Gothic Chronicles Of Myrtana: Archolos mod for Gothic 2

[Black]

No real bugs encountered so far.

Shame, was hoping for a real Gothic experience.

 

[Fargus]

Spent 30 minutes trying to teach that Fabio fag some manners. So it's definitely a Gothic experience. Or maybe i'm just a little rusty.

So far it feels good to play, then again a Gothic total conversion mod will have to go out of it's way to disappoint me. I'm more excited about ocassional fan made projects like this than the entirety of pozzed garbage and failed abortions AAA churned out in the last couple of years.

 

[Anthedon]

How does one access mods on GoG?

Edit: Nevermind, it's a seperate entry in your library.

 

[agris]

Rabbity_Thing you say no, the fan-developed D3D11 patch for NotR that is on GitHub is not needed for this mod, but the developer’s install instructions indicate it is. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1467450/discussions/0/3198116134625168024/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1467450/discussions/0/3198116134625168024/
Maybe the difference is that the mod supports, but does not require, certain implementations of d3d11.

 

[Marat]

DX11 works and is compatible with KM. Can be installed, but not required.

Mod can be played on both DX7 and DX11.

 

[Marat]

The barber in the city wants to be a lumberjack.
Obligatory Monty Python reference: check.

 

[SlightlyRadioactive]

I've played it for a few hours, it is fun so far, just found strange that the game teleports your character into the town if you do not go immediately after your brother upon arrival, but after that the game really lets you free to whatever you want. The characters feel believable, which is something I started to miss in RPGs after I recently started my first playthrough of Morrowind.

BTW, does anybody here know where I can get ham to give to Markus for the burial quest? I assumed that the butcher would have some for sale but he actually didn't.

 

[Lyre Mors]

That rearrangement of Vista Point when you arrive on the island at dark is sooo good. Already impressed with everything and am so happy to finally be playing this. Managed to get my first level-up right after my brother killed the first scavy, so I think I got about all the experience points from the ship I could. Very excited to play this through deep into the night.

Will have a good English translation or will be like Returning?

Can already tell it's much better than anything like that.

 

[Fargus]

I've played it for a few hours, it is fun so far, just found strange that the game teleports your character into the town if you do not go immediately after your brother upon arrival, but after that the game really lets you free to whatever you want.

There is some hand holding in prologue. In G1 you get right into the action\exploring after your arrival. In G2 you get a bit of a boost by Xardas, but after that youre free to go.

I was annoyed at first when i got teleported, but after finishing prologue i went exploring and kicking ass!

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And that went about as expected

 

[Outlander]

News post when

 

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Spoiler

 

[Zariusz]

Anyone saved those people left in cave? I was doing side quest so when i finally got to going there with Rupert it was night and they were dead.

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Heh Korniki Myrtany

 

[SlightlyRadioactive]

Anyone saved those people left in cave? I was doing side quest so when i finally got to going there with Rupert it was night and they were dead.

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Heh Korniki Myrtany

You can save the girl, but as far as I know the guy dies no matter what

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Darth Roxor newspost please?

 

[Lyre Mors]

ERYFKRAD Roxor doesn't care about mods at all. Funny enough, I think he'd like this one a lot if he tried it. Maybe the only one I could see him appreciating.

 

[Tweed]

Is it good?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

ERYFKRAD Roxor doesn't care about mods at all. Funny enough, I think he'd like this one a lot if he tried it. Maybe the only one I could see him appreciating.

Fuck it, VentilatorOfDoom does this seem worthy of a news post?

 

[Lyre Mors]

Is it good?

Yes. Play it. It's not only free, but extremely good and the closest we've gotten to a Gothic game since ELEX, and might be better in a number of ways.

EDIT: This is after 7 hours of play.

 

[Marat]

Managed to get my first level-up right after my brother killed the first scavy, so I think I got about all the experience points from the ship I could.

I leveled up while still on the ship.

The teleport range needs adjustments, I can't teleport to the village while standing in front of it.

 

[Sjukob]

Lol, the years of playing Gothic.

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So far this looks great and for some reason people didn't take me seriously when I told them that this will be this year's GOTY.

 

[Zariusz]

Where is Ezekiel? After i found Rolf for Folvard he vanished from the inn.

 

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[Sjukob]

I've got to the second chapter and it's where the things go a bit silly. Right before the end of chapter 1 a trio of men who do not talk to anyone and are armed to the teeth appear in the town. A few quests later the cabin of your uncle get's raided and your brother goes missing, the said men disappear from the town. Nobody knows what happened and who could've possibly done this, the protagonist has got no clue about the situation as well, even though I tried interacting with those men earlier. Oh well, it's not like original Gothics were 100% consistent with their writing, but up to this point everything was super smooth, I especially liked the quests related to the local water mage.

Archolos island seems to be huge, way bigger than Khorinis, I've been going to various places slaughtering local fauna for EXP, but no matter how far I go even bigger spaces open up before me. Gold is pretty tight here, unlike originals there's way fewer loot for sale and training requires money now. I've done all I could to get money, like hunting, cooking, exploring, doing quests and picking up everything that wasn't owned or nailed down and I still barely have any gold, haven't got to relieving people of their possesions yet, will probably get to that soon.

Some screenshots

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Where is Ezekiel? After i found Rolf for Folvard he vanished from the inn.

I believe he wonders around somewhere during the day, personally I've found that it's easier to just wait till the evening, you can find him either drinking or sitting in the chair in the inn every evening. But if you have already completed his quests about his daughter burial, then you can find him praying at the graveyard.

 

[Zeriel]

>Literally every single G2 mod is Polish mumble rap

 

[Supermedo]

How is the English translation?