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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
W0W!, 30 Jul 2003
This is so good! I am a big fan of role playing games having tried Arx Fatalis, Devine Divinity, Marrowind, Neverwinter Nights, and this is, one of the best role playing games, I have ever palyed! Want some good-points/bad-points??? Hey you! Here you are!....+ Lovely world that will remain lovely, even after the graphics are out of date. (Gothic 1 still has a beutifull world, despite its 1999 graphics, its just good map design.)
+ Excellent npc interaction system, Listen to npc's talk to each other in the taverns, let npc's take you to your destination, choose if you want to be pollite or rude, you get a lot of freedom in what you want to say. (the communication system is like fallout or monkey island 1+2)
+ Really good enemy AI, monsters often pose a threatening stance to scare you away, wolves howl for other wolves to gang up on you, Some enemy's may stop chasing you if they encounter somthing they prefere more. IE rats and dead flesh, Wolves and sheep.
+ Every single line of diolouge is spoken audio. No wonder there are 3 CD's!
+ Extremely interactive world with the ability to cook food, chop wood, smelt weapons and mine ore, if you choose to do so.
+ Numerous ways to achive the quests in the game. Great for replay value!
+ A usable 1st person option this time round.
+ Plot continues from the 1st gothic title.....
+ .....but you don't need to have played gothic to understand it!
+ Faster loading time than gothic 1......
- ..... but it's still annoying waiting that long for maps to load.
- Still has the clipping problems that Gothic 1 had. (To the same level as marrowind. It's slight but I consider jerking around if your walking on a fence a clipping problem)
- Even with full reccomended specifications, you cannot achive full view distance with highest resolution.
- Can be unforgiving if you don't use your common sence...
- Ouch! How many times did I die?! Very hard, even for seasoned gamers. Although I do have to say that the bad points are very much minor things and did not distract from the game for me. Want a percentage? Hey you! Here you are!.... 92% (thats from me!)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great game, good fun, 17 Jun 2006
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
My brother bought the first in the series a while ago and I was transfixed by it. I love RPGs and the original was one that ticked every box - good graphics (for the time, at least), huge world to explore, everything interactive, loads of AI characters, great fun, lots of sub quests; and best of all, you could choose what path to follow, be it magician or warrior.
As a result, my brother and I were on tenterhooks waiting for the release of this game, and we were highly frustrated by the continuous delay of the release date. Once we finally got it, we settled down to play.
The first thing that I noticed was the improvement in graphics, far smoother than the original. Not the greatest, sure, but still good. Secondly, I noticed that despite the blurb on the back of the packet advising you that you do not need to be familiar with the original game to enjoy this, it is clearly modelled on the first game and I think you will be at a disadvantage if you come into this without having played the original Gothic. The Zelda series, for example, are RPGs which you can play completely independent of one another, but you do need to know the first game to fully enjoy this.
Overall, I really enjoyed this game. The world of Khorinis is far more interactive than in the first game as you can do far more (you can learn alchemy and smithing, for example), and there are far more sub quests. I have about 30 hours of gameplay on it, and I still have not completed all the subquests.
However, there are a couple of disappointments. Firstly, the combat system has not been upgraded; you are still stuck with the same couple of combos from the first Gothic. Secondly, the game to begin with is quite boring as it does take a while for you to get good enough to do anything. And thirdly, whilst in the first game you could constantly chop and change your guild (I started off in the Guards, then moved into the Mercenaries and finally I became a Water Magician), there are only three guilds to choose from in this game (mercenary, fire magician or paladin) and you cannot change once you have made your choice, which you make very early in the game. Hence, specific subquests for magicians are only available to magicians, for example.
However, despite this, I still thoroughly enjoyed the game. The ending is a slight let-down as it is quite clear that it is just an intermediary between Gothic and the soon-to-be-released Gothic III, and the end boss isn't even the hardest character you fight in the game. But, do not let my slight nitpicking put you off - this game is hugely enjoyable, especially if you have played the original Gothic (not least because you get the chance to go back to the Prison Colony that is the setting for the first game), and it is highly diverting.
I awarded it 4 stars overall because I think the end is a bit too anticlimactic and also because of the unfortunate rigidity of the Guild system, but in terms of fun this is definitely 5 stars - if you do buy this game, then be prepared to sacrifice a lot of your life to it because the game play is highly addictive.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
some thoughts about A GREAT GAME, 24 Dec 2005
This game can be described as THE BEST I have played.Warning: once you start playing this then you may not want to get back to work or college and you should think about good excuses for your girlfriend..... Simply this game is amazing with the envirnoment it creates and literally takes you an another world. This world is full of adventure and you hold your own destiny and fight your way to your own salvage and those of man againest the orcs.....But this game will be incomplete to you if you haven't played the first part which actually creates the story and gothic 2 is advancement on it...also once you have played it do wait for the next part of this amazing sequeal in may.One tip for the new players from me is that keep saving the game whenever you come to a situation that gives you choice for what you want to do.....now hey dont waste any more time reading this review but get your hands on the game....good luck
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