The game conquered in its time millions of users around the world. The developers have created an interesting plot and thoughtful quest chain. Even today, the game is supported by official communities around the world. Many loyal fans ask for a sequel to the mystical saga. Passage of "Gothic 2: Raven Night" for the magician and other characters allows you to learn this mystical and medieval world in a new way.
System requirements
The following minimum parameters are required to run:
- Windows 98/2000 / XP.
- 256 MB of RAM.
- DirectX 8.1 graphics adapter with 32 MB of RAM.
- Pentium III 700, (1.2 GHz for 3D cards without T & L).
- 2.2 GB of hard disk space.
- Sound card DirectX.
To play at maximum settings, you need a PC with the following characteristics:
- Windows 98/2000 / XP.
- 64 MB video card with T & L and 24-bit ZBuffer filter.
- 512 MB of RAM.
- Pentium III 1.2 GHz or better.
- 2.2 GB of hard disk space.
- Sound card DirectX.
The beginning of the story
The story seems straight from the book. It is divided into chapters and, as in a regular book, each of them has its own “main quest” or “key event”. It is worth noting that Gothic 2 begins where the first part ended. Heroes learn about the events that caused the development of the next series. The passage of "Gothic 2: Raven Night" for the mage of fire or water is impossible from the very beginning. Users will be open to a simple person who needs to be taught the right class.
The essence of the tasks
When passing "Gothic 2: Raven Night" for the magician, players receive exclusive tasks. It is worth noting that all missions differ depending on the chosen class of the hero. There are three main types of quests in the Gothic series. There are basic ones that usually require one or more chapters. There are mandatory small quests that take less time to complete. They are quite rare, but are necessary to open the next stage or turn of events.
The passage of "Gothic 2: Raven Night" for the mage of water or fire is almost identical. The tasks differ only at the beginning, while the hero will decide which way to choose the wizard. Finally, there are additional quests that vary in length.
The main tasks and mandatory missions are directly related to the plot. Additional series sometimes offer several solutions, and they are never required. They bring freedom, because they allow players to make choices and express their individuality. Most quests are unpredictable and allow users to create a personal connection with the NPC. Usually it depends on what kind of tasks gamers choose.
When passing "Gothic 2: Raven Night" by a fire mage, unique missions open. You can go to hidden dungeons and become a member of a closed cult. Quests are creative and diverse. These include trying to be accepted by factions, beating someone just to test a new spell, or even resolving a conflict between a couple of lovers.
There are also many “rescue” missions, but not one type of mission is overused. Companies usually have stories behind them and they offer several alternative solutions. Most tasks start with a choice. For example, you can choose to help a farmer in an area, and then one of several rewards for this.
Controls
The passage of "Gothic 2: Raven Night" by the fire magician is unique and in that, unlike the class of robbers or warriors, wizards have many unique abilities. This also affects the combinations and keys that are programmed to perform certain actions. Classic controls are simple, easy to remember and very custom. While many role-playing games assign different buttons to almost every task, making it difficult to get into the right area in a dynamic moment, Gothic controls do not require much effort, since relatively few keys are used. Many commands and functions are programmed on the same button.
Classic controls are used in the original Gothic. However, in Gothic 2, users also have the opportunity to use non-classical controls that are more similar to those found in other RPG games. Mages of water in "Gothic 2: Raven Night" as well as fire have an identical control system. There is no need to change the keys to perform actions when changing a class or element.
For those who did not play the original Gothic, at first the classic controls may seem uncomfortable, but after an hour or two they will find them just as natural and comfortable for controlling the main character.
Gothic 2 is, above all, a keyboard-driven game. You can use the mouse for some things, for example, to change the direction of movement, as well as view up and down, but there is no cursor on the screen. The mouse buttons also control some of the default actions, however, as with the keyboard, they can be configured to perform any function that you like best.
The entire control scheme can be customized according to the personal preferences of the player. Water magicians in Gothic 2: Raven Night are also attractive with their spell system. Users note that it is convenient to program mystical actions on free keyboard buttons. This increases the speed of the battle.
Battle System
The game in Gothic 2: Raven Night for the fire mage is also unique in that a new battle system appears. These are ranged heroes who use scrolls, runes, and spells for battle. The Gothic series uses real-time battles. For close combat, the player has the opportunity to use swords, axes, hammers, staves, daggers and much more. When there is no preparation, close combat takes time.
When playing for the fire mage in “Gothic 2: Raven Night” there is the opportunity to detect powerful spells that can quickly change the course of the battle. With advanced skills, attacks will be so fast that time will no longer be a problem. The more players train in battle, the more strategies and combinations become available to them. For example, a master in classic combat can press three arrow keys in the correct order to make a quick and extremely deadly combination.
Pumping the magician in "Gothic 2: Raven Night" is a long event. To do this, you constantly need to learn new spells and scrolls. For long-range combat, it is possible to use two types of weapons and several types of magic. You can train with a crossbow or bow. Crossbows give more damage. Bows allow you to shoot faster. Learning any of these skills will improve the hero’s accuracy.
When pumping the mage in "Gothic 2: Raven Night" you should also pay attention to the selected fraction. Each order offers its own types of improvements. For magic, there are types of spells that do direct damage or area. Creatures that deal damage can be summoned. There are secret spells that can turn the hero into a mythical beast for a while. Turning into a creature can be useful, especially when the user is trying to get around such a hostile creature. For example, if there is a swarm of bloody butterflies nearby, you can turn into a bloody butterfly and walk past them without harming the hero.
Passing quests in "Gothic 2: Raven Night" is also interesting because with the help of magic it is possible to change the course of the plot. Scrolls or runes can be used. The first can be bought or found, and are applied only once. Runes can be used as often as the mana of the hero allows. A character can be trained to increase his level. Mages focus mainly on runes for battle. They have the ability to learn magic circles.
Armor and skills
During the trip, there will be many types of armor with unique properties. Whatever guild users join, they will have their own set of armor that can be earned or acquired as you progress through the game. In addition, you can find a portal in "Gothic 2: Raven Night" with a secret place, where valuable items and equipment are also hidden.
It is possible to create your own weapons, runes or even potions. Perhaps some players will strive to learn looting skills that will cut off certain parts of creatures and take them with them as trophies. These trophies can later be used to sell to gold merchants or to aid in quests. Tasks in the series Return 2.0 In "Gothic 2" when passing for a water mage also provide valuable spells. However, they fall randomly.
If the hero is injured or there is no mana left to cast spells, you can just go to bed. After that, it will be completely updated. You can take special herbs or products with drinks. Basic robbery skills, such as emptying NPC pockets after killing or beating, are not studied properties. Each new player starts with this basic ability.
Navigation and terrain
Passage for the water mage in "Gothic 2 & raquo; It is also interesting because it opens up access to underground caves and rivers, where priests and wizards draw their strength. Other classes of players such locations are not available. The world of the second part is much larger than the first, which means that the hero has more secrets that need to be revealed, more creatures to kill and everything else that can form new adventures.
A detailed passage for the magician "Gothic 2: Raven Night" of both water and fire attracts a large selection of locations. There is an opportunity to become a cult leader and fight against mystical villains who hide in valleys, bowels and mountains. In order not to get lost, you must constantly use maps and a compass, since the vast land in the game is so rich in forests, mountains and settlements that it will be difficult to remember the desired route. When looking at the map, users will see a small white arrow indicating their current location. This designation makes it possible to immediately choose the appropriate path.
Statistics and Information
Passage for the mercenary "Gothic 2: Raven Night" offers to lead a more nocturnal lifestyle. This class is associated with clans and bandits, so users will often visit taverns and dark alleys to receive new tasks. This class has an extended statistics menu to keep track of the number of levels that are valid.
The Gothic series offers a statistics menu that displays the attributes of the character, what skills he learned, their percentage, current experience, and how much more you need to increase the rank of the hero. Setup also offers a separate screen for log entries. Pumping the mage of fire in "Gothic 2: Raven Night" is also directly dependent on tables and statistics. Without this information, it will be impossible to develop a character to the maximum level.
Each time a user receives a new task, performs it, or learns new information, notes about it fall into the journal. Notepad is conveniently divided into sections. The main thing is that there is a separate item for completed missions and current tasks.
The vanguard of water magicians in “Gothic 2: Raven Night” issues a large number of missions. Logs and records allow you not to get confused in their implementation and not violate the order of passing the tests. The whole structure is simple, easily accessible and easy to read. There is also a section that lists all the sellers and instructors that the hero will meet on his journey. This makes it easy to remember which NPCs (programmed characters) are important.
Graphics and Sound
The graphics are just awesome. Nature worked out better than in any other game for that period. In some areas, players can easily get lost in the forest. They really enliven this world. The sky and weather effects are beautiful. You can climb rocks or a hill just to watch the sunset or sunrise. In stormy weather, users will feel that it is truly a hurricane and rain. The sound is also very elaborate. All creatures in the game and characters were voiced. Besides this, nature also has its sounds.
Realism and Reality Matching
Perhaps one of the best features added to the game is real speech. Unlike most games, you don’t need to read character dialogs. Every NPC says. When the user selects what to say from the proposed options, the hero really speaks with the bot, and he supports this dialogue. Gothic 2 offers subtitles for those who prefer to read. However, subtitles are not displayed in cinematic scenes. NPCs also sleep, eat, chat, work, celebrate.
Another factor contributing to the realism of the game is the time pattern in the virtual world. Users should also be prepared for the dark of the night. It is possible to use a spell that gives light, lights a torch, or simply finds a bed for sleeping until the next morning.
Gothic can take place again and again, each time exploring new opportunities and missions. Users can play the role of a ruthless, merciful, or neutral character. It is possible to take the life of NPCs of their own free will or let them live in the hope that they can help in the future.
Critical moments
The only thing worth paying attention to is scoring. There are so many non-player characters that it is understandable and excusable, but nonetheless annoying, especially when trying to skip a dialogue. Due to the limited number of actors, the same voice is used for several different NPCs.
In addition, the game has several small and unusual errors. One of the most common is associated with a lock inside the "action" screen. Usually this happens only if the player presses the control keys too quickly or if you try to use an object, such as a book, when something blocks it from behind. None of the errors are critical, and do not really spoil the performance.
In addition, in "Gothic 2: Raven Night" the runes of the magician do not always immediately work. The error is caused by the fact that users try to immediately activate a large number of stones. You can do this by waiting for a pause of 1-2 seconds when each object is activated.
Passage for the magician (wizard)
A guide to the magician in “Gothic 2: Raven Night” is necessary to correctly activate the first abilities. The question is relevant, as new players are constantly faced with the problem of getting quests from the right characters. Fire Wizards have the ability to use destructive magic spells. They are also respected throughout the kingdom. Becoming a fire mage is undoubtedly the best way to get through Gothic 2. Below is a guide on how to quickly and correctly become a magician.
Part 1: Fire Test Request
You must complete the following steps:
- Gaining access to the monastery. To do this, players must pay tribute of 1000 gold coins and a sheep. You can buy the latter on the Onar farm. Talk to the novice Pedro outside the monastery when the money is raised. After that, the hero will become a servant of the order. The expansion package "Raven Night" has the opportunity to complete a simpler task to get to the monastery. Players must go to Watermage Watras, who will tell the hero to see Firemage Daron. Having completed the task for Daron, he will say to enter the monastery and go through the rite.
- Serving the Order. To learn about the test of fire, players must serve the monks. Each of the masters will give a task that the heroes must successfully complete. There are 4 masters who will give quests to complete.
- Request access to the library. After completing the tasks set by the magicians of fire, users should talk with Parlan. He will evaluate the progress and give him the key to the library.
- Studying all the books in the library. In particular, players must read the farthest unoccupied book on the right. This book contains information about the Test of Fire, and after reading it, a new journal entry is created for the hero.
- Test request by fire. After reading about the Test, users should talk with Parlan, who will offer to talk with Pyrokar, the supreme fire mage who will arrange the test.
- Conversation with Pirocar. After a short conversation with Pyrokar, he will report that each of the three High Fire Mages will give their part of the test, which players must pass to become fire mages.
On this, the first part of the passage ends. It is advised to keep the whole result in order to avoid a drop in progress. The game for the magician in "Gothic 2: Raven Night" is difficult and many do not manage to complete all the missions the first time. It is important to take your time and perform each action in order.
Part 2: Passing the Fire Test
To complete the test, the following steps are performed:
- Getting the sacred hammer. To pass the test of the Serpent, players must defeat the magic golem, which can only be done with the help of the sacred hammer. It is located at the bottom of the monastery and is guarded by Harvig, a newcomer who never sleeps. You should buy a sleep spell from Goraks and use it on Harvig. While it is under the spell, it is necessary to pick up the sacred hammer and go outside.
- Exit the monastery to the tavern of Orlan. From it, users must choose the path between the road that leads to the monastery and the one to the Onar farm. If the travelers are on the right track, they will see some of their newcomers and a camp built by Dragomir.
- Defeat the golem. You must continue along the path until a small winding hill with goblins appears on it. You need to defeat the goblins and continue to move forward. Not far from this place, users will see a barren piece of land shaded by trees. The magic golem lives here. One must take the sacred hammer before approaching the mythical monster. One hit with a weapon will destroy the golem.
- Continuation of the journey. Further it is required to follow the path until a large lake appears surrounded by hills. Having found it, you should turn right at the fork in the road. The path leads to a small stone bay covered with dense shrubs. He hides the cave. In the cave, turn onto the right road.
- The battle with Agon. Along the way, two statues and rays of blue light coming from the earth will appear. Agon, comrade and newcomer reaches the treasure before you are a hero. Unfortunately, no matter how the user reacts to his victory, he attacks him. It is required to defeat Agon and open the chest, which is nearby. The chest contains an empty runestone. It will be needed for the final part of the test, namely to create the “Fire Arrow” rune.
- Return to the monastery. Returning, you need to go to the library and talk with Master Higlas. He will agree to teach the hero the formula for creating the Fire Arrow runes if he collects all the ingredients for her.
- Create Rune of Arrow of Fire. You should go to Goraks and buy one scroll of Sulfur and Fire Arrow spells. After they are at hand, you need to talk with Higlas, who will teach the formula. After studying, the hero must go to the table of runes and create a spell.
- Dialogue with Pyrocar. After completing the tests, the hero must go to each of the Fire Wizards and talk to them. After talking with all three Wizards of Firestone, the hero will receive the power of the magician and a special robe.
It is worth noting that the passage of the game by the magician is no different from the choice of another class of heroes. The character must constantly learn new spells in order to defeat more complex opponents. He will be able to do this in secret caves and monasteries, where libraries and scrolls with recipes for creating runes are located. The path of the magician in "Gothic 2: Raven Night" for both the power of fire and water is completely identical. The only difference is the clan and the leadership of the monastery, which keeps ancient secrets.
What “Gothic” has, what other games don’t have
The game is often compared to other series. As the users themselves note, there are many serious differences that distinguish "Gothic" from the total number of projects in the RPG genre. The developers themselves made such deviations specifically to expand the opportunity and create their own universe with an open virtual world and an independent choice of actions.
Evolving combat animation
Gothic got ahead of its time in a sense that was not in most games of that time: the battle animation changes as your character learns. In addition to the continuation of “Gothic” and additions to the sequel, there were no similar changes in other projects. For example, when a user starts a game, his character does not know how to swing his sword. Whenever he swings, there is a sequence of animation that clearly shows his lack of experience.
When a character receives level 1 training, the trainer instructs him on how to swing the sword correctly. After training, the battle animation is different because the character has learned how to correctly swing. The animation actually reflects what the trainer said during the workout. After completing Level 2 training, the animation changes again. Now the action is longer and more difficult, because the character is trained at the highest level. In addition to the game itself and the add-on, attempts to do this were only in the first part.
Realistic NPC
As mentioned earlier, the Gothic 2 NPCs seem to live because they behave realistically and have a variety in their daily activities. This is not the case in many other RPGs, where NPCs have virtually no purpose and are meaningless. For example, in some strategies, non-player characters in a city can move from one place to another to immediately turn around and return. That's all these bots do: go back and forth between two points for no reason.
In addition, NPCs often seem to have no homes. They do not sleep in bed at night. The bots in Gothic 2 have their own life, and this adds realism to the game.
Objects in the environment
The player can interact with many objects in the game. Many of them are not important, but there are also very useful ones that make the game more enjoyable. There are also some bots that are very important, as they give you the opportunity to earn the gaming equivalent of money.
Conclusion
When it was released, "Gothic" was ahead of its time, showing a large and free to explore world. The project has a good story with several funny characters - the outstanding voice acting is actually the best feature of this genre. To enjoy this game, users need two things: patience and skill in military equipment. Fighting animation is better than in many newer games, NPCs behave realistically, and the music is also very good. Graphics are now very outdated, but mods are good at helping fix this.