Incline Gothic 3.

[Sinatar]

Gothic 3 receive much hate. I mean, saying that it is not great as G1/G2 is fine. Saying that is "trash like arcania" is completely BS. Gothic 3 is unfinished, has repetitive quests, awful melee combat, etc? Yes. But compare to other mid 00s games such as Oblivion.

It's not an either or situation.

Gothic 3 is shit.

Oblivion is shit.

 

[Inconceivable]

It's not an either or situation.

Gothic 3 is shit.

Oblivion is shit.

Some good shit man!
Hardcore TES fans tend to agree that Oblivion had the best quests. With an overhaul mod like OOO and a few others sprinkled on top to spice things up, makes a great game. Oblivion has the best magic mod, I think it was Midas Magic, that adds a load of magic-related quests and parallel dimensions to explore. I had so much fun with my last huge modded Oblivion playthrough all those many years ago, it was borderline illegal - alternate dimensions, dragon flying, filling fortress with mannequins and collecting all armor sets, Wizards Tower Harem... Yes, you absolutely have to add the extra companions mod with skimpy clothes + nude mods to fill the Wizards Tower with all 'them hot bitches (turn to face wall when girlfriend/wife shows up - tell her you're searching for a hidden switch).

If someone asks I would say Morrowind and Skyrim were better TES games, but I probably had the most fun with modded Oblivion.
Also, Oblivion is the game with one of the best DLC's of all time. I'm of course talking about the Horse Armor DLC.

Gothic 3 also has great soundtrack, btw.

 

[Konjad]

I guess I should have watched this video before I have Gothic 3 another try...



It's very concise while lasting 50 minutes and doesn't even mention many other issues I have with this game lol

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Were you using the quest pack + content mod? I found it decent enough with both, surprisingly good content from modders.

 

[Konjad]

Were you using the quest pack + content mod? I found it decent enough with both, surprisingly good content from modders.

Just the community patch 1.75.

But no, I don't believe anything can make this utter turd playable.

 

[Danikas]

I guess I should have watched this video before I have Gothic 3 another try...



It's very concise while lasting 50 minutes and doesn't even mention many other issues I have with this game lol

 

[Konjad]

I guess it's time to play Forsaken Gods now. Seems more entertaining based on this video:

 

[Lord_Potato]

Were you using the quest pack + content mod? I found it decent enough with both, surprisingly good content from modders.

Just the community patch 1.75.

But no, I don't believe anything can make this utter turd playable.

Well you receive more complicated quests and get to spend more time with the old crew. Seems like it does address at least some of your criticisms.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Were you using the quest pack + content mod? I found it decent enough with both, surprisingly good content from modders.

Just the community patch 1.75.

But no, I don't believe anything can make this utter turd playable.

Try it again with both. I disliked it at first but with those it was OK.

 

[Lord_Potato]

I'm playing Gothic 3 with this setup (community patch, quest pack, content mod) and the game is pretty good. Sure, it's a very different formula to Gothic 1 & 2 but it has its own merits, like genuine interesting exploration (you can get lost in Nordmar) or moments of great emergent gameplay. Plus, it's one of the last open world RPGs without quest compass, in which characters actually give you directions to places.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I'm playing Gothic 3 with this setup (community patch, quest pack, content mod) and the game is pretty good. Sure, it's a very different formula to Gothic 1 & 2 but it has its own merits, like genuine interesting exploration (you can get lost in Nordmar) or moments of great emergent gameplay. Plus, it's one of the last open world RPGs without quest compass, in which characters actually give you directions to places.

There's an option in the config file to increase the world simulation radius btw

Turn up the Entity.ROI in the ge3.ini to increase the radius the world simulates at(enemies appear, NPCs act, etc.,) Game feels like it was intended to be played with a super high setting but it makes the game lag pretty bad. 8000 is a decent compromise(4000 is default)

 

[Lord_Potato]

Even without increasing the settings I managed to cause through my actions a large battle between garrison of Montera, the grain thieves and a large number of snappers. I did not even plan this, but was out of arrows and needed to distract the orcs chasing me. One thing lead to another and then a large region was filled with combatants. I was just running between them and killing whoever seemded to take an upper hand.

As a result after a long battle the town was freed from the orcs and I got tons of experience and loot.