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Gothic

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 23 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Xicat Interactive
Developer: Piranha Bytes
Genre(s): Action, Role-Playing Game
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: November 24, 2001
Summary
War has decimated the land, Orc Hordes are invading human territory and the king of the land needs a lot of ore to forge enough weapons for his army to stand against this threat. Prisoners from all over the empire are imprisoned in a large magical sphere where they have to work in the mines for the king. You are thrown into the sphere to give a letter to the high mages, this letter may be the turning point on the war against the Orcs. [Xicat Interactive]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Four Fat Chicks
With a novel, large and intricate set of societies, coupled with excellent graphics and sound, Gothic becomes one of the most immersive and believable single-play adventure/RPGs ever.
Read Full Review >Yahoo! Games
One of the best role-playing games of 2001. With just a few tweaks, Piranha Bytes could have given us one of the best role-playing games of all time.
Read Full Review >ActionTrip
The 3D engine looks unbelievably good! The surroundings are impeccable, and bear a surreal and depressive atmosphere. All the objects and buildings look just as great.
Read Full Review >Gamezilla!
This title is a truly epic quest with excellent replayability. This game got under my skin so bad that I remember getting out of bed at 2:00am and going downstairs to play it.
Read Full Review >IGN
Decent graphics and a well-developed storyline. It also has a great amount of replayability, as each time through the game could yield different experiences with different choices.
Read Full Review >Gamer's Pulse
The dark and mature theme gave this game a distinctive feel and the graphics take the player in deep within the prison world.
Read Full Review >TotalGames.net
While it does last (and there is plenty of replay value), it will provide most gamers with an experience even more enjoyable than kicking back and smoking a pound of grade A swampweed.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
The environment, the quests, and the huge world you're in overcomes some of the technical issues with the game.
Read Full Review >Computer Games Magazine
Elaborate story, dialogue, and characterization draw you into one of the most believable role-playing game worlds ever created.
Read Full Review >GameZone
There are some deficiencies in this game most notably, how to equip a weapon without jumping through all the hoops the game has to offer.
Read Full Review >Game Over Online
Its mostly fun to play. It takes 50-100 hours to go through the game once, and I could see playing a second or third time since the quests change slightly depending on the camp you choose to join.
Read Full Review >PC Gamer
It was originally conceived for the keyboard only, and though you can reconfigure its commands, the game isn't very mouse friendly. [Mar 2002, p.61]
GameSpot
And though it has an unusual and open-ended story, lots of spoken dialogue, and a substantial amount of gameplay, it also has frustrating action sequences and some noticeable technical problems.
Read Full Review >Computer Gaming World
If you can get past the absurd control hurdle and the fact that the beginning is the best part of the game..., Gothic is a satisfying RPG to fiddle with. [Apr 2002, p.92]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 23 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Andrew F gave it a10:
The best game ever. Better than Elder Scrolls, Witcher or Bioware-Games.
Savvas V. gave it a10:
The best game I have played ever. On the top with the Elder scrolls etc. Just magical.
John J. gave it a10:
Give the game 20 mins and you have learnt the controls. Great game Better than Morrowind, Better than Oblvion and the AI is brilliant and the way the stories go around as you make decisions that affect characters and the world is amazing! This game has to be played by all RPG publishers and then they can copy the game AI and the way the world reactes to you. If they do then we have a lot of great RPG's coming our way, Athough I ask this of every publisher....Please do more genres, Westen, Detective, even my girlfirend says When Harry Met Sally could be a RPG! And I agree. Take a chance and PC gaming WILL go mainstream!
CJ Holmes gave it a 10:
I loved it. The only problem is in the cheats it doesn't tell u how to make __ so that was hard.
Ava R. gave it a 10:
One of the greatest RPG games. a very good and intricating one.
Mark S. gave it an 8:
Love the graphics and the multiple story lines. Written by Cor Vidal? Complaints: Hard to learn controls. Way too many bugs and no flyswatters around. Not enough 'sneak' options. The game gets a bit boring towards the end when you are just running around killing things to build up your character. This happens in a lot of RPG's, I wonder why?The ending is disappointing. If I had paid $49 bucks for it I would have given it a 7.
MoRd R. gave it a 10:
Sweat azz game love the weapons magic armor and everything else.
