Posted on: March 23, 2017

Olafeson

Games: 146 Reviews: 5

Sorry but Big Garbage Game

First of all if you played the "real" Gothics (1-3), then do not be fooled by the name of the game. It is NOT Gothic. And it is NOT a Roleplaying game. The game is very linear, you are forced into very narrow areas where you can move around but you can not find any loot/secrets/chests/extra quests. Once you cleared one area you can go to the next and even though you can go back to older areas, there is no reason to. The gameplay is repetetive. There are no NPC with an interesting story, your main hero is a dumb shepherd who speaks dull one liners all the time and wants to kill the king. At the start of the game you have a girlfriend which luckily dies together with her father before you can marry her, or i would have liked to killed them myself. Gameplay: 3/10 simple Hack & Slay Story: 1/10 Normal random dude safes the world ( and this dude rly sucks man) Graphics: 7/10 they spend basically everything into it so it looks at least fine Gothic Flair: -1/10 The game was called Gothic4/Arcania because of marketing reasons Quests: 1/10 grinding mobs/ collecting loot all you have to do RPG-elemts: 2/10 simple slider improvement of either Defense/Attack or Magic This game was the worst computer game i ever played!

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Posted on: September 24, 2024

Argoon

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Games: 325 Reviews: 7

so bad is good?

This is a very strange game, is a bad game, in so many aspects but is also a fun game to play!? I can't just put my finger on it, the story is not it, is very simplistic, the RPG system is pretty bare bones, perhaps is the combat and the level design, I really don't know, but it made me finish it more than once. It also looks surprisingly good for the age, but as a few graphical bugs two that unfortunatly are unsolvable, like the "advanced shader" for faces is broken so turn that off and some water puddles reflections are also broken, but despite all this I pressed on and add fun untill the end. I will not say it is so good that you should buy it I will just say that, if you buy it and you know about its shortcomings you will probably have fun with it. Btw this game despite the new name, is still connected to the Gothic universe, but as a Gothic game is totally trash, is not even in the same league as the other, but if you excuse that connection and donpt mind the other issues I talked about, you may have fun with it, I did.

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Posted on: October 3, 2024

Crazy_Merchant

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Games: 168 Reviews: 4

Depends on how much Gothic you've played

How good this game is depends upon how much of the Gothic series you've played. On its own, it stands at about a 4.2 out of 10. The story is nearly non-existent, and simply serves as a way to get you stuck in the next zone. The enemy spawning can occasionally make it so that you can be having a good time one moment and be surrounded by 7+ enemies the next. The voice acting is rough, the face models can be awful, and the combat is fairly boring. However, the environments hold up incredibly well, and if you happen to run back to the starting areas after going a couple of areas ahead you really won't have problems with these issues. In context of the full Gothic experience, it is well-deserving of its bad review ratings. If you've played the first Gothic game and want to play the full series, this is your last chance to maybe enjoy playing Arcania! I cannot stress that enough. If you are a series completionist and have played Gothic 1, but not 2, 3, or Arcania, but want to play them all, play Arcania first. For context, I enjoyed the first hour of Gothic 2 far more than I enjoyed my 12 hours of Arcania thus far, despite me believing I somewhat enjoyed my playing through Arcania.

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Posted on: January 7, 2020

Shmelke

Games: 191 Reviews: 5

horrible

played it when it came out. Done without imagination, with claustrophobic and tunelled locations. It was a semi ok game at the beginning but lack of imagination and non-existant plot made me abandon it at some point. Pity.

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Posted on: December 1, 2024

RabeDennis

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Games: 590 Reviews: 2

Visual glitches Edition

I know the game is not a good Gothic BUT okayish for a rpg, the visual glitches are annoying in the 2.0.0.2 version, would be awesome if GOG provide the older version 1.1.0.1433 with some fixes The only way to play Arcania today is on Steam with enabled beta "Legacy" and the ArcaniaSteamFix script from hexaae under Guides "Arcania framerate fixes and improvements" GOG should give this game some love and work <3

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