I know the Gothic series[1] isn't that well known outside Europe but it feels weird to see ER hyped for things that a nearly twenty old series was famous for.

I know the Gothic series[1] isn't that well known outside Europe but it feels weird to see ER hyped for things that a nearly twenty old series was famous for. Organing Learning You don't matter There’s Always a Plan B Letting the Player Breathe Everything you need to learn, you learn by exploration. There are no tutorial, no hints, no hand holding. You are just some dude. Nobody even cares to know your name and even low level NPCs can beat you up. (Though of course the power fantasy here is that after many hours of playing you earn your place and become the hero but again, that needs to be earned.) Enemy too strong for you? You can try to run around it. You can use a magic spell. You can master the combat system. You can lure it towards an NPC that might finish it off. Or you can just grind up your stats and come back later. So many ways to solve a problem. Sadly even the studio was never able to recreate the magic fully in further games. Though Elex is quite decent but sadly had to make a few compromises. [1] Gothic 1 and 2 and add-on explicitly excluding Gothic 3 which plays differently