( warrior, rogue or mage ).Ĭombat in Gothic 4 leaves a very bad impression at first. But your real power is determined by your equipment, levelling up only determines which Your motivation for continuing the game and fighting enemies. Fortunately, new abilities make a difference and they usually refresh Melee/ranged/magic power, health/mana regeneration ( Yes, there is health regeneration ) but each one has a point where you get a new ability for your skill. Increasing every skill increases basic abilities dedicated to it. ( 3 melee, 1 ranged weapon, 1 sneaking, 3 magic ) Every time you level-up, you get three skill points and you can spend them right away on 8 different sets of skills. Although main story goes downhill when Xesha ( main villain which is very lame for a Gothic game ) and her minions are introduced, but other than that, everything else is standard.Īrcania's biggest mistake is throwing away Learning Points and tutors in Gothic 1-3 and replacing it with the overused and unexciting skill points. If a character gives you a task, you can ask why he/she doesn't do it him/herself and he/she always gives a fairly convenient answer. The fact that everything, big or small, major or minor, is well explained in the game.Įxcept for the cliff hanger ending, every story detail is well placed and all the questions and obscurities are answered. Faithful character development for the characters from previous games.Ģ. Overall, two things that I really liked about the story were:ġ. His first step ( given to him by Diego, helpful NPC of the series ) is to find a powerful magical anvil and preventing the king's forces getting their hands on it. Angry by the incident, he decides to kill Rhobar III ( Nameless hero from previous Gothics who has gone mad by a cursed amulet ) who he thinks is behind the attack. It's the story of a simple shepard in the island of Feshyr ready to get married to a girl he really likes, but for an unknown reason (yet ), his island getsĪttacked and all of his friends and his future wife die. It hardly becomes interesting, but it's not something you can totally ignore too. Especially if it's judged by the standards set by single-player RPGs these days.Īrcania's story is a bit neutral. Although ignoring the fact that this is a Gothic sequel, ( as hard as it might be ), there's an addictive and sometimes, delightful experience to be had with Arcania. Elements that avoiding them made Gothic, Gothic in the first place. Basically throws everything that made Gothic games special in to trash can and replaces them with real trash. Arcania basically takes both things and makes them inferior without compensating. What made Gothic games special was the fact that they had both high quality in terms of their whole design and traits of a true cult title. That's because it just flew way too close to the sun. Although Arcania falls to the latter category, but that's not because it's a bad game. Generally speaking, sometimes, they alienate the fans, but attract the attention of mainstream, sometimes they alienate the both crowd. By herzalot | Review Date: AugUnfaithful sequels are no news.
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