Gothic 3

[Lemur]

Anybody else jazzed for the upcoming release of Gothic 3?

[Husar]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
You started my thread!
Argh, I knew I'd be too late.
Ok, I have to admit, I am playing it for over a week now.
Don't be too eager to get it, it has some bugs.
I can live with most of them, though the balancing can get frustrating with monsters killing you way too easily etc pp.
I gotta sleep now, will post more tomorrow.

[Spino]

Yes and no.

Yes because the Gothic series kicks ass.

No because Jowood titles have a reputation for being released prematurely and can be notoriously buggy. The word on the net is that Gothic 3 is no exception. I would wait at least a month or two (or three) before purchasing.

[Xiahou]

I loved Gothic2 (even though I never finished it), the immersion and npc behavior was amazing, imo. Part 3 looks promising, but I'm going to wait to hear more before I grab it.

[Lemur]

Hmm, there are some YouTube samples of gameplay up, and they're not the most encouraging things in the world. This one, in particular, makes me very worried.

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Although chicken fighting looks pretty amusing.

[Fragony]

From what I heard the graphics are terrible, and the game very sluggish. And like the other Gothics it's released in beta fase.

[Daimon]

SomethingY that i find a little bit borthering is...It's a Man's world..Yeah their are women but the bosses and important characters are all male....

And i want to play the game normal without the lag!

[Husar]

One dev said they simply didn't have time to implement women anymore, they made 10 models but the sspeech was lacking and they couldn't get all that stuff to the leveldesigner soon enough for release...
Sounds like they really tried too much and ended up having not enough time to polish it. They're a small team after all. But I still like the game.
Also some desert pics are uploaded, though they are all night pics.

[x-dANGEr]

Gothic 3 has an "engine" bug.. One that handicaps the game making the performance sluggish. For more infos: http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=199

Though, as a game, it is really more than just crisp graphics. It is pure gameplay.. Yes, there are bugs, but there are also workarounds.. You will only need to live with the bugs till the patch is out, and then you'll taste the real crispyness of the game.. One word to sum it all up: Ownage.. One and only problem is the bugs it has.. So, I suggest you all wait till the second patch is out, then buy it for a probably lesser price and enjoy it's sweetness.

The fighting can be really weird because some enemies either attack in such rapid succession that you will be stunlocked until death if you cannot survive more than 10 or so hits from them. Some other enemies rarely get to hit you because you kinda stunlock them. The devs say on this is they are working on the fighting system though it may not be completely fixed by the second patch(that may arrive before international release).

Honestly, I think that what makes the Gothic series so great.. Each "beast" has it's own tactic and nature of fighting, and you need to adapt to that. (Of course, I don't mean the Wild Boar imbalance by this )

[Husar]

The new patch(1.08) is out, I just can't try it until Sunday or Monday.

[alman7272]

americans have to wait until november 20th. is the game truly worth it?