Unskipable Deaths

[Bennø]

Please remove the Unskipable Death "cutscenes".
I was exploring along the coastline and then got a Cutscene of a Pirate that just went "Alarm" and I was Dead, same with walking into the Camp and getting killed without getting the Chance to run away.

I know its a minor thing, so far its really good but that just scratched me the wrong way.

[Bennø]

Same with the Big city btw

[Szmyk]

Not a bug :d You're not allowed to visit this location, people don't want strangers there, until you are in the proper moment of the story.

[Pegolini]

That's actually preferable to just planting a locked door everywhere. Even though the mod does both. I can imagine that it's really hard to prevent players from visiting places they shouldn't be in yet. That's why I don't think that this actually impacts the game negatively.

[General Moroz]

Originally posted by Szmyk:

Not a bug :d You're not allowed to visit this location, people don't want strangers there, until you are in the proper moment of the story.

You have banned the player from entering the city until chapter 2... without cause. Bad narrative idea, i think. This is open world rpg, not just a book with linear story. Player must have freedom, must have the right to make own mistakes. Thats why Сhapter 1 - annoying and boring.

[miralight]

imagine you mountain climb and suddenly death

[Karv3r]

Originally posted by General Moroz:

You have banned the player from entering the city until chapter 2... without cause. Bad narrative idea, i think. This is open world rpg, not just a book with linear story. Player must have freedom, must have the right to make own mistakes. Thats why Сhapter 1 - annoying and boring.

You can't enter the Mine Valley in Gothic 2 until Chapter 2 without going out of bounds. What a terrible design decision, right?

[.:Jj:.]

It's sad some people view this RPG design philosophy as flawed and needing to be 'fixed' or 'patched'. As if every single game should be differently flavored clone of Oblivion and Far Cry formula.
Being an 'open world' or, God forbid, a 'sandbox' game is not a part of any serious definition of the term 'role-playing game'.
Gothic games are dated in many ways, but this approach to the pace of exploration and construction of the world presented to the player is not a flaw resulting from a limited computing power or poor engine, but a deliberate design decision.

[Pegolini]

Originally posted by Karv3r:

Originally posted by General Moroz:

You have banned the player from entering the city until chapter 2... without cause. Bad narrative idea, i think. This is open world rpg, not just a book with linear story. Player must have freedom, must have the right to make own mistakes. Thats why Сhapter 1 - annoying and boring.

You can't enter the Mine Valley in Gothic 2 until Chapter 2 without going out of bounds. What a terrible design decision, right?

Same goes for the DLC area in the original game.

[PaYaB]

Originally posted by Bennø:

Same with the Big city btw

What? You can access it in a few hours if you want.

[Bennø]

I am just saying, getting killed or having the NPC´s being agressive towards me is no problem at all. But being killed in a Dialogue or an unskipable Cutscene isn´t that great. If I know I ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up I at least want to get the chance to make a run for it.

[Kael Thas]

Originally posted by Kael Thas:

Originally posted by Bennø:

Please remove the Unskipable Death "cutscenes".
I was exploring along the coastline and then got a Cutscene of a Pirate that just went "Alarm" and I was Dead, same with walking into the Camp and getting killed without getting the Chance to run away.

I know its a minor thing, so far its really good but that just scratched me the wrong way.

I 100% agree. Terrible way to ruin open world feeling. Don’t worry about ppl trying to defend it. You don’t need to feel the same way as someone cause they locked in their box.