Gothic II (Windows)

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Description

The demon known as The Sleeper has been banished and the magical barrier around the prison mining colony on the isle of Khorinis destroyed. The nameless hero who accomplished this, however, had to pay a high price: he lies buried under a pile of rocks.

Shortly afterwards he is revived by the renegade mage Xardas. A new threat is rising: evil armies, led by dragons, are gathering in the old mine valley. Someone has to take the news to the people of Khorinis and help them in defeating this menace. But the people have their own problems: the war against the orcs is still raging on on the mainland, and the king has sent his paladins to Khorinis to make sure that the mining of the magical ore continues, now that the prisoners have fled the mine. Many of the former prisoners have now become mercenaries, hired by the farmers on the island, who refuse to obey the king and his minions any longer. Violent conflict seems inevitable.

Gothic II is a 3D action role-playing game that uses a refined version of the previous game's engine and controls. The world is many times larger than in the first game: the mine valley (which has changed a lot in the meantime) is still accessible, but is only a relatively small part of the game now. As in the original game, the player can join one of three different factions, with the choice influencing the player character's abilities, opening up different quests and changing the details of the story. The available factions are the city militia, the mercenaries and the fire mages.

Aside from significantly expanding the environments and adding many new weapons, armor, and monster types, the sequel plays very similarly to the preceding installment. Combat and magic are action-based; melee fights are based on combinations of attack moves and directional arrows. Non-playable characters follow a daily schedule, and many objects are usable.

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Alternate Titles

• "救世英豪 II" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "哥特王朝II" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Готика II" -- Russian spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Fantasy Creatures: Dragons
• Fantasy Creatures: Orcs
• Gameplay feature: Alchemy
• Gameplay feature: Brothels
• Gameplay feature: Character development - Skill distribution
• Gameplay feature: Character development - Training
• Gameplay feature: Day / Night cycle
• Gameplay feature: Goldsmithing
• Gameplay feature: Hunting
• Gameplay feature: Survival cooking
• Gothic series

User Reviews

Give me more Gothic!	Unicorn Lynx (181593)
Good continuation of the first. Addicting and satisfying .. but not perfect.	Jeanne (76388)
Challenging, beautiful, open-ended, smart, long; class gaming	ShadowShrike (303)
Another Great Game Experience	Cabeza2000 (817)
Who could have thought they would top Gothic?	Mattias Kreku (439)
Ruined by superficiality	András Gregorik (65)	unrated
Excellent sequel	Wimp (81)

Critic Reviews

Withingames	Dec 02, 2002	5 out of 5	100
Game Captain	Dec 19, 2002	92 out of 100	92
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Jun 28, 2003	90 out of 99	91
Rebell.at Games	Jun 22, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Gamers.at	Dec 19, 2002	85 out of 100	85
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Feb, 2004		80
Games Finder	Jul 26, 2013	8 out of 10	80
Joystick (French)	Feb, 2004	7 out of 10	70
GameSpy	Nov 26, 2003		40
Jeuxvideo.com	Mar 25, 2005	8 out of 20	40

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Trivia

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2002– #2 Best PC Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2002– Best PC Role-Playing Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
• GameStar (Germany)
  • February 13, 2003 - Best RPG in 2002 (Readers' Vote)
• Steam Awards
  • 2017 — The 'No Apologies' Award — Nominated

Related Web Sites

• Gothic II (official website)
• GameFaqs Files (Walkthroughs, guides and maps for Gothic 2)
• Gothic2.com (Official Web Site)
• Gothic II Cheats (Neoseeker hosts this page which has cheats and tips)
• Gothic II Survival Guide (Jim Wahl's file includes tech and support info plus valuable tips.)
• [email protected] (Comprehensive Gothic Site for Gothic 1 and 2 including news, commentaries, designer diaries, screenshots and forums)
• Gothic Two Full Guide (by Patrick E. Bryant)
• World of Gothic (Very good German fan-site for Gothic and Gothic II)