G2 is a game that knows what it is:
Don't worry guys! You can come out now, it's entirely safe: Gothic 2 knows what it is!
Tough in the sense that it relies heavily on armor and weapon progression:
New Vegas characters scale with armor and weapons. When my gun-specialist fires his stealth pistol in a casino where I can't bring my guns, she is
significantly worse, approx. 1/10th of combat strength, compared to when she's wielding weapons from another tier.
Same goes for armor.
character progress is not continuous but rather delivered in quantized amounts
As in New Vegas, but I don't really understand why quantified instead of continious character development is preferable?
As New Vegas (except for that retarded rocket-quest).
As New Vegas, which actually does an even better job at this.
The art direction has intelligent behaviour?
There's nothing severely out of place anywhere.
The instances of out-of-placeness in New Vegas are few and far between. There are LOADS more of those instances in Fallout 2.
consuming potions requires you to 'use' them in the inventory,
Oh you mean that thing New Vegas UI also requires you to do and which everybody thinks sucks? Ah. It's cool when it's in Gothic 2. Get it.
attacking requires complication,
"Attacking requires complication." Gonna have to spell that out for me, babe.
Once you get used to them they feel natural.
Once you get used to anything it feels natural. That's why it's called getting "used to it." I'm not bothered by New Vegas' interface anymore, 'cause I've gotten used to it. Doesn't mean it's good.
A silly roller-coaster ride with no cohesion whatsoever.
I'll take your word for it.
NCR sets up a 'Fantastic' dude to take care of an extremely important solar power facility just for the lulz of it.
Out of extreme desperation. There are no other volunteers. Although I'll grant you that's a minor character, in a minor quest, that has minor problems. Guess it's game over now, New Vegas. Fuck that game.
An idiot scientist believes he is a Ghoul for the lulz of it. You can send a faction of religious ghouls (who believe for the lulz of it) into space for the lulz of it. Or kill them for the lulz of it. Their leader speaks with a background echo just for the lulz of it. You can wear space suits and helmets just for the lulz of it (nobody comments on such a ridicule apparel).
Yep, that entire quest-line is completely retarded. Must have been Sawyer's kid with aspergers that wrote it, I agree.
The owner of the dinosaur store sells T-Rex toys for the lulz of it.
Did you play this game? He even comments that his just trying to sell of what he has, and he happens to have a lot of fucking dinosaurs since that's what's the souvenir-shop he took over. Also says no one buys them.
The Caesar's Legion burns down towns (instead of enslaving them) for the lulz of it
...
I get what you're doing now
You dislike reading so much, instead of actually investigating why they do this shit you just say: "ITZ 4 TEH LULZ!"
Most (though not all) skill checks are of the F3 quest-skip variety instead of providing a real solution.
Alternative branches, alternative rewards/punishments, different faction standings, locks/opens other quests, the list goes on... Ah, but whatever:
"ITZ 4 TEH LULZ!"
Skills themselves have taken a turn for the worse since now Guns encompasses all of the important weapons in the game: Guns+Repair+Skill 3 is now even less of a no-brainer.
Not unless you're willing to put 8-10 points in strength. I'm maxed in guns but can't use anything that would be called "Big Guns" back in the day.
So, as an elite codex member would have put it, "NYAH!"
'Hardcore' mode is a joke since food, water, and rad-away are in an extremely ample supply
Let's look at what food & water requirements don't do: Give you penalties associated with dehydration and starvation (since, as you say, they are quite easy to acquire).
Now, let's look at what they do: Cost you caps (especially important early on), weigh a fuckton, enforce travel.
The fact that ammo has weight is also of import. I usually like to branch out a little into energy weapons late game. Can't, because of the weight problems they pose.
Character creation is pure mindfuck.
Look up what an argument is. That isn't it.
Don't... Really... Care...
The fugly interface+PipBoy is still in.
Gothic 2 shitty interface: Good because you get used to it.
New Vegas interface: "ITZ 4 TEH LULZ!"
Both are shit, let's be honest.
Voice acting is downright deplorable
Won't get any arguments there.
Writing is mediocre and at times even bad
This must be the 10th time you've posted a statement without an argument and just expected me to go along with it.
1eyedking thinks I'm too stupid too notice
It's a game with no semblance of intelligence anywhere.
See above plox.
