Combat, characters, interactions, pacing (etc) are all unrecognisable. They're all products of the 90s, older than Gothic, and they are successful because people recognise them, they recreated what already existed and improved upon them. When you look at remakes/reimaginings like Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2, The Monkey Island series, Links Awakening (and so on) - they are all successful for a reason. They're over complicating things while trying to borrow too many modern elements that feel like the opposite of what should be included in a Gothic game.

I'd be more interested in a 1:1 remake with better visuals and controls. If it's for fans of the original, none of the design choices make sense. Modern gamers aren't going to be into this, they don't know what Gothic is. I just don't get who it is being remade for. Risen 1, 2 and 3 are far closer to Gothic than this will ever be. You are thrown through the barrier into this prison.Far too much emphasis on cinematics, the dialogue is generic and nothing like the original, you can't skip cutscenes or dialogue, the UI is very console/10ft oriented, the effects are overdone (the torch has a lens flare? And the worst example of chromatic aberration I've seen in a game), the combat is laughable, there is no longer a challenge (particularly for group fights, I could go on). The Colony became divided into three rivallingįactions and the king was forced to negotiate for his ore, not just The barrier was aĭouble-edged sword - soon the prisoners took the opportunity and Outside in – but once inside, nobody can escape.

The whole area, dubbed 'the Colony', is surrounded by a magicalīarrier, a sphere two kilometres diameter, sealing off the penalĬolony from the outside world. Whoever breaks the law in these darkest of times is sentenced to serve in the giant penal colony of Khorinis, mining the so much needed ore. Invaded human territory and the king of the land needed a lot of ore to forge enough weapons, should his army stand against this threat. War has been waged across the kingdom of Myrtana.

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