Gothic

Always stuck in first loading screen

Played this gem of a game years ago and decided fire it up and play again. Sadly it doesn't work on Windows 10. You can probably get it to work with enough research, patching, and fiddling with .ini files but I just don't have the time for that. I just want to play the game. Apparently the version over at Steam doesn't have the same issue and it has Workshop support so it's easy to download and install mods.

Game won't launch don't pay 11$ for this

looks good

I'm sorry guys. I have to say this game is not for me. The graphics have dated very poorly. That's not my main problem though, as the graphics ain't all that important for me. It's the gameplay. It's not the controls, those are fine. It's just, when I started playing, I don't feel the same satisfaction other games give me. The world, especially at the start, is just too empty. When you need to get certain items a lot of backtracking is required. I know you can loot some creatures and it's up to you whether you fight them or not. The problem being, there's no way of knowing in advance if you can fight the enemies. Granted, it's hinted at the manual not to feel to adventurous at the beginning. But little hints would've been nice. Furthermore, there's no map to display. Certain other older games too have no map but, in my experience it's mostly games of which give a general idea where to go. In this game it's like: Go here, go there with hinting in the journal of their general whereabouts. When they say go to the North Gate for example, I don't know what they mean by that. That's why a map would've been nice. Tl;Dr: This game is not for me. This is not to piss on anyones' favorite game nor to keep people away from it. Those are my thoughts and just a heads up for people willing to buy this game.