Vault Dweller
Commissar, Red Star Studio
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2003
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Tags: Gothic III; Piranha Bytes
A site called <a href=http://www.honestgamers.com>Honest Gamers</a>* has posted a very positive, but completely useless <a href=http://www.honestgamers.com/systems/content.php?console_id=13&review_id=5166&game_id=22368>Gothic 3 review</a>, giving it 9/10 for being "open-ended gameplay at it's best".
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<blockquote>Thrusts, parries and blows need to be delivered just right to sneak past the enemy's attack leaving players more used to Oblivion's 'charge in swinging' style a little disorientated. Striding into the sunlight-choked forest with a nasty looking sword slung over my shoulder, I confidently charged at the first boar I saw, pummelled the attack button and swore heavily as it charged through my clumsy swings and slices and bowled me over.
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These problems can be overcome by learning the battle system employed, investing level-up points in various attack skills or by utilising a better weapon for given foes (for instance, when I took on a boar with the much longer-reaching scythe, they fell with almost insulting ease) but some of the other quirks thrown up in battle are not so easily side-stepped. The smallest of these is the awful grunts of pain you or your foes will release after being struck, often making each battle a veritable concerto of "Oh! Oh! Aw! Oh!" on a constantly repeated cycle. This only adds the what might be the game's biggest flaw; the dreaded stunlock. </blockquote>Well, at least we know that the dreadful boars of death can be defeated.
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* Credibility check:
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<a href=http://www.honestgamers.com/systems/content.php?console_id=13&review_id=4339&game_id=7861>Neverwinter Nights - 9/10</a> <i>"As vast and fun as the single-player campaign is...."</i> Riiight.
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<a href=http://www.honestgamers.com/systems/content.php?console_id=13&review_id=4916&game_id=19869>Oblivion review - 9/10</a> <i>"The previous game in the series, Morrowind, may have been an excellent game, but it’s not even close to the amazing achievement that is Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion."</i> Like, totally.
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Spotted at: <A HREF="http://www.rpgwatch.com">RPG Watch</A>
A site called <a href=http://www.honestgamers.com>Honest Gamers</a>* has posted a very positive, but completely useless <a href=http://www.honestgamers.com/systems/content.php?console_id=13&review_id=5166&game_id=22368>Gothic 3 review</a>, giving it 9/10 for being "open-ended gameplay at it's best".
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<blockquote>Thrusts, parries and blows need to be delivered just right to sneak past the enemy's attack leaving players more used to Oblivion's 'charge in swinging' style a little disorientated. Striding into the sunlight-choked forest with a nasty looking sword slung over my shoulder, I confidently charged at the first boar I saw, pummelled the attack button and swore heavily as it charged through my clumsy swings and slices and bowled me over.
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These problems can be overcome by learning the battle system employed, investing level-up points in various attack skills or by utilising a better weapon for given foes (for instance, when I took on a boar with the much longer-reaching scythe, they fell with almost insulting ease) but some of the other quirks thrown up in battle are not so easily side-stepped. The smallest of these is the awful grunts of pain you or your foes will release after being struck, often making each battle a veritable concerto of "Oh! Oh! Aw! Oh!" on a constantly repeated cycle. This only adds the what might be the game's biggest flaw; the dreaded stunlock. </blockquote>Well, at least we know that the dreadful boars of death can be defeated.
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* Credibility check:
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<a href=http://www.honestgamers.com/systems/content.php?console_id=13&review_id=4339&game_id=7861>Neverwinter Nights - 9/10</a> <i>"As vast and fun as the single-player campaign is...."</i> Riiight.
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<a href=http://www.honestgamers.com/systems/content.php?console_id=13&review_id=4916&game_id=19869>Oblivion review - 9/10</a> <i>"The previous game in the series, Morrowind, may have been an excellent game, but it’s not even close to the amazing achievement that is Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion."</i> Like, totally.
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Spotted at: <A HREF="http://www.rpgwatch.com">RPG Watch</A>