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TRASH

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: May 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game sucks Big Time!

I have played tons of RPG's, and I never put down a game unless it absolutely deserves it and this one certainly does.

As many stated already, the controls are horrible. You have to like push the up arrow key and then click the left mouse botton while trying to keep yourself in line with the enemie(s) to even stike a blow, and God forbid you have more than one enemy after you at a time.

The graphics, sound and realism is nice but what good is that if you cannot fight your enemies effectively.

Honestly, I think any game is better than this garbage dump.

Save your cash and pass on this one.

Worst Controls Ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 19
Date: January 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've played dozens of PC and console graphical RPGs, and this one has the absolute worst graphical interface I've ever seen. I bought it because of the good reviews, but shortly after installing , I quit struggling with the controls that aren't logical, don't make good use of the mouse and create a feeling of motion sickness from the bobbing screen views and uninstalled it in disgust. What a waste. Doesn't matter how great the content is if you can't play it effectively.

Unbelievable bugs

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: February 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As many of the reviewers of this game have mentioned, the story and gameplay of gothic 2 is outstanding. However, the bugs and crashes that occur with this game are as bad as they get. If you have ever played "Temple of Elemental Evil" and screamed at all the hours you wasted when the game crashed, you have a small taste of what you are in for in gothic 2. These are not subtle crashes, either. These are shut-down-your-computer bugs. Worst of all, there is NO english language patch available. I would never consider buying another game from JoWood studios again if this is how they support their products.

Terrible, get Morrowind instead

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 13 / 38
Date: August 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Plainly put, this game sucked. If I could give it 0 stars I would. The load times were horrible. The interface is impractical. The combat system is awful. You have to push 2 or 3 different buttons just to do a simple attack. If you haven't played the first game the storyline is very confusing. It is incredably difficult, the first time I played it, I walked down the road (after working through about a half hour of load screens) and got slaughtered by 2 goblins. Not just killed or defeated, SLAUGHTERED! I don't think I even hit them once. That is how terrible the controls are.
Overall, it isn't worth $2.
Morrowind on the other hand, is the same style of game, has far better graphics, better controls, better storyline, better everything (even better load times).

??

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 81
Date: July 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Are u pay by the company? The game is pathetic.

awkward moving, more excitement in pac-man, frusterating

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I read cheats on the internet just to figure out how to equip a sword. Yeah, I never use cheats, alright, not usually. The concept seemed cool but visiting other camps in a game that I could not find a MAP unless I can buy one is hard. Did I mention in order to buy one you must visit the camps. This review is kinda lame, but so is the game.

Not bad, diverting

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: February 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I got this after I picked up Gothic on sale and found it was playable.

Gothic 2 is better, a bit plodding sometimes but you generally get your money's worth.

My computer, a 1.4 Ghz Dell, .75 Gigs mem running W2K with a 32MB GeForce would freeze on occasion, the only cure being a reboot.

Even so, the game design is good, graphics are interesting. But I found the ending a tad disappointing.

A few glaring and sometimes annoying errors, but fun all aro

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: March 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Its a fun game, the Artificial Intelligence is excellent, they go home at night, have a schedule, drawing your weapon close to one causes them to draw their own weapon and command you to put yours away. On the downside, there is ALOT of 'modern' swear words, something you probably wouldn't hear in Dark Age-Medieval times. But the graphics are great, alot better than I expected after playing Morrowind. The controls are my biggest complaint, if your attacked by a group of enemies, you are going to die, its very hard to fight more than one enemy efficently. You can forge your own weapons, thats very limited though, you can't forge every weapon, and you can't forge armor. The game isn't very glitchy, and pretty stable. As I mentioned above, the Graphics are great, not very high end, but look good none the less, the Envirorment must have has an IMMENSE ammount of work done on it, the people involed are very dovoted to making everything look believable and different. In the end, the swearing does cause me to take a star off, not because it offends me, but because it doesn't seem right to have in a Medieval Fantasy game, and the controls another star, but if your looking for an interesting RPG to play, this is it. Weather you like it or not is up to your style of play.

OK, but not great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: April 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I think the other reviews here sum it up pretty well. It is somewhat immersive. The character is difficult to control (it would be nice to be able to toggle between run and walk mode, rather than having to hold down the shift key). There is a lot of detail. However, a couple of things that I didn't see anyone else mention are how absolutely dreadful the voice acting is. It stinks to high heaven. It is the main reason I say the game is only somewhat immersive - because anytime you talk to someone, it seems like some bad high school play performed by Texans... slowly. Also, there is too much foliage that gets in the way and blocks your view of your character. These may not be big problems, but they were annoying enough to me to give it a mediocre score.

One of the best RPG ever - at a great price

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I will echo what others have said that Gothic 2 (and Gothic 1) is really unlike anything else out there - for better or for worse. Take a bit of time to read all the reviews for Gothic 1, Gothic 2, and also Gothic 2 Gold and it is literally smack-in-your-face obvious that those who can get over the beyond-description frustration of the bugs, the akward control, and the extreme realism (in this case, the absolute wimpiness of your character in the beginning - a fly, albeit a good-sized one, will kill him) and actually finish the game, will have their whole perspective on gaming changed forever. On the other hand, those that cannot will despise this game more than their mother-in-law (anyone notice that you can get woman-Hitler by rearranging the letters?)

At any rate, it is absolutely true that the gamer must goes through his/her own trials before this game can be enjoyed. Yes, combat is hideous in the beginning, but get use to it and you will have Conan peeing in his leather breeches. Once you use to the control (and level up accordingly), the fighting movement is almost comparable to those sleek fighting game that's only available to console gamers. The cool thing is that you can defeat much stronger enemy based on your wit and dexterity rather than by character level. For instance, one of the ways to kill a giant troll in the game is by circle-strafing it rather that hacking it head on, because no matter what level you are at, this troll will just tear up your behind if you take it head on. By the way, enemies, especially those smaller than you, will also circle-strafe you, as they have impeccable AI. This is why the Gothic nuts love the challenge so much.

Beside the good story (Gothic 1 has a better story though), one of the best thing about Gothic, to echo another reviewer, is that it's so immersive it literally gets under your skin. It won't be long before you automatically save game before combat without thinking - because the anxiety is almost too real. It won't be long before you learn to dread the dark and fear the night - and the night is long in the Gothic world (a day is a little over an hour long - that means about 30 minutes of darkness - and if you are out in the wood - you tread very carefully, if at all). Those who did not play or finish Gothic will think I'm off my rocker. Those that did will probably lol and remember their own fear of dying mixing in with the adrenaline rush before combat. For me, once I got over the frustration, it's simply too awsome to stop playing. (Pro: I worked hard at work so I can go home and play Gothic again. Con: I don't do anything at home beside paying Gothic ...again. By the way, Gothic 3 is a very decent game (and very pretty graphically), but it tried too hard to please everybody; therefore, as the Righteous Brothers (if you remember who that is) would said, it "lost that loving feeling" that Gothic fanatics ecperienced in Gothic 1 and 2.

Another quirk with Gothic (both 1 and 2) is that it may not play on Windows XP if you have anti-virus running, as I have experienced. And also remember to clean up any spyware. Other than that, Gothic is more than a game, it's an experience to be felt, for those who knows that patient really meant: if first you don't succeed, reload, reload, reload... and keep on reloading the damn thing till you do. And just like my Drill Instructor used too say, "If it didn't hurt, you didn't do it right."
PS. in case you want to know, best RPGs ever (that I played): Gothic 1 and 2, Baldur's Gate series, Morrowind (not Oblivion, which is like Gothic 3 - it tried to please everybody, and Deus-Ex 1. Honorable mention: Daggerfall, Neverwinter Nights and its Hordes of the Underdark expansion, Vampires Masquerade - Bloodlines, and also Star Wars Knight of the Republic series.

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