Rating: 86.5%
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) and Adventure
Themes: Action, Fantasy, Historical, Stealth and Open world
Keywords: dinosaurs, orcs, medieval, demon, murder, drugs, magic, guild, crafting, dark fantasy, difficult, insanity, action-adventure, religion, classic, dialogue trees, crime, wolf, dark humor, slavery, nudity, mining, climbing, story rich, day/night cycle, sword & sorcery, alchemy, trolls, trainer, attributes, rivaling factions, leveling up, bink video, polygonal 3d, bow and arrow, goblins, skeletons, original soundtrack release, profanity, corpse, moral decisions, potion, real-time combat, spellcaster, multiple gameplay perspectives, rpg elements, falling sequence, bribery, theft, interactive environments, changing sides, been here before, sleeping, shape-shifting, summoners, boss assistance, weapon workshops, blacksmith, zero to hero, pickpocketing, lock picking, telekinesis, sleeping enemies, escaping imprisonment, censored version, exorcism, nameless protagonist, acrobatics, trilogy, insect infestation, god mode, class change, pyromancer, danger zone, aberrant a.i. behaviour, infinite pockets and nocturnality
Perspective: Third person
Developer: Piranha Bytes
Publisher: Xicat Interactive;Nordic Games Publishing;JoWooD Entertainment AG;Egmont Interactive
Gothic
Summary:
Gothic is a single-player action role-playing video game for Windows developed by the German company Piranha Bytes. It was first released in Germany on March 15, 2001, followed by the English North American release eight months later on November 23, 2001, and the Polish release on March 28, 2002.Gothic has been well received by critics, scoring an average of 80% and 81/100 on Game Rankings' and Metacritic's aggregates, respectively. Reviewers credited the game for its story, complex interaction with other in-game characters, and graphics, but criticized it for the difficult control scheme and high system requirements.
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