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I remember reading that the devs scaled Gothic 2 down from what was originally intended because otherwise it simple would have taken too long to create and would have raised the requirements to play. So I think it will be not be too much bigger than Gothic 1. I think this is good. I used to think that devs should make a game as massive as possible, and that the bigger the world was the better, and then I played Morrowind. That was just too damned big! I found myself just sticking to a few towns whenever possible, and I avoided Vivee like the plague. Now I better appreciate small and medium sized worlds. I’d rather have just two or three towns with lots of intricacies than a dozen (or dozen[i]s[/] in the case of MW) with just too much information to remember.
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quote:
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I remember reading that the devs scaled Gothic 2 down from what was originally intended because otherwise it simple would have taken too long to create and would have raised the requirements to play...


I hope G2 won't be too short that you could finish it on a weekend; at least it should be a little bigger or longer than G1.
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In my opinion , Morrowind was a huge dissapointment...very stupid NPCS..oh well..Gothic really has the quality and quantity .
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Post Wed Oct 09, 2002 8:20 pm
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The world of Gothic 2 is ( almost ) exactly as big as Morrowind's Vvardenfell: 25 km^2 vs. 10 sqmiles. This means that Vvardenfell is thrice as big as G1's "colony".
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Well I thought the G1 world was quite sizeable. Without encounters it takes about 10 real life minutes to run from the swamp camp to the new camp, but obviously some trips can take well over an hour because of the 'local fauna'. It's difficult to compare G1 with other games because G1 world is three dimensional and one travels both horizontal and vertical.
Post Thu Oct 10, 2002 10:03 am
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i got attach to the gothic world , i didnt want it to stop you grow attached to it i hope gothic 2 is real long
Post Thu Oct 10, 2002 1:32 pm
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quote:
Originally posted by Remus
Gamespot's rating of G1 at 7.2 is certainly pretty low. Don't know what they said since it's locked (for subscriber only). Personally i would give the game rating at 8.0 or a little more... I usually won't buy a games that get lower rating than 8.0 from several reviewers.

I think one of the main problems of G1 is combat control & inventory system which heavily dependence of keyboard instead of more intuitive mouse. There is no easily customized shortcut/quick keys like in NWN.



i think gamespot is retarded

IMO gothic should have gotten at least a 9,

i cant believe nwn got 9.1
Post Mon Oct 14, 2002 5:46 pm
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quote:
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One question though: how big is the gameworld? I mean in land size? Is it as big as Morrowind? or is it at least as big as the first Baldurs Gate? thanx in advance. Gothic is my next buy for sure.


No Gothic's area ia about four or five times smaller than MW. But if you really get into it you'll find that the area is designed so well, it feels much bigger than it really is. It's world is rich, alive and many paths cross, so you end up with a nostalgic familiarity of the place. And yes, compared with MW's NPCs and creatures, Gothic seems to be truly alive.

Oh... another thing is that the whole world loads up. So it doesn;t pause to load all the time, like in Morrowind. So I guess if you're taking about once of loading, the Gothic land area is hundreds of times bigger than MW
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beauty is in the eye of the beholder, mmm i think gamespot had a lot of spots in their eyes i really enjoyed playing gothic, i didnt sleep for a day, and had played it for nearly 30 hours in a row (food included) and like somebody said over here, i just remember 2 games that really got me this way, and they are Chronno Trigger, and Zelda Ocarina Of Time, i liked others games as well, but that kinda feeling like gothic atmosphear or the Great Mega beautifull time travel of Chrono, mm i cant tell of any other game with that kind of TRAMA, just my thoughts
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Gamespot has more than one opinion on Gothic. We all know about the review, but their real RPG expert ... shows again that he is an expert.

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Post Wed Oct 16, 2002 9:20 pm
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quote:
Originally posted by Erb Duchenne


No Gothic's area ia about four or five times smaller than MW. But if you really get into it you'll find that the area is designed so well, it feels much bigger than it really is. It's world is rich, alive and many paths cross, so you end up with a nostalgic familiarity of the place. And yes, compared with MW's NPCs and creatures, Gothic seems to be truly alive.


I agree, but i wonder how much of MW is traversable? Much of the area seems to be filler hills that coral you from one area to the next. Even if you can reach the top of a hill by levetation, there isn't much up there.
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It's just amazing, i mean...in my opinion Gothic's big, it takes a while to travel around the whole world of gothic, to think that g2 will have a much bigger world is just amazing...can't wait
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Post Wed Oct 16, 2002 10:57 pm
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haha chrono trigger spots in there eyes lol good one , i dont like gamespot either there whole staff are ***

I agree i think gothic should get at least 9 out of 10 , i cant wait to see what gothic 2 is like
Post Thu Oct 17, 2002 12:50 am
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I switched to Gamespot when Gamecenter shut down. But hurried outta there when they started charging for membership. What's that about huh?
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Post Thu Oct 17, 2002 6:05 pm
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Yeah. It was the same with me, Erb...
They don't let you see more than 5 screenshots now too!
And it's not like you cant go back to another site to see the SAME screens or the SAME content that Gamespot restricts to non-members!!
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