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Topic: Mid Week Sale: Gothic series (Read 3171 times)
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Ginaz
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All Gothic games are 75% off, including the newest one, Arcania which is $12.50.
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Kageru
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Any capsule reviews on which are worth bothering with? From memory the family is plagued with some fairly average titles (and bugs?) in the lineup.
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Is a man not entitled to the hurf of his durf?
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Paelos
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Don't get Gothic 3.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Ratadm
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4 is bad as well. Gothic Universe Edition contains 1, 2 and 3 for 5.75 which seemed like a decent deal to me so I got it.
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Kageru
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So historical interest only... check.
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Is a man not entitled to the hurf of his durf?
- Simond
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Paelos
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Sky loves the series, and 2 especially.
If you find yourself agreeing with him much, I'd give it a whirl.
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CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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Rasix
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Witcher's on sale as well. So is NWN2 plat if that's your thing. Gothic 2's graphics look passable. I imagine the interface suffers a bit more. Hoo boy, Arcania's review scores are absolutely dreadful. Makes buying the entire pack less enticing. Who am I kidding? I have no time for a bigger backlog of RPGs.  |
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Sky
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2 with the Night of the Raven expansion was good. It's dated and as Ras mentions, the UI is atrocious. 3 is ok but it's kind of meh, they admitted they shot too high, tried to make the world too large and lost a lot of the character of the series (it's very mmo-like).
Put it this way: I have 2&3 from a previous steam sale. I could grab the revised 3 for $2.50 and 4 for 12.50 and I didn't. The revised 3 is kind of tempting, because I never finished it, and that price is solid for almost anything. But for 4 I'm waiting for the sub-$10 sale (7.50, please).
Verdict: get Risen on sale instead.
Kindly reminder: the developers of Gothic 1-3 did not make 4. They made Risen after losing the Gothic franchise. Also, the combat and early slow progression can get frustrating on any of them. Do not be afraid to cheat a lilbit to get yourself going.
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Bandit
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jakonovski
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Fuck me, I went and bought Gothic 4 just because it's so pretty.
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tgr
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Just another victim of cyber age discrimination.
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Risen:
3rd-party DRM: TAGES™
3 machine activation limit
Gothic 4:
3rd-party DRM: SecuROM™
Unlimited machine activations
Just sayin'
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Cyno's lit, bridge is up, but one pilot won't be jumping home.
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Kageru
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Verdict: get Risen on sale instead.
No Risen in Australia. Heh, Steam Prices so you can see how much you are getting done for relative to US prices. |
Is a man not entitled to the hurf of his durf?
- Simond
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Fabricated
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~Living the Dream~
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"The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist." - George Bernard Shaw
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