Could you name RPGs that you played and were special in ways you did not find in other RPGs?To my shame (or luck?) I never played Gothic games. What is there so special in them that I wouldn't find in other RPGs?
To my shame (or luck?) I never played Gothic games. What is there so special in them that I wouldn't find in other RPGs?
DID YOU KNOW:
The reason poles love Gothic so much is actually the result of a secret german brainwashing operation?
The german government paid to have gaming magazines distributed to poland when poles couldn't afford video games, and included copies of Gothic(and Might and Magic, but that's for a later discussion) with them.
The poles spent their entire youth playing nothing but those two games creating an entire country dependent upon PB and ensuring the german economy stays propped up no matter what.
It helps to remember that most of the codex worships gothic because they couldn't afford to buy video games and it was given away for free in eastern europe gaming magazines.
must have been another game they got for free in gaming magazines like gothic/gothic 2every single eastern european i've ever met has claimed that heroes of might and magic 3 is the only videogame in existence
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...ion-rpg-now-available-on-early-access.102089/To me, Gothic 1 and 2 are one of those games that don't really have any relatives, no "spiritual successors", games that continue the tradition or try to emulate its design philosophy etc.
With a game like Baldur's gate, you'll find plenty of games like it. You have Icewind dale, Pillars, Pathfinder, Tyranny, Neverwinter nights, Dragon age etc. Sure, none of them are as great, but they scratch the BG/cRPG/D&D itch.
With Gothic you have nothing else. Even PB abandoned most of what made the first two games great (with the exception of risen 1). The only games that come somewhat close to Gothic is Kingdom Come (and even that is a stretch) and recently Archolos. I guess some of the immersive sims do the trick (for me only Arx Fatalis) but that's it.
So here I am. Sitting at my computer, getting ready to fire up Gothic 2 and start a new playthrough for the 32nd fucking time, and you know what? I'll still enjoy the fuck out of it. Except maybe I'll skip the last chapter this time around.
I also feel the same way about VtMB.
Also, Morrowind sucks (never played it)
This mystery was solved a few years ago.
Europoors got it for free in gaming magazines (The CD-ROM was included). Since it was the only game they could afford to play during their childhoods, they shill the shit out it:
One of the first quests in Gothic 2 is about getting an orc weapon. At that point in the game, newcomers to Gothic will have a hard time taking the most direct route to achieve that; i. e., killing one of the orcs marauding around the city.Imagine if Forklift Simulator was an RPG.
People don't like it when early-game quests in RPGs involve killing rats but I think it's much better than distributing sausages, sweeping the floor and collecting flowers.
It is massively popular in Russia, and it was never distributed this way. Shaki is correct that pricing is entirely irrelevant because all games were pirated with the exception of jewel versions. The difference is probably that it didn't have a high advertising budget, so it couldn't break into the markets that are heavily affected by things like gaming events or consoles. On the other hand, when it was placed on equal footing, it achieved about the same success as Morrowind/Oblivion.To my shame (or luck?) I never played Gothic games. What is there so special in them that I wouldn't find in other RPGs?
This mystery was solved a few years ago.
Europoors got it for free in gaming magazines (The CD-ROM was included). Since it was the only game they could afford to play during their childhoods, they shill the shit out it
To my shame (or luck?) I never played Gothic games. What is there so special in them that I wouldn't find in other RPGs?
To my shame (or luck?) I never played Gothic games. What is there so special in them that I wouldn't find in other RPGs?
Europoors got it for free in gaming magazines (The CD-ROM was included). Since it was the only game they could afford to play during their childhoods, they shill the shit out it:
To my shame (or luck?) I never played Gothic games. What is there so special in them that I wouldn't find in other RPGs?
This mystery was solved a few years ago.
Europoors got it for free in gaming magazines (The CD-ROM was included). Since it was the only game they could afford to play during their childhoods, they shill the shit out it:
Europoors got it for free in gaming magazines (The CD-ROM was included).
I don't know how it went in Western Europe, but in Eastern Europe most PC parts that came in were really, really cheap. All you had to do is know a little bit about what to buy, and how to assemble them. At the time, that wasn't that complicated, but still... it required some gray matter.So you are saying that Europoors could afford computers but not games?
Gothic also has one of the best orc genocides in the RPG history.
I don't know how it went in Western Europe, but in Eastern Europe most PC parts that came in were really, really cheap. All you had to do is know a little bit about what to buy, and how to assemble them. At the time, that wasn't that complicated, but still... it required some gray matter.So you are saying that Europoors could afford computers but not games?
Software, however, was VERY expensive. Especially those pieces coming from known developers. So that's why between 1995 and 2000, there was a HUGE piracy wave when it came to videogames.
This wave went on until 2005, but it slowly died down because as soon as 2001 hit, Eastern Europe started being hooked up with fiber optics. Basically if any games/RPGs were "given away" with gaming magazines from 2001 until 2005, it was to retain readers. That's why, for example, most people pirated HoMM III, but Gothic 1, they might have gotten for free.
I hope that solves the mystery for you.