Comments on: Gothic 4 Ambience and Combat Videos

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:37:07 +0000

Jowood made it clear earlier that they were making the X360 the primary target along with PC, so it should work OK in that way. Still worry about the developer …but I agree, it looks pretty good.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:44:27 +0000

Risen has been my only Gothic related experience, and it’s not even a real Gothic game and I played the gimped 360 version!

But just watching these videos I definitely see the similarities. Looks great to me, but my only concern is whether or not the console versions will be handled with care, unlike every other recent PC-first RPG.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:06:00 +0000

Yeah … as i said in my review, Piranha Bytes and Jowood had a falling out after Gothic 3, with Jowood retaining the Gothic name & codebase and Piranha Bytes keeping all of the programmers & designers who had developed the series.

Thus far Piranha Bytes has given us the solid Risen, while Jowood put out Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods, one of the most abysmal expansions I’ve ever played.

So while I hope this turns out well, I am cynical and dubious. Of course I’ll get it … but still …