Gothic Chronicles Of Myrtana: Archolos mod for Gothic 2

[Paul_cz]

I still have hopes for History of Khorinis.

Forgot about it. Well here is hoping it comes out and is as high quality as Archolos.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Ain't gonna lie, this shit offers the authentic Gothic experience.

However it is considerably racist that locks reset upon reload

 

[Ryzer]

By the way,

many quests have multiple ways to solve and there are more consequences

No, check this guide that explains each quest in details, there is only one way to solve them ( for the most part): https://www.neoseeker.com/the-chronicles-of-myrtana-archolos/walkthrough/New_to_Archolos#wiki_nav
The only replay value lies in the 2 different factions.

 

[TheSecondRanger]

By the way,

many quests have multiple ways to solve and there are more consequences

No, check this guide that explains each quest in details, there is only one way to solve them ( for the most part): https://www.neoseeker.com/the-chronicles-of-myrtana-archolos/walkthrough/New_to_Archolos#wiki_nav
The only replay value lies in the 2 different factions.

Seems like you're right. I had the impression that many quests had at least two different ways to solve. But I remember at least that there are more consequences than the original games. E.g. how you treat your ship companions.

 

[Frank Capicoli]

When do you get your gear back from the

Spoiler

guard quest 'Missing in Action'? Thought maybe it was in Salvi's chest but that was just attack plans. Then I figured maybe the next quest would be to attack the hideout and get it back then, but it's not. Do I just keep going and this happens eventually or is my save busted?

 

[Marat]

I think at some point in this quest you're supposed to get a package with all your stuff in it. Just before the escape iirc.

 

[Frank Capicoli]

I think at some point in this quest you're supposed to get a package with all your stuff in it. Just before the escape iirc.

Thanks. I reloaded the quest and picked the chest again and it was there like it was supposed to be.

 

[notpl]

I didn't notice at the time, but just a few days ago we passed the one year anniversary of the last time any info was posted about History of Khorinis

 

[rusty_shackleford]

By the way,

many quests have multiple ways to solve and there are more consequences

No, check this guide that explains each quest in details, there is only one way to solve them ( for the most part): https://www.neoseeker.com/the-chronicles-of-myrtana-archolos/walkthrough/New_to_Archolos#wiki_nav
The only replay value lies in the 2 different factions.

using a guide is disgusting

 

[Darth Roxor]

Does anyone know of a way to take screenshots in this stupid game? I need them for a nefarious purpose, but it's resistant to all my screentaking software.

 

[Frank Capicoli]

Does anyone know of a way to take screenshots in this stupid game? I need them for a nefarious purpose, but it's resistant to all my screentaking software.

The Steam screenshot and Bandicam both work. For me at least.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Does anyone know of a way to take screenshots in this stupid game? I need them for a nefarious purpose, but it's resistant to all my screentaking software.

Steam screenshot worked fine for me.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I'll try Bandicam. I have this from ZOG and it crashes when I try to hook it up with the Steam overlay.

 

[Darth Roxor]

well

after playing for 36 hours (not counting reloads) and reaching level 30, I have finally become a citizen of Archolos!

 

[Ryzer]

Did you enjoy the unkillable NPCs, the straightforward quests and the bloat of this mod?

 

[Darth Roxor]

Did you enjoy the unkillable NPCs

i love people bringing up this point as if gothic never had them to begin with

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Did you enjoy the unkillable NPCs

i love people bringing up this point as if gothic never had them to begin with

Archolos has more, plus there's some scripted death scenes which are shit.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I've already lawnmowed the entire world, so it hasn't escaped my attention, yeah.

I'm also not a fan of the rather many locked doors that "can't be opened". Not even locked with keys, just "can't be opened".

 

[Darth Roxor]

My will to play this game is inversely proportional to the time I have to spend in the city.

The quest to find the smugglers for the guild is just all sorts of bad.

- go to the port and find evildoers!!!
- you go to the port, ask a question, 'evildoer is on the pier!'
- you go to the pier there is no evildoer
- but there are signs of struggle! And he has left A TRAIL!
- a trail of... planks... hammers... and saws...
- are you effin shittin me
- the trail of many tools leads to his corpse
- now it seems you either bribe the guard to let you see the corpse or the quest bugs out, at least it did for me
- then you find more evildoers behind a door that used to be 'this can't be opened'
- after knocking them out one evildoer says 'hey how about you let me go' and you have no choice but to agree
- and then after rescuing your buddy and killing more evildoers the guy you let go once again asks you to let him go and YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO AGREE

WTF

 

[rusty_shackleford]

My will to play this game is inversely proportional to the time I have to spend in the city.

The quest to find the smugglers for the guild is just all sorts of bad.

- go to the port and find evildoers!!!
- you go to the port, ask a question, 'evildoer is on the pier!'
- you go to the pier there is no evildoer
- but there are signs of struggle! And he has left A TRAIL!
- a trail of... planks... hammers... and saws...
- are you effin shittin me
- the trail of many tools leads to his corpse
- now it seems you either bribe the guard to let you see the corpse or the quest bugs out, at least it did for me
- then you find more evildoers behind a door that used to be 'this can't be opened'
- after knocking them out one evildoer says 'hey how about you let me go' and you have no choice but to agree
- and then after rescuing your buddy and killing more evildoers the guy you let go once again asks you to let him go and YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO AGREE

WTF

Is this for the merchants?
Sounds like a counterpart to the terrible guard quest.

 

[Ryzer]

Many quests are like this one, but people seem to kinda forget it for some reasons.
Side quests in Silbach for example are like this:
- NPC : " bla bla bla Marvin can you sweep the floor?" " Bla bla bla Marvin can you help me with this task/find X item"
- Player : "Ok"
- reward: 10 gold pieces + 100xp, quest completed and rarely another path of completing it and if so the reward is modified like this: 100 gold pieces +10xp.

 

[Darth Roxor]

It's easier to ignore when it happens in a sidequest. However this task for the guild is a main quest, and for that such shit is just inexcusable.

 

[Ryzer]

It's easier to ignore when it happens in a sidequest. However this task for the guild is a main quest, and for that such shit is just inexcusable.

From what I remember side quests in Gothic 1 and 2 even meaningless quests usually alter some other things in the background we have no clue about ( like with the Thief guild in Gothic 2). I never felt my involvement in a quest actually mattered or at least in the same way than in Gothic.

 

[Tihskael]

Lemme ask you a serious question. Does this mod stand up to the Gothic games? Or Risen games? Or Elex games?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Lemme ask you a serious question. Does this mod stand up to the Gothic games? Or Risen games? Or Elex games?

significantly better than both g*thic games