Gothic IV: Arcania - Stiri si discutii generale

[Andrey]

poate sa se numeasca gothic 4 arcania, poate sa se numeasca arcania:a gothic tale. dar pentru noi tot gothic 4 ramane

Apoi sa sti ca ai dreptate......

[huaya]

Grafica ca grafica, dar gameplayu sa fie frumos.

[razvyrap]

May 16, 2008 - It's been a while since the North American release of Gothic 3, and you still see threads pop up on message boards asking if it's playable yet. The fact that it was released in a messy state is no secret, yet there's still a strong community involved with the game, so much so that some have taken to patching it themselves. Gothic 3, like its predecessors, had some great ideas built in and offered a vast and beautiful world to explore. The third game also happened to have rampant stability problems and a flawed combat system, which certainly didn't help the franchise.

With the fourth title in the series, Piranha Bytes, the German developer responsible for the first three games, is not be handling things. Instead a part German, part French developer, Spellbound, has taken up the reigns. For advice on how to proceed forward, the developer has been in contact with the player community still working to improve Gothic 3 and, somewhat surprisingly, the folks over at Pirahna Bytes. Publishing duties will be handled by JoWood (which owns the Gothic intellectual property) in Europe and Dreamcatcher (a subsidiary of JoWood) in North America.

The game's full title is a little different from what fans might expect. It's called Arcania: A Gothic Tale, which, according to representatives from Dreamcatcher, reflects a greater focus on magic. We recently saw a very early build of the game running and had the opportunity to ask some questions about what we'll see in, erm, Arcania, but at this point, not everything is set in stone. The game's release is still about a year and a half out, scheduled for sometime around fall 2009. While the series has a hardcore, almost fanatical following on the PC platform, don't be surprised to see it wind up on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, though nothing has been confirmed at this point. The demo that we saw was controlled part of the time with a wired Xbox 360 controller.

Since Gothic is a franchise far more popular in Europe than North America, it's probably worth explaining why the series has stretched to four titles since its 2001 debut. The game is set up as an open-ended role-playing game, and designed to give you little to no direction in your adventures. It's a single-character RPG set in a massive game world with tons of ways to interact with everything. You can craft items, fight woodland creatures, align with factions, quest for NPCs, find ways to dramatically affect the game world, or simply wander around and admire the scenery. It's this level of freedom and the game's traditionally gritty, realistic visuals that attract such devoted fans craving the ultimate in immersive experiences; their own fantasy playground to mold as they see fit. It was never meant to be much of a user-friendly game, something which may have kept it from gaining major traction in North American markets.

This isn't news to JoWood and Spellbound, and one of their primary goals with Arcania is to make it more palatable for those on the western side of the Atlantic. The title change can be seen as part of that effort, an attempt to presumably separate in consumers' minds the fourth Gothic game from the third. Then there's also the fact that the Nameless Hero from Gothic 1 through 3 is no longer the protagonist. He's a king, and he's invaded the island of the new protagonist in an attempt to unite his kingdom. This is another change for the series, as it moves back to an island setting like in the first two games and away from the mainland featured in the third.

Brian Gladman, Dreamcatcher's global product marketing manager, filled us on some of the challenges of making a game for two markets, as well as switching developers. "You could take a blank disc and put it in a paper bag and put Gothic 4 on the bag and you'd sell half a million units in Germany," he said. "The passion for the Gothic universe is at that level

[darkwerewold]

ar fi o faza soopel tale k actiunea din gothic 4 sa o descrie pe cea de dinainte de gothic 1 ca sa vedem ce a facut eroul de a ajuns sa fie condamnat......shji daca ZArDAs stia influenta eroului asupra faptelor ce tocmai erau pe cale sa inceapa....adica daca tot a fost inchjis in bariera de ce ai mai desfacut-o daca asta insemna ca in gothic 3 toti sa devina sclavi sau nu asta ai incercat sa eviti???nu stiu cel mai bine in gothic 4 ar fi sa itzi dea atribute...k al gothic 1 adik satzi pierzi iar strenghtul nu ma intereseaza ce poveste pun cei de la PIRANHA BYTES numai sa nu mai ai iar 100 strenght ink de la inceput ptr k asta imi placea cel mai molt in gothic 1 pentru ca o data ce aveai cam 100 la strenght deja te puteai masura cu un orc nu stiu gothic 3 pare facut prea pe graba sa nu mai zic de requirements,,,,nu k mi nu mi-ar fi mers dar sunt moltzi altzii kr au vrt sa joace jocul si nu le suporta calculatorul asa ca eu inregistram ce jucam faceam arhiva si trimiteam pe mess la colegi dechji cred ca vazti dat seama cata imi place toata seria gothic chiar dk sa nu revin v-am zishgj ce nu imi place la gothic 3 cu toate k e de admirat libertatea care o ofera asta daca ma gandesc la primul al treilea e de 10 ori pe atat am incercat sa mai joc de mai molte oti ink o data gothic 1 si deja mi se parea prea mic parca eram stramtorat apropo nu stie nimeni ce fisier trebuie sa modific la gothic 1 ca sa il traduc in romana???va rooooog am nevoie sau cel putin un patch ashja ahj mai aduce cva sute de colegi si prieteni carora le place univeruls animalele create si descrise de gothic1 2 3 dar degeaba daca nu stiu sa se implice in poveste adik altzii nu stiu engleza si nu stiu ce spun personajele ar insemna sa le traduc fiecare vb a personajului

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ar fi o faza soopel tale k actiunea din gothic 4 sa o descrie pe cea de dinainte de gothic 1 ca sa vedem ce a facut eroul de a ajuns sa fie condamnat......shji daca ZArDAs stia influenta eroului asupra faptelor ce tocmai erau pe cale sa inceapa....adica daca tot a fost inchjis in bariera de ce ai mai desfacut-o daca asta insemna ca in gothic 3 toti sa devina sclavi sau nu asta ai incercat sa eviti???nu stiu cel mai bine in gothic 4 ar fi sa itzi dea atribute...k al gothic 1 adik satzi pierzi iar strenghtul nu ma intereseaza ce poveste pun cei de la PIRANHA BYTES numai sa nu mai ai iar 100 strenght ink de la inceput ptr k asta imi placea cel mai molt in gothic 1 pentru ca o data ce aveai cam 100 la strenght deja te puteai masura cu un orc nu stiu gothic 3 pare facut prea pe graba sa nu mai zic de requirements,,,,nu k mi nu mi-ar fi mers dar sunt moltzi altzii kr au vrt sa joace jocul si nu le suporta calculatorul asa ca eu inregistram ce jucam faceam arhiva si trimiteam pe mess la colegi dechji cred ca vazti dat seama cata imi place toata seria gothic chiar dk sa nu revin v-am zishgj ce nu imi place la gothic 3 cu toate k e de admirat libertatea care o ofera asta daca ma gandesc la primul al treilea e de 10 ori pe atat am incercat sa mai joc de mai molte oti ink o data gothic 1 si deja mi se parea prea mic parca eram stramtorat apropo nu stie nimeni ce fisier trebuie sa modific la gothic 1 ca sa il traduc in romana???va rooooog am nevoie sau cel putin un patch ashja ahj mai aduce cva sute de colegi si prieteni carora le place univeruls animalele create si descrise de gothic1 2 3 dar degeaba daca nu stiu sa se implice in poveste adik altzii nu stiu engleza si nu stiu ce spun personajele ar insemna sa le traduc fiecare vb a personajului

vezi ca mi se pare ca proiectul de a traduce gothic 1 in romana sa terminat dute la discutii generale sau proiecte in desfasureare si cauta

:'.':

Di3go a Scris:
Oare pentru cei de la Jowood nu le era mai usor sa gaseasca un alt nume decat Gothic 4?Il puteau numi Gothic doar in cazul in care ar fi avut vre-o legatura cu Seria dar asa...eu cred ca jowood a pus numele Gothic 4 asteptandu-se sa aiba acelasi succes cum a avut si PB cu seria gothic.

de fapt am vazut ca se vorbea pe forum ca nu se va mai numi gothic IV ci sa schimbat in arcania:a gothic tale

[Edg]

Pentru cei care nu s-au interesat, sau nu au gasit, acestea sunt cerintele MINIME de sistem pentru Gothic 4:

* Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista
* Direct X Version: DirectX 9.0c or higher
* Hard Disk Space: 10 GB + 600 MB virtual memory
* DVD Drive: 6x DVD ROM Drive
* Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHZ, AMD Athlon 3500+
* RAM: 1 GB (Windows® XP), 1,5 GB (Windows® Vista)
* Graphics Accelerator: ATI 1800XT, Shader Model 3, 256 MB / Nvidia 6800, Shader Model 3, 256 MB
* Sound Card: DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card

[ufy]

se pare ca 'provocarea' e procesorul.
in rest nu mi se pare cine stie ce.

[Raducu']

Am gasit un video cu gothic 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4vSr4R_D...r_embedded ce parere aveti?

[Andrey]

Uitati aici un gameplay in engleza de la E3 pentru Gothic 4 Arcania

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[ufy]

parerea mea e ca e o bataie de joc.
zici ca joci wow :|
totusi o sa-l incerc.
nu ma bagati in seama e parerea mea. poate o sa mi-o schimb daca il joc...
pana atunci. bag mare cu g1, g2 si g3