Gothic II: Gold Edition

Gothic II is a gigantic game in a small world. The trick that the devs pulled to make the game seem so enormous was to make use of absolutely every nook and cranny on the map. Most of these places aren't even relevant to the main story; you can plow through the game several times over and still stumble across something new hidden in an easily missed gap between rocks or behind a waterfall at the bottom of a deep valley. Since the game doesn't throw powerful items or experience at you like lots of the loot-fest RPGs out there, the (usually) small rewards secreted away across the island are always satisfying to discover. This and the fact that the game is largely loading screen- and objective marker-free makes the whole world feel alive and supremely explorable. Just be careful; the game will hold your hand for a grand total of five seconds before booting you into a world where all of the

Don't look at my play time. I bought the game just so I can write a review. What? Yep.. I did. For the last 12 years I played Gothic franchise. Every winter, when the weather goes bad outside, I have to follow my tradition of playing one of the Gothic games. For 12 years... If you read this far and you never played this game but you call yourself a RPG fan, then do yourself a favor and buy it! Buy it and play it for at least 1 hour. This is how long it will take you to get used to the controls and to the open-world-no-hand-holding ideology. If I could wrap up the review in some simple words, they would be: Gothic = immersion. This is a common scene that you will find in Gothic 2: Heavy grey sky, raining. It's night and you see the soldiers gathering around a camp fire and chat. One of them even starts roasting the carcass of a hunted animal over the fire, preparing the dinner. The m

One of the best RPG's ever created. Pros: -Fully voice acted -Good graphics for its age -Three really well designed classes (Militia, Bandit and Mage) -Perfect difficulty -Lots of content -Believable world -Great atmosphere -Amazing soundtrack Cons: -Mediocre fighting system -A story about dragons isn't exactly original Overall rating: 9.5/10

For those who were not able to run this game on Windows 10 I can provide the simple solution: 1) Find Gothic2.exe (usually it's located in "c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Gothic II\system" folder); 2) Change its compatibility mode to Windows XP (Service Pack 3) and also check "Run this program as an Administrator" option. And also if you want to play it in Full HD mode you need to open Gothic.ini file for edit (in the same folder as Gothic2.exe file) and change the following options: zVidResFullscreenX=1920 zVidResFullscreenY=1080

The Gothic series and Gothic 2 (w/ addon) has a cult following in both Germany as well as Eastern Europe. Developed by a tiny indie studio it featured absolutely fantastic storytelling in a fantasy world without any of the usual high fantasy bullcrap. The entire Gothic series is low Fantasy, similar to the Witcher series, but not as grim. What makes Gothic 2 really shine, isn't grittyness, but roughness. It is an unique RPG in the way that there is a difference between knocking someone out and actually killing them, meaning that bashing in a few heads is a viable strategy for many quests, without actually having to become a mass murderer. This allows for very intricate quest design and many memorable moments. It also spoils the inner child in me when I once again have the ability to verbally announce that the player character is going to plant his fist into the face of someone and most o

I was killing dragons before Skyrim was released. I was banging ♥♥♥♥♥♥ before Witcher was a thing. And I was sweating over difficulty long before Dark Souls was even concieved. Gothic 2 did it to me, and I only wish I could fit a bowl of soup in my pockets IRL.