the sound is from a film called the green elephant
It's called The Green Elephant, it's arthouse movie which is so bad, it's good. Think about it as Russian The Room, except with less logic and more shit (literally, there are 2 main characters in that movie and one really wants other one to eat his shit, that's major plot point...). It's fairly popular, you can watch it online with English subs.
Usoap, help yourself
th-cam.com/video/j0NvZrkDm0c/w-d-xo.html
You don't wanna know.
Вот уж Зелёного Слоника я тут не ожидал.
капитаню : игра про тюрьму и вахту
NOTGDUPIYFDNFY COMRADE
если бы Мандалор был русским, только этого бы я и ожидал, но я даже не знал, что этот фильм знаком кому-то за бугром
What?
@@Harrisonmego 13:43 It's a fragment from a weird russian movie called The Green Elephant, the guys were talking about how they didn't expect it to appear in the video. Don't watch the movie, by the way
This is a lot after the fact, I know, but this video actually exposed me to this game and I thoroughly enjoyed the 40 or so hours I played. Recommended completely.
The sequel is even better.
Gotta play Gothic 2, it's even better in many ways. Just forget about Gothic 3, it's crap.
@@kooroshrostami27 I think Gothic 3 is fine if you patch it properly. Granted, after G1 and 2 the combat system takes some getting used to and it's a little wonky (ironically because you use the mouse) but I found the story and world building quite enjoyable. It's not as good as its prequels but still a nice game.
Can u Review Barrock next
I wasn't expecting you here, although on the other hand, you are German so it's normal to look at another youtuber's review about Gothic,big fan of your channel✌️✌️✌️
Any chance of Gothic 2 and 3 next? Cause this video was awesome (and my childhood)
Nice to see this game covered. It has alot of flaws, no doubt but it was a very ambitious game back in the days. To really understand why Gothic is a cult-classic today one has to play the sequel. It's the better game in every regard and has a very good addon too.
I just love how this game have no quest markers! Getting lost in this mysterious world for days without having a clue where to go is just amazing! Running away from dangers is just fantastic! Saving before any fight is just perfect! Going back to your old killer after getting experience for revenge is just outstanding! Love everything in this masterpiece. Best gem ever crafted by games developers.
@Man with hair yes it is
@Man with hair Don't harass the fanatics, it is an enjoyable game even if it was overshadowed by the brilliance of Morrowind.
Dude, the open world is small as my university's campus. How do you get lost? Also the game has an open world map. And (except New Camp region) almost every important location is easy to recognize.
16:40 the dryest of humor.
A man after my own heart.
Loved that one XD
Finished it just now and it was one of those experiences that I will never forget. Despite the jank, it was very immersive and it never got boring. Been a long time since Okami where I got complete satisfaction throughout a whole game without getting tired at all, despite looking under every rock and checking every nook and cranny. The design was very fascinating.
"the green elephant" - UGH! Dude, i really did not except see this from you
First my boy sseth then Mandalore doing Gothic reviews yay
Hey people sseth here
"The bad voice acting"
>Clips of the people that do weed acting weird
Bro that just seems on point.
point is that they just read instead of acting, thats what bad voice acting means
Hey maybe didn't show the best examples because those potheads could easily seem as unnatural in real life. But his point holds true, many characters in the English voice acting just have a voice that doesn't fit the emotional state or position they are in.
Oh, Gothic....Game that in my country have status of absouletly cult classic. And for good reasons. One thing that I personaly adore about this game is that even in very late game, with god-like gear and stats, there are still monsters that can kill you in a heartbeat if player isn't paying atenction. But if you know how to fight, you can murder preety much 99% of NPC-s and still finish the game.
To quote Durmin Paradox "You have to learn how the AI thinks...however there is no way you can do that on your first play" :D
8 or 9 play throughs later I’m still surprised on occasion.
I agree. I'm currently playing New Vegas (a fantastic game) and challenge (with max difficulty) at level 40 is non existent.
13:44
Why Mandalore why? I know you have slav-chat in your Discord server, but WHY
SalamonHaichat братишкааааа
Я ПОКУШАТЬ ПРИНЁЁЁЁЁС
Exactly
Азахазазхахах
12:10 that scene was etched into my brain ever since I first played Gothic. When you said you were about to talk about bad voice acting, I had a gut feeling I was about to see this scene again and was not disappointed
13:45 Это классика! Это знать надо!
I recognize the voice actor for the character at 12:30. He voiced a character in operation flashpoint way back in the day. God that voice really brings back memories.
"It all started when I built my hut". The beginning of the most dramatic story in history
He really shouldn't have build his hut there...
5:40
OOF that music brings back memories
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets PS2
It's the Diagon Alley theme isn't it? So much nostalgia!
I really loved Gothic 1, explored every possible inch on the map. I came to it fairly early, being czech, I remember it being distributed here in gaming stores.
so is mandalore and seth just the same person now.
nono. They're three aspects of the same person. Seth is the ID, Mandalore is the Ego, and Ross from Game Dungeon is the Superego
my god we have uncovered something amazing today.
Bad Man That fits way too well.
Who?
He had input on a single part of the video.
I won't say which.
i grew up with this and im still play it today some times. somehow i see new things 15 years later( never knew you could hide into a barrel lol ).
happy you reviewed it gj!
Still releasing Gothic reviews and streams after all these years is only a proof how brilliant this game is. Za Gomeza :D
It doesn't matter how old a game is, someone is always making videos about it.
Powiedzmy sobie szczerze, przyszedłeś tu tylko po to żeby móc pocałować Gomeza w dupę.
A mandalore video a day keeps my noose away
hm, he has a limited number of videos, you'll run out of days soon. I recommend Accursed Farms to prolong your life slightly.
It's okay, bud, we all want to die - you're among decent company.
try civvie 11
I too frequently re-watch Mandalore's videos to sustain life.
All work and no Mandalore video makes Salokin a dead boy.
Oh man...the guy with two doors in his hut is such a well done iconic character in German too
Quotes from Zeleniy Slonik (Green Elephant)... What a nice touch. Brilliant.
hey hey people
mandalore here
The music at the end kind of fits too.
Khajit dick
This is where he posts when he's stable
Sseth is just Mandy when he forgets to take his meds
Played this on a PII 333 MHz in 640x480 on minimum settings, getting like 15 FPS, was amazing regardless!
I was lucky to play it on a PIII 500 MHz in 800 x 600. A friend played on a 266 MHz PII and it was so bad (view distance nearly 0 to get playable FPS). Saving a game took a good 10 or so seconds and loading one was a bit over a minute. There was a demo released that featured the whole first starting area around the old camp and I played that through four or five times, knocking down everyone in the camp just to get more XP for that last level up. It was a ton of fun.
@@Gigator The first time i played gothic1 was also on such a potatoe pc, but then i bought myself a PIII 500 and a geforce 2 mx and (dont remember exactly) 128 or 256mb ram....it was so great to play this gem on nearly max settings XD
Thanks for using the pause menu music from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (PC). Always happy to hear it!
A gothic review after sseeth's newest one being one about it too?
Suuuure.
GamerRoman who?
either patreons have access to his video earlier or Sseths latest video is Rimworld..
SsethTzeentach. The greatest reviewer ever.
Merchant guild's slave
th-cam.com/video/qP40AZDGIvI/w-d-xo.html
13:50 didnt see that one coming
19:05 that fireball back-step dodge that lead to that one skeleton getting cooked
👌
Great subtle gachimuchi you had there.
As for Gothic, another really remarkable thing about it is the incredibly long view distance the engine is capable of even on normal settings.
Aaaaaaaaaaaa! This game, and Gothic 2 were two gems of my early teenage years. Seeing it played in English is just too weird.
I love Gothic 1. It was one of my very first games. I got it on a CD that came with a game magazine. One of the best gaming experiences of my life.
Best review i have ever seen done on the game. Not kidding. And i have seen a lot.
Well done. Thanks for this.
Only thing i would have loved you to mention is the amazing quality and amount of user created content for that game that easily expand the playtime of the game by 10 times
Yes, the german Voice-acting is top notch
if you disagree, then gibt es volles pfund aufs maul.
@jocaguz18 I think that's just your bias tho
Steck mal lieber die Magie weg!
"Mir gefällt deine Fresse nicht"
Schnitzel.
Ya. Nein!
I just exhausted my entire German vocabulary.
@@AtemiRaven and even there you did a mistake 😂 it's Ja not Ya
0:40 literally the beginning line to this video and I love your humor. amazing.
It's like national treasure in Poland
K19 hey man games should unite not divide, chill
Respect! Gothic is the best! Sorry,your witcher 3 is overrated
RockSooks I like how smoothly you moved from a good guy to a crypto-douche guy
ludwig amadeus Imo it's because it is one of the very first games that had Polish dubbing.
No idea. I am from Poland, and it was my very first open world RPG I've played. Everyone from my generation was playing it :D To be honest, I am more surprised it was not so popular in different parts of the world. Gothic saga (Gothic 1, Gothic 2, and somewhat Gothic3) along with The Elder Scrolls are the best open world RPG games released like ever.
This game is such a hidden gem. I first played it maybe in 2003 when I was still a kid. Up to this day it remains one of my most favorite games ever. If you manage to overcome some of the obstacles (graphics and difficulty), I guarantee you will be hooked.
I loved this game. This is an epic classic, right up there with Morrowind, Bloodlines, Deus Ex, etc. Playing and exploring was a blast, reading and planning for a more epic play-through (min/maxxing or completionist mode) was just as rewarding (as you had to face insane challenges, but for awesome rewards), this game was fun for multiple plays. This is one of those games where you think "why aren't we getting more games with this much awesome in this day and age, how come such old games (with such limitations) can outshine so many modern creations?". I know that some games are just breakthrough brilliant and innovative, but we can be building on old successes instead of innovating new duds. Even remakes, like X-Com and MechAssault, are such a disappointment; why do they have to dumb-down a game, can't they remake a classic and just improve graphics and take advantage of advanced computing power, why do they have to mess with success and muck it up? I think this is why I look for indie games more, they are more likely to focus on gameplay & story over just graphics & style/gimmicks. I'd rather have substance over slick graphics any day.
You get extra XP (double) with a human by knocking him down melee, then wait and kill him with bow/cross bow.
Also, Gothic 2 gold edition is also good
This and Gothic 2 is my all time favorite single player RPGs. I remember faking sick in school and staying at home for a week just to play this non stop back in 2002.
The story, about putting up the barrier and it going wrong and trapping everybody inside is actually such a good concept!
Gothic is probably my favorite RPG when I grew up, thanks for covering it!
In Gothic 1 you'd want to knock your opponent down with a sword then finish them off with a bow/crossbow once they're back up - you'll get exp for them once more!
Yeah, the melee weapons knock them down first, but the piercing arrows kill them. That's also an important difference for some quests, where you better shouldn't kill some people.
yes that is a great way of getting exp, but it is also bugusing and defenitely not planned (and I personally don't like that but everyone can choose for himself ofc)
@@Katzenhaarallergie Yes.. just like me killing Raven in G1.. I mean.. you did get the TP to Fire magicians.. going to the ore baron and Raven showing up and were able to kill him... I wish there were other options in G2.. using your save file for example who are what were alive in G1 save file and transfering to G2 gameplay.. instead Raven.. now another person was the bad guy... etc etc etc.. the choices that you made made difference in G2.. I hope we'll get something like in the future games. I hope Elex will catch up with this setup..
*casually inserts an obscure russian meme that only a few people in the audience will understand*
I remember playing this game as a kid and never getting past the first camp. Never knew there was so much depth to it.
hey, he forgot to talk about Mud :O
he is the most importend guy in the game ^^
Wrzód*
Mud is the most annoying character in the series but I have nothing to him
The best Shape forever Nameless Hero x Mud
you should endure his presence for a while, he will talk about getting kinky with animals and try to seduce you as well.
@@kooroshrostami27 mud really was something else! I still dont know how to feel about him...
I just realized that you’ve got the old Harry Potter Ost playing in the background. God bless, would love to see a review of those first two games from you :)
13:42 I CANT BREATHE!!!
"You ever dug ore, B O I ?"
Thank you times a million. Even though I'm generally bollocks at gaming, I still have a great appreciation for this game and the way that it does combat. At least at the very beginning. I never really got further than that but am working on it. I love that you need to be legitimately disciplined in your swordsmanship to get anywhere. I'm glad I actually decided to take a tougher game like this for the spin.
Where was inExtremo?
The concert in chapter 2?
It was so awesome!
Afaik they had to remove it due to legal reasons in some versions of the game.
@@Naryoril :O
Look up "Gothic II: The Chronicles Of Myrtana" here on youtube. A Gothic 2 Megamod (essentially another game on the same engine and in the same world). It's nearing completion.
The end credits music surprised me so much
What is it? Sounds familiar
@@baizuo_6246 “Moving out (Anthony’s song)” by Billy Joel. I definitely wasn’t expecting to hear Billy Joel in a video about an obscure German rpg
@@Iaminsideofyourwalls thx 🙏
In Gothic 2 enemies will even take your weapon after you are on the ground
Russian dubbing for this game was 11/10. Phenomenal. My whole childhood is associated with this game. Countless of hours spent in it. Love it. One of the best RPGs ever made.
Did they record their lines in a public restroom and subsequently deliver said lines through an answering machine? Or was that an editing goof?
@@notinspectorgadget sorry for a late reply but that was obviously edited. The voice fragment is from an underground 90s movie that is just... well, it was shot on amateur camera and had coprophilia elements in it. It became a meme classic of a legendary status in Russian speaking community. Like, almost every sentence said there is basically a meme. No idea where the author did get that and how did he know that tho
I love this channel and the fact that you review alot of older / neice games. I'm turnung 21 in a few weeks and it's been cool to see all these games that were around before i started gaming and before I was born. Plus the discounts are great because I get to try them myself and it helps contextualise modern games and how they have learned or forgot cool ideas.
In Poland this game was so succeesful partially beause of great voice acting.
Big thanks for this video, you made me replay Gothic after a decade. The game is still great, easy 9/10 to me.
Anyway, here are some of my observations regarding your review:
8:23 Sect Camp's goal is to escape with Sleeper's power. Some members may be okay with weed-based lifestyle but they are the minority. Old Camp is the only one okay with staying imprisoned due to lucrative deals with the king.
19:04 You have the option to use a mouse though. Switching targets is easier with it.
19:36 There are no restrictions on skills except for 2 specific cases. Member of the Sect Camp can't learn all Circles of Magic. Member of the Old Camp is the only one who can master crossbows before 4th chapter.
Love your channel , theres something warm , inviting and very captivating about your voice .
Gothic considered as a masterpiece and classic of RPG in Russia as well as Fallout and TES.
Excluding Gothics III and following shit ofcourse.
Poland loves gothic too
I personally still loved G3 a lot. But it was not as much a masterpiece as 1 + 2. But the biomes, the camps, the size of the world, the loose main quest... that was really nice.
I love Gothic 3 too and it makes me sad that they had not enough time to finish that game. It was good but it could be so much better.
G3 is still awesome though!
Flachzange I also really like Gothic 3