Want a good laugh? Try this demo.

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Was going to download it, but had too much other stuff going on ... thanks for saving me the time :)
 
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Seriously......I want you to give it a try. I'm curious what other peoples reactions will be like.
 
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Looks like a NWN (or maybe even worse, Diablo) clone from the screenshots. Dont think I'll waste any time downloading that:p
 
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Gameplay reminded me more of Hexen than Diablo. Except Hexen was a good game. I don't think I've ever uninstalled anything quicker.
 
How old is this game? it looks as if made in the late 90s... But I will probably download it, even if only for the laughter :)
 
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Morticia said:
How old is this game? it looks as if made in the late 90s... But I will probably download it, even if only for the laughter :)
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That's one of the funniest things about this demo. You need at least a Pentium 4 and 512mb of RAM minimum to play this game, yet the graphics aren't even on par with Gothic 1.
 
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It ran horribly on my T60. I know its a Laptop but its hardly weak. Core 2, 128 MG mobility X1400. The framerate was ranging from 6 to 9 according to FRAPS. I'm looking at the game and I'm real puzzled by that.
 
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Sounds like a description of a gane with lots of debug code in it.

Personally, I don't mind running games with graphics from the late 90s. Since my PC is from 1999, I don't have much of a choice, by the way ... ;)

But seriously, I still play games with graphics from the mid-90s - as long as they are fun ! ;) :)
 
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I would really like to say I enjoy games for mid-90s too... but I can't :( It is so hard to get accustomed to those graphics when the new games are competing which will have the more stunning and realistic graphics. I can't even play Gothic1 now which was my all-time favourite game, it hurts my eyes :( I wish so hard the Piranhas would remake it

And back to topic - I wanted to see the game but forgot about it completely.
And talking about bad games - look at this one - http://disney.go.com/pirates/online/index.html
Disney's Pirates of the Carribean online, lol. Those guys didn't get it that they should stick to the movies and leave game designing to game designers. I thought something is wrong with my eyes when I saw the screenshots, the blur is just so wrong, the textures are horribly stretched... horrible
 
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The video didn't look too bad. But you're right, the screenshots are enough to convince you not to try it. Eeek!!
 
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Morticia said:
I would really like to say I enjoy games for mid-90s too... but I can't :( It is so hard to get accustomed to those graphics when the new games are competing which will have the more stunning and realistic graphics. I can't even play Gothic1 now which was my all-time favourite game, it hurts my eyes :( I wish so hard the Piranhas would remake it
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I think Gothic 1 still looks quite good for it's age.
 
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JDR13 said:
I think Gothic 1 still looks quite good for it's age.
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But it could look better with a bit cosmetics and some facelifting, wouldn't it? ;)

Imho Gothic1 with remade grafics, some bugs fixed and perhaps some bonus stuff could sell even better than Gothic3 did :)
 
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Morticia said:
But it could look better with a bit cosmetics and some facelifting, wouldn't it? ;)
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Yes. You could say that about a thousand games.

Remaking a specific RPG isn't a really a good idea, because the content of this game is the story. Even with some "bonus stuff" the story wouldn't change and wouldn't deliver a reason to buy it again.
 
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Remaking a specific RPG isn't a really a good idea, because the content of this game is the story. Even with some "bonus stuff" the story wouldn't change and wouldn't deliver a reason to buy it again.
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Well, I think Gothic1 has a certain replay value, I would buy it again, if the change is only in the graphics and the content remains the same. It would deliver a reason also for the people, who haven't played it, to get to know this game.
But let's take another game, for example Tomb Raider. I haven't played the first part, actually I started from the forth and it is already ugly and clumsy for me. If Eidos would remake it (and as I heard, the latest Tomb Raider: Anniversary will be a remake of the first part) I would certainly buy it, because it is a legendary game. But there is no way I will play the old game, with all the cool games coming out, I hardly find time for the older ones.
That was my point :)

So, enough off-topic, I tried the demo and can only confirm that it is bad. I couldn't even laugh at it, it is tragic
 
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I bet Gothic with FPS-patch, IE-patch, sky-patch, the two texture updates (the 2nd from a few days ago) on an up-to-date PC and with a gamepad would be quite a different experience. ;)
 
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Gorath said:
I bet Gothic with FPS-patch, IE-patch, sky-patch, the two texture updates (the 2nd from a few days ago) on an up-to-date PC and with a gamepad would be quite a different experience. ;)
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All of those things sound good except the gamepad. Why would you even suggest using a gamepad with Gothic??


...and what's this about a new texture update? Details please.
 
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