Did I just walk into Gothic 1? (Spoilers)

[Sima Yeet]

So First I'm walking through Kyle's house and next thing I know, I'm being followed by Mud.

[Paladin Larec]

Exactly. The fact moe was guarding the tavern entrance just like gothic 2, and Mud following me around (And me killing him) like in Gothic 1....has me believing it's the same thing.

[Toast]

There are even more Gothic 1 call backs throughout the game, some are a little too tryhardy by the developers to add a gothic feel, but I guess its good to let people new to the series experiance them.

[Wafflesaurus Supreme]

Jack the lighthouse keeper from Gothic 2 and 3 made an appearance in Risen 1, 2 and now Risen 3. I suspect it's an inside joke.

SPOILER: The head of the nameless hero of the Gothic series is modeled to resemble one of the main developers. Looks just like him. :)

[Alvin the Elf]

Actually I think Gothic and Risen games may be in the same world, even though the devs have never mentioned it.

Think about it. The canon ending of Gothic 3 is banishing the gods from the world. The start of Risen 1 is after gods have been banished from the world. There are lots of similarities- crystal magic, lizard people, and now even scavengers with feathers!

[Wafflesaurus Supreme]

There are some books you can read - I think in Gothic 1 and 2 - that refer to The Southern Isles.

[Sima Yeet]

Yeah, I've always felt that gothic and Risen are connected.

[Tesh.]

:D Mud is awesome :D

[Neck-X]

when you go to the demon hunter hq go to the storage room, there is also an g1 easter egg conversation ;)

[jak_ub]

Originally posted by Alvin the Elf:

Actually I think Gothic and Risen games may be in the same world, even though the devs have never mentioned it.

Think about it. The canon ending of Gothic 3 is banishing the gods from the world. The start of Risen 1 is after gods have been banished from the world. There are lots of similarities- crystal magic, lizard people, and now even scavengers with feathers!

As I remenber this is more or less a result of the IP dissagreement between developer and distributor of Gothic - as a result almost in the same year two games were released:
- Arcania: Gothic 4 (not developed by PB)
- Risen

As I remember PB did supposed to get those rights back after Arcania (not sure about that).

I assume Risen is the result of the need to create next iteration of something similar yet not the same as Gothic. And the product lived on its own that the full return to the Gothic is not required.

[Alvin the Elf]

They actually have the Gothic rights back now. They even made a poll asking whether we would like Risen 3 or Gothic 5.

[Evillor]

I wanted to murder him immediately.

[jak_ub]

Originally posted by Evillor:

I wanted to murder him immediately.

Does murdering him gives you +5 to Soul? ;)

[Sima Yeet]

Originally posted by Alvin the Elf:

They actually have the Gothic rights back now. They even made a poll asking whether we would like Risen 3 or Gothic 5.

People said Risen 3? I'm shocked actually