I saw a "third" faction yesterday when exploring some huge cavern complex under Remnants and that whole area, some Ruin Explorers or something. Maybe they could have done more with those.
They serve a purpose and really do not need to be a third faction. You will meet the "third faction" in chapter 2.
It's just gender has almost no meaning in Drova. Which is a shame as I look upon the 'civilization' and think to myself "where are the children?" "where are the families?" "where is the division of work?", it feels like everybody you met showed up in Drova like you - out of place, out of time. Yes, there are two children in the game. Yes, there are romantic plots (one guy tries to get a mandragora for a girl he knew since childhood and proposes to her - Numeton storyline). The only 'woke' thing is that best gladiator is a woman (arguably I would say Bady is the best but hey) and Nemeton is ruled by a woman, but overall, you can switch their sexes, nothing would change.
the top 3 best gladiators are women lol, not just the one
they both suck dick and as fights are easier than the three mentioned, it makes very little narrative sense once you experience it
Nemeton leader was her father and her brother left to form Remnants, so there was no choice but to have her in charge since devs didn't really care for the world to make sense, they just made vanilla Middle Ages society and added a bit of magic and monsters into it
Not arguing that. I am just saying that there's barely any family units, no homes that would say 'family with children live here'. The farm at least exists, so there's some evidence of civilization. But what Remants do to get food? Even New Camp in Gothic1 had a rice farm, while being bandits. There's an inn with sheep, so that's good. But still, I get that feeling that it doesn't look like a civilization that would be able to survive generations.
I agree, the world is not nearly realistic. I guess they all eat monsters :D
I mean, the lore is pretty much that majority of people there are in fact "out of place, out of time", just like you, right? Nemeton was founded barely few decades ago, and is already at the verge of collapse, Remnants just got established, there is no civilization surviving generations there. I imagine aside from the leaders, people die regularly and get replaced by the fresh recruits who landed in Drova just like you, that's why the guy at the beginning was there to welcome the newcomers, and he was surprised it's just you and not more people this time. It's not exactly a great environment to make families and children.
There are more plot holes. I do not even think they get many new people since new arrivals seem to come with earthquakes and those are not common as nobody much mentions them after start of the game.
No, one dialogue indicates most people in Drova were born there. I think it was one of the guards in the mine.
It's not Nemeton that's collapsing, it is Drova that is dying.
20 years ago.
True, but I can take that to mean their respective leaders are too busy with their own plans, which they kind of are.
I'd add to that that with the brewing hostilities between the two factions, that any new face the main factions haven't seen around yet are just as likely a spy or one of the smaller bandit factions, seeing how newcomers like us are pretty damn rare. Plus, we don't exactly go around talking about where we came from, and both factions are pre-occupied with the world literally on the cusp of extinction as the death fog is closing in bit by bit.
It is a big deal, but that's not readily apparent. You can even show it to the druid lady teaching children in Nemeton and all she has to say is that the stone seems special. But it gave me the same impression.
They can remove spider webs. And sometimes dark areas are dark enough to warrant additional lighting.
you can remove spider webs by hitting them with a weapon
You're not supposed to play Gothic or Gothic-like games like an autist.
Not really. I prefer Baldur's Gate 1 way, it is way superior. You get +1 sword and you do 10% more damage but bonus damage is gained by leveling up and getting multiple attacks.
