Hey Gothic fans, we have some exciting news for you today. Modder Dmitry Kalyuzhny is working on bringing the first Gothic game to Unreal Engine 4. And guess what? The first beta version is out now. Even better, it’s available to everyone who owns Gothic on Steam. So, want to know how to get your hands on it? Keep reading.
Just a heads up before we go further though. This project isn’t related in any way to the official Gothic remake that’s on its way. So, don’t expect a huge visual makeover. The purpose of this project is to bring the first Gothic to a modern engine like Unreal Engine 4. This means it’ll run smoother than before, but the graphics won’t change drastically.
Right now, the game is playable from start to finish. To gain access to it, you’ll need a copy of the game on Steam. Once you’ve purchased it, you’ll have to go to Steam/Library/Gothic 1 classic/Properties/Beta versions/ and enter the access key (TheColonyisNotUnreal). And that’s it.
Again, I strongly suggest tempering your expectations. From what I’ve seen, this unofficial remaster of Gothic looks similar to its vanilla version. And, to be honest, this is to be expected. After all, both of them use the exact same assets. Not only that but this project is being handled by a single modder. So, the fact that the game is playable from start to finish is already something to be excited.
If this unofficial remaster gets more attention, we might see some HD Texture Packs for it. UE4 should also allow Kalyuzhny to implement some advanced rendering techniques. So, there is a lot of potential here.
Below you can also find a video, showcasing 40 minutes of gameplay footage from it. This video will give you an idea of what you can expect from it. It’s in Russian though so most of you won’t understand a word. Still, you can see the visuals that this Open Beta build currently offers.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
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Best game in the series
thats what ive heard. i am looking forward to the official remake, but its nice to see other people have it working in ue4
Agreed and I consider it a classic. Gothic II was pretty good. Gothic 3…..not so much.
I’m interested to see how the remake turns out. The thing with remakes is the Developer can change the game any way that they want to including the characters and the story. Sometimes that doesn’t turn out well.
Same question as above.
Why is the first one the best? Why isn’t Gothic 3 as good?
Usually when someone challenges an opinion on a game site it’s just a waste of time to answer because they generally already have their own opinion and nothing I say will change that but I haven’t seen that behavior from you yet so maybe you really want to discuss this.
I liked Gothic 2. I enjoyed the first Gothic more. The two games were close imo and I wouldn’t dispute anyone choosing one game over the other but I choose the first as best.
Gothic 3. The game released full of bugs and as far as I played in the game it was boring. It’s one of the few games that I have ever started and just lost interest in seeing it through to the end. It”s been a long time ago that I played the game. Maybe the bugs have been patched but I have no desire to go back and trudge through that game again.
Why?
the atmosphere was better, like the whole prison camp setting, the story had better twists, there were more inside locations like temples and stuff that were missing in 2, there were some puzzles where you had to use spells which were missing in the next games… I like Gothic 2 and night of the raven and i even finished gothic 3, arcania, risen games, elex… i still think gothic 1 was the best game out of all these, it was like a joke for me how pyranha games could not make a better game than their first and seem to get worse and worse at basically the same game.
Gothic 2 Night of the Raven is great, is more
, is better playing but not a better overall experience.
Gothic 1, gothic 2, risen, gothic 3. This is the order. I find gothic 3 has a charm that risen hasn’t so maybe it’s number 3. All subjective af
Gothic 1 was the first dark souls
I just saw this, its exactly what I mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-naLjKMCLUc
razzian? nooooooope.
Go thick?
Btw, this shït looks like… Shït!
I dont see the point in remastering a game in a new engine when it still looks like the same game back in the day.
Wait, what’s the point, since the remake is coming soon?
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