Has anyone (paging u/goldeninnosstatue ) played the new gothic 1 remake? I saw it was released earlier this month and they want $50 for it… is it worth it?
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I had low expectations for it and somehow Alkimia knocked it out of the park with this one
like genuinely suprised they didn't rape the remake with faggotry and feminism (though they did include some quests involving Foid quests but they were faithfully realistic how helpless and weak foids are in a prison colony)
in terms of gameplay it is solid, you can feel the progression as you level up and improve your skills and mastery of combat, magic is also available early if you want to be more of a mage character but i highly recommend you go Swamp camp because they got early magic circles (though its capped at 4 the best spells are circle 4)
I've finished this game 3 times and on my third playthrough i did permadeath and nosleep challange which i actually managed to beat with ease on Gothic difficulty
so yes, i fuckin recommended wholeheartedly
should you buy it full price? fuck no, buy a key for 30 euros (or less) i personally recommend Yuplay for fast key delivery and no hidden fees but frankly you can pirate it since it released with no DRM and the devs DID try to take ESG bribe and turn all the foids into trannies but the backlash was so strong they quietly de-trooned the women and now they look like 6/10 polish maids in terms of raw beauty at least they kept the revealing outfits which to me is a Chud victory...
now its not perfect, they ROYALLY fucked the English Dub by making it shitty British slang and changed words for no fuckin reasons like instead of crawler Secretion its now Crawler Ichor and instead of "protect the ore, protect the mages" its protect the nugs protect the mages
stupid changes that only affect the English version because the German and Polish versions are faithful to the original (and they even brought back the ORIGINAL voice actors for it)
they also changed some major characters in the story like now Lee was thrown into the Colony for critising the king instead of his advisors killing his wife and blaming the general because... reasons? i dunno they changed things for the sake of change not because its a "better story"
The Intro also completely butchers the tone of the King so i also recommend skipping it
but they did add a ton of new content, new zones and revamped existing zones, despite that i still feel the game was pretty short and the factions are pretty identical in terms of content like there is barely any new quests, there is promotion quests (like from novice to templar or shadow to guard etc) which is the only difference in content between the camps making your faction choice feel somewhat lackluster?
its not a perfect remake by any means, but its a GOOD remake by industry standards, i give it a solid 7.8/10 and the blessings of Adanos regardless if you sail it from the high seas or buy a key (i did both, and after enjoying it so much i actually bought a key for 29,84 euro)
How is it for a mage playthrough overall? Sort of my preferred archetype.
its incredibly strong at the beginning but somewhat loses its strength in the lategame
like ideally its best to go strength and learn two handed combat, but you can mix and match
i've done archery (highest ranged DPS due to fast arrow knocking) i've done two handed and i've even done a quasi-mage playthrough (firebolt will carry you throughout the early game against low level humans, goblins, black goblins and even orc scouts & orc dogs)
if you wanna go mage hit the new camp for magical ring that increase your mana by 15 that way you can go to the old-camp and get circle 0 runes (firebolt/healing, and take firebolt)
Its censored. Don't buy.
Didn't they deliberately hit all their women with the ugly stick? That's enough reason to skip a game these days.
I played the free intro thing, and ehhhhh....
The teaser is complete shit in comparison
Pirate the finished product if you're unsure
Ah ok, well that's good to know.
please don't pirate and rather buy it for increased chance they also remake Gothic II
Blasphemy, now I'm definitely pirating it.
the Sleeper will haunt you in your dreams!
they already sold 500,000 copies in the first week, so finacially they are set and looks like they're not only gonna remake Gothic 2 but also 3 (hence the "classic suffix")
I like it, but you are going to fight with yourself for the entire first chapter. You will want to quit out of frustration with useless you feel in combat more than a few times. You also may not see your first piece of armor for 10+ hours in depending on how you play your cards.
The punishment of chapter 1 sets up the reward of becoming godlike later
I was feeling pretty God-Like till I randomly bumped into a Shadowbeast in a cave for the first time. It was like something from Bloodborne crossed games to devour my ass. Scared the fucking shit out of me. Then I stacked defense rings and it wasn't so bad. It humbled me.... Felt cocky again. ..... then I found the snow variant. I'm starting to see a pattern.
High-seas'd it, finished it, overall had fun with it (would say its a solid 7 for that kind of game) and exploring around was good though there are issues.
Good stuff:
Lot of stuff to go explore and murder and get murdered by, world is mostly well made and only got stuck in terrain one time.
Looks and runs decent, no crashes from the game itself (just from some mods).
You can totally just run off to a higher-level area if you want to and get your shit wrecked so barely any gatekeeping in that regard.
Annoying stuff:
You can go from 'i die in 2 hits' to 'i'm taking almost no damage' in a single quest which is some pretty shit progression.
Combat is a bit janky, such as stuff will slap you mid-dodge or outside their visual reach.
Fuck lockpicking, modded that away soon as i could.
The 'economy' system is stupid imo even it is more realistic.
Dragged on too much in later parts, lots of ping-ponging around the map.
That adds up, for as much of a skinsuit as THQ Nordic is of the original THQ (R.I.P.) and their inability to make good new entries off previous THQ properties, their remakes of those same properties are usually pretty solid.
It's super janky and pretty ugly.
Things have moved on so much. They didn't RE enough in their REmake.
It's quite good for a remake. Needs a high end pc though. It's fairly simple yet Gothic really has a sort of magic that few modern rpgs capture.
It's great and you absolutely should get it, I am starting a second run going for old camp on the weekend. Very cool remake and can't wait for them to announce they make Gothic 2