Gothic

Get ready for a save scum extraordinaire. If you have the patience to slog through the endless awful controls, game freezing bugs and inconceivably awful inventory screens, there is a chance at fun. The combat is at best ill-conceived. The story; basic. Though both of these don't entirely inhibit the exploration of an impressive world with a lot of personality and charm.

I debated much on whether to give this game 2 or 3 stars. I gave it 3 stars because there is a very fun and engrossing game to be played; only if you CAN play it. I'm sure you've seen lots of comments about the counter-intuitive controls. They are all true. The saddest thing about it is this game was released in 2001. By that time any self respecting programming team to make a first, or third person game, gave an option to change controls. This game does not. There is no tutorial. There is no progressive dialogue boxes that explain the control scheme as you begin your journey. There is no way to look in-game as to what the keys are assigned to. You must try to memorize things such as, to interact with any object press <ctrl>+up, except chests which take Mouse2+up to open then hold Mouse2 down as you riffle through the contents. I even read somewhere that the developers where not going to use the mouse at all, but threw it in last minute. For me it took about 1 1/2 hours to really get the hang of it. With all that said, there is a good game to be played if you stick with it.

I wanted to like it but the game just crashes at launch for me (Windows 10 Pro 64, 2080ti, i9). Sadly, these days I do not have much time to waste so will have to give up.

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I had heard about the impressive world design and realistic elements. It's all true and very impressive for the time. My only problem with it is that those elements don't necessarily make the game fun or interesting to explore. I found the game world repetitive and shallow, the lore and story although unique, wasn't particularly interesting.