Introduction
The fourth installment of the Gothic series has been rather quiet for the moment. The Gothic series is for the time remained the preserve of a single developer, Piranha Bytes, but it has recently embarked on a new adventure with Risen and thus leaves his license darling teams Spellbound. These facts were noted with the series Desperados, titles combines action with the strategy in an atmosphere of Western. They now have their eye on the side of heroic fantasy by taking the torch of this license legendary role-playing game that is Gothic. Note nonetheless that the series has undergone some changes during the handover but fortunately retains the richness of the background and the feeling of freedom that was the whole point of the other episodes.
Set in a world of sword and sorcery, Gothic games have captivated several generations of players compatible. With its gameplay, its customization options and extensive difficulty, has earned herself a name in the scene. Being frank, we could say that Gothic is one of the most complex and difficult games of the genre, with thousands of "rules" were written not to despair more than one, and that, therefore, was that many did not give him sufficient opportunity to advance and enjoy the experience.
By having such problems against (as well as certain design faults, both technical and playable that made it even more dangerous if combined), has always been stronghold of a particular group of players. This community, dedicated and earnest, has been keeping the game with patches, updates and modifications. After the departure of the last episode of the series (Gothic 3 went almost five years ago), JoWooD returns to the fray with a new game (this Arcania: Gothic 4), which try to reform all those problems that the series has been carrying throughout its history, and who seeks a new kind of blatantly player face to revive the franchise.
A new beginning: new developments in Gothic 4:
Although we try to find a new beginning for the franchise, the story of Arcania: Gothic 4 is compared with the previous title in the series. Arcania: Gothic 4 will start almost twelve years after the events of Gothic 3. In the previous game, we came to become the king of all the region following clashes with dozens of orcs, witches and supernatural elements. As you can see, our previous character was not given very well to govern, and corrupted by power, and after a dictatorial reign and sickly, our new hero (who embodies in the game), decide to cut their losses and ending with that ruling. Stripped of his family in a brief and deadly attack on his hometown, proclaim vengeance. To do this, will be embarking on a powerful adventure that will take you through several areas (are confirmed three new islands) and face new enemies. Arcania: Gothic 4, as usual, will respond to all topics and elements of the kind of role in its history, although, that little or nothing is known about how they will be revealing the plot, or if, as in other current titles is molded according to the player's actions.
What we do know for sure is that the game will feature more than 80 hours, focusing on the main story and hundreds of side missions or sidequest which may be made at any time, and that will serve to increase re -playability of the title. JoWooD (a company that published Arcania: Gothic 4), wanted to spread quite the scanning element, gradually discovering the vast universe that contains Gothic 4 inside. The regions available in the game (a series of three large islands), unlocked as you go doing and fulfilling missions or requirements in the game.
Each island, in turn, is divided into a number of territories, as usual, will unravel as we move forward in the title. Thus, if the most seasoned player wants to unlock everything, it will be forced to play continuously. However, if the player is a novice of the genre, or is the typical players who are burdened with the overwhelming freedom of this kind of games at the time of the examination, you will see a useful way to rank their objectives when unlock new regions to visit. The setting of these areas varies according to the island. We will have the usual and typical forests, high mountains snow or tropical landscapes. On our journey will come across dozens of unique sites, a design quite inspiring.
As we mentioned, JoWooD want to search for new players of the genre with his new title. System has simplified the game (keeping the original legacy graphics and the series), obtaining, for example, now we can access in a more intuitive and simple to our missions (both which are in course such as those we have not enabled) and routes, with a map that will be on display (if activated). With respect to the traditional menus and toolbars (health, mana ...) have remained almost identical to sit on the edge of the screen and showing at all times. In this menu we can also see what kind of weapons, items or items we have assigned to our rapid access holes. Such improvements or changes (desired and hated in equal shares by certain sectors of critics and fans of the franchise) are a way of bringing a type of game that was being largely forgotten until recently. And we say until recently because titles like Risen (from the creators of previous games in the Gothic series) have succeeded in taking the genre to new playable shares that have shaped and satisfied both old players, as neophytes in the field. As usual, to open missions and advance the story, we talk to the hundreds of NPC characters (which remember, are characters and people that can not be controlled by the player) all over the mapping. With them, we get items, new missions and uncover clues about the main story.
Given that accessibility has been the main engine of change in this Arcania: Gothic 4 is playable have also introduced changes to adapt it to the consoles. Gothic saga had always been a PC exclusive, but with his fourth delivery, will jump to the systems of Microsoft (Xbox 360) and Sony (PlayStation 3). To do this, the control has been remodeled. Now we will have a button to physical attacks melee (whose weapons such as swords or axes will wear as we use them), with a button for long-range attacks (bows, daggers) and the other for spells and magical items. The system will remember something to the adaptations seen in some console RPGs (Risen himself or role-playing games and action of the Baldurs Gate saga.)
It is true that you can lose depth and strategy, but you gain in emotion, action and rhythm. Given that the player console may not always connect a keyboard to your machine, an adaptation in the control base thinking about them, not a bad idea, especially since it has been shown that a simplification of a head game and control, does not always imply a total loss of the essence of the experience. Action role-playing games like Fallout 3, Oblivion or Risen, are securities escoda a wide range of possibilities after a control system "simple" in their adaptations to console. And therefore they are bad games.
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