January 10th, 2013 
gunsage Same thing applies here…I just wanted to talk about the original Gothic. Gothic is…a very mixed bag. Made from the creators of more recent titles such as Arcania and the Risen series, Gothic is a tale about a prisoner thrown into a magical barrier prison on a mission from a king…and is immediately sidetracked by being robbed and thrown into all kinds of internal power struggles that you can choose to or not to participate in.
The keyword to Gothic is depth. There is a ridiculous amount of choice and exploration available in Gothic. In fact, it’s very easy to get lost in everything that’s going on, but you’ll never feel overburdened either. If there were any two things I would say you’d need to know about the game before trying it…well, it would be that the game is devoid of quality and the controls are terrible.
Now no, I’m not simply trying to lead you on. The game’s overall production values are terrible and feel very basic. The controls, pretty much regardless of how fine you tweak them, are always going to feel off. You get a similar feel when playing the Risen games, but as these are more recent products, it’s not as bad of a feel. Gothic is very dated and as a result, may not appeal to everyone.
However, those it does appeal to will get WAY more out of it than almost any RPG released in the last 5 years alone. It really is a great idea, just having barely fallen short of what it intended to do, possibly due to budget constraints. All the same, $20 for THREE of these is an incredible deal that you should definitely participate in immediately (and even less now that it’s on sale). Screenshots follow.
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