Gothic Universe
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Three critically acclaimed RPG games create the whole epic story of Gothic, now in one amazing package. Begin your journey as a prisoner of the King, who must find enough magic ore to forge weapons for his army in defense against the Orcs. The mines are set in a large magical sphere and inside this sphere you will start exploring Myrtana's mysteries. Once you've managed to burst the bonds of imprisonment, you will need to explore the island of Kh... » full description
Three critically acclaimed RPG games create the whole epic story of Gothic, now in one amazing package. Begin your journey as a prisoner of the King, who must find enough magic ore to forge weapons for his army in defense against the Orcs. The mines are set in a large magical sphere and inside this sphere you will start exploring Myrtana's mysteries. Once you've managed to burst the bonds of imprisonment, you will need to explore the island of Khorinis. Willing to do whatever is necessary to banish evil once and for all, defend the people against the Orcish threat and venture deep into subterranean temples. After your escape from the island you didn't find safety: The Orcs have finally conquered Myrtana and enslaved the humans. Barbarians of the icy north and a few fearless rebels are the only resistance. You can either support their efforts or join the Orcish occupation forces - but whatever you do - the destiny of Myrtana is yours to forge! Hundreds of weapons, items, spells and artifacts to equip and use ESRB Rated T-M ( Teen to Mature ) « short desciption
User Reviews
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Review Date: 2009-08-18
This game is not a good idea if you are running Vista 64 bit, Gothic one will not install no matter what I tried and 2 and 4 crash shortly after starting the game. My system is pretty high end, it was built to Play Crisis at max quality so its not an issue of not having good enough graphics. I have heard good things about this series so if you are running something other than Vista 64 bit go for it. Otherwise you are better off just finding something else to spend your idle time on.
User: Joshua Miles
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Summary: Not for Vista
Helpful Votes: 1
Total Votes: 2
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Review Date: 2009-04-08
I could not use this with my os system of vista 64 bit at all would not even start a load up.
User: Chimene L. Cain
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Summary: can't be used with vista 64 bit
Helpful Votes: 2
Total Votes: 6
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Review Date: 2009-04-08
The Gothic Series is a small German software company's response to Bethesda's Elder Scrolls Series (Dagerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion).
I have found I much prefer Gothic.
The default controls in Gothic are a bit unorthodox (but remapable if you find them cumbersome). I left the controls as the designer intended and after getting used to them, find it very enjoyable.
For the entire series, you start off with a blank slate human character and build them up with melee, hunting, magic and/or thieving skills. There is a day/night cycle, characters remember you if you have wronged them (attacked, stolen from) and the game is wide open as far as choices, consequences and endings go.
Combat is where Gothic shines, and you will definitely be tested by the difficulty of this game.
I have found good resources for maximizing the looks of the game (and help should you get stuck) at the following forums:
RPGWatch
JoWood
WorldofGothic
All three games play in widescreen resolutions with no vertical stretch and look great with AA/AF if your computer has the horsepower to do so. The game engine is also scalable if your computer lacks horsepower ... you will be able to play this.
Gothic III was riddled with bugs when it came out in 2006. In March 2009, the community released a 1GB patch which makes the game worthy of the series. You should definitely grab this patch if you play Gothic III (from the WorldofGothic or JoWood forums above).
While graphically I might call Elder Scrolls and Gothic a toss up, I prefer Gothic in every other category. Especially atmosphere
You sure cannot buy every Elder Scolls in one compilation for $25 or less, so what are you waiting for?
User: Gas Money
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Summary: Amazing RPG Value
Helpful Votes: 4
Total Votes: 4
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Review Date: 2009-01-21
This is only a brief game review to be accompanied with a product review; as there are already some good game reviews available - especially the review by Neotristan. Also, If you need to see more reviews, please have a look at the reviews section for each individual Gothic games (I wrote individual reviews for Gothic 1,2, and 3 as well).
As a big Gothic fan, the main reason I bought this collection is simply to get another copy of Gothic 1 and 2 on DVD as these are still the best 3rd person real time action RPG ever made IMO. In short, Gothic 1 and 2 are extremely challenging games to play with unusual - if not awkward - controls that take quite some times to get used to. However, once (and if) you are used to the control, these are the most amazingly intense games that can provide total immersion in a mythical universe.
Gothic 3 is a decent game once patched, but fail to live up to the tradition of its predecessors in virtually every way. Perhaps the publisher, Jowood, also has much blame to bear in this case because Gothic 3 obviously has the potential to be outstanding. Who knows, if the developer Piranha Bytes had at least another year to rework the beta version that was released, Gothic 3 may have set a new standard for PC gaming.
As for the product itself, the cardboard box contains 3 games that come on 3 separate DVDs in paper sleeve. There is no manual. I wish that the packaging and the presentation would be more fitting of a connoisseur's game library - namely a game package that is more substantial that I can show off. But then again, I understand that cost is a factor.
In addition, these games do not seem to come with any DRM. Once you install them, you can play the game without the disk in the drive.
Here is a few more notes that some may find helpful:
-Gothic 1: No autorun for installation in my case. Browse the disc for the setup.exe file install. Other than that, no special comment here. Same good old original Gothic 1, except that it is on DVD.
-Gothic 2: Same as above - look for setup.exe to install. Also, during the installation, the default install location for the game folder will be the C drive - with no option to change the location. This condition only applies to Gothic 2. For Gothic 1 and 3, you can install the game anywhere you want.
This is the Gothic 2 version that comes with the Night of the Raven expansion. To be more precise, Night of the Raven is not really a traditional expansion where you have more things to do after the original campaign. Rather, it is different version of Gothic 2, where you will play original campaign all over again with expanded game world and expanded quest (and with more challenging opponents). In short, you are not playing the original Gothic 2. Personally, I wish BOTH versions are included, and one can choose which one to play. The main reason is that the difficulty level of Night of the Raven is definitely NOT recommended for casual gamers.
-Gothic 3: This is the un-patched version. Be sure to patch accordingly or you may possibly have a broken game riddled with technical issues and broken quests - right from the start. Forget the official patch; I believe the latest, and the best thus far, is community patch 1.6
Overall, this collection is a bargain, and should belong in every hard-core PCRPG Gamers' library.
Welcome to the Gothic Universe, where there is always "something to be had".
User: H. Le
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Summary: Gothic Universe: Definitely "Something To Be Had" For Hardcore RPG Fans
Helpful Votes: 2
Total Votes: 2
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Review Date: 2008-12-17
Loved everthing but the controls,they have it set up to use your mouse for looking around & I just hate that setup,its a real PITA & hard on the wrist etc etc. tryed redoin the key setup to more my liking but could not get it right.
Other then that? man what a deal for what you get for the price,over 300hours is what they say & I belive it.
worked just fine for me also,not sure if some of thease reviews are about the older versions without the available patches? or what. this has all the most up-to-date patchs included for each game so just install the game & your GTG!.
User: R. Mcisaac
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Summary: Controls=ick
Helpful Votes: 1
Total Votes: 1
Product Details
- Follow an incredible story over the course of three intense games
- 3D action adventure with over 300 hours of exciting gameplay
- Immerse yourself in the most realistic and fascinating game world possible
- Liberation or annihilation - the fate of the world of Gothic lies in your hands!
- Huge living and breathing environment reacting to the player's actions and creating endless choices of interaction
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