I was wondering why Gothic is so culty myself too

[Nikanuur]

And I came up with this account of how things truly transpired. Although nobody seemed to believe it the first time I showed it to fellow fans—nor the fact that I truly, really, really, really love all Piranha Bytes games. ALL OF THEM. Why are people that way? I don't understand, help me understand, people are people so why should it beeee...

Anyway, this is the account of the true and only beginnings of Gothic series:

It all began when it was raining cats and dogs, down in schmutzige Essen, and one Michael Rüve came to one Michael Hoge, and told him, "I have dze greatest plan on how to torture dze PC gamers by forcing dzem to use dze keyboard in unsprochenverbötlichekultzgesagt most horrible ways! Is dzere somesing betzer, or what?"

And Michael Hoge, frolicsome guy as he was, said, "Why, jaa, let's graft it on a combat system dzet would add some great frustration on dze top, and dzen have many laughs togetzer over players trying to cope with dzet, har, har, har!"
...
Skip 10 years or so, and the community, jolly guys as they always had been, had to come up with a reason why they delved with much passion into such a sado-masochistic product (other than it having great stories, that is) that would let them keep their faces. So, they started to challenge each other over who liked the game more, who played it the longest before even hitting the second level, who shot the most arrows per kill, who spent the most time trying to use something from the inventory, and many other awesome and similar laugh-and-chill-with-dze-germans gaming elements.

Aah, the whimsical good old days!

[Blitz4]

Originally posted by Nikanuur:

I was wondering why Gothic is so culty myself too

to me a cult classic exists because what was found in the cult classic isn't found in any game since

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNlLj6nxU0A

[Nikanuur]

Originally posted by D'amarr from Darshiva:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNlLj6nxU0A

1. I am glad he was able to do this presentation. PB foreveeeeer!
2. However, I posted the real truth of it all. Believe me.

[Nikanuur]

Originally posted by Blitz4:

Originally posted by Nikanuur:

1. I am glad he was able to do this presentation. PB foreveeeeer!
2. However, I posted the real truth of it all. Believe me.

you're a clown. your op is something i could imagine in the media as a clickbait title. until i looked at which games you enjoy, you dislike real-time combat games. you prefer turn-based. why do you care so much about a game you dislike?

Pure truth is always ridiculed by cheap, coppycattish, uninspired words like clown, troll, or trash. Go figure.

Also, you read very incorrectly, indeed. I said, I love anything Piranha Bytes made. And it is true.

[Blitz4]

Originally posted by Nikanuur:

I said, I love anything Piranha Bytes made. And it is true.

I read that. I also read that you didn't spend as much time proclaiming your love for the game as much as you proclaimed your hatred towards it. To me it read as a but actually.

Originally posted by Ned:

"Everything before the word 'but' is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥"

[Nikanuur]

Originally posted by Blitz4:

Originally posted by Nikanuur:

I said, I love anything Piranha Bytes made. And it is true.

I read that. I also read that you didn't spend as much time proclaiming your love for the game as much as you proclaimed your hatred towards it. To me it read as a but actually.

Originally posted by Ned:

"Everything before the word 'but' is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥"

Nope, you got that wrong, I didn't proclaim any hatred towards Gothic at all whatsoever. Why would I, I love that game. It's ingenious.

[Blitz4]

Originally posted by Nikanuur:

Originally posted by Blitz4:

I read that. I also read that you didn't spend as much time proclaiming your love for the game as much as you proclaimed your hatred towards it. To me it read as a but actually.

Nope, you got that wrong, I didn't proclaim any hatred towards Gothic at all whatsoever. Why would I, I love that game. It's ingenious.

Are you ok?

[Nikanuur]

Originally posted by Blitz4:

Originally posted by Nikanuur:

Nope, you got that wrong, I didn't proclaim any hatred towards Gothic at all whatsoever. Why would I, I love that game. It's ingenious.

Are you ok?

Pf, the actual question about Gothic for you is, though, can you even LIGMA?

[Chroniver]

The controls were really funky indeed. I personally somehow got the game in German back in the day even though my German is extremely lacking (though I somewhat understand it given that I speak Dutch).

It was a whole other experience to go through the game and getting screamed at in German left and right, understanding only like 40% of everything as a kid.

Still one of my most culty gaming experiences :)

[Nikanuur]

Originally posted by Chroniver:

The controls were really funky indeed. I personally somehow got the game in German back in the day even though my German is extremely lacking (though I somewhat understand it given that I speak Dutch).

It was a whole other experience to go through the game and getting screamed at in German left and right, understanding only like 40% of everything as a kid.

Still one of my most culty gaming experiences :)

Same. I really like Gothics, and all game Piranhas. But I remember the time when I first saw Gothic and said to myself while pondering through controls, inventory, combat, "Wtf is this nonsense? Is this a PC Game, what is this!?!" and uninstalled.

...and I am guy who's started to play when Atari 800 XE 8bit was in its prime, mind you :D

Only after several years, I heard from friends and internet that Gothic is actually a great game—if you can bear with the highly unusual controls, that is, hh, and have fallen in love with its many ingenuine elements.

My whole point in the joke I made was really just a joke and nothing else. I love the game, but I am sane about its quirks, and I wanted to get back at dze funny Germanz in a musing "joke - revenge", that's all.

I don't wish them wrong or nothing, quite on the contrary. I sincerely and with all my heart hope that they'll find the way to ressurect themselves, yet again. Even after having faced those latest unfortunate turn of events of theirs. Their games were always one of a kind great open world RPGs.

[Chroniver]

I just wish they'd finally include character customization in their games. It's honestly the reason I didn't touch the ELEX series.

Just really used to creating and customizing a character in newer RPG's. I'll give it a pass for Gothic, but they kinda need to get with the times on that one.

[SlaughterX]

Originally posted by Chroniver:

I just wish they'd finally include character customization in their games. It's honestly the reason I didn't touch the ELEX series.

Just really used to creating and customizing a character in newer RPG's. I'll give it a pass for Gothic, but they kinda need to get with the times on that one.

Wrong games for you move on