The first Gothic game has a rather unique setup as far as high fantasy RPGs go. In the world, a human kingdom is fighting a losing war against Orcs, and the only chance it has involves magical ore that must be extracted from mines. To mine this ore, the kingdom takes all of its prisoners and sends them to these mines which are extremely dangerous, and overseen by powerful wizards. The main plot of the first Gothic involves the player trying to survive and eventually escape from one of these mines. While the game itself isn’t as popular as other fantasy series like Elder Scrolls, Gothic has been noted for its advanced AI at the time of its release.
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In late 2019, THQ Nordic released a playable demo of a planned Gothic remake. The reception to the demo was very positive and prompted the company to move the game into full development. Earlier today, the company released a full trailer for the upcoming remake, which sadly doesn’t tell gamers a lot about the game itself. The majority of the trailer is a prolonged tracking shot that takes the viewer through the infamous mines and shows various characters toiling under harsh and backbreaking conditions. At the end of the trailer, several prisoners appear to be in one of the mine’s deeper, less explored parts who are then attacked by a giant spider before several other spiders join it.
The Gothic trailer was one of several new things that THQ Nordic showed off during today’s showcase. This included a new gameplay trailer for Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed, and a new SpongeBob SquarePants game titled SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, among many others. Sadly, a release date for the Gothic remake was not mentioned during the showcase.
Following the reception to the demo, THQ Nordic formed a new studio known as Alkimia Interactive, which was specifically made to work on the Gothic remake. Around the same time, the company released a set of screenshots from the game giving gamers a better idea of what to expect from the upcoming remake. If this new trailer is anything to go on, however, the mines in the world of Gothic are a dangerous place that will give the player a few scares before they can escape it.
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