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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Nemesis6 on September 27, 2010, 10:53:26 am

Title: Gothic 4 (demo is out)
Post by: Nemesis6 on September 27, 2010, 10:53:26 am

Demo can be found here: http://findfiles.com/list.php?db=Both&string=gothic4_

Upon brief inspection, it feels... it's hard to explain, but it just feels kind of "light" compared to Oblivion. Of course I'm gonna give it a chance and go through the demo. Basically it's a third-person RPG pushed by the Jowood people(Austrian publisher, known for pushing out not-so-good games). People seem to like Gothic 1 and 2 specifically, and they have what seems like quite a dedicated community. I love games like that because with a dedicated community, the mods shall flow.

Title: Re: Gothic 4 (demo is out)
Post by: Flipside on September 27, 2010, 11:07:37 am

Interesting, I enjoyed Gothic 3, so I might well take a look at this :)

Title: Re: Gothic 4 (demo is out)
Post by: Topgun on September 27, 2010, 11:51:34 am

Looks cool, downloading now.

Title: Re: Gothic 4 (demo is out)
Post by: Ghostavo on September 27, 2010, 01:00:20 pm

Is this the same Gothic whose previous installment was buggy as hell?

Title: Re: Gothic 4 (demo is out)
Post by: Flaser on September 27, 2010, 01:43:07 pm

This was not made by Piranha Bytes. If you wan the "real" successor to the Gothic franchise, get "Risen".

Gothic 3 was so bug-ridden, because the team bit off more than they could chew - the world was "too big" to be so polished and populated with interesting things as we've come to expect from Gothic 1 or 2...

...and JoWoods rushing the team didn't help either.

Title: Re: Gothic 4 (demo is out)
Post by: Flipside on September 27, 2010, 10:39:58 pm

It was pretty buggy, but I found it a lot more atmospheric than Oblivion. Don't get me wrong, Oblivion is the better game, but, out of the box, the Gothic 3 world just 'felt' better defined.

Title: Re: Gothic 4 (demo is out)
Post by: Vidmaster on September 28, 2010, 12:39:29 pm

the Gothic 3 world felt alive. None of the Elder Scrolls Games ever did.  Gothic 1 for the win though  :lol:  (actually Baldur's Gate 2 but to comparing a game to that is unfair)

Title: Re: Gothic 4 (demo is out)
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on September 29, 2010, 01:09:18 pm

Patch Gothic 3 up to 1.7 and you will be excited ;)

Title: Re: Gothic 4 (demo is out)
Post by: Starman01 on October 01, 2010, 09:07:58 am

Yep, use the community patch and Questpaket, and Gothic 3 is still awesome :)  However, Gothic 2 and Addon NotR always gave me the best feeling of a game world.

Risen somehow sucked IMO. Graphic wasn't bad (except the faces of the persons), but fighting system sucked and was very frustrating. I haven't played the demo of Arcania yet, though I think I will simply buy the game, I waited a long time for this :)