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I am not a Russian, you just made a subpar product that actively makes the game worse except for the poorly performing screen space shadows/reflections. I wasn't going to leave a negative review, but writing: "We've seen a wave of review bombing from russian users due to the removal of the russian localization and Soviet symbols" actually sent me over the edge.

If this wasn't free for the users that supported you for 2 decades, I'd call this an actual scam.

I am not a Russian, you just made a subpar product that actively makes the game worse except for the poorly performing screen space shadows/reflections. I wasn't going to leave a negative review, but writing: "We've seen a wave of review bombing from russian users due to the removal of the russian localization and Soviet symbols" actually sent me over the edge.

If this wasn't free for the users that supported you for 2 decades, I'd call this an actual scam.

I am not a Russian, you just made a subpar product that actively makes the game worse except for the poorly performing screen space shadows/reflections. I wasn't going to leave a negative review, but writing: "We've seen a wave of review bombing from russian users due to the removal of the russian localization and Soviet symbols" actually sent me over the edge.

If this wasn't free for the users that supported you for 2 decades, I'd call this an actual scam.

Just the main menu by itself is better than the entirety of Diablo 4.

Would I recommend a standalone story mod that's well made for my favourite game series?

Gee I wonder.

Knight's Path: The Tournament is a free and delicious teaser of what the full game (which will simply be called Knight's Path) can be in the future, promising an open-world setting and comprehensive RPG elements.

At a first sight the game strongly resembles Kingdom Come: Deliverance visually, and that is definitely the goal.

The combat mechanics in Knight's Path draw inspiration from the intense and skill-based battles of Sekiro. Initially challenging, the combat quickly becomes intuitive, demanding precise timing and strategic maneuvers. While the combat mechanics are quite complex, there's room for improvement, especially in distinguishing various enemy attacks. Implementing distinct sounds and effects for different types of enemy heavy attacks (which there are 3 types so far) could further enhance the already solid combat.

Overall, my experience with Knight's Path: The Tournament was very positive. You absolutely have nothing to lose by trying the game, as it's completely free and without any scummy microtransactions, or anything of that sort.

Go play it!

It didn't crash, this series isn't what it used to be back in my day.



Other than that the game is a ton of fun, it starts to drag a bit near the end but overall the experience is worth every cent, the areas are very different and enemies never get old thanks to their variety. Cutscenes are very pretty, I genuinely hope that they make a TV series in that style with either Rick or Corey.

And a big plus from me for that Gothic reference!

Firstly I'd like to say that just like with Gothic 1 I have spent most of my childhood playing these on my physical copies. Countless hours spent loving this series and I will probably continue to love them forever, the games aren't without flaws but the positives outweigh them heavily.

Both Gothic 1 and Gothic 2 have been updated on the steam version with SystemPack which makes it possible to run these on modern systems by default, but I still recommend downloading Union from the steam workshop. I hope you can overlook the graphics and give this game a fair shot if you've never played it before. You should definitely play Gothic 1 first, it sets up the story and context for the character's motivations. This game gets a bad reputation for its control scheme but it feels incredibly natural when you get familiar with it, combat is honestly very skill based and also enjoyable when you get the hang of it. The world has been carefully made by hand and all of the fauna in the world is just placed perfectly. Many of the game's features are absolutely mind blowing for when the games came out G1 (2001), G2 (2002).

Lastly I'd like to mention the Gothic 1 Remake that is currently in the works by Alkimia, under THQ Nordic. Their playable teaser got a lot of feedback and they decided to scrap what was present in the PT and instead they are making a faithful remake, instead expanding on what existed in 2001 and improving on it (which is the perfect way to make a remake, take notes AAA studios), since the original game underwent a lot of last minute changes. There is a lot of misinformation surrounding the playable teaser, sadly. Let's hope it all goes well and that they will decide to make a remake of Gothic 2/3 as well, this series deserves all the love in the world.

If you read all of this borderline lucid blabbering, thank you for your time. And excuse my English, if there are any grammatical mistakes, I'm bilingual.

This game will make you scared to play it, sometimes I have to stay away from it because the stress is too much. Whatever you do, don't get attached to your characters.

A classic from my, and many people's childhood. My playtime on Steam might be low, but I easily have thousands of hours on my physical copy.

Controls aren't actually as bad as people say when you learn the rhythm and train a little bit in-game. This game is from an era when games had a spark and creative people behind them, which is something technology can't replicate.

I am quite hopeful for the remake, not overhyped. Even if it sucks we still have this to come back to.