Gothic II is a fun but unforgiving RPG that may be outdated but is still a lot of fun.
User Rating: 8.5 | Gothic II PC
Recently I was talking to my friend about buying some old PC games to play just because we enjoy RPG games. Well we found Gothic II at Best Buy for about $12. We figured we should at least try it because we heard it was good. I convinced my friend to buy it and he went home and played it. Well recently I played it at his house for maybe 3 straight hours and I feel as though ive experienced enough of the game to write a short review. I dont know about the story too much except it picks up where the first game leaves off. You are some un-named adventurer who was just ressurected and your job is to get a hold of some amulet. To get the amulet u must get into the upper city of this town. To get to the upper city you must be a citizen or a paladin.. To be a paladin you must first be a citizen. To become a citizen you must be the apprentice of a master. *sigh* to the be the apprentice of a master you must do quests for all the masters... so there is a lot going on at one time. That is good for u. Trust me. This game is HARD. I mean really hard. The combat is clunky and unforgiving. You start with very little money and things are very expensive. Not too much going for you. You are very weak and cant kil much at all. Once you get higher levels it becomes much easier at parts however. Once you get past the difficulty of the game it is very enjoyable. There is tons to do and lots of places to go. The map overall isnt too huge but it doesnt really need to be because of all the things you do. The graphics are good for the time but the sound is awesome. All dialouge is spoken as well as written, even the things your character says. The voice acting is good with an occasional bad one in there. The world is emmersive and you can easily find yourself lost in it. Gothic II is a very good, if not very hard, rpg game that if you have some extra money, you should definitly go pick up a copy of.
