Gothic

Gothic Cover|320 Gothic is a 2001 fantasy-themed action role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch developed by the German company Piranha Bytes.

Gothic was well received by critics. Reviewers credited the game for its story, complex interaction with other in-game characters, and graphics, but criticized it for the difficult control scheme and high system requirements. It was the first game of the game series of the same name.

— Wikipedia

Old game, I think first played it somewhere in 2005-2006 with my brother. But I mostly watched him (as usual). Maybe I used some cheats (b->marvin->b).

I want to play it again, but this time in “right way”. My initial point is watching video guide, to understand basic controls:

Gothic controls

Information taken from StrategyWiki and this video:

Mod key: Ctrl or hold left mouse button.

I use this remaps (optimized for Colemak Mod-DH layout):

  • ↑ - w

  • ← - a

  • → - s

  • ↓ - r

  • Straif left - q

  • Straif right - e

  • Pick up an item - Mod + ↑

  • Attack with a melee weapon - Mod + ← →

  • Parry - Mod + ↓

  • Punch - Mod + ↑

  • Fire an arrow - Mod + ↑

  • Use magic - Mod + ↑

  • Talk to an NPC - Mod + ↑

  • Open a door - Mod + ↑

  • Pick a lock on a door or chest - Mod + ← →

  • Drop an item from inventory - Mod + ↓

  • Move 1 item to/from inventory - Mod + ← →

  • Move 10 items to/from inventory - Mod+a d

  • Move 100 items to/from inventory - Mod+Shift+a d

  • To select items to equip, open your inventory Tab and use ← → to browse the categories. Can be equipped with Mod + ↑

  • To punch, assume fighting stance first with space. To attack or parry with a melee weapon, equip your weapon first with 1. To fire an arrow, equip your bow first with 2. To cast spells, equip the magic spell first using 3 through 9 and 0.

  • The process when dealing with looting chests, defeated foes or merchants is mostly the same. To move through categories, press ← → without the USE key. The only difference with merchants is that you move items from the merchant (left) and items from your inventory (right) to the middle of the screen until you’re happy with the exchange and the value you offer equals or exceeds the value of the goods from the merchant, then press Enter to finalize the deal.

If you want to climb something, stand close to it and hold down the jump button Alt and .

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