Maybe it gets better after that but the DRM used made me not even consider buying the game at this price.Īlso there was ton of bugs and after the "Gothic 3 experience" the community grew very cautious of that.Īnd the metacritic scores speak for themselves I must say. I knew what was going to happen during the rest of the game. This is surely to go over well isn't it? I stopped watching someone play it at that point. A girlfriend he is finally allowed to marry and he is looking forward to having a happy family. Near the end of the first chapter the hero has everything he wants. The story never was that epic in the series but ArcaniA takes the cake. (They used the name only to sell more copies of this anyway.) No one cares if you step in their house and take their stuff from chests while they have breakfast or something. The thing that ArcaniA threw out was the believeable world. here's what Steam sales are doing to you - sometimes you don't even know that you OWN a certain game. Arcania is critically received pretty decently (not as well as EMI was in its time), but a lot of Gothic fans still hate it.ĮDIT 2: Hey, apparently I have Arcania (bought it at a similar sale last year with all other Gothic games), I'm curious now I should check it out.ĮDIT 3: Damn. Non-MI fans love Escape and it was critically very well received, while a lot of MI fans hate it. I honestly think that had it not been part of the Gothic universe, it would've been received better (although, I don't say that it would make the game instantly awesomely great, but at least it would be judged independently).ĮDIT: It's really similar to Monkey Island, really. Basically, different developer + different RPG style + hard relationship between Piranha Bytes and JoWood (the publisher) = practically every Gothic fan dissing ArcaniA. I suspect that it's hated by Gothic fans because it doesn't have that 'Gothic feel'. Top 25 Soon Most Played Dead Island 2 Kinguin £33. Price History of Fractal Make Blooms Not War Zoom 1m 3m 1y All Track product Compare Choose & Buy Download (844) Be the first to leave a comment You must be logged in to post a comment. come on, Desperados and Robin Hood: Legend of Sherwood anyone?). There are 6 offers ranging from £1.16 to £4.99. I haven't played Arcania myself, that's why I'm not saying if it's good or bad (I know that Spellbound makes good games, I mean.
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