Following the release of a playable teaser, THQ Nordic has announced that it’s established a brand-new studio in Barcelona to revive cult classic Gothic for the PlayStation 5. The aforementioned demo was given away for free on Steam, and players were encouraged to complete a survey to help determine the viability of a full-scale revival. Almost 95 per cent of respondents were in favour of a follow-up.
“We are up for the challenge to develop a full Gothic remake which will stay as faithfully as possible to the original experience and transport the atmospheric world of Gothic into a high quality look and carefully modernising certain gameplay mechanics,” said THQ Nordic business and product development director Reinhard Pollice.
Obviously, you shouldn’t expect the title to release any time soon, and further details are being kept underwraps for now. The publisher’s said that it will be monitoring feedback from the demo closely, and will incorporate elements that fans consider important, such as a “grittier” world. The original is well known for its dark, mining colony backdrop, and went on to spawn a handful of sequels on the PC, as well as a spin-off on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
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I've never heard of this.
Yeah. Gothic was great at his time. Teaser was pretty good. So great news the game will come to PlayStation
Gothic is an absolute classic so I’m glad it’s getting some love.
I've never understood the following on these games. When Piranha Bytes was at the wheel it was always a glitchy snooze fest with poor animation, but I guess to each his own.
I'm not too crazy about that for honor style combat, but the world n graphics gives me god of war 2018 vibes so I'll definitely keep this on my radar
Gothic is one the the last games I ever would have expected to get a remake. Could be interesting. I also keep glancing at Elex whenever it's on sale and wondering if it's time for me to try it.
Gothic 4 wasn't very good.
Is it weird that I don't recognize the name gothic?
Still waiting on a game to be excited for... UH.. for PS5
@Gmork___ Not weird at all, it really depends on your gaming history, and age to be honest. I'm nearing 40, and spent most of my life playing on PC, mostly RPGs. Gothic was a big deal when it released 19 years ago, but it would be easy enough to not know the brand if you're primarily a console gamer (or younger than 25!)
Character creation please without the boring presets. 😆
Gothic is legendary and it influenced games like Oblivion and other "Western" RPGs.
Gothic remake on PS5 hell yeah.
@SaucyBrotato well that explains it, 38 but strictly console, though i saw it was on ps3 and ps4 soo?? Lol
@Gmork___ Gothic 4, or Arcania as it was called was on PS3 I think, and certainly some of the spiritial successors have been on console like Risen have as well, so you probably remember those. Gothic 1-3 was PC only. if you have a laptop, they mostly run on a potato, go play them!
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