Gothic Remake - Playable teaser

SorcererV1ct0r

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuuUaHa3_sg

Teaser https://store.steampowered.com/app/950670/Gothic_Playable_Teaser/

Gameplay video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWYMr7TMmio

Gameplay after cutscene starts at 7:08
Dialog 15:40
At 47:15 - He fights a creature at melee

One of the aspects that i loved most about Gothic is the magic system. I really wanna know if will have a Gothic 1/2 style of magic(amazing), a Gothic 3 style of magic(amazing) or a ArcaniA style of magic(piece of ****)

Some screenshots about magic on previous gothic games

Kamigoroshi

Smart of THQ Nordic to test the waters with a prototype first to net as much customer feedback as needed. Especially since Gothic 3 was cut short from the publisher side of things and Arcania being a Gothic title in name only. They have much to do to remedy themselves in the eyes of Gothic fans.

The prototype doesn't seem to meet a lot of gamers expectation though: today released and already receiving overly mixed reviews. Can't test it myself since I don't own any of the Piranha Bytes games on steam, which is the sole requirement to get this prototype for free.

My biggest concern is that its developer THQ Barcelona most likely won't have any of the original staff members from Piranha Byte anymore. Guess I'll cautionally keep an eye on it and hope it won't be the second coming of Arcania.

SorcererV1ct0r

I din't liked much

• Be able to drink potions and eat food in mid combat without being exposed to attacks is a HUGE decline
• Enemies has way too much health, snappers should die in two hits not two minutes vs a low level pc. Gothic is a game where you die and kill quickly. Mainly Gothic 1.
• The area is too confused
• Voice acting is too slow, unnatural and takes a very long time
• The introductory cut-scene is ridiculous long
• The combat animations are too slow,
• At least they maintained the attributes but i don't know if they will tie it to gear or something awful.
• No opinions on magic but i will hate if it comes with cooldowns or other modern BS
• The UI is AWFUL. IS too much controller focused and the dialog wheel is awful for a keyboard and mouse
• The armor design of some NPCs are awful. Not wow level of awfulness but still very awful. They should copy Gothic 3 assets instead of Using this type of armor.

PS : I an not against "modernized combat", with spongee enemies, cooldown and everything else that i particularly hate. Just make it OPTIONAL

SorcererV1ct0r

Among the greatest problems that Gothic 1 remake teaser has, IMO the WORST is the TTK/TTD(time to kill/die). Gothic 1/2/3 always had a fast & brutal combat, where you kill and die quickly... ArcaniA is the unique exception. IDK why they choosed the for honor style combat; For Honor was a system designed for arcade MELEE 1x1 PvP battles and Gothic has beasts, hordes of enemies, ranged combat, etc. They can solve the screen shake, controller focused UI, motion blur, tons of cut scenes, etc. The game will not be good if i will need to spend 10 hours to clear orc town.

See at 5:53 how many corpses in the video bellow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VZ6J5xVWAQ

Or just click on spoiler