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Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
If your only means to play is on the 360 is it still great? I am interested in the game, but I haven't heard good things about the 360 version.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
[edit] Re: Risen, not TW.
In two different computers I have found no way whatsoever to get my Steam copy of Two Worlds to function. The first computer produced game-ending graphical errors that turned the screen to garbage. The second it just will not run.
Have you tried the unofficial patch? I can't offer an opinion on it, but it may be worth trying. I'm tempted to re-install the game and try it, too. I never did beat Gothic 3. I liberated a city and then reached the desert but that was it.
Edit: Holy shit. The patch is nearly a gig in size. There are also thousands of fixes, apparently. The community patch also had help from developers and even had its own beta tests for each release.
None of the movies worked
Is being a mage any better? It was kind of underwhelming in Gothic, spells all took way too long to cast, and didn't do much more damage than a sword hit.
Edit: I got it to install by restarting my PC. The disc was clean, so I don't know what was up with that error. Now to install the 1GB community patch.
Oh, it still runs like shit, but it never crashed on me that I can remember.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
The key to survival in both, absolutely at first and often later on, is to avoid the fights you can't win. Most animals can overpower you at level 1, and most humanoids can beat you easily at later levels. Even once you're midway up the levels, you still can't take on 3+ orcs at once, and the one guy you thought was alone will end up calling in five reinforcements. That said, going off of the beaten path, while usually fatal, also can occasionally yield some truly excellent advantages. I remember once, at around level 5 or so, I decided I was just going to explore as much as I could without getting killed. I snuck around an orc patrol, hit under the shadow of an abandoned mage tower, ran into my first ever sighting of those velociraptor things, and finally had begun climbing my way down a mountain path toward the sea when I found a skeleton holding a badass looking axe. I picked it up, got jumped by two other skeletons, ran the fuck away, nearly got killed by the returning orc patrol, made it back into the city and watched as the guards drove off the orcs. It turns out that I couldn't use the axe for two more levels, but once there I became a mini-god for a while because it had boosted my attack so much beyond the typical weapon for where I was.
Having no mouse in Gothic 1 is difficult to get used to, but it can be overcome. Until you become familiar with the combat system, everything is going to feel clunky and awkward - which actually makes sense, because your character starts out terrible with a sword. However, as you learn the precise rhythm of attacks and blocks, your character likewise progresses in speed and skill with the sword. You both hit the point of mastery at approximately the same time, which was a very pleasant surprise when I first played it, and is something no other game I know of has captured.
The first time I played, I joined the pot-smoking tribe. I don't remember what they were called, but it wasn't the Fire or the Water mages.
Gothic 2 has a nude patch, zomg.
My advice is to kill things with a bow for Gothic 2. Spell casting is improved and there are some 'end of the world' spells you can use to clear rooms and kill dragons but you've already played a mage. Try being Robin Hood. Live off the land, skin animals, pew pew arrows, sneak around in town and rob everyone blind while they sleep, etc.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
It sucks being relegated back to being a punk. I wish I were at least playing a different character, so I didn't feel like a total bitch.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
Shame that 1 is so hard to get working properly/has horrible keyboard combat, and 3 is mostly meh.
.... still, I say play an archer!
.... find someone to replace him? Do something about the disappearances?
Managed to kill my 6 wolves and get some skins. Now I can go uptown! I haven't yet, trying to polish off a few more quests.
LPs feel a lot more precious this game. I think Gothic 1 had faster leveling overall. I've been playing for quite a while, and I only just hit level 5. I've sunk all my points into strength, skinning, and 1 handed combat. I still feel pretty gimpy.
I did follow Lares' advice and use Sleep on a guard so I could nab some free leather armor. That helped a lot. I've got enough gold to get a new sword now, I think I'll blow most of my cash on it.