Gothic 1 Remake

So I just finished my play through. And here's my quick review on if you're on the fence etc. First of all, if you are just looking for a new RPG and want a fun experience that is challenging then already id say you're probably in the right place and dont need a review to confirm that. However here's what i'll say if youre just wanting a new game to try. 1) Interest: You have to want to play a game like this where you're thrown in with little information and need to focus to keep track of all the clues to get to your next objective. Admittedly there are times where i'd spent over an hour trying to figure out the path and sometimes the pay off was good and other times I just wished i looked it up because it was not obvious at all. 2) AI and story: Its not like baldur's gate completely i.e you can veer off storyline and do other things but the npcs aren't always up to date on what you did. Though, this can sometimes be okay because I beat an endgame boss/camp earlier than intended and was incredibly strong for the end parts of it, which honestly was super helpful considering the combat system is...not as polished as id like. 3) Combat: Combat is not polished in such a way where parrying etc is intuitive. Parrying felt like a 50/50 sometimes based on the opponents swing timers. Sometimes it worked, sometimes you got hit, and had to reload if you wanted to just not deal with bad input lag or w/e the case was. Blocking if you have good enough stats is like 90% damage mitigation or higher. So the payoff for parrying is almost not worth it because the riposte isnt even that much more damage than a regular hit. You can't ever engage the fight because if you start and get hit its a big toll to heal it back up towards the end as food/potions start to become cumbersome to make/gather. That being said endgame i was sitting on a lot of money i could have definitely been more free with rather than hoping for an insane spell buy or w/e. 4) Skill Points (learning points): This system is really kind of tough because once you spend points you cant reset them. So admittedly since i wasn't going to playthrough more than once given my history of how i play games. I had AI help me build my path based on the playstyle i wanted so I didn't "waste" any points and that was super helpful going forward with my playthrough. Some things are mandatory that you dont really find out till its required later and you have to go learn it but most things can be just combat oriented. (even AI didnt warn me about this so I had to go back and learn it mid quest) 5) Bugs: Theres a bunch of funny bugs you'll encounter that are both annoying but also somewhat useful. For example, in a quest you could have an escort helping you, but you cast a spell that hits both the big target and your escort. Now the escort is mad at you also and wants to fight you. The only way out of this situation is to beat his ass and then he gets up and everything is cool. Downside, you have to deal with him, upside you get his loot and a random amount of xp for having knocked him down first time. TLDR; I have more thoughts but I think the main draw here is, it was a fresh adventure for me because it gave me a sense of theres no single way to go about my story and my build and my playstyle and that is what makes gothic remake fun and enjoyable. The whole faction story system also had a very fun "progression" feel where you were going up in the ranks etc. 8/10 Buy it.