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Platform: PC | Edition: Standard Edition
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Arcania is a Fantasy Action game set in the rich world of Gothic, An RTS game it features a multitude of compelling and challenging quests, demanding combat, mysterious NPC characters and an immersive plot. The player takes on the role as the Nameless Hero. His entire family and all his friends are slaughtered when King Rhobar’s paladins assault his village. Seeking revenge, our hero leaves the destroyed city behind and soon realizes that this cowardly attack did not just happen on a reckless mercenary`s whim. An evil, ancient power lies waiting at the threshold of this world, and our hero will need to face this nameless evil.Set within a truly expansive fantasy world Arcania looks to revolutionize the RPG among core gamers of the genre with its customization and high end polished game-play.
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ArcaniA: A Gothic Tale is set in a rich world that invites the player to explore all of its innumerable attractions and details.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Not A Number
Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
On the upside I have to say I did enjoy playing this game. I just didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as Risen (PC DVD), which was more immersive and had more satisfying melee and character progression, and to be honest I'm very unlikely to replay it, where normally I love to go back and replay an RPG game with experience of how to better create a character etc. This game has actually made me want to go and replay Risen instead.
I found the game was very linear, it soon became apparent you were working within very contained environments, limited side quests and a pretty unimaginative main plot. Some of those environments were pleasant enough, and dungeons avoided the predictability of Oblivion. The way the environments were handled generally felt unpolished however. Entering the water was simply an instakill, where Risen did this in a much more stylish way for example. Clipping was infuriating ... although some activities seemed to encourage you to explore, it was unpredictable which rock or slope you could actually climb or not, which becomes very immersion-breaking when you hit yet another inexplicable invisible barrier, only to go board-rigid and float away back down to where you are 'allowed' to be. It was actually a pleasant surprise in a couple of places to find I could get onto roof tops for example. I wasn't expecting Assassin's creed or Batman but this did seem to further feel like a heavy handed stage-managed limitation. Many interiors had an unfinished feel, with the same world objects being reused and becoming over familiar or interiors being sparse and unconvincing in places.... Read more ›
I found the game was very linear, it soon became apparent you were working within very contained environments, limited side quests and a pretty unimaginative main plot. Some of those environments were pleasant enough, and dungeons avoided the predictability of Oblivion. The way the environments were handled generally felt unpolished however. Entering the water was simply an instakill, where Risen did this in a much more stylish way for example. Clipping was infuriating ... although some activities seemed to encourage you to explore, it was unpredictable which rock or slope you could actually climb or not, which becomes very immersion-breaking when you hit yet another inexplicable invisible barrier, only to go board-rigid and float away back down to where you are 'allowed' to be. It was actually a pleasant surprise in a couple of places to find I could get onto roof tops for example. I wasn't expecting Assassin's creed or Batman but this did seem to further feel like a heavy handed stage-managed limitation. Many interiors had an unfinished feel, with the same world objects being reused and becoming over familiar or interiors being sparse and unconvincing in places.... Read more ›
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By Kborom
Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Having waited ages to play this, it was released briefly in the UK back in October but I missed out then, I was very pleased when it finally arrived and I could look forward to many hours in the same universe as 3 of my favourite games, Gothic 1, 2 and 3.
But this is not a "Gothic 4" as you would expect from that series even though this has Gothic 4 written all over the packaging, disc and game. This is something different.
OK, so putting my high expectations (yes I did enjoy Gothic 3) to one side what sort of game is this? Well, the Gothic series was known for having few stats but what you had was noticeable, this one has even fewer stats and the impact is probably more marginal. There is a flurry attack which can be increased through skill point allocation which essentially pins back whatever you are attacking and sometimes if there are a group of baddies the others kindly wait.
Exploration nods its head to the other games, but this is much more linear as each area opens up once you have cleared certain quests in the current area. Side quests are OK, but you do get the feeling that nothing is happening, and you are the only one in the game world not fixed in place (except for Diego and a couple of others who magically pop up ahead of you).
Graphically it looks very good but with cheesy dialogue and far too few NPC's faces, it's a bit disconcerting when everyone looks like each others brother!
Overall, I really enjoyed the game despite the above and put in over 50 hours. I did want to keep going back and finishing quests, gathering items, killing all manner of baddies (all the usual Gothic suspects are here) whilst carrying more weapons than on display in the Royal Armouries.... Read more ›
But this is not a "Gothic 4" as you would expect from that series even though this has Gothic 4 written all over the packaging, disc and game. This is something different.
OK, so putting my high expectations (yes I did enjoy Gothic 3) to one side what sort of game is this? Well, the Gothic series was known for having few stats but what you had was noticeable, this one has even fewer stats and the impact is probably more marginal. There is a flurry attack which can be increased through skill point allocation which essentially pins back whatever you are attacking and sometimes if there are a group of baddies the others kindly wait.
Exploration nods its head to the other games, but this is much more linear as each area opens up once you have cleared certain quests in the current area. Side quests are OK, but you do get the feeling that nothing is happening, and you are the only one in the game world not fixed in place (except for Diego and a couple of others who magically pop up ahead of you).
Graphically it looks very good but with cheesy dialogue and far too few NPC's faces, it's a bit disconcerting when everyone looks like each others brother!
Overall, I really enjoyed the game despite the above and put in over 50 hours. I did want to keep going back and finishing quests, gathering items, killing all manner of baddies (all the usual Gothic suspects are here) whilst carrying more weapons than on display in the Royal Armouries.... Read more ›
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not an avid gamer... did WoW and realised that the time required to seriously game had a negative impact on my ability to function in a monetary world... so this is a nice way to kill an hour or two without having to think about or remember what is going on... think of it as a great toilet game or a Gemmell 'novel'.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Jules
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Erase the "Gothic" from the title & you have an enjoybale 20+ hour hack & slash romp on your hands. The RPG side of the game is light compared to the actual previous Gothic games made by Piranha bytes, which this isnt made by them as you'd expect, but instead Spellbound. This is becasue Arcania is an attempt to open up the game to a more mainstream audience, a bit like what Oblivion did for the Elder Scrolls games. So here the RPG side is very light & pretty much an option in the settings menu for some of it, as where as it would had been a given if it were a true Gothic title by PB.
Anyway, taking place some years after Gothic 3 we aprise a role as another nameless hero, set on a small peacefull Island we are treated to a slow everyday life as him. But soon we are running around doing tasks & getting Married, pretty sweet life here, too good to be true ? yeah, well it has to be, so its not to long untill King Rhobar's men arrive on the Island while our hero is off sleeping, and they burn & kill everyone! gits. Time for some good ye olde revenge!!!
So off we trot to the mainland, but its not long before your doing grannys shopping & picking up this or that delivery, seriously! how have these people coped without you! But although the tasks are standard RPG fare, once you get out there in the wild, you come across some nice locations(albeit you can only go so far, it is a little linear), some are actually quite stunning visualy, like the Mages home, whihc is agigantic tree in a swamp surrounded Ewok style by huts & the like.... Read more ›
Anyway, taking place some years after Gothic 3 we aprise a role as another nameless hero, set on a small peacefull Island we are treated to a slow everyday life as him. But soon we are running around doing tasks & getting Married, pretty sweet life here, too good to be true ? yeah, well it has to be, so its not to long untill King Rhobar's men arrive on the Island while our hero is off sleeping, and they burn & kill everyone! gits. Time for some good ye olde revenge!!!
So off we trot to the mainland, but its not long before your doing grannys shopping & picking up this or that delivery, seriously! how have these people coped without you! But although the tasks are standard RPG fare, once you get out there in the wild, you come across some nice locations(albeit you can only go so far, it is a little linear), some are actually quite stunning visualy, like the Mages home, whihc is agigantic tree in a swamp surrounded Ewok style by huts & the like.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really good fun!
I bought this game a while back, a couple of months before the release of Skyrim, and I must say, that it compares fairly well in my opinion. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ross Lloyd
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK But Not Great
I agree with most of the mediocre reviews of this game, it was fun to play but certainly not a successor to Gothic 3. Read more
Published 8 months ago by David Munns
3.0 out of 5 stars
Very lightweight
I bought this game based on my experience playing Gothic 3 which is one of my favourite games.
I assume it is not the same production team on Arcania as the game is a... Read more
I assume it is not the same production team on Arcania as the game is a... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Cpt. Tangerine
3.0 out of 5 stars
Average RPG, some flaws, some eccentricities
It's always difficult to compare one RPG to another, as they all follow a slightly different set of rules and some people like some rules and others like, well, other rules. Read more
Published 11 months ago by F. M. Havicon
3.0 out of 5 stars
not so cool
gothica's last title is not so hot... storline could of been 10 times better..dosent feel like a gothica universe ... Read more
Published 18 months ago by usela
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fun but without depth.
I purchased this game as its graphics looked similar to Two Worlds. It was quite fun to play but has three major faults. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. T. Durston
5.0 out of 5 stars
Arcania - for kids of all ages.
I bought this as a gift and we are all pleased with it. Some strange sounds emerge from the back bedroom but that just shows how enthralling this game is. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Sim
4.0 out of 5 stars
Only slightly Gothic - but not that bad
I wanted to post this reveiw to balance what seems to be quite too much and quite unfair bashing of Arcania. Read more
Published on 23 April 2011 by MTS
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not a bad RPG
This is not a bad RPG at all. Good graphics and the story is pretty interesting. Lots of side quests too.
Published on 21 April 2011 by Mr. R. Cross
5.0 out of 5 stars
A good RPG
This is a very enjoyable RPG with a smooth games engine and an interesting story. It is well worth a try.
Published on 16 April 2011 by Jonny515
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