rpgvaultarchive.ign.com 04/1999

19-28.04.1999


Week of April 18, 1999
Monday, April 19


RPGHQ Interview: Gothic Team
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RPGHQ let us know they have posted a Gothic interview with members of the team at Piranha Bytes. The piece covers quite a bit of ground including these bits to pique your interest:
on the story: The story WILL definitely deal with ethics and morals. There are no goodies and baddies - most of the convicts are there because they committed a crime - but you will learn the slight differences between someone you can trust - at least for a few hours - and the REAL suckers :)

What I was talking about when I stated most rpgs were "so-called rpgs" is, that mostly, you don't actually have to play a role. The choice of your class is often only the choice of your weapons (do I kill with sword or fireball). But in GOTHIC, you will find people reacting differently, according to the gang you're in, the deeds you've done, or the power you have.
on psionic powers: Psionics can use telekinetic powers to attack or manipulate objects as well as psychokinetic powers to influence their enemies minds. As a psionic, you can take control of any humanoid being and use it to fight your enemies. But be careful! If your host dies - you will experience a shock! (It's no fun to FEEL your body being torn apart by a Minecrawler, even if its not actually your own)

Hit the link above to go to the beginning of the interview which also includes five new screenshots. It was recently announced that Gothic will be published by Germany's Egmont Interactive. 


Week of April 25, 1999
Wednesday, April 28


Gothic Update At GA-Source
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GA-Source mentioned to us that Tom Putzki from the Piranha Bytes development team sent them an update on their plans for E3:

"At the moment we are preparing for E3. We want to show GOTHIC to international publishers there. The newest features will be implemented in this demo, like day - night rotation with sun, moon and stars; dynamic music system; digital speech output; facial animations and expressions; soft-skinning characters; new sfx for new magic spells; daily routine for the NSCs; some quests and missions which the NSCs give to the main character....
It is planned to release GOTHIC at the end of this year; about two months before release we also plan to launch a playable demo..."

Gothic is a 3D fantasy RPG to be distributed by German publisher Egmont Interactive.