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Despite Gothic Remake's glow-up, it's still the scrappy eurojank RPG it always was, and that's fine with…

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(Image credit: THQ Nordic) It's been a quarter of a century since I kicked up a ruckus in the Colony, the setting of Gothic, the classic eurojank RPG that would go on to inspire CD Projekt to develop The Witcher. It's been so long my bones feel creaky just thinking about it. This might also explain why my first encounter with a wolf in Gothic Remake saw me die in about two seconds. My creaky bones aren't solely to blame, though. Gothic Remake simply likes to remind you, at least in those early hours, how much you suck. You're just some nameless convict who's been hurled into a former penal colony that's now run by the inmates—who are all trapped by a magical barrier. Fresh meat (Image credit: THQ Nordic) No weapons, no armour, and crucially, no clue—it's an inauspicious beginning. If you weren't playing RPGs 25 years ago, Kingdom Come: Deliverance might serve as a helpful touchstone. One day you'll become mighty and important, but starting out you're just some guy.…

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