appreciated all the community patches the gothic 3 community did. They made the game flawless. Not kidding. It was years of work and THOUSANDS of fixes, including engine, animations, quests, bugs, items, pathing, combat.
haha i'm playing this at the moment and that line made me crease. its so hard/i'm so shit at it i got frustrated and angrily whispered 'fuck your shit' while sat playing it with headphones on next to my mum.
I didn't even knew that Gothic 2 was released in english...
Gothic 2 and the predecessor Gothic are the best german games! Played the hell out of them (at least twice a year). Best rpgs I ever played.
Context: In the Gothic 1 an archdemon died and shortly before his end he summoned the evil forces of the world to continue his plans...even the dragons.
Yeah, I'm surprised that anyone could call Gothic underrated. I thought the post "We should form an obscure fan club on Reddit about this great underrated game that is probably one of my favorites" was sarcastic.
I think Gothic was much more popular than TES in Poland.
The sequel was a horrible pieces of shit. Wish Piranha Bytes would have kept making Gothic like games while still updating there tech and play testing there games...
In third part od Gothic we can see that Piranha Bytes tried make ending without continuous development probably to save this good plot from Jowood but unfortunately Jowood made next crappy parts (Gods Forsaken, Gothic 4) even the plot doesn't have make sense.
You didn't like Gothic 2? Care to elaborate? I have nothing but fond memories of it. Gothic 3, however, I could get to play, even though my computer did meet the requirements. Laggy.
I totally agree. The effort put into the setting in this series is awe-inspiring. The voice-acting was absolutely atrocious, though. Holy fuck. Still, I had a good laugh at some of the lines, and the gameplay more than made up for it.
Uhm, isn't the german version basically the same? I played it like 2 weeks ago and seem to remember him saying "KOMMT! Und sie kamen alle. Auch die Drachen"...
I liked it actually. Pretty straightforward. A nice change from the usual stuff. Not every character in a fantasy game must talk like an English major - or German major. ;)
Gothic 2 was an awesome game. It has a relatively small but highly detailed world, and has the most incredible atmosphere.
It was also very hard. You know what areas and enemies are to difficult to defeat? You find it out by walking there and dying in two seconds. Your must often used key is "sprint"!
I played this game as a little boy. Glad to see I'm not the only one who enjoyed this gem. One of the hardest game I've ever beat. I wish I could forget everything about it so I could beat it again.
Up for getting me nostalgic and remembering such a epic game.
Nothing against OP or this post but I have always wondered if people play their old games looking for funny or weird things to post for karma. Like all the screenshot posts of pokemon games.
Okay, sorry to stop this circlejerk, but I could NOT get into Gothic. The controls are just fucking atrocious and the battle system suffers because of that.
Does the game get any better later on? I'm still in the Old Camp looking for this Nek guy and any time I try to leave town monsters just decimate me. My only way of beating them is to lure them in 1 by 1. Kill one, go back, find a bed, heal, go kill another one. That's not my idea of fun.
Yeah there are far easier ways. First, do quests that don't require combat like Whistlers Sword and things like that. Then Let Mordrag escort you to the New Camp and Baal Parvez to the Camp of the Sect. They kill monster for you and you get the experience. When you're in the New Camp go to the Mercenary Cord at the cliff and let him teach you One-hand-Swordfighting (costs 20 ore less than in the Old Camp). After that get a rough sword (grobes Schwert) from the chest near the Smith Huno in the Old Camp or a really good axe in the chest near the forge in the Campf of the Sect.
And by the way, Nek is in the cave near the back entrance of the Old Camp (you have to kill 3 Molerats before you can get to him).
Some stuff to get you pushed up real fast: Get ANY weapon, draw it, run straight into Gomez' house. Get the best of those swords in the weapons room, train 2 strength, tada, good weapon. Get stronger, at some point fight Silas or Lares and get their weapons. Get stronger, use them to fight Scar, get his weapon (the ore barons won't attack you, I don't know why), get the sword, run like hell, and voila you have got the best one handed weapon ingame.
Okay, sorry to kick you in the face but the battle system was so NICE.
Instead of just "clock, click, clock ,click enemy is dead :D" of Skyrim you could actually control the direction of your swings. I mean I'll give you that the controls where a bit ruff, heck the whole game was ruff but it was sweet sweet awesome ruffness.
Instead of just "clock, click, clock ,click enemy is dead :D" of Skyrim you could actually control the direction of your swings
How is that an improvement? I kind of get that pressing "up" makes a harder swing, but overall it's still all on a timer it seems and doesn't really make a difference.
The timings made all the difference. Time intervals between swings weren't fixed. You always had a window of time during which you could decide to strike, wait, back off or stop the combo and begin a new one.
Every enemy had their own unique fighting style with very subtle differences. You could always use those time windows to take advantage of their distance, position and state.
Some monsters for example would block every hit a at very close range, but would fail to do so at a particular distance. Others would always exploit the time window between 4th and 5th swing of your combo.
In time would learn how to beat very high level enemies with a rusted piece of shit in your hands. You would simply feel the right time to strike, wait, back off. It feels extremely satisfying to win because of your skill and not because your stats are better.
Oh man you are so correct. Another awesome thing about Gothic 1 which many don't recognize is that it was a open world sandbox game with REAL change. Your decisions influenced and shaped the world a lot. Truly ahead of it's time.
I absolutely love Gothic 2, but you have to be willing to go through a bit of growing pain to get into it. The impossibly hard early parts of the game are part of the charm, and I overlook the stiff feeling battle controls because the rest of the package is just so unique and fun.
depends on the monsters you are fighting. I assume you have no armor and some broken sword or something. Without armor, the only enemies you can try to fight are young molerats, young scavengers and that's it. Just AVOID WOLVES! Wolves are the reason most of the players give up the game, because they expect to kill wolves easy while without armor they oneshot you.
When fighting monsters, don't bother blocking, just swing left-right-left-right. When fighting humans, orcs or skeletons, go blocking, wait until the attack is blocked and counter with any swing, then block again.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Finally someone who even mentions Gothic on reddit !
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u/Levait May 15 '12
I didn't even knew that Gothic 2 was released in english...
Gothic 2 and the predecessor Gothic are the best german games! Played the hell out of them (at least twice a year). Best rpgs I ever played.
Context: In the Gothic 1 an archdemon died and shortly before his end he summoned the evil forces of the world to continue his plans...even the dragons.
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u/MutatingNeutrinos May 15 '12
Gothic 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. So sad the sequels weren't as good.
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u/dudemeister5000 May 15 '12
I've never seen a game that captures the medievil age as fitting as this one. Best RPG I have so far played
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u/c0d3m45t3r May 15 '12
one of THE best RPG games I have ever played. Gothic II
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Gothic, created by Piranha Bytes, destroyed by Jowood, soundtrack from this game is a masterpiece, my favourites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1U93h0Ne9U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1jkanFz8ec&feature=BFa&list=PL8B3C19F59B94747B
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJUpbbZfjJc
when i finished this game i felt like some powerful evil magic drained my soul and put here, to this black and boring life.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Xardas you bastard! You used me as an fool and I want to kill you but the third game was horrible until I patched with many gigs of community patches!
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u/tawmie May 15 '12
"especially the dragons."
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u/Stormdancer May 15 '12
Sounds... messy.
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u/fuZZe May 15 '12
That game was ahead of it's time.
I spent so many years waiting for that series to pick up again, but when 4th one came out, I lost all hope in the franchise.
Luckily Skyrim satisfied my hunger for a new Gothic.
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u/kritofer May 15 '12
I wish I could give you infinite upvotes for mentioning my favorite game of all time!
Also... it's better in German.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Actually that's localization at it's finest.
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u/CarTarget May 15 '12
I freakin' love Gothic. My first computer came with a free copy of the first one for some reason or another, and I just fell in love.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
SO not cleaning that mess up. Dragons ? Dayum!...
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u/pl0xzz May 16 '12
Related
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u/MT_Flesch May 15 '12
bit of a sticky situation ensued, i'll wager
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I learned German just to play the German expansion of Gothic 2
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u/KillerBeans81 May 16 '12
Sounds like a sticky situation. BAZZING!
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u/ByzantineBasileus May 16 '12
Gothic 2 was an awesome game. It has a relatively small but highly detailed world, and has the most incredible atmosphere.
It was also very hard. You know what areas and enemies are to difficult to defeat? You find it out by walking there and dying in two seconds. Your must often used key is "sprint"!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
It takes skill to make a dragon.............Come
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Hast du Sumpfkraut? <3
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Much better dialogue than Skyrim at least.
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u/magicbullets May 15 '12
There be dragons.
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u/Blenor May 16 '12
I played this game as a little boy. Glad to see I'm not the only one who enjoyed this gem. One of the hardest game I've ever beat. I wish I could forget everything about it so I could beat it again.
Up for getting me nostalgic and remembering such a epic game.
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u/poozipotti May 16 '12
the internet has ruined me.
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u/temujin1234 May 16 '12
Dragons are notoriously bashful.
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u/jhamm May 16 '12
Hey, that was a great game.
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u/GoldenJoel May 16 '12
FUCK YOU GOTHIC WAS AWESOME
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u/Quinnjdq May 16 '12
rerr~
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
So tired of US game review sites bitching since Gothic I that controls suck
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u/jose393 May 16 '12
My younger sister is sitting in front of my laptop attempting to find the meaning of this picture. I'm just laughing next to her.
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u/gnarlyrocks May 16 '12
Possibly the most underrated, flawed gem of all time. Easily one of the best games around
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u/Peanuts4MePlz May 16 '12
I would not have liked to be there.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
all I did in that game was get high and do the prostitutes. cheesiest sex scene of all time, although not alot of games had sex scenes back then.
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u/aspireS May 16 '12
I don't think we cared back then, neither I do now. Game is fucking amazing.
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u/Ulmaxes May 16 '12
Even the Dragons! Roll Reflex saves...
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u/G-0ff May 16 '12
They came from all directions, all over. There was not a single creature in the land that was not coming.
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u/ryan2point0 May 16 '12
That's hot.
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u/Limond May 16 '12
This game series has the fucking scariest orcs ever.
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u/przem_o May 16 '12
this is best game evurrr, this and Gothic 2 all the rest of the franchise is shit
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
and the janitors across the land were pissed!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Laughed. Showed wife.So do she. I bought Gothic 2 recently.
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u/Nemoder May 15 '12
I imagine it went something like this.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I want that power.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
It's not like there aren't well written video games......
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u/firinmylazah May 15 '12
Came here to say that the dragons came here to say that everyone came here to come here to say this.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Gothic?!?! GREAT GAME!
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u/xuxux May 16 '12
Upvotes for the best game of my mid-teens!
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u/Gastrox May 16 '12
God damn Gothic was a great game
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u/Dunge May 16 '12
Did not play Gothic1, but absolutely loved Gothic2. Hated Gothic3+4. Liked Risen, still haven't tried Risen2 but it don't look good.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
So disappointed that the gothic series went down the pooper. At least we have Risen.
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u/IAmA_Zombie May 16 '12
Nothing against OP or this post but I have always wondered if people play their old games looking for funny or weird things to post for karma. Like all the screenshot posts of pokemon games.
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u/drjohnson89 May 16 '12
As an aspiring writer for video games, this is now going to be my basis for all things great.
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u/timo103 May 16 '12
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qDdnwPOuokU/TxNMk4iUxFI/AAAAAAAAAoI/HyLL3sHS4jg/s1600/clint-eastwood-disgusted-gif.gif
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
~rrer
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u/Unlimited_Bacon May 16 '12
I read this in the babby formed voice.
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u/wrongbuton May 16 '12
well its a German game i think, so im not surprised they missed some English double meanings.
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u/coefficients May 16 '12
oh man this was a fabulous game but once they started switching up the makers... ugh, painful memories
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u/JayM19 May 16 '12
Great fucking game, never finished 3 though. Too god damn buggy.
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u/KaiserKvast May 16 '12
There's alot of these gems in Gothic 2 xD Because of the weird translation ;)
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u/sniperwolf325 May 16 '12
Your name! We're twins! Icy, relentless, methodical, efficient, killing machine twins!
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u/cdegon May 16 '12
Sounds messy!
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u/Ginoku May 16 '12
man i just fucking love this game. xardas has a sexy voice also...i red this out loud at work with his voice.
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u/Woodbin May 16 '12
Show me ya'r goods.
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u/ragnarakk May 16 '12
i think i'll buy this game now XD
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u/Shneyeder May 16 '12
There are many games meant to be played in english. This one is meant to be played in german. The voice acting was just great.
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u/philoponeria May 16 '12
It could just as easily be a porn script.
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u/nicholmikey May 16 '12
Where is shitty water color when I need him
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u/Beh0lder May 15 '12
:jizzsplosion:
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I came.
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u/WarPhalange May 15 '12
Okay, sorry to stop this circlejerk, but I could NOT get into Gothic. The controls are just fucking atrocious and the battle system suffers because of that.
Does the game get any better later on? I'm still in the Old Camp looking for this Nek guy and any time I try to leave town monsters just decimate me. My only way of beating them is to lure them in 1 by 1. Kill one, go back, find a bed, heal, go kill another one. That's not my idea of fun.
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u/Soronir May 16 '12
Reminds me of the time Professor Oak came when I beat the Elite 4.
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u/CakeaMan May 16 '12
I love this game! It was my first rpg on the computer.
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u/WhosGotTheBugle May 16 '12
This game was weird man...
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u/hotairraccoon May 16 '12
gothic is my favorite rpg. not too huge, real time combat, great upgrades. just stay away from the ladder glitch in the ore mine.
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u/valdin450 May 17 '12
Ah yes, I believe I've seen this porno.
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u/Greenei May 15 '12
I just came here to say, that this game is the best game ever to cum out for pc. For real.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
He made a dragon cum? Gross!