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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.

Hidden gem, considerable depth, unique aspects, adult themes

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

One of the best RPGs that virtually nobody played. One of those games that you will not get until you put a considerable amount of time in to it, sort of like a science fiction book that takes a 100 pages before you get it and then you don't want it to end, that is what Gothic II is like. To think you can get this game for the price of a fast food meal. It is an amazing value! Graphically the game is a little dated but in no time you won't even notice the outdated graphics. Highly recommended!

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.

This game Deserves 5 Stars NOT 1!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: August 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The reason why this game deserves 5 stars is for one its not like any other RPG, you'll enjoy up to 40 hours of gameplay and you'll never stop finding things to do in the game.

You are in a huge open world where you can go where ever you can reach, theres no invisable walls or nothing like in alot of rpgs

Every NPC Player has their own personality and can be talked to, every thing that can be talked to has a voice

The controls are GREAT they arent messed like that idiot said on the first page, The game is meant to either use the Keyboard for all controls or combination of keyboard and mouse so you can get a complete view of the world from any angle.

The gametime goes through like real days, Start when you wake up in the morning every NPC will be just waking up, they'll act sleepy and walk to where ever they go in the morning (Work, a bar, fixing house) All NPC Players eat and drink and live. No NPC just stands around and does nothing, they are doing things throughout the entire day, some will be exploring the land, or hunting, other will be farming, some will be patrolling the cities. At night they go to bed, if you wake them they'll act sleepy. All NPC Players talk to eachother in the game, you will overhear them in the game, if you get in a fight with an NPC all other NPCs around will yell "A FIGHT!" and run over to watch you fight. If you steal from an NPC theyll call you a thief and attack you.

This is why the game is so good, its perfectly life-like its not like one of those really crappy rpgs people say are good where all NPCs stand in a single spot doing absolutely Nothing.

The game does not crash over and over like the idiot from page 1 said, This game cannot be put down until its finished. The game sometimes crashes if its not updated, or your computer can only run graphics at low.

I would give this game a thousand stars if i could, you seriously have to buy it, you wont ever regret it, it will make you want to buy Gothic 1, even buy Gothic III when it comes out

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.

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.

The greateds RPG game I've ever played.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've played morrowind and dungeon siege. Gothic II is not so complicated as Morrowind which requres your character to build strength of how many thing can he/she carry..etc. I love 1st person view in this game (you can switch to 3rd if u want); anyway, the graphic is just very good compared to other games at that time. Combat is great. The story is great! I wish I've played Gothic before I've played Gothic II.

Better than anything I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 16
Date: August 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game after playing baldur's gate 2 and morrowind. I thought that those two games were fun, but this game blew them away. I never played Ultima, so I had no idea what to expect from NPC scheduling. Now, though, I can't play games that don't at least have a day/night cycle. The NPC's have lives! They sleep, eat, go to work, even fight with monsters or each other, smoke, and have intelligent conversations with each other!

The graphics, after playing games like morrowind, were stunning, to say the least. trees look real, buildings look like photographs, and even the trails and woods and caves look realistic. The only places you have to worry about loading new screens are when you load the game, and when you travel from the farms and city of Khorinis and arrive at the mining valley. The graphics aren't perfect, but they are far better than any game I've ever seen (and I play a lot of games), with the only possible exception being the fact that there aren't always clouds in the sky when it is raining (but then, I've seen that happen in real life, too).

The story (taken in the context of the first game's established history) is fascinating: The Barrier, a great and magical prison, has collapsed, freeing the vicious and not-so-vicious criminals that had been thrown inside. You, who were one of the prisoners (although we are never told WHY you are a prisoner...), destroyed the Barrier after defeating an evil arch-demon called the sleeper. After laying crushed under rocks for at least a few days, you are brought back to help the Magician Xardas defeat a new, greater evil... Dragons have returned to the land, and only YOU can stop them from destroying the world. Needless to say, it's not terribly original, but the way the story is told is completely unique. You learn your abilities from masters of the crafts, from swordplay (which works for swords, axes and hammers) to archery, alchemy and taking dozens of types of animal trophies. You are given 3 options of guilds to join, but only the Fire Mages get the entire story, as near as I have seen (I've beaten the game 4 times, so far). Secrets abound for all three classes, leaving the game open for the sequel, scheduled for release very early next year (argh! must be ... patient ... argh!).

The only difficulty I've ever had with the admittedly unusual control system was when I first started using it. Of course, I was used to using a mouse to point-and-click your enemies to death type interface. Using the keyboard is very different, but definitely can be much easier after you get used to it. Even now, I still have some trouble trying to target a different enemy than my current target, but that's just realistic; it's not easy to break your focus when attacking someone who is attacking you.

Finally, I must say there are no major bugs in this game, which I think is fantastic. There were problems running it at first on my computer, but after I removed all of the Freeware and Spyware and that sort of thing, both G2 and the predecessor, gothic, run rock-solid. Never, ever have I had a game that didn't need a patch or three. Or four! I did have to upgrade my hardware, however, to get the best graphics possible (I now run a 2.2 GHz, 768 Mb of RAM, Windows XP, with NVidia GeForce 5500 for video). The same goes for the first game. No spyware, No problems.

I have to say, if you have any interest at all in action/adventure, Role-playing, or even Shooters, this is a game for anyone who likes games, or medieval story-telling.

The Great Game Gothic II

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you want a better extension of the original Gothic, buy this game. It fixes many annoying problems with the controls. And if you haven't played Gothic, you should still pick this up because it is a great game. Evrything is very simple to do. Another great thing is that people lead lives of their own meaning they go to sleep at night, wake up in the morning,etc., etc. They also relieve themselves on the militia barrcks ;)
So, if you want a great and original RPG, pick this up you won't be dissapointed!!

One of the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: April 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

That is one of my favorite games of all times. Great, deep storyline with solid quests, pretty good voice acting and best music I heard in any game ever. You dont notice when the time is passing by when playing it (happens only with best games <(O_O)> ). Get a new version called "Gothic 2 - Night of the Raven" with even more NPCs and quests.It is still better than most rpg games released in the last years ... get it ... install it ... have fun ... travel to a beautifull world of Gothic ... if only for few moments ...

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