Coming from an old Gothic fan: Positives: - General atmosphere (faithful to the original) - Monster designs (faithful to the original) - Music and sound effects (faithful to the original) - UI and immersion (faithful to the original) - Combat skill progression (faithful to the original) - Voice acting - Dialogue Negatives: - General movement and animations are very heavy and slow (turning, looting etc) - Buttons sometimes unresponsive, it doesn't feel like I control the character fully, both in combat and out of it. This happens regardless to the character skill in one-handed. - Climbing needs improvement. More places should have been climbable based on geometry. Now climbing feels more contextual rather than geometry-based - Some invisible walls present (let me fall of the cliff :) ). I guess this will be removed in the full game but I have to mention it anyway Generally I enjoyed what I saw so far and it is a huge improvement over the playable teaser. If the above issues are fixed I think we can have a winner.
As someone who loved the original Desperados but hated what they did in the 2 sequels, this game is exactly what I was hoping for the genre. It is clearly a labor of love by people who know what made this genre so special. Just as Desperados took the Commandos formula and improved it in almost every way, Shadow Tactics did the same with the original Desperados. I am very happy that the same developers created Desperados 3 and I hope they continue the same path.
