Seeing as another studio is doing the Gothic Remake and Embracer keeps the IP, I'm guessing there will be a Gothic 4, just that it'll once again be different... Which, you know, wouldn't be the first time.

In particular - Gothic 1 and 2; Risen 1 especially; and ELEX 1.

Gothic 3's good, but it ain't Gothic 1 and 2. G3 is too big for its own good trying to be a ES-type of Gothic in scope, was buggy as heck when it came out, had long load times - but I still liked it, even despite itself.

Don't get me wrong - I really liked Risen 2 and 3, but I just prefer Risen 1. Risen 1's great.

In the middle of ELEX 2 - and I'm already liking it A LOT.

EDIT - I have G2 Gold ,but never tackled it. I did play OG G2 and it wasn't easy, yet many players say G2 Gold with NOTR installed is harder. So, you might wanna get a OG G2 copy (Gamersgate sells G2 Original - https://www.gamersgate.com/product/gothic-ii/ ) and do that first and then do a Playthrough of G2 Gold.

Late reply, but thank you both for the recommendations. I lnjoy RPGs, but there is a lot of competition and it would be difficult to play through them all or least experience a significant portion of the game. I have all the games on wishlist for now. Elex in particular seems interesting to me, since I have been looking for more sci-fi RPGs.

ELEX 1 last month for a short-time period was in a $12 Humble Bundle loaded with some other RPG's for GOG - which had GOG-keys for KC: Deliverance, Vampyr, Wasteland 3: Colorado Edition, Greedfall: Gold, and other underrated RPG's. That was the best time to have bought ELEX 1.

If you're looking for sci-fi RPG's, check out these:
Star Wars: KOTOR 1 and 2, Cyberpunk 2077, the entire Deus Ex series (especially Deus Ex 1: GOTY and Deus Ex: HR DC), the entire Fallout series (except for Fallout 76 - it's meh, multiplayer-only, and not on GOG - so get Fallout 1, 2, 3 GOTY, and 4 GOTY, which all range from really good-to-great), Wasteland 2 and 3, Shadowrun Returns Trilogy (SR Returns, Dragonfall, and Hong Kong), The Outer Worlds with all DLC's (For Eridanos DLC) or The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition (which is a Remaster for high-end PC's, provided you got a good PC - just make sure you go Complete Edition either way so you get the awesome Eridanos DLC), GameDec, Mars: War Logs, and The Technomancer (i.e. Mars: Wars Logs spin-off and sequel of sorts).

Mass Effect Trilogy (with all DLC's) or Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (Collection with ME1,2,3 and all its DLC's) is also great - but that's normally on DRM-walled stores (i.e. Origin and Steam). I wish it would come to GOG.

I have to check out Encased, Underrail, ATOM RPG and Trudograd at some point myself; all backlogged right now.

Also, for sci-fi stuff - even though these do lean more on the immersive-sim side (shooter/action/RPG/stealth hybrids) - go check out Bioshock series, System Shock series, and Dishonored series.

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I loved both Elex games so much. They were my personal GotYs in 2022!

Sickens me to think THQ Nordic will continue Gothic (starting with the remake) without Piranha Bytes.

IMHO the only issue with the more recent PB games -- that kept them from mainstream success -- was a better combat system.

You mean to say that Gothic 1 and 2 had a good combat system? Seems to me like it was their biggest problem too, but it was the atmosphere and setting that made them great games.
And indeed, someone else continuing that IP is just wrong. Not that it didn't happen before, going as badly as would be expected (Forsaken Gods, Arcania).
But there's also the fact that PB hadn't really been trying to make another Gothic since the first Risen either. They kept the trappings, implementing them in all Risen and Elex games, but Risen 2 tried to go in a different direction, then Elex was in a different class in terms of setting, and I'd say that's what wasn't working well. If you gained a following thanks to making such good use of the setting, despite the janky and downright frustrating combat and character development, keeping the janky parts but deciding to do it with pirates or switch track entirely and go sci fi doesn't seem like a good idea. And that article says that now they were finally trying to work on another dark fantasy game while trying to get rescued, but it might have been too little, too late.

I suppose I should pick this up before it gets delisted.

Is there any indication that the PB games will be de-listed from GOG? I don't see why the games would necessarily be de-listed, if the studio is closing.

For example: Origin, SSI were shut down many years ago, yet a bunch of their games are on here.

Embracer became infamous for their acquisitions. Now, they are becoming infamous for their shutdowns.

Exworkers of Piranha Bytes have opened a new studio, Pithead Studio, with Bjorn Pankratz, that was creative director and composer in Piranha Bytes, and Jennifer Pankratz that was scriptwriter too in PB.

Let's hope they will create a game and not just a meeting after years : D Big hope

Who's going to update the games if the developer is gone though...the MOD community?