![]() I thought of all the other things I could do instead (most of which, admittedly, involve staring at the internet), and I felt deeply sad. ![]() I thought about playing for the same amount again, and I felt incredibly tired. I stopped there not because I'm lazy, not because I'm mendacious, not because I felt I'd seen it all - but because I couldn't stand any more. This has a different studio behind it (Spellbound, perhaps best known for the Desperados series), and it's a very different breed of roleplayer to boot.ħ.5 hours: halfway through the 15-hour campaign. In reality, it's Gothic 5, or perhaps 3.5 - last year's 50% fantastic, 50% tiresome Risen having been the 'true' follow-up from original devs Piranha Bytes, as publisher JoWood ran off with the name 'Gothic' in the two companies' messy divorce. Arcania gothic 4 crafting series#The thing is (aha! See?) there's a reason I've only played 7.5 hours of Gothic 4, a low-ish fantasy RPG sequel to a series that was well-received by players and much-ignored by critics. But I'm damn well going to have some opinions anyway. Arcania gothic 4 crafting full#I shall not be irresponsible, and will decline presenting a Full Judgement. Okay, you're quite right: some games, and especially some RPGs, do indeed improve exponentially after a few dreary opening hours. You think I have to play the entirety of any given game before I'm entitled to so much as start a sentence with 'The thing is.' Oh, after all we've been through! If I dare put 'Wot I Think' in the title of a post about an RPG I've played for a 'mere' 7.5 hours, you'd look at me with your lips pursed, your hands on your hip and your fingers somewhere around the F and U buttons of your keyboard. Show me 10 minutes of your game, a screenshot, the box art - hell, even just the first letter of its title, and I'll be able to instantly recount its probable Metacritic rating within 2 per cent.* I already know what I would score World of Warcraft 2, Half-Life 3 and Respawn Studios' unannounced first project.** I'm just that damned good.*** ![]() Of course, I do have superhuman critical prescience. It says 'Impressions' at the top instead of 'Wot I Think' because I'm either a coward or a man of honour, depending on your particular take on the old time-to-valid-opinion formula. Fantasy RPG Gothic 4 is out! I played it a bunch, hoping it would be another Risen. ![]()
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