First, the keyboard controls for G1 though counter intuitive, are quite brilliant actually. Within a few hours I discovered two things. Right around the time G2 came out, I decided to give G1 a real chance. My first son was born at this time, my patience and energy were constantly taxed. Remembering back, I too was put off by the first Gothic game because of the wonky keyboard controls. Gothic 1 & 2 were largely panned by the American online and print press (and when I say online press, what I mean is college dropouts with poor writing skills and an inability to focus on anything for more than a few minutes). I played it on day one and my Gothic fanboyism was so strong it allowed me disregard the poor technical state, empty parts of too large world and other clear signs of unfinished product. After that, although I finished the game I was not surprised there were just few rows of text instead of outro.Īlthough the game improved massively since then, especially thanks to community patches and mods, this disappointment and bad feeling remains in me when thinking about Gothic 3. I was extremely disappointed at that moment. Untill today I remember the moment, when after epic journey of many hours I finally located Xardas.Īnd he said something like two sentences to me. This sentiment was not endless and hour by hour this unpleasant feeling 'this is not the Gothic game I was hoping for' was growing on me. With this history I was EXTREMELY HYPED for third game. Second Gothic might even be my most replayed game, although cant say it for sure. Gothic 1 and 2 are up there between my most beloved games of all times.

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