Gothic Universe - Windows
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Gothic Universe - Windows
Three critically acclaimed RPG games create the whole epic story of Gothic, now in one amazing package.
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Gothic Universe - Windows
Three critically acclaimed RPG games create the whole epic story of Gothic, now in one amazing package.
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I had heard good things about Gothic II; so, I recently picked this game package up. I have completed Gothic I and just started Gothic II. Reviews I have read concerning Gothic III were not totally favorable.
Issues: Gothic I was released in 2001 and does not seem to like running on Windows XP. It continuously and frequently froze-up/crashed. I have a high-end system; but, even lowering all the game setting parameters did not help. Error messages appear to indicate that it couldn't locate the files it was looking for. During game-play, this was very irritating and my forgetfulness to continuously "save" after each successful event proved painful. Gothic I is a "keyboard" game and the controls are difficult to use and initially very frustrating - not getting the right keys while getting beat on gets old in a hurry! Gothic II makes use of the left mouse button for "action," instead control + and arrow key. This set comes as three disks, with NO printed documentation/manuals. Gothic
Issues: Gothic I was released in 2001 and does not seem to like running on Windows XP. It continuously and frequently froze-up/crashed. I have a high-end system; but, even lowering all the game setting parameters did not help. Error messages appear to indicate that it couldn't locate the files it was looking for. During game-play, this was very irritating and my forgetfulness to continuously "save" after each successful event proved painful. Gothic I is a "keyboard" game and the controls are difficult to use and initially very frustrating - not getting the right keys while getting beat on gets old in a hurry! Gothic II makes use of the left mouse button for "action," instead control + and arrow key. This set comes as three disks, with NO printed documentation/manuals. Gothic
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To be honest, I had never heard of Gothic until I was browsing through a message board recently for The Witcher. Many people were mentioning the Gothic games so I decided to research it a bit. After playing a demo I decided to get the Gothic Universe pack from my local Best Buy, for a lowly 30 bucks. Hey, 3 games plus an expansion for the second game for 30 bucks! That's a deal.
Anyway, man am I glad I got these games. I must be honest and say that I haven't played any of Gothic 3 yet, but the purchase was well worth it just for 1 and 2 alone. The story is original and interesting, the land is expansive and a joy to explore, there are many quests and things to do, all the Npcs are voice acted and have personality, and it's just downright a blast to play. The graphics are pretty decent and the music is good as well. I could see people knocking the controls in Gothic 1 but once you get used to it it's second nature.
The only thing negative I would say is in the package itself,
Anyway, man am I glad I got these games. I must be honest and say that I haven't played any of Gothic 3 yet, but the purchase was well worth it just for 1 and 2 alone. The story is original and interesting, the land is expansive and a joy to explore, there are many quests and things to do, all the Npcs are voice acted and have personality, and it's just downright a blast to play. The graphics are pretty decent and the music is good as well. I could see people knocking the controls in Gothic 1 but once you get used to it it's second nature.
The only thing negative I would say is in the package itself,
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If you have never played any of the Gothic series, this may be a good place to start. Gothic 1-2 were simply excellent games. I would, in fact, consider them to be all-time classics, almost on the level of Baldur's Gate 2 and Fallout (but in a very different style). Gothic 3, unfortunately, was a bit of a misstep, buggy even once patched and jettisoning almost all semblance of plot - and the plot was one of the strongest points in Gothic 1-2! See the Gothic 3 reviews for more details (stunlock, lol)
But the real flaw in this collection is that it is incomplete - it does not appear to have the Gothic 2 expansion, Night of the Raven, which is included with Gothic 2 Gold. There was an expansion for the first game which I can forgive being omitted, as it was never officially ported to the English-speaking market, but... mind you, Gothic 2 is still great all on its own.
But the real flaw in this collection is that it is incomplete - it does not appear to have the Gothic 2 expansion, Night of the Raven, which is included with Gothic 2 Gold. There was an expansion for the first game which I can forgive being omitted, as it was never officially ported to the English-speaking market, but... mind you, Gothic 2 is still great all on its own.
