[h1] With the power of Innos, destroy Belier troops of evil! [/h1]
Gothic 2 is a continuation of previous game and this game is huge and developers add huge amount of content, even compare to the first game which was have a good amount of content too, but this game on the different level. Three huge maps, with many interactions, dungeons, quests and a wide variety. But we will get to it, so now I want to talk about all the aspect of the game if they great to set them at pros, if bad to cons of the game.
[h2] PROS [/h2]
[b] Story line [/b]
The plot in this game is very interesting and it consist from two stories which are related. Main story and Night of Raven addition. And I will talk about them one by one.
[u] I will start with Night of Raven [/u]: it's add you a many new characters and factions, water mages, pirates, thieves, and story line. Everything began with task from Xardas to unravel the mystery of the golems revivals in Khorinis.And after you talk with people in the city, you encounter with the new problems people are being missing, and those problems are have the same routs. Bandits who steal the people and transfer them to island. And then we met water mages, we complete some quest for them and thay accept you to their secret community, which no one should know about. Then we explore the heritage of an ancient civilisation, find a portal, and surprise we teleport to this island. Where we find bandits, but they not only kidnaping people for slave force in mines, their leader Raven desecrate a temple of the God, and want to take of ancient sword of The source of all evil God Beliar. We should stop him at all cost, and cease destraction of Khorinis.
[u] Main story [/u]: Before he's death Slepper desperatly scream , awaken another demonic creatures. A when we encounter, and force them to talk using godly enchant, they're reveal themself's and who is their master. Dark god Beliar, creator of all evilness. And now we should destroy demons that represent immorality and bear Power of Beliar, and we should do this with the help of the God Innos who represent ethics and morality.
This game is definetly inspired by dualistic religion like Christianity and how this game emphasize the idea of eternal battle between good and evil. And i see some Byblical references all the time. This story make you feel like some heroic character, holly warrior against hordes of siners. And i love this poetic heroic story
[b] 10/10 [/b]
[b] Gameplay [/b]
[u] Combat system [/u]: I will began my rating of the gameplay with combat, to be honest i don't see some huge changes of it, from Gothic 1, it like the same but the add at least some combos which make it more engaging. Overall i like combat in Gothic series how difficult it is, and how tough battle is in this game, it makes gameplay more enjoyable.
[u] Character progression [/u] :Yeah and this is what I definetly despise in this game, how they made impossible to improve stats above 90 using your level up points, instead you should now go and find some stone tablet to get a +2 strenght, and for all the game i find only 1 stone artifact with me needed stats strenght, and from interesting progression, it became a boring grind. And this is just make you will to not progress anymore. I still done some small grind like, pray to all Innos statues, eat some apples, and i only got 127 strenght, its very low. for the final of the game where average weapon which you find is like needed a 160 strenght to be able to fight with it. This just bad, minus one point from overall rating.
[u] Craft system [/u]: In this game you have a new craft system, you can make yourself your own armor, brew diferent potions. And after Gothic 2 this mechanic will become basic for like every game developed by Piranha bytes. Anyway this is new and cool mechanic i enjoy it. It complements the game perfectly.
[u] Factions [/u]: Just like in Gothic 1, this game features various factions. Unfortunately, your choice of faction doesn't significantly alter the storyline, but overall, there are some cool gameplay mechanics and quests. For instance, when I joined the Khorinis city guard, the mechanics were interesting you have to catch and take down bandits as well as common criminals. It’s pretty fun.
All in all, I think I’ve covered all the gameplay aspects, so it’s time to give it a score. Overall, I really enjoyed the gameplay, this game offer you different opportunities.
[b] 9/10 [/b]
[b] World building [/b]
Amount of content in this game huge, it has three huge maps, and every of this locations filled with huge amount of content, additional quests, many dungeons to explore. Overall developers work on load map with content quite well, and i wasn't bored during exploring every dungeon, again because in this they make a good rewarding for killing mobs. Which is why researching them on the map not boring
[b] 10/10 [/b]
[b] Music [/b]
To be honest Music in this game not the impressing one. There aren't some bangers, which you them will google to listen again like in Gothic 1. All the tracks just quite good, but you cant call them bangers.
[b] 8/10 [/b]
[h2] CONS [/h2]
[u] Character progression [/u]
[u] Bugs and lags [/u]
My final opinion, i don't find many things to criticise, and to be honest, i enjoy this game pretty much. So my overall rating for this game is despite some minor problems, it's 10/10 game for me.
