War has been waged across the kingdom of Myrtana. Orcish hordes invaded human territory and the king of the land needed a lot of ore to forge enough weapons, should his army stand against this threat. Whoever breaks the law in these darkest of times is sentenced to serve in the giant penal colony o...
War has been waged across the kingdom of Myrtana. Orcish hordes invaded human territory and the king of the land needed a lot of ore to forge enough weapons, should his army stand against this threat. Whoever breaks the law in these darkest of times is sentenced to serve in the giant penal colony of Khorinis, mining the so much needed ore.
The whole area, dubbed "the Colony", is surrounded by a magical barrier, a sphere two kilometers diameter, sealing off the penal colony from the outside world. The barrier can be passed from the outside in – but once inside, nobody can escape. The barrier was a double-edged sword - soon the prisoners took the opportunity and started a revolt. The Colony became divided into three rivaling factions and the king was forced to negotiate for his ore, not just demand it.
You are thrown through the barrier into this prison. With your back against the wall, you have to survive and form volatile alliances until you can finally escape.
Features include:
One of the biggest RPGs with over 50 hours of gameplay
A large variety of weapons and spells for your character
A living world where people go to work, sleep, eat and fight to survive
Forget those new RPG's Gothic rules them all, i own atleast three different copies of this already and would pay for one more. Unfortunatly abit low on cash atm.
Played thru this three times and i've enjoyed every time i have done it.
Three prisoner camps share this piece of land and also some bandits/raiders, you can go at it alone or join one of the camps. The "reds" being the easiest and the greens being the hardest to join, blues are somewhere in the middle. Alone being hardest. (if it even was possible.)
Buy it own it game it!
The title seemed perfect because every single time I see someone defending the horrible combat system, they always say the exact same thing: "They made it that way on purpose," somehow implying that it was a genius move... Well sometimes it is just bad programming. The combat system will have you yelling at your computer! Yes, it is simple, you hold down left Ctrl and use arrow keys to swing, okay, fine; but you can only hit the highlighted target, and you WILL get swarmed.. I keep trying to enjoy this game, and I do enjoy it for the most part, but I find myself having to take very long breaks from it because the clunky combat system is way too frustrating to me. Combat training helps a great deal, but it takes a lot of training to do a serious dent in a lot of the AI. In addition to only being able to hit the highlighted enemy, there are times when you do hit them, and from either design or bug, you do NO damage (even though the sounds and graphics tell you that you hit them). At some point it gets beyond ridiculous, after I was level 2 in 1 handed swords, and at least 10 extra points into strength, and I was still getting crushed by wolves and lizards, not because I wasn't strong or "skillful" enough, but due to the horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE, combat controls/bugs/settings. I get killed by wolves because they ALWAYS come from no where and usually behind you! Lizards appear to only be damaged by certain swings (unless bug?) and they too will swarm. Currently, my strategy is trying to lure bad guys one at a time away from their groups by getting close, then jumping back; perhaps there is a better strategy I am yet to discover. Any ways, to top it off; in my opinion this is a great game with the absolute worst combat system I have ever seen, and I can imagine that it has ruined this game for a lot of people.. I would recommend giving it a try for yourself, just have a lot of different save files, and train, a lot.
GOG stands for good old games and you always say that you make old game playable what is not true and not only for Gothic. So: I can't play Gothic because it doesn't work on Windows 10.
Truly an RPG gem that stands out even 20 years later after its release. What made this game for me is the dark eerie graphics, raw dubbing and audio and most of all rough dialogues and very interesting storyline. Gameplay mechanics are rewarding leaving you feeling that any progress you do is well deserved given the difficulty of combat and new levels gaining.
For all those looking for help on how to run this game on Win 10 here is the guide: https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018195577-Gothic-2-Gold-game-doesn-t-launch?product=gog
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