Gothic
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Gothic is an action role-playing game set in a third-person perspective within a fantasy open world. The player controls an unnamed prisoner sent into a mining colony enclosed by a magical barrier. Gameplay emphasizes exploration without quest markers or a guided map, and the player character begins with no skills, learning them by finding teachers and spending earned skill points. The game features three factions to join, each offering different paths and abilities: the Old
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- Developer
- Piranha Bytes
- Publisher
- JoWooD Entertainment AG · Nordic Games Publishing · Egmont Interactive · Xicat Interactive
- Release · PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Worldwide — Nov 23, 2001
- Worldwide — Oct 30, 2001
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