Why Gothic is the only Gothic

[Morkar Left]

G1 was the better game for me, too. Atmosphere, consistency and the size of the world compared to a realistic environment made it better. And my motivation to overcome the barrier and take revenge to some people in the barrier was a far better motivation for me than. And beeing a weakling who makes it to the top made far more sense in G1 than in G2. Neverless G2 isn't far behind and G2+NotR gets extrapoints for more content.

 

[1eyedking]

I, for one, agree with Konjad.

The first few chapters in Gothic 1 were fucking priceless and among the very best gaming experiences I ever had. G2 had better progression and exploration meat on its bones, but the story and atmosphere are nowhere near G1's beginning level.

 

[Conkrete Knight]

Gothic one beats the crap out of all parts regarding the first playthrough, mainly because you don't know the gameworld yet.
And the plottwist was delicious.
For the second playthrough Gothic 2 rules the day, undisputed. Especially with addon *drool*.
Risen was similar to a Gothic 1 with a worse story, and I have yet to replay it at all. I would probably rather start a new game of Gothic 2.
Gothic 3 shows some potential at parts, but damn, exploration fucks up the storyline.
On my first playthrough I swam to some islands on the horizon, exploring a little, and ending up in a major dessert town.
After that, continuing the main quest, I followed the wrong road and ended in Nordmar way ahead of time.
Also, I don't get how they could fuck up the faces that bad, even Gothic 1's low-poly mugs looked better.

Also: German speech is mandatory, big part of the atmosphere lies in it, and I pity the poor suckers who have to wade through the english version (although Risen is said to be a big improvement regarding this).

 

[Marobug]

I got gothic 3 for like 5$ a couple of years back regardless of the fact that I never played any other game in the series. Terrible mistake, the game was utter shite and I vowed never to touch anything with the gothic name on it ever again.

 

[Konjad]

I got gothic 3 for like 5$ a couple of years back regardless of the fact that I never played any other game in the series. Terrible mistake, the game was utter shite and I vowed never to touch anything with the gothic name on it ever again.

Play Gothic and Gothic 2 + NotR, they are excellent. G3 is shit indeed.

 

[curry]

NotR made G2 worse, not better.

 

[Konjad]

NotR made G2 worse, not better.

2/10

At least try.

 

[Ruprekt]

No option for: risen is best gothic ?

 

[meanwhileInPoland]

No option for: arcania is best gothic?

 

[Metro]

Risen 2 is the best Gothic.

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

NotR > Gothic 2 > Risen > Gothic >>>>>> Gothic 3.

That's just the way it is.
I'm not even going to argue with your stupid opinions.

Risen 2 is the best Gothic.

Hopefully, if not tainted by "consolization".

P.S. Arcania is simply embarrassing, so let's pretend it doesn't exist.

 

[Jaime Lannister]

Gothic 1 is kind of boring the only thing it does right is atmosphere.

You spend half the game as an errand boy and the other half as a hero who's actually an errand boy. The hero starts out retarded which is the only part of the game that combat is actually fun, then the hero's not retarded and combat's boring.

 

[MicoSelva]

never understood the phenome of gothic in potato land and ddr.

There was time I was wondering this myself, when people were fawning over both Gothics, while I considered the first game an average one (a great beginning and middle, and horribly disappointing endgame) and did not even feel the need to start G2 (only did that long after NoTR release).
But after a while it turned out there were not so many great RPGs released around that time (2000-2005), so I lowered the expectations bar and learned to appreciate Gothics and like them for what they are, decent ARPGs with good exploration, poor plot and clunky (but serviceable) combat, inventory and character system.

The plot is somewhat better in G1, so I consider this one to be the best. It might have a lot to do with G1 being the game that has introduced me to the world and its defining features, as I really like the aspect of learning about the setting in RPGs (this even saved ME1 for me). The protagonist starting situation as the underdog in an environment completely unknown to him also helped. G2, for example, started with the hero in a much more comfortable situation which was part of the reason I wasn't very eager to start playing it right away.

 

[Atheist]

G1 the best.

 

[Kane]

we need a meta topic, where all of the final verdicts of these 100 pages discussion threads are collected. then we publish it as the holy codex manifesto and gain a casus belli for all the multiculti popamole loving traitors on the other forums.

it's also fascinating.

 

[Leonard DeVir]

NotR > Gothic 2 > Risen > Gothic >>>>>> Gothic 3.

That's just the way it is.
I'm not even going to argue with your stupid opinions.

 

[Konjad]

Bullshit. Everyone with different opinion than mine is stupid. That's the fact.