Gothic Is Still A Masterpiece Of Immersive Design | Gothic Review

If Gothic is so good, where's Gothic 2? Checkmate.

While 4 years to make an engine is a huge time investment in the 90s. It definitely payed off. While the original engine was only used for Gothic 1 and 2, the engine Piranha bytes uses till this day is basically an updated version of the original ZenGin as far as I know. This is the boon and bane of Piranha bytes games. On one hand it makes all the games feel quite similar and works well with the design elements Piranha Bytes favors. On the other it's essentially an amalgamation of over 20 years of additions to an extremely old engine that is in many ways outdated and inefficient.

Would of been nice to have other skills like Mercantile skill. Let's you trade less value in YOUR items for higher values on the trader. Charisma/Speechcraft whatever you want to call it.

The trading system is one of it's strongest suits. Just like in a prison system the currencies are ambiguous and the value of items is more important than have a wad of cash or in this case a bag of gold/ore. The ore is just so you can add up or minus up the values.

Well of course the Sect Camp has to have templar warriors. Have you seen the kind of hostile world the colony is?

I do like how all three colonies despite their differences still imply they're full of nothing but convicts. The Sect Camp are the drug addicts of the prisoners for example.

You don't understand why Piranha bites thinks that screenshot is relevant cause You are not german 🤣🤣🤣

In this 2023 i've enjoyed Gothic 2 Archolos much more than Elden RIng.

Great video sir

crazy how there is still NOTHING compared to this game, immersion-wise, just insane

Wait , you can cook!?

i just started playing this 3 days ago. im kinda stuck on it, but at the same time ive only completed a few quests and feel so roadblocked and weak. guards jamming me up for money i dont have, hiring people to lure me away to rob me for money i dont have. the old camp sucks! X D great review, youre channel will get more attention in the future im sure

This really is a Wawiff moment

nostalgia (for simpler times)
"Immersive" is an understatement with the OG Gothic games, so many hours through all those years. Good times mate.
Fingers crossed that one day you'll blow up and get your rightly deserved respect one day.
Greetings from the Netherlands, you absolute madman!

this boi speaks like hes hungarian smh

Greetings from Germany :) Thx for your review.

Gothic 1 did many things better then G2

Foarte frumos review, respect, am dat subscribe!
Poti spune ca in 2022-2023 Gothic poate fi recomandat foarte bine, daca vrei sa investesti timp in el, 100+ ore, si daca iti place grinding-ul chiar sa-l termini.
Eu l-am jucat prima data in 2003, cand nici nu stiam engleza bine, aveam 12 ani, si l-am terminat impreuna cu fratele meu, cu greu, ne-am blocat la quest-ul cu Focus Stones cand trebuie sa te transformi in Meatbug. Da, ne-am blocat la poarta, la gandac, eram mici si newbiez.
Mult spor cu acest canal, ai o engleza foarte buna, am crezut ca esti neamt, dar apoi am cautat si am observat ca esti roman. Salutari! Succes

>putting action button on Lctrl and jump on LAlt
What the...? Are you trying to break your pinky? E is fine for actions and space for jump, also Q for draw weapons.
Thank me later

this game is better than gothic 2 because it doesnt have the atrocious crit system of gothic 2

The idea that the story of Gothic is ruined by "being the chosen one", which isn't even IN THIS GAME, is ridiculous. It's only mentioned in G2, and literally does not influence the story besides explaining why you're able to use the Eye of Innos. What's exactly generic about the story of G1? It's not "a chosen one saves the world", it's "a random inmate ventures into the demonic source of his imprisonment to regain freedom".

You should check out the mod to G2... The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos. It's totally free (but i think you should have G2 to play it, but I'm not sure) and in my opinion it's the best Gothic ever made (and I played G1 and G2 around 6-7 times each). It's the best game of 2021. And before you start you should say goodbye to your family and friends because you will not see them for like a month.

My left pinky is still traumatized by the control scheme. I always wondered if it would work better on a controller, with the ctrl key mapped to one if the triggers.

There's nothing quite like this game and its sequel (and Risen maybe). Piranhabytes definitely peaked early and never quite recaptured this magic. And the one time they did try something this ambitious again in Gothic 3, it failed miserably.

The world and encounter design in Elden Ring made me think about Gothic. The Witcher games have a lot of Gothic in them. But none of them have this level of simulation and the feeling that this is a living world that you're just a small part in.

That said, I'm not sure I could ever go back and revisit these games. So thank you for doing it for me! Love the video.

Took me longer than expected to get to the end because my phone just wasn't showing me anything of the darker footage so I had to wait till I got home to finally see this. Man you can really tell just how much you love these games. It really shines through in your writing and presentation. I am such a sucker for these low poly low resolution texture rpgs too. I've got Vampire the Masquerade redemption sitting my pc ready to go and it looks a lot like this.
Despite it's flaws I can still really see myself diving into these one day. Anyway peace man.

awesome review

Damn I did forget to comment yikes 😬. Well anyway great video as always man and I would love to play Gothic. I got into ARPGS with Risen 1, 2, and Two Worlds two which the last I didn't care for. I never beat the Risen games but I enjoyed them and I never played Risen 3. Elex was fun and I still have to beat it. I recommend Kingdoms of amalur re-reckoning or the original but I think the remaster is best for someone who hasn't played it in case you haven't.

Can’t wait for you to review the remake

There were 69 comments before this one so i ruined the lol sex number lol.

Different controls means a different experince. In the era of this same games something that stand out is a better option.

no Bromor in game, 0/10.

Man, atmosphere in this game <3

The English speeche is so bad if put next to the German or Russian sadly.....

sure the fact that you become the chosen one, kind of, is a little misguided
but Xardas and his tower were a very memorable aspect of the game
it never bothered me

Thanks for the effort/content, it's appreciated. Really like some of the unique choices you've made for reviews/videos.

this game had such a nice retro sci fi touch but medieval with the art style
the rework that is coming up has nothing of that left
such a waste

While still not at the level of the Gothic series, if anyone wants a game that as similar as you can get to this series, check out ELEX 1 and 2 (which recently came out). Its set in a medieval/scifi/fantasy mixed world. You can use swords and axes, magic, regular guns, scifi guns, and more. Pretty fun with similar power scaling.

your english is pretty brokie... try to use less text

yes, going through the video makes me want to install the game once more 😔

I'm getting "less concise but slightly deeper Way Of The Samurai" vibes. Is that very far off?

Ah yes, the content itch can finally be scratched 🤩🤩

The only Gothic I've played properly was Forsaken Gods

Ah yes the legend of Gothoamu Thicton. I'm looking forward to watching this.

Another great video as always. After your Gothic 2 review I actually went and checked out the first Gothic for a bit. It was quite fun. The controls are horrendous but I had a good time

Stellar video my dude. You're definitely more critical of the game than I am but the points are valid.
Still blows my mind that 20 years later I can't think of any other RPGs that would offer the same kind of freedom in interacting with NPCs, being able to beat them up without killing, people reacting to pulling your sword out or walking into their homes etc.
The atmosphere of the colony and the absolute cockroach power level you start at are also unparalleled and the main reason I still shill this game to anyone who doesn't run away fast enough.

I'll say this, the series looks fascinating as hell and I wanna sit down and play it one day! However, it's intimidating looking at it. Idk, one day I'll get there.

A man talking about Gothic in a positive light has discerning taste indeed 👌
Great video!

Also I doubt anyone who hasn't played Gothic will watch this but if by chance you want to replay with magic, you have to go with the Old Camp to be viable since the Swamp Camp are limited to the 4th circle and have a kind of battle mage playstyle in terms of build or just raw two handed damage.