Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Gothic II

An interesting mid-2000s 3D action RPG, from back when that was a newish thing, and with an open-world bent to it, as near as I can tell. The only thing is that by this point it is very outdated. The writing and voice acting is terrible. I would disclaim that as by today's standards, but no, it's just terrible.

The combat designers seem to have been going for something action-oriented, based around moving and slashing or swinging weapons in a certain direction in real time combat. I don't think it's totally successful, but it is an interesting attempt. I am reminded of The Witcher's tempo-based action combat.

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