Vapourware Gothic: History of Khorinis - fan-made prequel

[Ismaul]

ELEX was shit.

Begone, herald of decline!

 

[deama]

Ugh, why does it have to be a damn prequel! Why can't they just retcon Gothic 3 and make their own version of gothic 3 using the gothic 2 engine? Or maybe make a "in a land far away" thing with the gothic 2 engine? I've played gothic 2 over 4 times, I'm sick of khorinis!

 

[Lilura]

Khorinis was one of the best popamole quest-hubs.

 

[Lord Commissar Alexer]

I will never understand why the Gothic series was so popular in Poland.

 

[taxalot]

I will never understand why the Gothic series was so popular in Poland.

Because it happens in a sad and hopeless world. Familiarity with the concepts is important for mainstream appeal.

 

[HoboForEternity]

I will never understand why the Gothic series was so popular in Poland.

Because it happens in a sad and hopeless world. Familiarity with the concepts is important for mainstream appeal.

so for polish the orcs are german army trampling trough their homes?

 

[Edija]

ELEX was shit. Why would this be any different?

Quality shit; massive incline, you nagger.

 

[barghwata]

I just hope they didn't keep the same combat system from gothic 2 cuz it sucked.

 

[Skdursh]

Holy shit there are so many retarded half-breeds in this thread I want to puke. ELEX is literally Game of the Decade massive incline and the Gothic series is a multi-national historic treasure worth more than the entire original works of Shakespeare and Michelangelo combined and if you say otherwise it's because you're a soy-drinking troglodyte sewer CHUD who wipes their ass by poking their finger through the tissue and shoving it up their ass to scoop out the poo... and you don't even wash your hands; disgusting.

 

[Metro]

I see people are not very interested in this....

Tends to happen when you let a project languish for seven years.

 

[thesecret1]

Hopefully it'll be better than other Gothic mods. Far too often, they delve into ridiculous fanfiction shit and the custom made maps are very rudimentary

 

[Cryomancer]

Amazing. Only one question. Only i had the impression that Adanos is not really a deity? That he is just the nature itself? I mean, when Xardas in beginning of Gothic 3 destroyed the rune magic to try reduce the gods influence in the material plane, water mages was unnafected. Many spells on G3 says things like "the hero calls innos to slay one of his enemies" - Meteor or "the hero summons an army directly from beliar realm" - Army of Darkness.

But all magic teached to you by water mages doesn't even mention Adanos. Note that Beliar magic and Innos magic is obtained on Shines.

 

[J_C]

Holy shit there are so many retarded half-breeds in this thread I want to puke. ELEX is literally Game of the Decade massive incline and the Gothic series is a multi-national historic treasure worth more than the entire original works of Shakespeare and Michelangelo combined and if you say otherwise it's because you're a soy-drinking troglodyte sewer CHUD who wipes their ass by poking their finger through the tissue and shoving it up their ass to scoop out the poo... and you don't even wash your hands; disgusting.

 

[Cryomancer]

Talking about mods, any mod for gothic 2 that allow you to become a mage apprentice for Xardas or join in the Circle of Water? I like magic, there are two factions for melee fighters but in order to be a mage on G2, you need to join in a monastery. IMO learn magic from Xardas or from Water Mages sounds more cool.

 

[Zariusz]

I wonder how much of original History Of Khorinis ended in Chronicles Of Myrtana, that screenshot of untextured city gate feels familiar.

 

[notpl]

I wonder how much of original History Of Khorinis ended in Chronicles Of Myrtana, that screenshot of untextured city gate feels familiar.

The team has been very professional about not airing their dirty laundry, but reading between the lines, it seems like when the two teams split up, all the people who were actually producing anything of value went off to create CM. Hence why that game actually exists four years later.

 

[Zeriel]

Talking about mods, any mod for gothic 2 that allow you to become a mage apprentice for Xardas or join in the Circle of Water? I like magic, there are two factions for melee fighters but in order to be a mage on G2, you need to join in a monastery. IMO learn magic from Xardas or from Water Mages sounds more cool.

Kind of feels like to me Bandits/Dragon Hunters are supposed to be "ranged" faction, the crossbows are hella strong, it's just that there is no devoted ranged or melee in Gothic (or PB games in general), you go non-caster you use both.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Seems like the recent (last month) build of the project got leaked for a spicy pics taken from Google Images

Spoiler

 

[Bawagan]

The mod has been officially canceled.

Farewell and the Last Information about the Status of the Project
The History of Khorinis team has made a decision to discontinue work on the modification and say goodbye to the fans. From this point, we would like to explain the reasons for this decision and emphasize a few matters.
The main reason for discontinuing the work is the lack of communication with the former main coordinator of the project, who was responsible, among other things, for the preparation of dubbing. We did not receive a definite answer whether the dubbing would be recorded, so we assumed it couldn't be counted on 100%. The situation regarding the limited amount of recordings of the 'Nestors,' (original voice actors) who have already passed away, is also unclear. The History of Khorinis without the promised "original" dubbing loses its meaning. We also regret that the recordings of the 'Nestors' will not be implemented into the modification. However, we hope that the copyright holder will be able to use them in a positive way.
Some time ago we decided to reduce the "Vaduz" part (the HoK 1) and combine it with Khorinis (the HoK 2) in order to increase the likelihood of preparing voiceovers for both previously planned parts of the modification. Due to the unclear status of the voiceover work and too many issues in script development, we were unable to determine a clear course of action. From March of this year to August, we devoted our time to script revisions and the design of the further storyline (Khorinis).
Running an inflated PR that raised players' hopes for an ambitious project with a star-studded cast , was a mistake on the part of the Team.
Many Gothic modification projects have failed due to a lack of motivation, and it's similar here, but we want it to be clear to you that the lack of motivation stemmed from mismanagement that no one has the strength to fix anymore.
We APOLOGIZE to all fans who were anticipating the mod, sending us kind or bitter but constructive words and all those who financially supported us on the YouTube channel.
From this point, we would also like to congratulate the success of the Gothic II Chronicles of Myrtana team. A team that transformed true passion into something that actually came to life, even though it was initially met with misunderstanding from the fandom. We're pleased that they managed to turn it into a good mod that captured the Gothic community's interest enough to leave them hungry for more.
We bow low, bid farewell and go our own way. The History of Khorinis 2008-2023.
Regards, The History of Khorinis team.

Does anybody maybe have a link to a video of the leaked version? I would love to see it in movement.

 

[Steezus]

Bummer, but to be expected. It would've been amazing to get another Archolos, because that shit was fire.

 

[deama]

Yeah too bad, they could have used the new fancy AI voice actors too, would have been interesting.

 

[Jinn]

So much work down the drain...

 

[Adolf Shitler]

The worst news of the 21st century.

 

[thesecret1]

Sounds like the rumours were right and everyone of worth moved to Archolos

 

[deama]

So much work down the drain...

Maybe it'll be leaked by someone?