It would run like a cheap hooker who got hit in the stomach by a fat bald guy with soars on his face...fastpunk said:I see they've improved performance a bit. So I gotta ask:
How would an Athlon XP 2200 with 1GB of RAM and a Radeon X1550 handle this game?
If it's any help, NWN2 works fine on 1024x768 with medium details (except shadows). I heard G3 and NWN2 are engine mates... but I don't know if that's actually relevant.
Definitely. Gothic 3 is too decent to be spoiled by low power hardware. I bought it when I had a rig pretty much like yours, I played it for about three hours maybe, then I quit. Now I have a new rig and already finished the game, and it was worth the wait. The game may not be a masterpiece, but has some nice things in it, and not only for Gothic fans. Of course, I played it in easy so combat wouldn't be a pain in the ass, maybe that's something that'll spoil the fun for other people, I don't know, it worked for me. Exploration, phat loot, powerplay, picking up flowers, choices and consequences (by the sword's law, ok, but C&C anyway) and a huge interesting enough world to explore? "Sign me in" I said, and I don't regret it.fastpunk said:So it would be wise to wait until I get a new rig? Got it. Thanks for the answers.
It's rather that his harware is too decent to play this spoiled game that has a poorly tweaked engine.Definitely. Gothic 3 is too decent to be spoiled by low power hardware.
Hazelnut said:Use magic if you hate the combat, after a while ice lance is just awesome.
Hazelnut said:It's annoying that many of the higher level spells are so useless though. Without perfect timing mobs are either too far away or they rudely interrupt casting by hitting you.
You must be having some driver or other problems, because this videocard is adequate for gothic3. maybe you're low on ram?Good, maybe it will be playable on medium for an 8600 GT now..
There is a mod that lets you target enemies with flame wave, etc. But really, how easy do you want the game to become? *g*thesheeep said:Isn't there some kind of mod for that? I imagine reading something about that.. somewehere.
Shannow said:There is a mod that lets you target enemies with flame wave, etc. But really, how easy do you want the game to become? *g*thesheeep said:Isn't there some kind of mod for that? I imagine reading something about that.. somewehere.
Actually, that's one of the things which suck about G3's combat imo. 20 opponents (yes, it regularly happens if you charge a group) patiently waiting in line for you to slaughter them? Not realistic in any way, but what's more important, it removes the challenge from any pure melee fights against humans/orcs. (Because the only risk is when someone's shooting at you, or when it's a SuperBoar with spam attack, or when it has longer range than you (e.g. a giant or ogre or how it was called); not counting magic of course.)thesheeep said:In comparison, the behavior of human/orc enemies is quite okay. You fight them one by one, because they more or less wait until you are finished with your actual target. Of course, sometimes, an opponent breaks out of this "rule" and attacks you from the side pr behind. But that is quite good, as it makes melee combat vs more enemies slighty more realistic.
Elwro said:Actually, that's one of the things which suck about G3's combat imo. 20 opponents (yes, it regularly happens if you charge a group) patiently waiting in line for you to slaughter them? Not realistic in any way, but what's more important, it removes the challenge from any pure melee fights against humans/orcs. (Because the only risk is when someone's shooting at you, or when it's a SuperBoar with spam attack, or when it has longer range than you (e.g. a giant or ogre or how it was called); not counting magic of course.)
So just with repeated LMB pressing you're able to wipe out whole regiments of orcs and bandits, even if you're low level.
Elwro said:They had a game where combat with multiple opponents was very frequent, and yet they decided to leave this component completely broken.
That's to be expected. When would a single guy take on like twenty elite orc warriors? It's unrealistic to begin with. G3 is hack and slash, it's dumbed down by nature, let it be easy to take on hordes of enemies! It would be nice to have a completely different combat system with completely different game design, but that would have to be worked on from the very beginning of the development process. And since that almost never happens...thesheeep said:Not necessarily. As I said, sometimes (and if you fight like 10 or more people at once), someone in your back or side WILL attack and hit you, therefore disrupting your chain, which makes you vulnerable to additional attacks. Being hit in such a situation equals death almost all of the time. So just storming in large groups is quite risky, even in G3.
Also, you can't change this AI behaviour, as a more realistic approach would make melee combat almost impossible vs large groups. If you would change the behaviour, you would need to change the whole combat system. And we all know this will never happen.
Except the game itsef. The game that is soulles singlepalyer mmorpg in the best traditions of Morrowind. It really broke my heart because of this.thesheeep said:Elwro said:They had a game where combat with multiple opponents was very frequent, and yet they decided to leave this component completely broken.
Well this is not the only component they left broken
Fortunately, most others have been fixed. By now. By another company and the community.
Gnidrologist said:Except the game itsef. The game that is soulles singlepalyer mmorpg in the best traditions of Morrowind. It really broke my heart because of this.
You can't be serious, right? Try reinstalling one of the first two and play for a while. If you still remain thinking the only difference between them is size, you may actually find Morrowind or Oblivion mutch more enjoyable.thesheeep said:Gnidrologist said:Except the game itsef. The game that is soulles singlepalyer mmorpg in the best traditions of Morrowind. It really broke my heart because of this.
Well, if you don't like such sandbox games... shit happens.
But if you do, G3 could (in theory, without its errors) be your HEAVAN.
Also, G1 and 2 never were different. They were just.. smaller. And therefore, less sanbox-like.
Gnidrologist said:You can't be serious, right? Try reinstalling one of the first two and play for a while. If you still remain thinking the only difference between them is size, you may actually find Morrowind or Oblivion mutch more enjoyable.
Gnidrologist said:PS.
And what did they do to Xardas? He used to be cool.![]()