The remake is genius and I am addicted to it in the same way I was back in 2001....Archolos did scratch this itch pretty well last year but this is OG legendary classic.
The remake is genius and I am addicted to it in the same way I was back in 2001....Archolos did scratch this itch pretty well last year but this is OG legendary classic.
Crazy, already started 2nd run.
Already? Noice. How many hours 1st run took?
harballaz wrote:
Hey dont be so hard the little console eunuchs, they need time to aim their lil vibratin thumbstick.
The remake is genius and I am addicted to it in the same way I was back in 2001....Archolos did scratch this itch pretty well last year but this is OG legendary classic.
Crazy, already started 2nd run.
Already? Noice. How many hours 1st run took?
While not the target of your question, mine just finished at about 50h (my son just finished at around the same 50h mark as well). Did quite a bit of exploring and as much side stuff as I could find, but I know I missed stuff and left lotsa xp on the table. I had never played G1, but loved G2:NotR (and liked the first Risen and even Elex). Really enjoyed this one. I hope they do G2 with the NotR expansion.
I don't think I'll be able to play vanilla Gothic 1 anymore, even with mods. The remake has some issues, not all of them related to bugs, but it really does most things better in my opinion.
It's a wonderful effort indeed, and also bittersweet when one thinks about it - because when the faithful remake of a 2001 game blows the majority of modern open-world titles out of the water, it means something terribly wrong happened in the past 25 years of "progress" (not that it needed any confirmation). Much like when the System Shock Remake came out, not only did it demonstrate that mechanics/designs from 1994 are still relevant, but they're actually vastly superior to whatever the hell lobotomized mainstream gaeming is producing these days.
The Gothic blueprint of a challenging and fully coherent living world free from any handholding or Ubichecklisting deserved far more than a relatively niche status, but alas. Hopefully the sub-genre will enjoy a revival after this remake, and Alkimia will keep carrying the PB torch.
I’m enjoying the game and all of its jankiness!
Far more fun with armour and magic though!
Some people played through it already but I’m in the orc cemetery somewhere only on chapter 2!
I spent a lot of time exploring the map and killing as many enemies as I could find which has allowed me to level up pretty good.
I didn’t think dead enemies ever disappeared but I think the start of a new chapter is some kind of reset as they are removed from the world and all the plans respawn.
"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) "Have the courage to use your own understanding," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment."
Like many of you are saying, the game is rewarding, if you take your time. That mirrors my own sentiment.
I don't feel like doing chores (one after another with my brain turned off). I just started chapter 3, I completely know the world already (don't even have to open the map). I am NOT on autopilot. I pay attention. I am immersed.
Looking at steam achievement stats (30% of players have reached their highest rank in a camp - which means reaching chapter 3, so at least 20 hours sunk in). That is huge retention. This game is doing great!
This game (since it is game, and not a list of chores) makes you pay attention and immerses you in the world. I guarantee people will remember this game months or even years later. Can modern games make the same claim? I think not really (or rarely) - I had only 2 other such games in the past years: KCD2 and Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon (I can't praise that game enough).
I gladly payed 50 euros for this game, money very well spent.
Apparently this game inspired CD Projekt Red when developing The Witcher.
I didn’t know that but it definitely gives me Witcher vibes.
Even the ‘Hero’ reminds me of Geralt with the ponytail
Although I just experienced my first softlock, at the start of chapter 3. I was supposed to meet one of the water mages, but the guards kept aggroing me. Apparently because I spoke to them earlier.
The numbers don't decide, the system is a lie. The river running dry, the wings of butterflies.
And you may pour us away like soup. Like we're pretty broken flowers.
We'll take back what is ours. One day at a time.
The remake is genius and I am addicted to it in the same way I was back in 2001....Archolos did scratch this itch pretty well last year but this is OG legendary classic.
Crazy, already started 2nd run.
Already? Noice. How many hours 1st run took?
Hmm hard to say, but i guess around 60 hrs, something like that but can be shorter cause i am really a completionist that knew the 80% of the map...something like that, cause i finished G1 6-7 times at least, that I remember...
Well, bugs happen. The issue I have is they did not fucking fix it in a hotfix, and it's main quest related. I finished it before the fan fix, poor bastard guards had to die because they aggo'd the whole camp
I'm pretty bored tbh, and have been since the ~15 hour mark. I think im at around 24h. Just made the Ulu Mulu. A ton of running around in the empty world. Back and forth back and forth back and forth. The lack of sleeping places and not being able to pass time is especially annoying in this one.
Don't regret buying it, but after i finish this i doubt i'll ever play Gothic1 or this remake again. It's obviously super important for the series, but the improvements after the first game are just too big to ignore. And G2 is a game i replay every 2 years or so ever since it came out.
Side note, I didn't realize how much i have forgotten about this game, i pretty much only remembered the old camp from the original. Maybe bits and pieces of the New Camp. I remember it being over pretty quickly but in the remake i feel like it's dragging a bit. Go figure
I'm loving it. Never played the originals so it's new to me. UE5 basically provides all mechanics out of the box but the writing is ok. The world is kinda static but interesting and by the time game opened up i was gripped.
Great release for old farts, i hope it picks up, will be playing #2.
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