Gothic – the movie

Wow! what a great discovery! I was looking to post something to pay homage to the masterpieces that I think are Gothic 1 & 2 … but stumbled upon this… wooow!!! Seems to me like it’s a quite good video edit of game dialogues/cutscenes and dialogues overlayed on other cinematics… brilliant! I really do believe it’s a great story and worth telling, BUT the most amazing thing and the reason I, and particularly those who worked so hard to make this, respect it so much is because more than a story, it’s a living world… a place you can interact with, even some choices, and certainly the choices of exploration and discovery. One thing that a movie can never show but which I have fully experienced is the sense of responsability that you have while playing the game, particularly for your own life (we’ve grown imune to movies saying something is "hard" because we’re all comfy and safe while the heroes struggle). Compare this for example with Oblivion, which though a great game seems cheated around you, if you’re strong you encounter powerful creatures, if you’re weak it’s nice to you… while I do agree that games should be easy, i believe they should do that with a sense of realism in that a person who does silly risky thing has to somehow be told that they’re overstretching. In Gothic for example i felt actual fear and a need for courage to venture into the woods at night, especially off the beaten path…
While I’m writing this i’m also downloading the whole movie from World of Gothic: so you don’t have to watch it in a window and low quality… enjoy this great story told to you… and if you haven’t already this is the perfect intro to what i consider the gem of the series Gothic 2 (with addon)… which to me is one of the most believable medieval worlds ever… possibly THE…