JoWooD - GC 2008 Lineup

[Dhruin]

JoWood sent out a press release last week unveiling the titles they will be showing at the upcoming Games Convention in Leipzig. Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods, Gothic 4: Arcania and Dungeon Lords: The Orb and the Oracle will all be on show in some form or another:
Liezen, Austria, July 15th 2008; Gothic 3 – Forsaken Gods, The Guild 2 – Venice, Agatha Christie - Evil Under The Sun Wii TM… - JoWooD Productions presents their upcoming products at Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig.
Gothic 3 – Forsaken Gods: Two Years after the phenomenal success of Gothic 3, this new episode offers a fresh glimpse into the amazing world of Gothic. Forsaken Gods includes new quests, new monsters and many of the old friends whom gamers around the world got to know in previous episodes. Gothic 3 - Forsaken Gods will answer all the questions which have risen in the past and will slowly introduce the fans to a new chapter...
The Guild 2 – Venice: “The Guild 2 – Venice“ will show the fascinating ambience of Venice. Small Sidestreets, Gondoliers and the mystical carnival promise many hours of game fun. Live your life in The Guild 2 – Venezia like the medieval population did – build up your family, earn money and enjoy the romance of Venice. You may even meet the famous Casanova.
Agatha Christie - Evil Under The Sun:Based on the novel Evil Under the Sun by the world’s best-known mystery author, this is the second title from The Adventure Company’s successful Agatha Christie video game series to release on Wii.
Behind closed doors you will see an exclusive presentation of Gothic 4 - Arcania – the new game out of the famous Gothic series as well as The Orb and The Oracle!
More information. (http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=9680)

[Sergius64]

Gothic 3 – Forsaken Gods: Two Years after the phenomenal success of Gothic 3...


HAHAHAHA!!! hahah..hah..h.. /cry.

[magerette]

Good to see a Guild 2 title. I enjoyed the first one, and Venice sounds like a nice setting.

[mbuddha]

I wish they didn't bother with a G3 expansion at all and just get right to G4. So much of G3 is broken (combat, audio, clipping) that an expansion seems like a waste of time.

[Maylander]

Gothic 4 is under development as well. The add-on is meant merely as a bridge between 3 and 4.

[souha13]

Sweet! Gothic 4 makes me drool and at least gothic 3 expansion might fix the game :)

[titus]

Lets hope for the best for the add on and pray for Gothic4 and who knows something good might come out

[Bartacus]

Gothic 4 is under development as well. The add-on is meant merely as a bridge between 3 and 4.

Indeed, otherwise the story wouldn't make sense or so they say.

[Ergonpandilus Dragon]

Gothic 3 had (and still has) huge amount of potential. The world, for example, is maybe one of the most authentic, most beautiful and most interesting. There was actually moments in Gothic 3, when I just have to stop and look around. It's a place where I would want to spend my retirement days. :D

After the newest patch, only thing that buggers me is the melee combat, and only because it's far too easy. I think the best feature in add-on will be definately the improved combat.

[souha13]

Im so excited I just had to post again!

[Glorian]

Im so excited I just had to post again!

Same here,
I am anxious to play the expansion of Gothic 3

[mbuddha]

Gothic 4 is under development as well. The add-on is meant merely as a bridge between 3 and 4.

I know its under development, but it will still take longer for it to be released because of the expansion. I got a lot of enjoyment out of Gothic 3, but even patched, there were too many frustrations, and my chosen ending crashed every time. Kind of sullied the whole experience for me. Who knows, maybe the new developer can right the wrongs while keeping the best parts intact.

[Gorath]

Why will it take longer?

[doctor_kaz]

No word on the new IP from Pirhanna Bytes? Damn. I was kinda hoping for that.

[Moriendor]

No word on the new IP from Pirhanna Bytes? Damn. I was kinda hoping for that.

The new IP from PB will be published by Koch/Deep Silver, not JoWooD. And Koch/Deep Silver will be showing a trailer of PB's new project plus there will be an extensive Q&A session with several members of the dev team at the show where just about any and all questions will be answered (PB said on their forums that they will attempt to keep the "no comment" ratio way down low).


As for the G3 add-on: It's most likely going to be standalone and based on an entirely different engine than the original game (let's face it: Genome is/was so broken that even PB themselves refused to use it for their next project ;) ) so any hopes that the original game will be fixed/repaired/overhauled via the add-on will most likely not materialize. G3 and Forsaken Gods will almost certainly be like two totally different games with only a common theme and content, i.e. the Gothic background, setting, world, characters etc. but otherwise they're going to be two standalone games.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

A recent interview by Avantenor revealed that Dr. Stefan Blanck of Chromatrix, the current holders of the TDE license for computer games (which they kind of forwarded to Radon Labs) is currently involved in the Gothic game by Spellbound, too.

[JemyM]

Gothic 3 was released the same year as NWN2 and Oblivion, and it's actually the game I enjoyed the most. It's a shame that it took a such huge effort to play it. I even ran multiple community tools to keep my savefiles from dying.

And I really loved the twist... I had not expected that at all, but it made the game so much more rewarding... If it fits your perspectives that is, else you might not get it or even get offended.

[Drakehash]

Sweet! Gothic 4 makes me drool and at least gothic 3 expansion might fix the game :)

Wrong, is a standalone expansion, the patch version 1.7 is on work right now, going to be released before the expansion come out, but like i say, the expansion don't need the original game, soo don't fix it.

[Drakehash]

Gothic 3 was released the same year as NWN2 and Oblivion, and it's actually the game I enjoyed the most. It's a shame that it took a such huge effort to play it. I even ran multiple community tools to keep my savefiles from dying.

And I really loved the twist... I had not expected that at all, but it made the game so much more rewarding... If it fits your perspectives that is, else you might not get it or even get offended.

With patch 1.6 the game run awesome stable, thanks for the community effort and spellbound studios, also the patch 1.7 is on work and will fix LOT more stuff and add new good stuff to the game.

If someone around got a new computer and want play a awesome game, a good rpg, just download the patch 1.6, remove the dust to the gothic 3 on the shelve and play it, because is really stable and is weird found a bug in the present.

I was one of those who buy the game on 2006 and cant play it because the engine ask for too much computer, right now i got a phenom 9850, 2 gb ram and ATI 4870 and the game run awesome.

[Bartacus]

With patch 1.6 the game run awesome stable, thanks for the community effort and spellbound studios, also the patch 1.7 is on work and will fix LOT more stuff and add new good stuff to the game.

If someone around got a new computer and want play a awesome game, a good rpg, just download the patch 1.6, remove the dust to the gothic 3 on the shelve and play it, because is really stable and is weird found a bug in the present.


I have the game running again, but I can't call it stable. Before the latest patch I never had the bug of Gorn and Milten having to walk to their place -> I mean that Milten gets killed by the orcs near the capital because he walks to the Monastery instead of getting placed there. Not very funny because I can't play the Innos side now.

[Maylander]

I still consider Gothic 3 an amazing game. Always did. Replayed it many times because of the unique atmosphere. However, I understand that the bugs and technical issues are too much for some to handle.

I am looking forward to both G3: Addon and G4, but not as much as PBs new project. PBs new project is, quite possibly, the game I am looking forward to the most.

[txa1265]

I liked Gothic 3, but I doubt anyone would argue that it wasn't the weakest entry so far - tech issues and bugginess and stability aside. I hope they deal with that stuff in the expansion as well.