Gothic Chronicles Of Myrtana: Archolos mod for Gothic 2

[Testicules]

Holy fucking shit there's an actual honest-to-goodness new Gothic? This is... welcome news.

 

[Testicules]

Started this last night. Playing a new genuine no-shit Gothic in 2022 is just an absolute joy. I can't believe I didn't hear about this sooner, but I'm gonna avoid reading through this thread so I can go in more or less blind.

Two things:
1. Just found out there's a potato voice pack you need to download separately. I think the trend toward voicing everything in games is generally a negative, but I remember thinking Gothic games did it right. This is probably worth adding, yes?
2. I'm donating $50 or EUR or whatever the fuck to these heroes and putting a Polish flag in my twitter bio

 

[catfood]

DONE AND DONE. 101 hours (skipped all the dialogue cuz who wants to listen to potatospeak lol)

Spoiler

Spoiler

Great game. Puts Larian, Obsidishit, InEptile etc. to shame. I shall eat potatoes tonight in honor of everyone who worked on this.

 

[agris]

Great game. Puts Larian, Obsidishit, InEptile etc. to shame.

The next time you read someone defending why mediocre product A, B or C was released by one of those houses, keep in mind that this exists, was made by a team of amateurs and was completely free. By realizing that "fans" are making excuses for developers who owe them nothing, and the quality of the games they make is down in the basement, you can see that the biggest problem with our hobby is what is tolerated and even celebrated by the consumer.

Don't settle for less, demand more.

 

[Zariusz]

Apparently there is a secret Jorn dialogue where he talks through his nightmares if you find him sleeping between 23:00 and 01:00.

 

[Old One]

Spoiler

I was disappointed with what happened to Fabio. Halfway through the story I was starting to like him.

 

[Blutwurstritter]

Is the story of Archolos tied to the story of Gothic 1 or Gothic 2? After replaying both G1/2 almost back to back my Gothic hunger is satisfied for the moment but if the mod has many tie-ins I would pick it up rather sooner than later.

 

[Anthedon]

Is the story of Archolos tied to the story of Gothic 1 or Gothic 2? After replaying both G1/2 almost back to back my Gothic hunger is satisfied for the moment but if the mod has many tie-ins I would pick it up rather sooner than later.

There are plenty of tie-ins, it's set in the Gothic universe after all.

 

[Zariusz]

 

[Rarre]

So.. this is good? I stopped playing games until 2023 because all is shit and work, family stuff, I will comeback in 2023 with a dominions5 campaing and maybe with this singleplayer...
after a year of non gaming the average games look like shit... the good ones looks average... Is it worth it?

 

[notpl]

So.. this is good? I stopped playing games until 2023 because all is shit and work, family stuff, I will comeback in 2023 with a dominions5 campaing and maybe with this singleplayer...
after a year of non gaming the average games look like shit... the good ones looks average... Is it worth it?

Nah, don't bother. We were all just pretending to love it for 87 pages.

 

[Marat]

 

[HoboForEternity]

fuck you

 

[Marat]

Don't mind if I do.

 

[Arryosha]

Supposing this was a standalone PB release, where would you rank it among their other titles?

 

[Alphons]

On top with Gothic 1 and 2, maybe even slightly above.

 

[Ladonna]

Why wasn't I told about this?

:downloading:

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Why wasn't I told about this?

:downloading:

Easy to miss, after all it was RPGCodex goty 2021.

 

[Ladonna]

Why wasn't I told about this?

:downloading:

Easy to miss, after all it was RPGCodex goty 2021.

I don't bother reading that after seeing previous winners of this award.

 

[Konjad]

Why wasn't I told about this?

:downloading:

Easy to miss, after all it was RPGCodex goty 2021.

I don't bother reading that after seeing previous winners of this award.

You shouldn't bother to read 'dex either.

 

[Ladonna]

Why wasn't I told about this?

:downloading:

Easy to miss, after all it was RPGCodex goty 2021.

I don't bother reading that after seeing previous winners of this award.

You shouldn't bother to read 'dex either.

What is your problem?

 

[JDR13]

Why wasn't I told about this?

Because you're a woman.

 

[deama]

I would rate this inbetween gothic 1 and 2. I prefer gothic 2 the most still, but archolos is still pretty good, it's just that it has a few annoyances in the story that I don't like too much, gothic 1/2 don't really have those.

 

[agris]

Supposing this was a standalone PB release, where would you rank it among their other titles?

As others said, easily on par with Gothic 1 & 2. I don't say this lightly, I can't think of another RPG TC that I would say that about. While some of the OG Fallout TCs are good in their own right, none rise to the level of Fallout 1.

Archolololos rather easily, and thus surprisingly, is up there with Gothic 1. Yes, there are more invulnerable NPCs and it's a *bit* more narrative heavy in certain ways, but puts Risen 1 to shame, for example. I won't subject myself to G3 so I can't compare it to that.

 

[deama]

I wonder what they'll do next, I'm hoping finally put gothic series to rest with their own version of gothic 3.

Whatever the case may be, I'm hoping they'll do something interesting with the gothic fomular now, because starting off as weak and progressing to almost demi-god is always fun, but not for so long, especially with a similar fomular.


Maybe we could play as the Orcs in the sequel or something.

 

[Marat]

They'll do nothing. They're through with Gothic.