>Heh, this Hero of Gothic doesn't even realize what rich and adventurous back story I ha-ACKHis last thoughts before you killed him for his overpowered one handed sword.Apologize.
>>3936125It's a great twist, but it retroactively ruins Archolos for me.
>>3936125It's honestly impressive how the Poles managed to make a named character with less personality than the Nameless hero.
>>3936125>mug him for his sword and crossbow in in the first chapterpunished Scar
>>3936132It was a shit twist>Here's how you fixed everything, good job hero>Also you get thrown into the barrier so we can railroad you one last timeI'm cool with fan canon being picked up in other mods, but this one is just bad.
>>3936137LelScar does have personality too. It's just nasty and brutish.>And I'm also making sure the women get their's, hahahaha
>>3936282>>Here's how you fixed everything, good job hero>>Also you get thrown into the barrier so we can railroad you one last timeI will never understand why people are butthurt about this. It's believable that a nobody rapidly gaining influence is bound to be noticed by the elites and either recruited or destroyed.
I think it's less weird than Raven, some literal nobody with no personality, becoming the main villain in NotR.
>>3936457Raven at least is a moderately bad guy becoming even worse. Scarvin is the hero becoming a villain.#notmymarvin
>>3937095Marvin killed his father and robbed his mother's grave. Sure, he is a nice person for most of the game but he is not crystal clear. Besides, fallen hero is a great trope.
Being able to kill really strong NPCs with super strong gear and lots of experience by yourself is incredibly immersion breaking.
Is Archolos worth playing if you're not Polish?
>>3937506I really really loved itthe main city is outrageously impressive, one of the best CRPG cities of all time
>>3937506Yes, there is a fair bit of replayability >Can join the Guard as a faction, they give you the option to specialize as either a crossbowman(unlike NoTR here it is very viable option) or 2 handed melee combatant>Trade guild(Araxos), bowman or 1 handed meleeeach specialization comes with their own quests tooor if you feel like ditching your faction, later on you can also go independent with unique armor and quests (plural it depends on the faction you ditched)you also have to make a choice between your professions>Butcher>Alchemist >Blacksmith >Carpenter (the "not thieves guild")>Bowmaker
>>3937095A decade goes by between Archolos and Gothic 1
>>3937541crossbow is plenty viable in NotRI can't remember if it was actually really good or just good enough to be viable because I did it like 10 years ago but I definitely did a crossbow run.
>>3936137>with less personality than the Nameless heroIn my language the Nameless hero had a lot of personality, though he had two fairly different personalities depending on the voice actor.
>>3937506Yeah sureIf you're russian or at least german
>game called Gothic>no cute Goth girls in it
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>>3937671She doesn't look cute at all, she reminds me of "sexy babe.png" from those shitty German porn games in the 90s (like the Lula games or something)
>>3937692their file names all like babe_1, babe_2.
>>3937570>plenty viable as long as you skip all the crossbow training(meaning you won't hot anything that isn't right on front of you) to scrape together enough str and dex to use it and deal actual damage no, fuck that gay balance
>>3937707NTA but I think the crossbow was designed as a supplement for a melee-focused character, while the master sword was a supplement for an archer, so neither of them was supposed to be the core of one's build.
>>3937714in original Gothic 2 yesNotr removed that idea completely, there just isn't enough LPs to have a decent handling on crossbow in Archolos you can be okay swordsman and a master crossbowman, hell you can you can even wield high dex weapons and still train str and handling if you want to roleplay as duelist/spearmanNoTR's balance also destroyed paladin magic (it sucks dicks in the expansion)
>>3937737>Notr removed that idea completely, there just isn't enough LPs to have a decent handling on crossbowEh, I think you can do it if you use tablets and potions optimally.>NoTR's balance also destroyed paladin magic (it sucks dicks in the expansion)That part is true, the magic becomes more of a flavor rather than a tool.>in Archolos you can be okay swordsman and a master crossbowman, hell you can you can even wield high dex weapons and still train str and handling if you want to roleplay as duelist/spearmanMy Archolos build was bullshit. Had high STR and DEX, used one-handed DEX melee weapons, I had a crossbow (I didn't use it much, admittedly), and maxed out spell circles, although my mana pool was rather humble. It wasn't a problem, though, because I used the mana regen set.
I just played through Gothic 1. It was nauseating dogshit. The entire game had me running joyless errands. Nice jogging simulator for homosexuals. The end game swarmed me with hordes of enemies until it was unceremoniously over. My only other Gothic experience was 3 in 2006 which was garbage. I'm not holding my breath for 2. If 2 games so far were bad I'm not expecting a masterpiece from the most hyped of them.
I'm this anon's mom by the way >>3937987, his favorite games are Skyrim and Oblivion.
>>3938540LelI for one like both skyrim and gothic. They're just different games. But they both have great atmosphere (in different ways) and decent gameplay.
>>3937987"It's not for everyone" sounds condescending so I'll rephrase it in a coomer wayG1 is like a boobjob simulator. It still somewhat appeals to blowjob enjoyers but barely appeals to those who don't like foreplay much.You are right. About 65% of the game is just foreplay, 10% sex, and 25% just wanting to get it over with because you've had enough.This game does appeal to people who unironically enjoy the realistic approach to a fantasy realm i.e. you'd get rekt most of the time unless you tread lightly, make friends or learn 2 cheese.Getting to the point where you're no longer afraid of the woods, ruins and all the fags you put up with is very cathartic tho C4 onward is very barebones so I can see why people quit.>tl;drgreat game as a teen, horrible game as an adult unless you got lucky and have a non-crushing job
>>39379873rd is an absolute shit. 1st is bad. 2nd is the best of all and pretty good. Better than most rpgs today, but far away from games like witcher.I played 2nd 4 times, while rage quit the 3rd after 2 hours and player the 1st one because I was in a state of expecting something more because of the 2nd.
>>3939207I pulled the orcs and their dogs and lured them all the way into the castle. Probably the funniest shit I've seen since Skyrim.
>>3939683kek I had no idea you could do that, farthest I kited them was to Pedro or w/e his name was and he runs awayI did learn ledge archery to snipe most critters on the map, transforming into a raptor works too but you need to turn back human before you lvl up else you lose the HP boost
How hyped are you girls for the remake? Less than 3 months away! Sexy Diego? Possibly gay?
>>3940984Gothic 1 could be improved but everything I saw about the demake was a plain downgrade.
>>3940984Ill give it a pirate runAs long as it isn't full of memory leaks like ash and steelMy hopium is very low doe
>>3940984genuinely do not careteaser was atrocious Nyras demo suckedthey have learned nothing from the feedback all wrapped in a turd burrito that is Unreal Engine
>>3937707is it really that big a deal? I'm usually not that build autistic and I remember being like "yeah this is working really well" killing all the shit in the expansion with a crossbow. Maybe chapter 1 was hard, I can't remember.
>>3941034For Honor combat was not something Gothic needed.
>>3940984I actually bought 1st and 2nd game on gog to support the developers, after playing a pirated version decade ago. Rocky mistakes as all the rights were sold to a shitty company that produced a cringe remake video.
>>3940984They literally cant do shit past Gothic 3 fail after fail. THERE IS ZERO HOPE it would be good.
>>3941662The remake is not made by the same studio.
>>3936457They did it to fit the expansion's name
>>3936137>marvin in chapter 1sucky sucky five dorra any quest you want>marvin in chapter 6rip and tear, until it's done
>>3942009Other way roundAnd I'm ok with it. They wanted to make one of the old camp guys the bad guy, raven is an obvious choice. Gomez and Bartholo have dialogue where they start fights, they should be canonically dead. The rest are fair game, but Raven is more intelligent than Scar and Arto and not sympathetic like Thorus.
