I know that i will receive a lot of butthurt and hate by it but. Only i din't liked Gothic 2 NOR Risen 1 that much?? And think that Gothic 1 is far superior to both games?
I will explain. I loved Gothic 3. Loved Gothic 1. But so many things on G2 makes no sense. For example. Xardas teaches you Circle 6 in the first game if you are a magician. Why he can't teach you circie one on the second game after you become far weaker by "video game logic" reasons? G3 has a explanation to why the nameless hero lost his powers and artifacts(Xardas trying to ban Gods influence in the material world) Water mages are far more common on the story and you can't join then(on the first game, you can become a water mage after joining old game or new camp depending on your choices, on chapter 4). The paladin also is not interesting for a hybrid of Melee and Magic as a Templar from Swamp camp on G1(the fact that you can't become a Guru on G1 disappoints me too, but G1 offers way more interesting factions and playstyles than 2), the questing on G2 is much more less interesting. The starting quests often are used to explore factions philosophies on G1 and explore the world. Search a missing guy from old camp, renounce the Gods to get the approval of a Guru, and the magic is actual viable.
Gothic was mostly about law X chaos. Old camp = lawful, swamp camp = chaotic, new camp = neutral. But on G2, there are 2 LG factions(paladins and fire magicians) and one neutral faction(merc), the guys from swamp camp becoming seekers was a interesting plot twist TBH.
When someone says a "fire magicians who serves the God of Fire", the image who comes to my mind is not a guy who runs with a goblin skeleton army firing his bow(because deals more damage than his fireball), nor using ice block and spamming a melee attack on the frozen enemy.... Comparing the starting fire spell, Fire Bolt(g1) vs Fire Arrow(g2), on G1, costs one mana to get 30 damage. On G2, costs 6 mana for the same damage. The fireball costs 2 times more on G2 than on G1(10/5 if fully charged) and deals almost no damage in comparation(150 VS 60), Fire Storm, the highest damage spell on G1, costs 10 mana fully charged and deals 500 damage(50 per mana), even the least mana efficient spells on G1 has 20 damage / mana consumption...
Gothic 3 can be a unfinished game, has a lot of problems like the spear and the axe using the same animations, but G3 gives way more freedom than previous PB games(G1 who is the best gothic IMO included)
But when PB launched Risen. again a forced boring monastery with forced fetch quests that doesn't reflect the monastery ideals, they have way less weapons and spell effects than previous games, arrows has a drunk droppage and the worst final boss ever.. I din't found the Undead Dragon that bad. Nor the gimmicky sleeper.
PS : Risen 2 is trash and Risen 3 has by far the worst melee combat ever that i saw in a game.
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