If you like deep worlds with lots of background you will be supersatisfied. If you like superficial worlds living of fun elemets like GTA you will not like it. From the technical point of view there are some issues for sure and if you want to play on old consoles just forget that it exists and wait for a new system. But if you played Gothic 3 and loved it despite of the boars of death and shiploads of bugs you will not encounter major downers. Honestly, there is so much love for details in every inch of the world, that it´s simply not fair to give one star, just because you see some trees glitching through buildings or you cannot freely asign short keys. Technical issues will be addressed like in the Witcher games. The core is simply STUNNING. Thanks for the gem CD Project!
First things first: I loved Gothic 1 and 2 and also liked Gothic 3 and Risen 1. If you´re alike, this is a nobrainer. I played ~10 h, so I can´t judge the whole game. But what I saw so far is really convincing. The graphics are more than suffiecient and very athmospheric. It´s not a Witcher 3 but not that far away. Animations are a bit clumsy (especially the practically missing falling animation) but I don´t recognize it after a few minutes. Dialogues are mostly well made (I can´t judge the english translation as I play the german original) and you have often choices which change the outcome of quests or even the story. There are many ways to complete a quest and you should carefully consider what you are doing. SPOILER! example: The warchief wants you to bring a cleric weapon from the technics warden. Before that he explains the rules of the community which amongst others forbid technic outside the wardens house. If you just fullfill the quest and get the gun you will be sentenced with a minor punishment, because you didn´t obey the rules - it was a test . The world itself is intersting. It´s fun to explore old buildings etc. (jetpack rocks although you´ll need some practice for exact maneuvers) and you are often rewarded for doing so. You can discover little storys everywhere and you will soon recognize that the world is hand made and nowhere generic. Fighting is not very smooth but that´s mostly like it has always been in Piranha Bytes games. I don´t mind but this might be more important to others and could really get some upgrade. If you got used to it, it´s fine. So far I have a lot of fun with the game and I don´t see that changing. Finally, thanks a lot PB for releasing this on GoG without DRM-shit <3!
