How do I play this game

this but unironically, being a nobody instead of an almighty hero and getting your ass kicked by random bums is the main selling point of this game, after starting like act 3 it turns into the usual forgettable rpg and theres no reason to play it anymore.
you've already experienced all gothic has to offer OP

Diego can help you pump strength up, visit him after you learn how to use a sword. By level 4 you should be strong enough to handle anything, by lvl 5 you can join a camp and move the story forward.

Is it just me or is this game vastly overrated? People act like it's the end all be all of RPGs but it's just an adventure game with leveling up like The Elder Scrolls but with less and arguably worse overall content.

it has an incredibly well designed map and it's one of the few RPGs that actually gives you a real meaningful feeling of progressing and getting stronger. I love how grounded this game feels with no magic items until very late into the game and where armor is extremely rare and valuable and kind of acts like a status symbol among the prisoners. There just isn't any game quite like it, but if you haven't played it back in the day, I can see why it would be almost impossible to overlook the janky controls and the clunky combat.

nigga

this came out before Morrowind and it does so many things better than it

all that radiant AI bullshit that they pushed with Oblivion was already there in G1 and done better

also the game is fully voice acted and when your in the game there is't a single loading screen ever

youtube.com/watch?v=1PcUQQOODv0

>People act like it's the end all be all of RPGs
Because of the nostalgia.

Judging by this post it's because Gothic fans don't play very many RPGs. This is the same kind of shit TES fans say. They tell you about the shallow RPG mechanics and how amazing they are because they've barely had any exposure to the genre. Gothic is a half assed action adventure game with half assed RPG mechanics.
>I can see why it would be almost impossible to overlook the janky controls and the clunky combat
I didn't say anything about the combat or controls. In fact the combat is extremely easy once you understand it which doesn't take long if you stick with it.
>video focuses mostly on combat
Embarrassing. It's shit in both games you retarded tribalist.
>all that radiant AI bullshit that they pushed with Oblivion was already there in G1 and done better
No it wasn't, the schedules/AI in Gothic were a lot more primitive.

It's better than any game you like

the game was groundbreaking for its time and if you play it today, it's actually shocking to see that the NPC daily routines and their AI and how they react towards your character for stealing, sneaking, drawing weapons etc is still pretty much on par or better than what any modern triple A open world game has to offer.

Fucking filtered