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Gothic III
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This JoWooD Press Release (thanks TheMysterD) announces plans for Gothic III, the third edition in Piranha Bytes' RPG series:

Rottenmann, Austria, 14th of December 2004: JoWooD Productions continues its successful cooperation with the German developer Piranha Bytes by publishing one of the most spectacular titles of the coming year: Gothic III, the third part of the legendary RPG saga. "Being listed in all major 'most wanted' charts across Europe, Gothic III is the top title of the coming year. To publish a game with such popularity, potential and quality, is a great chance for us to push a world-wide known brand even further" ,comments Andreas Tobler, CEO of JoWooD Productions Software AG. JoWooD Productions takes this chance and will try to break RPG selling records of the past!

"Our main efforts are to increase quality, atmosphere and fascination in Gothic III, to deliver an unbeatable RPG experience to all the Gothic fans out there. But even with all the improvements and innovations, we continue to build upon the unique concept of the Gothic titles", promises Mike Hoge, developer Piranha Bytes.

In 2002, JoWooD Productions managed to establish Gothic II as known brand in the RPG world. Gothic II dominated the sales charts with weeks at the top and is one of the best-selling titles ever created in German territories. The success is also proven by dozens of awards like "Best RPG 2002", "Best of E3 Show", "Best of Games Convention" and incredible ratings worldwide.

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Raised the bar
Dec 17, 2004, 19:55

Steele Johnson

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Raised the bar Dec 17, 2004, 19:55

Dec 17, 2004, 19:55

Steele Johnson

Gothic I raised the bar for 3rd person rpg's. Why you might ask? It pulled standard crpg's away from turn-based combat where action based skill matters, voice-overs for npc's, not much loading at all, almost like an mmorpg, made you feel like you were really in the game world. It also included a duel system (almost like pvp) where you can train by dueling with one of the npc's. The game not only felt like an online game of today, but the way the story flowed, it made you feel like you were really part of it. One minute you're part of a camp, the next minute they're all against you. Gothic I was the best! If you ask me, that was the game that inspired designers to create games like Morrowind (which wasn't even half as good, imo), and today's mmorpg's.

If you haven't played it, you should definitely pick it up. I'm talking Gothic I, not II. To me, there's no sense in playing the second game until you've played the first. The graphics are good enough... they're not very outdated at all.