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Customer Reviews of Gothic II

Gothic 2 lives up to its predecessor and then some
The original Gothic blew me away and remains one of my favorite games. Yet somehow Gothic 2 is even better. Both are spectacular 3D RPGs where you are able to wander around the vast, beautiful environment doing whatever you wish. That freedom alone is 1/2 the game. Where most RPGs force you to tromp from point A to point B for various tasks, Gothic 2 lets you decide what you want to do. Exploring is not only fun, it's rewarding as well. Sure, you'll probably encounter beasts that will tear you to shreds..if they catch you.. but you may well also find hidden treasures, underground caverns, and hidden valleys. By literally stepping off the beaten path, you never know what you're going to find. In the first hour of playing Gothic 2, I had discovered a hidden stash of potions, a spot where someone had fallen off a cliff and died, consisting of a half-buried skeleton with a rusty sword and silver ring I could take, been chased up and down a path in the woods by a very hungry young wolf, and hidden in a flock of grazing sheep while a nearby shepherd killed off some giant insects that were after me. Great stuff.

Gothic 2 is nearly identical to Gothic, but simply is much larger in scale. The somewhat clumsy combat interface combined with the strength of most monsters means it's often wiser to talk to people and otherwise work on your diplomacy skills rather than just kill everything for the experience. This isn't nearly as tedious as it sounds, because the voice-over quality is very high and you'll often gain EXP or items by cleverly interacting with other NPCs.

Gothic and Gothic 2 are those rarest of games, ones where not only does the time just fly by while you're playing them, but that you always find yourself wondering what's over the next hill. Train your magic skills, tiptoe around on rooftops to steal people's items, or become a devout paladin.. whatever you do, you'll just end up coming back for more.

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deeper than the ocean
If you've never played the original Gothic and you like CRPG's at all, you owe it to yourself to try this game. The game world is very much alive, and moreover, it feels like it has a history - as if the world really did exist long before you came around. It's very open-ended, which means that if you're foolhardy enough you can go and get yourself killed really quickly. But this also means you can rob peoples' houses and murder indiscriminately should you choose to.

I have to admit, theft and the occasional murder will get you really far in this game. There are moments of pure hilarity - initially when you're weak and you pull out your sword in town, people will draw their own weapons and command you to put yours away. As you grow more powerful, they will simply say "There's no problem here" and try to back away from you. While this is indeed pretty funny, it also says a lot about the depth of this game.

Through the course of the game, you will be forced to make some tough decisions. There are many times when you either support one NPC or another, and your choice has lots of repercussions. This game is DEEP and very replayable.

This, and the original Gothic, have been the only CRPG's I have ever played where I looked up at the night sky with wonder, feeling as if I was truly a part of a living, breathing world.

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Are u pay by the company? The game is pathetic.