Gothic 2 on Switch is EXACTLY What I Expected!

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[@karvarousk]

Best open world RPG of all time. You know.. if you go inside a building there's no loading... in 2002.

[@mr1skali]

but if you go to the valley of mines you get a loading screen which is very 2023. It's got it all babbyy

[@dennis905]

​@@mr1skaliNo tard

[@jakab174]

@@mr1skali you have roughly 10 loading screen in a 50 hour playthrough i think thats not that bad.

[@v1mja]

Looking very much forward to the changes coming to the PC. Can't wait to play Gothic on the Steam Deck!

[@andrewstencel]

I still don't quite get why they still have perfomance issues on such an old game

[@Amonny]

Because Switch is weak as hell, hardware wise.

[@_Winfried_]

Old Games rely a lot on single thread Performance while mobile Hardware offers weaker single thread performanc and rather uses more low powered CPU cores. However with a little more effort on thq's part they could have improved this by a lot, so this is still a very low efto t of them.

[@kacperzimowski4626]

@@_Winfried_ "However with a little more effort on thq's part they could have improved this by a lot, so this is still a very low efto t of them." Stop making an idiot out of yourself, blaming the game developers *sigh*... Switch is weak as hell.... Look at PS2 Metal Gear Solid games... On PS2 they run at 60 frames per second. On Switch they run only at 30 fps, because apparently Switch couldn't handle higher frame-rate those games. You are being a pathetic Nintendo apologist.

[@FalkFlak]

I'm playing Risen 1 on Switch right now and graphics are blurry and low quality AF. I think it's dialed down because of performance. Even in the Release year 2009 Risen on Switch would've been denounced as outdated.

[@Saroku1000]

​@@FalkFlakrisen on the switch still looks far better than the xbox 360 version that came out in 2009.

[@dubugga]

I can't remember exactly how I even stumbled on this game series through KZbin but I remembering how freaking fun it looked. Now that I see Gothic 1 remastered is coming to Steam, i can't wait to play it and eventually this one. Great video!

[@kenlo2410]

Are you talking about the new Gothic Remake being developed by Alkimia Interactive? Because I am not aware of a Remaster

[@DJPacy]

Gothic 2 is my favorite game and I've played it at least five times. Whenever I see your video, I have to start the game at the end of the day because it's so nostalgic and reminds me of my childhood. Thank you! 🙏

[@ItsameAlex]

How is the performance on switch?

[@koopaslayer7598]

Thanks for the video I’m getting Gothic 1 today didn’t realize these were released on switch so excited to actually be able to finish the game as a kid I never got to finish it. Hoping they finish it off with Gothic 3 I still can’t believe we got these games on switch to play hand held

[@timurkhodyrev]

Thank you for the review! Btw, for me the camera looks a bit too close to the Hero in your case, especially in the combat mode. You can edit the range pressing the right joystick and change the disctance. Just in case you didn't know that =)

[@keyshujin]

Great job guys

[@tokash1337]

How are the chances we will see an xbox port too?

[@FarmerSlideJoeBob]

Battle System and Targeting System much better on G2 than on G1, also impressed Performance and graphicalwise it's much better now. But I know from the Developper, they gonna wanna fix these stuffs on G1 too🙂I'm glad that there are the Ports on Switch😃

[@cook1tj]

Ugggghhhhh I can't wait for my copy to arrive! I played Gothic 1 for the first time on the switch port and it was amazing! Really fell in love w/ the world, and it was just as good as everyone has been saying for the last 20 years. Ordered my physical copy the moment pre-orders went up. Still haven't gotten it yet. My Gothic 1 physical copy arrived the same day it hit the eshop.

[@Robert-yt9pq]

Where can the US version of both be bought? Physical disk.. THQ Nordic site only has EU version.

[@MakoTenseii]

I just finished Jarkendar. I love this port honestly. Real comfy experience. Now the question is, is Gothic 3 gonna get something...

[@Lucivius27]

So they make the Gothic 1 and 2 playable on Switch but not on modern PC

[@jaredh289]

I played both last year on a modern pc?????!

[@carlosramirezrivera9314]

More revenue

[@Amonny]

They are already playable on PC. Since ever.

[@Kensterrrrr]

Consoles generate more money than PC in game sales.That's why. Deal with it.

[@spidertobi2]

On modern PC with controller 🤝

[@MentalCrusader]

It's great that more people get to experience Gothic, but If you're thinking of buying a Switch for that I would recommend you the Steam Deck instead, more games, mods, and emulators lol

[@gR1zzLyG4ming]

I prefer PC but it's nice to see the Nameless is getting the love he deserves.

[@wolfborn1219]

So pleased they released this! Nearly finished Gothic 1, so looking forward to getting stuck into this classic from my past. Great review 👍🏼

[@SpecShadow]

It would be neat if there was option to play vanilla - without NotR expasnion balance. For me it was much better experience, especially when playing as a mage - you could finally cast some effective offensive spells and not rely on summons....

[@Robert-yt9pq]

When you open the playerkit on PC. You can choose which to play, on Steam. There is also "notrcustom" which will make notr like the vanilla game. But, again this is only for pc. I'm guessing you are talking about the Switch version. Too bad you can't choose. NOTR increases the difficulty and changes the buying/selling ratio. But why would anyone want to play without?

[@Caydiem]

@@Robert-yt9pq Because it's overall easier and not as strict when it comes to character-builds.

[@fartloudYT]

It has very different powercurve, resulting in different game pacing. Enemy placements, weapons etc are all different. The best comparison would be Dark Souls 2 original vs Scholar of the First Sin. Just vastly different experience.

[@najboljababa7473]

Kao i uvek, najboliiiiii si da si samo živ i zdrav, a i srećan dušo moja

[@hubachecka]

How does a 21 year old game need a "performance" mode on a modern console, even if the console is 6 years old, there is still a 15 year gap between? I absolutely do not understand this, can someone explain?

[@Caydiem]

The game is heavily CPU-intensive and can struggle even on modern PCs due to engine limitations. Of course the DX11 renderer mitigates most of the problems, but I doubt they're using it for the switch port.

[@branko4138]

👍🤣

[@Gainward1232]

I want these ports on my Steam Deck!

[@Elcnar]

Finally decent port like in 90s-00s, when ports was actually trying to make it enjoyable on a new platform and even adding new features. Fun fact that its Russian studio who made the port, didnt expect that. There are interesting in-depth interviews with porting team.

[@ItsameAlex]

How is the performance on switch?

[@Elcnar]

@@ItsameAlex not that bad and no so good: bugs\crashes, slow loading\saving, overall its bearable. Better see it for yourself, check full playthrough or indepth review.

[@sadscientisthououinkyouma1867]

Honestly, I just hope to see the devs open-up the tools to the community. I can only imagine the amount of work that had to be done to port the game to switch and the amount of new tools they had to program in order to do this. The Gothic modding scene was already surprisingly large, if they dropped a modding SDK or even just some of the tools the community would do so much with it.

[@blightburnt]

Funfact, gothic 3's VA for Rhobar/Nameless, is Crispin Freeman- the guy who voice acted Alucard in Hellsing. Hes also the Wizard in Diablo 3 ❤️

[@Alexandru1996_]

I'd love to play g1 and g2 gold on pc so i realy hope they add the changes to the pc version. Can't wait to be able to play Gothic without the need for all of the comunity patches to be able to run anywhere near properly on a modern system. Plus the quality of life improvements like the inventory and the improved controls :) Well, i got used to the original controls prety well so for me is no problem with 2 butons attacks, it is ok. Bot for everybody i suppose do yes, i like the changes. I was thinking to purchase a switch oled but i think i will skip it, i'll just play on pc.

[@Robert-yt9pq]

It only requires the player kit and system pack. Done. But you can do more. The player kit is for mods and the system pack is for playing on modern pcs. Do this on the pc version. Open "systempack.ini" search for "npc" put a "1" next to the one that says remove labels from dead npcs. You will know it's the right one, it's hard to miss. This prevents you from looting a dead npc that does not have anything to loot. You won't get the "nothing to be had there" all the time.

[@yerbalxrd]

just play it with union addons from workshop, waaay better experience than switch version.

[@Caydiem]

You forgot to mention the consistent widescreen resolution that doesn't bug out after every load.

[@Cormano980]

Can't wait for the remake of Gothic 1, never got the chance to play it back then

[@nymeth3844]

I played Gothic 2 on Steam Deck with controller mode and some graphic mods from steam workshop. Works better than on PC:)

[@kacperzimowski4626]

Steam deck is a giant brick, bro... It can barely be called a handheld.

[@Sadows12]

@@kacperzimowski4626 sounds like u got some small hands there bud

[@benfrese3573]

@@Sadows12 prolly Trump supporter

[@ericvtec-lb3mg]

I would love to see 'Outwards' on switch now that will be a Dream.

[@benfrese3573]

It would be easier to spot the difference between quality modes if you'd hardcut between the two. As a friendly suggestion.

[@HobokerDev]

So Switch can run Witcher 3 and Doom, but Gothic II (a game from 2002!!!) needs a performance mode? What kind of half-assed port is this?

[@bionic_batman]

it is a 20 yo game that does not even run that well on modern PCs with RTX cards without DX 11 patch. Older does not mean that is less demanding, it just means that it has hard time utilizing newer features of hardware

[@HobokerDev]

@@bionic_batman lol It *does* mean it's less demanding. Game runs poorly on pcs cause framerate is capped. When you port the game to a new platform with full access to the source code there is no "hard time utilizing newer features of hardware" it's half-assed lazy port thats that.

[@bionic_batman]

​@@HobokerDev Well, if you haven't seen that source code you don't know how it is written, how CPU intensive it is, what GPU instructions it utilizes and whether or not it even supports multi-threading. Plus I don't think Switch is known for its good hardware It is a port, not a remake (which will be released as well btw) so obviously they did not have a luxury of rewriting the whole game engine which is probably also convoluted an full of holes judging by constant memory access violations that are common in Gothic

[@ItsameAlex]

How is the performance on switch?

[@raulvito6246]

Waiting for my boxed copy of Gothic directly from THQ to arrive before ordering Gothic 2…replaying on Steam Deck at the moment and having a blast

[@Sephiawind]

dang, i want oblivion, fable port to switch

[@dragongrandmaster]

fable proably wont happen due company poof cant imagine oblivion

[@RandomName45]

I wonder how the reception of TES V Skyrim was on the Switch? Did it sell well? I mean, Bethesda like any other company goes where the money is. Seeing TES III Morrowind, TES IV Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Fallout New Vegas on NS would be great, an updated version would be even better, but even a simple port 'as is' would be great (as long the price tag is fair).

[@edneragnarok]

Are these updated versions coming to steam? Would love to play on my deck. Great work as always c4g

[@bulutcagdas1071]

One could hope, they already updated the Gothic 1 to run with modern operating system support out of the box.

[@click4gameplay]

That's pretty much confirmed. They will patch both G1 and G2 on Steam, which should bring all the features from Switch versions. We still don't know when though.

[@Subhuti.]

Game of my childhood.

[@aekenes2128]

I never thought I would get a Switch but after seeing these games and other pc games ported to the system I’m gonna have to get one now.

[@Jazza1198]

The intro cutscene reminds me of the "upscale" of the intro found in the steam workshop ... its damn near identical

[@Deliveredmean42]

The one from Polonius, right? I just seen it now. I hope they actually got permission to use but if not... yikes.

[@adammarks4491]

@@Deliveredmean42they did, he’s mentioned in the end credits.

[@bald_chicken]

Whaaaaaaaat?! I didn’t even know it was on switch

[@athisio836]

Never played 1 or 2 but I thoroughly enjoyed 3.

[@benfrese3573]

The second is the best in the series, no doubt. The third is the biggest one, but it's a lot more generic feeling. If I were you I'd play Gothic 2 next, and if you fall in love with it you might be able to live with the dated feeling of Gothic 1. Both feel a bit clunky (on PC at least) but it's worth investing the time. It's a unique experience and there's nothing like it.

[@Caydiem]

If you only played 3 you haven't played Gothic. Start with 1 so 2 feels even more special afterwards.

[@brotbrotsen1100]

Definitely start with 1 and go to 2 afterwards. I played 1 for the first time last year, hated every moment and came out loving the game. 2 was a improvement in every way imaginable and felt great after suffering through 1

[@nonono9194]

​@@brotbrotsen1100playing returning 2.0 makes it even better. If you don't mind bad writing and bloated content - but the core gameplay is peak gothic

[@carlosmagnomacieira8210]

I want to start to play this franchise...I hope they bring this version of 2 and the switch version of 1 to pc

[@MrJerkkeri]

Would be awesome if they would release Gothic 3 and completely fix the god awful combat mechanic. I always felt like it could have been an amazingly good game without the enemies constantly interrupting your combos and beating the shit out of you. I mean, Gothic 2 had a pretty good combat mechanic, felt kinda wierd at first but when you got used to it, it was actually pretty good. For some reasons they screwed it up badly in G3.

[@Caydiem]

The combat in 3 is inherently fucked. There's no fixing that.

[@dronescoVKE]

@@CaydiemTrue but on the other hand, the combat system was never the strength of the series

[@drizztds]

Jest pełny polski dubbing i napisy, nie wiem jak dalej w grze, ale zakładam, że ok.

[@andigamer992]

I have problems my steb back anymation have no i frames in the switch version On pc i work well but now i cant even dodge an atack of a Wolf by steping back... I hope it get fixt Have somone the same problem?

[@zb3485]

no way! its already out? i need to buy it lol...have actually only played gothic 1, so cant wait!!

[@jakaberdajs4378]

Fu*k... I sold my switch to get a laptop so i could play Gothic, Risen, Outward,... And now this happens...

[@darken0id306]

Now i wanna see them try G3 on switch. Make this modern console sweat and burn from a game from 2006.

[@brotbrotsen1100]

Nobody wants gothic 3.

[@magnomliman8114]

we need a Outward 2 T_T ....

[@carlosramirezrivera9314]

Fuck... We really Need It...

[@dragongrandmaster]

wonders can you marvin in it

[@gzs7483]

I wonder if they fixed the crashes. With Community Patch G2+Expansion run relatively stable now a days but i installed G1 the other day and OH BOY I played an hour before i encountered a major bug last time i played g1 i made it to the Ork Temple for the 1st time when the game bricked my save on the bridge : /

[@RazorBladezX]

Are the controls the same from G1 I’m just having trouble with the first game.. that first village I walk out and get wrecked by 2 of those bird things

[@ruxcooking]

You can leave them for when you're stronger or make someone take you to the other camp and he'll kill them and you get xp.

[@CamillaVeronica]

can you enable first person perspective or they don't have that option?

[@voytsmis]

It shows that good games are not about super hyper graphic....Gothic is timeless.

[@charlyy1337]

How did they manage that it doesnt run at 60 fps locked lmao

[@benfrese3573]

prolly CPU limited

[@Ponaru]

Witcher 3 and Doom run in a performance mode by default. A quality mode would be unplayable..

[@Saigaiii]

Gothic 3 on switch maybe??

[@cleanslate1561]

If they did hopfully they would implement some fixes. The melee system could use some work among other things.

[@Amonny]

They need to optimize it a lot, or it won't run very well.

[@RiouInsuiko]

Are any of these games available as physical media? I'd love to be able to collect them but unfortunately all I've seen so far is digital releases. Hopefully they're able to make a collection cartridge later down the line or something!

[@click4gameplay]

Both Gothic 1 and 2 have physical versions on the Switch.

[@RiouInsuiko]

@@click4gameplay Oh snap! Maybe it's PAL only then. I haven't seen that anywhere in the States. Thanks for the heads up!

[@p.r.1308]

Aad truth is that physical games are dying out, even on consoles.

[@AGUS71n]

@@RiouInsuiko you can get both on the thq official store, the switch is region free, I got gothic 1 from there and plays wonderful.

[@RiouInsuiko]

@@p.r.1308 What's your point? Almost all games I want end up coming out as physical copies still. It's not like we're at the point where everything is digital only yet.

[@Fave1995]

RIP Piranha bytes... They had a great run! I don't know if you follow german news, but it seems the studio will/ has already been shut down...

[@Dxic2k]

have to buy this one, after i finished the first one

[@andreix123]

I am probably preaching to the choir here, but...For the love of Diego, everyone must play Gothic 1, 2 and 3

[@ItsameAlex]

How is the performance on switch?

[@AGUS71n]

I hope they update gothic 1 to put it on pair to this port

[@Demonblade36]

I don't think they remade the intro, they took a fan-made version from this guy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmOvap6mq76qiZI

[@Hynotama]

Fuck! I wanted an option to play the vanilla game. 😡

[@louises9692]

Why no xbox/ps port though?

[@JammyONE]

Is there going to going to be a physical release?

[@lukaskubinec9608]

It even contains beautiful wallet with sleeper logo and text Gothic inside 🥲 had to have it

[@Amonny]

For Switch? LOL.

[@JammyONE]

@@Amonny I'm not paying £30-£40 for a game that does not physically exist, if it was £5 then that will be fine.

[@adammarks4491]

There is a physical version available on EU THQ Store

[@JammyONE]

@@adammarks4491 That cool.

[@ragingmages7879]

Is Elex coming to switch as well?

[@_BiologyMatters_]

Where are you from originally? East Europe?

[@ladnocheuzh1751]

"shadows make huge difference" lol, there is no difference at all, game only looks darker

[@pinkisdathing]

Haha I was just checking The eshop and searching for a vid about The game on KZbin and ta-dah! You uploaded one less than 10seconds ago!✌🏻🤣

[@nafisishtiaque]

Would be nice if it got ps and Xbox port

[@PersuChogo]

Yo will you play G2 Live?

[@PhatBoyzClub]

Its one of the worst and poorly made ports. 0 effort on a slapped on steam ui copy paste, poor framerate which could easily be fixed had the company that now owns the ip cared. No effort to remake the textures, lighting or animation something that nightdive studios has done for so many ports. Clearly they dint bother to modify acceleration or deadzones for the Switch joycons. Not even bothered to add highlighting of objects that can be picked up, so you often just have to be ultra precise to pick up basic items. Anyway nobody shud pay more than 2 bucks for this on switch.

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

so they not gonna give these enhancements to other versions?

[@qq84]

Are the cheats / developer console working?

[@failthesystemcollab7247]

The gothic 1 port is full of glitches and disappearing textures. Flickering torches and gameplay functions like pickpocketing doesn't work zt all!!

[@pedjanedeljkovic7021]

Best game ever made!

[@raccoonpeddler6730]

its bad when a console can't even properly play a game thats 20 years older than it

[@Darkie_Deleter]

How to use the cheats?

[@Drgnrt]

Yeah.

[@MsSplashIt]

will gothic 3 come to switch?

[@noahfaulder827]

Do you think they'll port these to PS5?

[@GustoTheGamer]

Not on Xbox and ps5?

[@XarlyDev]

can we use cheats in this versión?

[@magnomliman8114]

Loser.

[@adriandavey1991]

very doubtful I'm no tech guru but there doesn't seem like there would be anyway to bring up a console command or mod game files with just the switch alone

[@Harry-tj8of]

You can use a Keyboard on Switch and so you can use MARVIN MODE (Cheats).

[@revelator3665]

No versions for series X..and PS 5...

[@Caydiem]

Just a matter of time.

[@sirmrguitardude]

I think they want people to double dip

[@Myndeex]

Dicks for not realesing for ps5

[@wargames2195]

Remastered edition when? When?

[@Caydiem]

These are the remasters.

[@wargames2195]

@@Caydiem so I hope they will get ported to PC.

[@branko4138]

@@wargames2195 You can play on emulator

[@machoman6969]

So you expected a lousy and cheap cash grab?

[@milosch7441]

Gothic2 notr best game ever.

[@systemabc3989]

buggy af, not moddable so you have to wait for patches which wont fix everything. Do not buy

[@DavidRinehart3369]

Make the game more immersive. People should stop using that so loosely😂😂😂. This game looks like shit. What immersion is there😂😂😂😂????

[@corrosionblast]

game is unplayable in this state