It's not all bad, but we'd like a bit more good too ......
By Atomic MPC onArcania: Gothic 4 tries to recapture gamers with the Gothic series with what at first appears more stream-lined play, pretty graphics, and an enhanced story. What we get is incredibly generic across all platforms, a leveling system that feels gutted...
By Diehard GameFAN onIt should be immediately known that Arcania: Gothic 4 isn’t really a Gothic game. It is developed by Spellbound studios rather than Piranha Bytes, who developed the previous Gothic installments. Because of this, it’s not all that surprising that...
By New Game Network onIt's a misleading title. Arcania: Gothic 4 should be entitled, Arcania: Gothic: A New Beginning. Sure I know "A New Beginning" is trite, but this is not a true continuation of the series; it's a tangent. The storyline progresses, building on the...
By Cheat Code Central onIn the video settings for ArcaniA: Gothic 4, you can select from two different tone maps: American and European. Let’s consider that for a second. With these two tone maps, publisher JoWood Entertainment and developer Spellbound are definitively...
By Hooked Gamers onWhile the PC version is certainly superior to the console port, Arcania: Gothic IV does very little to progress the genre – particularly in mission structure and storytelling areas – but what it ultimately does deliver is a loot-heavy dungeon crawling...
By ign.com onPC/XBOX360 Game Review: ArcaniA: Gothic 4 Posted on 05 November 2010 by Michael Anderson If you read my ‘impressions’ of the demo version of ArcaniA, you know that even though I pre-ordered the game I had several hesitations about the potential for...
By Gear Diary onGothic ist für Einsteiger ein guter Grund, mit Rollenspielen zu beginnen (trotz etwas lahmer Story). Gothic Veteranen werden sich freuen, altbekannte Gesichter wie Diego und Gorn wiederzusehen. Fortgeschrittene Rollenspieler werden sich vielleicht...
By Spieletest
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Selten habe ich in einem Test so viele Emotionen verarbeiten müssen. Was hier geschehen ist, zeugt vom Niedergang einer großen Marke. Ob die Gothic-Reihe jemals wieder an die hervorragenden ersten beiden Teile anknüpfen kann, scheint nach diesem...
By GamerLobby
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Versteht mich jetzt nicht falsch: Ich bin ein Fan der Reihe gewesen. Und bin es auch von Risen. Aber Arcania will mir einfach so gar nicht gefallen. Das liegt nicht daran, dass ich etwas gegen seichte Rollenspiele habe. Auch Action Rollenspiele sind...
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