Gothic II

[arturchix]

Well, it wasn't planned but during my one day trip in Finland I went in a local music and gaming store and bought Gothic II for just 7 Euros.

Maybe someone can share with some general tactics how to get easy started, and some other tricks? I figured out that healing and running to tavern to sleep isn't really fun so I'm playing godmode and enjoying the quests, especially the funny dialogues. The graphics hurt the eyes though a little.

How long does it take to finish the main quest in no real hurry?

[Akul]

Not to long and not to short. If you can survive the bugs, that is.

[Veldrynus]

Great investment. If you really want to enjoy it, you should play Gothic 1 first. It has a much better feeling that way.

Godmode???

[arturchix]

Well, few people recommended to try out Gothic II first, since it is better overall with improved graphics and also has a first person mode. If I will like the game, I might consider buying Gothic I and Gothic III as well. I just made it to Chapter 2.

I was having trouble in combat so I switched to godmode not to waste my time for lots of reloadings and sprinting to tavern once the healing tools in my backpack are out. I'll switch it off once I will feel I can handle it.

[Lord13]

Gothic I+II are already classics for me.Great RPGs and I believe
every crpg-fun should have them.

I dissagree with God-mode but this is about choises. I found game
prety hard on the beginning but when u will build your char strong
u will feell great satisfaction

I suggest u to play G1 first thought to understand better the story
and meet the charachters from the beggining. The gameplay is little
strange to Gothics so u must w8 few hours to used them, but after that
u will enjoy a great game!

About G3 I don't have opinion because my pc can't handle it :p

Oh, and try to find all pathces for the games, Gothic is too bugie game.

[Veldrynus]

Well, few people recommended to try out Gothic II first, since it is better overall with improved graphics and also has a first person

Goddamnit. If you are playing for the graphics in the first place, do not waste your time on Gothic 2 either. There are many games with better visual characteristics. Or, see a movie!

[arturchix]

I'm not playing for the graphics but still it's quite important. In the first place I always put the content of the game and so far, I love it. Does Gothic have a movie as well?

I suggest u to play G1 first thought to understand better the story
and meet the charachters from the beggining. The gameplay is little
strange to Gothics so u must w8 few hours to used them, but after that
u will enjoy a great game!

About G3 I don't have opinion because my pc can't handle it :p

Oh, and try to find all pathces for the games, Gothic is too bugie game.

Well, I read the background story of Gothic I so I know what generally happened before Gothic II. If I will be able to finish it, I'll move on with Gothic I. I'll try to find any patches as well, thanks.

[Veldrynus]

It is not only about the story. You have to experience all of the first game. It is almost like having a martini without vermouth and an olive.

[Saturas]

Addon "Night Of The Raven" fixes most of the bugs from original but I do not recommend playing NOTR before finishing original. It's much harder and can bring frustration in the begining to inexperienced players.

And arturchix, if you liked the game I strongly recommend you to try out the addon. And don't cheat

The story is great and I can never have enough of Gothic. NPC-s that make you feel like a real hero like in no other games, great gameworld, constant advancing through whole game, something that even the great RPG like Oblivion hasn't reached.

[Orfinn]

Aha! So here is the Gothic 2 topic I thought I saw it somewhere but wondered if that was just my imagination Overlooked it...heh

Well as I mentioned in my short living topic. I think Gothic II brings a great addition to the fantasy game genre. The graphics aint that bad, gotta be used to the combat system and it is anyway better than the dice like Morrowind system. I only found 2 bugs until now, if I try to skip the intro scinematics my computer freezes and some places in the game I see the graphics flimmer white and disappears if I take an different approach or after a while.
I find the dialogues great! Feels like a very atmosperic adventure and Im surprised that my character talks! Neither in Fable or Morrowind I heard a single beep from my hero

The enemies are classic and some I have never seen like Bloodflies. I have alredy started to like fighting against the goblins, they are cunning, cute and deadly Now Im trying to get wolf pelts, 6 of them. Time to hunt!

[arturchix]

Wow, time flies! Anyway, back to the point - after I stopped playing G2 back in 2007, several days ago I decided to give it a new try and this time started with G1. I just beat the game and I'm very impressed - absolutely great RPG. I love the Sleeper's temple design - one of the best dungeon designs I've seen in RPG games.

Even though I'm a born power gamer, I was unable to reach 6th circle of magic as I started to learn it very late. In fact, I mastered sword skills first as a mercenary and then joined the water mages to make it to the 4th circle - was quite a deadly warrior mage in the end.

So I'm off to start with Gothic 2 but I'm not going to install Nights of the Raven for the first run. Will it be possible to be both powerful warrior and mage also in G2? Which guilds would you recommend to join and what to avoid? Are there skills that I could skip? In G1 I didn't find acrobatics, pickpocketing and sneaking very useful.

[Saturas]

Time flies when you're having fun!

There's now a remake for G1 planned, with a "coming soon" release date and with the trailer already out for some time.