While checking on the progress of the Gothic Reloaded Mod (Wishlist entry) I noticed this thread on the official Gothic Reloaded Mod forum.

OP (a fellow GoG enthusiast it looks like) is asking if the devs had any interest to host/distribute the finished mod on GoG as well, as is already the case with The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos, which releases next Friday, I believe.

Judging from the main dev's replies, they see the definite potential in a GoG release (wider reach, more exposure, also boosting the sales of the required base game in the process, which THQNordic wouldn't mind at all, I assume) but are unsure about the additional effort/maintenance a GoG version of the mod would entail.

OP already suggested to ask the The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos devs about the technical side of things (since they're about to release a Gothic mod/total conversion on GoG) and especially about how they ended up to be hosted on/distributed through GoG in the first place, but maybe someone from GoG's BizDev department could try to get in contact and directly clarify things with them as well?

The person to contact would be one Pierre Beckmann (going by the handle "ThielHater").
The discontinued guest book on the Gothic Reloaded Mod website (https://www.gothic-reloaded-mod.de/?page=guestbook) contains several email addresses (including one with his real name on a well-known and long running email service starting with "y") under which he most probably still can be reached.

Gothic Reloaded Mod on GOG would be awesome! I so want to replay Gothic 1 with this mod!

Not to forget the increased attention GOG would receive carrying the mod.
The advantages of a one-click easy-to-apply offline installer are not to underestimate either, especially with most people not very tech-savvy and not keen to fiddle around with mod managers these days.

If the Archolos developers managed to repackage it all into one (or two?) offline installer - and they apparently did with the release just around the corner on 10/12 - it obviously can't be much of problem.

Of course, that goes without saying.

I also don't think there's much room for anything to go terribly wrong on the technical side of things, come Friday's release of The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos should make for an excellent test case in this regard.

That one isn't a remaster, it's a complete remake/reimagining, as it also states in the title.

The Gothic Reloaded Mod to the original 2001 Gothic is what Deus Ex: Revision is to Deus Ex.

No it's a full on Remake.

Voted, both would be good. Gothic series is still one of the best:.

Yes but remake or remaster, if the publisher sees both as pursuing a sale from the same target audience, even if they don't remove the old one from the store BeamDog style, that doesn't mean they don't have an incentive to not compete with the new one by not upgrading the old one to exaggerate the differences people will see when comparing them.

THQNordic is also open and sympathetic to the idea of releasing free mods to classic titles in an official capacity, obviously.
Otherwise we wouldn't have the already mentioned The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos, a free total conversion of Gothic 2 releasing this Friday.

This is why we need gog mixes back, I didn't know this mod was on gog...or rather that it will release on gog.

Thank you Swedrami for bringing this to my attention. :)

Wouldn't mind a release on GOG, too, voted.
I also don't see the Gothic Reloaded Mod clashing with the remake at all, if the mod should get released here eventually.
We're talking two sets of the Gothic audience here:
One made up of veterans/die hard afficionados who don't mind the clunkiness or general jank of the original 2001 Gothic and might just be interested in the visual makeover only (leaving everything else as is) and the other one comprised of people who for some reason can't get over the clunkiness or general jank (and likely the graphics) of the original 2001 Gothic and don't care about the significant deviations in tone, atmosphere, characterisation, gameplay systems and mechanics, etc (as showcased in the dreadful demo for the remake).
Ergo - there really wouldn't be any conflict if the Gothic Reloaded Mod were to release on GOG.
As already pointed out it would in fact be nothing but beneficial for sales of the original 2001 Gothic, since the mod still requires a copy of it.

Considering that Chronicles of Myrtana - Archolos is already confirmed for release here, let me suggest two other Gothic/Gothic 2 total conversions to look into and to possibly get onto GOG as well:

Legend of Ahssûn (finished):
http://legendofahssun.worldofgothic.com/
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/legend_of_ahssun

History of Khorinis (still in development):
https://historyofkhorinis.org/
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/dzieje_khorinis_history_of_khorinis

History of Khorinis I was already familiar with (and considering that it's another predominantly Polish-developed total conversion I'd be surprised if it didn't release on GoG as well) but Legend of Ahssûn I only heard/read mentions of in passing so far. Definitely looks absolutely worth the time you'd need to put into something as big and expansive as this one. Would love to see LoA getting a release on GoG too.
If History of Khorinis shouldn't be finished and ready by then, Legend of Ahssûn might just be the next Gothic 2 total conversion I'll be taking on after The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos.

I don't understand what it says but I love Gothic and mod looks really cool so +1 and a bump for this thread!

3 and a half minutes of the overhauled Temple of the Sleeper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IyAGQ0MgCo

According to a comment by the project's lead, ThielHater, the last section including the final meeting with Xardas and the following fight against the Sleeper (plus testing if the puzzles still work) are the only things left to do.