NowGamer previews Arcania Gothic 4 on PC - "If you’re looking for evidence of exactly how profoundly Mass Effect has changed the role-playing market, you need only cast a glance over this achingly old-school alternative. From skill tracks that award more impressive special attacks as they’re built upon to a borderline obsessive concentration on dramatic camera angles and intricate facial detail, the hallmarks of BioWare’s work can be seen even in the realm of orcs, potions and dense forestation."
Generic world, dumb NPCs, and forgettable story, but can it still be fun? Read all about it here.
One man's bad game is another man's good game.
While many will disagree with the author, i will say that i am actually interested to get Arcania now. It was on my mind a while ago but i forgot all about it. Hopefully its a good game.
Just don't expect a top-tier premier RPG and hopefully you'll have fun with it - thanks for the comment!
As long as you don't expect a AAA top-tier RPG there's a lot of fun to be had in Arcania. It's a great game to play with headphones on, curtains closed and for extended play sessions - If you pick it up I hope you enjoy it!
But I expect AAA quality, and Arcania doesn't have that. Witcher 3 is undeniably better than Arcania, check ANY review and see, you are one of a billion to like Arcania better, but I don't take it from you, play what you will...
I could probably list 10 reasons why The Witcher 3 is better than every oher game ever made. But at the end of the day it will still only be an opinion and not objective fact.
You should do it! I'd love to read an article like that.. It's a really good game and there's a lot to love about TW3, but parts of it didn't quite click with me - thanks for commenting!
How can someone say, that a dense story is bad and straightforward story is good? I didn't even read the rest, he is just wrong.
I just didn't really know what was going on in TW3 and this comes from someone who has played the first 2 games (which had superior stories imho)The story was decent but the pacing was off and it was abit all over the place - thanks for commenting though!
The story was best of all the series IMHO, I can't believe someone can actually say, that dense story is a disdvantage, that game is huge, what did you expect, it's like saying, that you don't like your salary because it is too big... :facepalm:
Old School RPG Fans Rejoice! Colin Checks Out the First Hour of Arcania: The Complete Tale on the PlayStation 4
This is one of the games i want to play this year :)
"I’m Dave, writer on X360 since mid 2006 and follower of all things Microsoft related."
that explains why he has hallucinations about mass effect's influence in a game that clearly has none. But I guess when you've only played RPGs on the 360 every game seems like it was inspired by fable, oblivion or mass effect
It's not like the gothic franchise has been around for almost a decade.
Let's hope they make it as good as Gothic 2, now that was a good game!
This guy sounds kind of dumb. "Mass Effect has a huge influence on all RPGs now, even ones in the realm of orcs! They have skills that get more powerful as you put points into them, and cool camera angles! Those are the only similarities though."
Uhhh? Not only am I absolutely positive that those things existed before Mass Effect, but I'm even more certain that they didn't copy them from Mass Effect. And how is that profoundly impacting this game? Ooo camera angles and skills that get more powerful, never heard of that ever happening in my life!
Okay, you say "surprisingly enough...blah blah blah plot...a more classic tale there isn't". Uh, so which is it? A very classic tale, or a very surprising tale? It can't really be both.
"...which players will utilise to hunt wildlife over local terrain in a fashion similar to Cabela’s Big Game Hunter. Except without 20-foot trolls, and that."
Cabela's Big Game Hunter has 20-foot trolls? Wha?
"Not exactly likely to challenge Dragon Age or Oblivion for the title of greatest RPG, but could come a relatively close second"
Wouldn't that be third, then? Also, for as much as you seem to love Mass Effect, you seem to not even realize that it's also on PC. I would have thought you'd name that best RPG :P
Also, there was so little actual information in this article it makes me wonder why it was actually written. God, I really hope you don't get paid to write.