hi!

I'm about to finish Gothic 3 soon, so the question is - should I buy Risen or Gothic 4 now?

I absolutely loved Gothic 2 (unfortunately have never finished 1) and I love Gothic 3 as well... I don't necessarily need to continue with the story (ie. Gothic4), I want the same or similar gaming experience...

so? :) thank you all!

Risen by far .... Gothic 4 is pure crap! And take it from a guy that finished the first 2 titles several times :D. You should get to finish the 1st one as well .. great game

No question about it whatsoever, Gothic 4 is a complete turd. And it doesn't continue the story so don't worry about it. Instead of the "Nameless Hero" you play some douchebag emo kid.

Risen, on the other hand, is a fantastic game. I love Gothic 3, but I'd say that Risen is the true spiritual successor to Gothic 2. Unfortunately it's quite short, but definitely an amazing game.

Risen. It's Gothic 1 remake :)

I'd say judge for yourself.

Risen demo
http://www.gamershell.com/download_51644.shtml

Gothic 4 demo
http://www.gamefront.com/files/17313716/ArcaniA-Gothic-4-Demo/


I haven't tried Gothic 4, but I've found Risen to be enjoyable.

true... but I find the controls of 1 even worse than the ones used in 2 (which I got to enjoy eventually :) most of all I couldn't live without strafing (is that a word?) - in 2 when you "locked on" an opponent, you could run around him, but in 1 the character jumps left and right and looses the "lock on" :((

I think you could strafe with Q/E, if A/D are "jumping" keys

Risen, Gothic 4 is a decent babies first RPG but that is literally the only good thing going for it.

The controls are a bit rough yes .. I`ll give you that ... but it is such an amazing game that .. I dunno .. I could easily go past that ... I remember the fist time I played Gothic 1 ... that feeling of moving up in the game society .. actually growing as a hero .... soo cool and revolutionary at that time .. DANG ... getting all melancholic now ... I might have to find time for a new play through soon :D

I'd also say better go indeed with risen.. I tried "gothic" 4: arcania demo and it was utter crap.

wow, this is kind of unanimous :)

thanks a lot everybody, seems like you've just saved me some serious money (and disappointment)!

When you play gothic 3.. Do you see far? I tried Gothic 3 and it seemed that like I was in blue bubble kind of. At least I noticed that in the beach and everywhere after when you did leave the town. So it was a quite turn off.

yeah, sure :) I also thought that using the current HW will grant me some spectacular view in the game, but it just hasn't been built that way I guess... I've set EVERYTHING on max, but still, looking down from the cliff shows the main shapes of mountains, water and stuff, but the textures/trees/grass starts just a couple of meter far from the main character. even with the latest community patch... but it's not that bad when you wander around in a forest! :) don't give up on the game just because of this graphical glitch. the gameplay is really worth it...

Risen has TAGES, avoid at all costs.