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Georg Zoeller
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Joined: 27 May 2003
From: Austin, TX
Posted: Friday, 28 May 2004 12:28AM
Quote: Posted 05/27/04 23:42:11 (GMT) by Nathan Frederick

Quote: Posted 05/27/04 21:24:05 (GMT) by Lord_Darkmoon

nathan, do you really think that Gothic 2 would have been as good without being able to swim?
I think it added a lot to immerse the player in the game and the world. I wouldn't miss it, despite of the awful controls.

Did you play Ultima 9? Great controls, even underwater. And you could fly/levitate.

For G2, had the setting been changed accordingly, say from an island, to a valley surrounded by impassible mountains, I think the game would have more or less been equally enjoyable (with a couple appropriate plot alterations, of course). It's really about the setting and the methods of movement complimenting each other.

As far as U9, unfortunately, I didn't manage to play very far through the game, as I simply didn't have a system that could handle it, and I was in university at the time too - I didn't have the time to dedicate to playing on my slow computer (and was unable to afford a system upgrade).

I played Ultima 9, at least as far as it was possible.

Levitation control itself was ok but not as good as Morrowind in that regard. Combat could be easily exploited. Swimming was ok but you would drown/take damage whenever you got too far from the shore. I liked the way they shut off parts of the world against further exploration early on, it didn't feel too forced. However Ultima 9 did not have followers because they couldn't get a party to work in the 3D environment.
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