Gothic II Complete Edition - Worth the Nintendo Switch Tax?

[@Nikioko]

The high quality option introduces a new lighting system, while the performance option uses the old one. You can see that by the shadows.

[@justenbenally522]

The complaint about Bartok is a complete lie. His quest is entirely optional, and you can train up multiple levels before even talking to him just by exploring and killing animals. You dont have to fight the shadow beast or the orc because bartok literally asks you if you want to go any deeper after you kill the wolves. I can be as charitable as humanly possible and only arrive at one conclusion which is that you are lying.

[@HogBruhh]

It honestly seems like the guy has never played the game before.

[@revoltingpeasantry8796]

This is an action rpg and not really rng based. i found Morrowind to be more jank than this.

[@Nikioko]

Gothic 2 and Morrowind came both in 2002. And Gothic 2 is the by far better game. Better graphics, better music, full voice action and hardly any loading screens. And as a subjective preference: no carry limit!

[@ruxcooking]

I love both games. G2 was phenomenal and it's clear bethesda liked some stuff from Gothic and incorporated it into Oblivion.

[@bim23885]

The soundtrack of this game is an absolute gem. It still haunts me and reminds me of childhood. Very powerful music in this game.

[@lukaskubinec9608]

Bought the Nintendo deluxe version only for the wallet 😅 Don't even own Switch and I came here to look whether it is worth to buy older used Switch to play this old school gem....seems I will be keeping the Switch version unopened as a rarity 🥲 I really do hope that first GOTHIC remake will come out well.

[@IronMaiden4ever]

Combat RNG based? seriously? There are strategies with which you can beat all monsters even at level 0 when armed with a stick. here's an example. /watch?v=esNBzLnpiJk

[@justenbenally522]

U have to teach me to do that

[@bad_chewy6092]

True, once you know the enemy attack patterns they are very easy to exploit. Calling it RNG is a complete lie. Its janky to be sure but not random.

[@damagehero2068]

I still don't get, after 20 years, how people can call Gothic's combat mechanics "bad". It's a timing based combat and require some knowledge of the enemy you're facing against to parry or dodge their attacks before counter-attacking. It's not a button masher like skyrim, in which you simply swing your sword around and defeat any foe who has lower stats than you (which they almost always do since their level is based on yours, duh) - it requires some level of strategy and there's no handholding so it's quite good if you ask me.

[@bwellington3001]

Fun fact: very same people often would call Dark Souls games combat good

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Really wish they released Gothic 1&2 on PS5 already.

[@timurkhodyrev]

Thanks for the video!