Paign

Clearly aimed at fans of Gothic 1 (the original), the game was made by someone who also loved that title and wanted to recreate it. Albeit with a super-low budget and popular assets from the store. Expect awful dialogue, janky controls, and a ton of heart in the the right place. So far, so good!

Wow. Didn't expect so much content in a simple but thoroughly charming and entertaining game. Yeah, still playing, so much to cover yet, but already bought Paign 2, heh ! -- Annd finished. Who said simple, this game kept adding layers and quality till a satisfactory ending. 9/10 for me. ----- And finished Paign 2 too, delightful games !

I really felt like this game was bad, but I kept playing...and kept playing...and then today a curious thing happened. I found myself wanting to play Paign more than I wanted to play my AAA titles that are arguably better. If you like games like Gothic this kind of scratches that itch, but it feels FASTER paced with LOTS of quests. I ended up at level 30 and with 125 unused learning points because I keep finding more quests and not going back to town, and I'm kind of excited to go spend those and see how strong I can get. This is a great example of a game that doesn't really look impressive, and feels kind of janky, but somehow hits a 10/10 for fun.

wow it is amazing there is a lot to do and see in this game from the monsters you fight to the quests it was all so great very much a very gothic like game i recomemed it to all gothic fans and people who likes a compact bopen world

Played just long enough to realize that the combat was AWFUL and unintuitive. Controller is supported, yes, but I have to hold down "Y" while tilting the right stick to chain swings? Why? The unnecessary step of switching from combat mode/non-combat mode to swing my sword is bad enough, but forced targeting and inability to turn or control the camera during combat is a wild design decision. It's sad, because I heard that this game had a great story. I wanted to like it, but I couldn't get past the terrible combat controls.

Heavy Gothic 1 vibes! Great potential, but play in English! I bought this game because an AI told me it has a similar atmosphere to the classic Gothic. My first impression? It definitely has that classic, clunky Gothic 1 feel, but after playing for a while, I can feel that this project has a lot of heart put into it. However, there is a massive downside: the Polish translation. It looks like it was done word-for-word without any context. For example, the key binding section is translated as "Połącz ponownie" (Reconnect) instead of "Sterowanie" (Controls), "Load Game" became "Obciążenie" (Weight), and "Save Game" is translated as "Ratowanie" (Rescuing). The entire menu is so broken that it’s impossible to guess what the developer meant. The in-game text isn't any better, so after 5 minutes, I had to switch the language to English. I will change my review and give a full rating after I play a bit longer in English. But for now, I can see a lot of hard work and passion here. Keeping my fingers crossed!