If your story is going to kick off with something as emotionally raw as the death of the characters fiancé and unborn child you have to maintain a certain level of anger and bitterness in the characters personality. At least, to the games credit, the main character seems equally frustrated with the way these events play out as the game moves on. The game really seems to forget about it’s own plot after a bit while devolving into standard RPG tropes like every villager requiring a task of you before you can move forward. The game does everything it can to set up the relationships and get you accustomed to the town and its inhabitants before the aforementioned razing, unfortunately the characters are so generic and the voice acting so average that what should be a slam dunk moment for player to connect with the main character comes across as simply a means to an end.įortunately for those disappointed in the story (but unfortunately for those who actually expect storytelling in their RPG’s) you won’t have to worry about it much. As his fiancé dies in his arms the weight of the story rivals the emotional turmoil of reading the back of a can of soup. He returns to find the village in ruins, and his pregnant fiancé mortally wounded. The story of Gothic centers around a lowly shepherd whose village is razed by the kings army while he’s off on a mission to unlock his inner potential. What we’re left with is a watered down action RPG that, while occasionally fun, lands squarely in the shallow end of the RPG pool.
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Unfortunately, these fears appear to be grounded as the game is seemingly stripped of much of what made the series special. With the reigns of development for the 4th entry handed off to a new developer (Spellbound, the previous entries have been developed by Piranha Bytes who also developed the recent WRPG Risen) many long time fans of the series were concerned about whether it could maintain these aspects while also making the transition to console. The previous games in the series were praised for their excellent story, character interaction and (by some) their challenging difficulty.
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Not the one to bring balance to the force.Īfter amassing a cult following on PC among hardcore WRPG fans, the Gothic series makes its debut on console with Arcania: Gothic 4.
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