Arcania: Gothic 4, otherwise known as Arcania: A Gothic Tale, is a 3rd person RPG and marks the first outing in the Gothic series to be helmed by new developer Spellbound. Piranha Bytes developed the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The sadly underappreciated Gothic role-playing series has been around since 2001 and has told the tale of a soft-spoken nameless hero who ventures ...

An expansion pack, titled Fall of Setarrif, for ArcaniA: Gothic 4 is in the pipeline, developer Spellbound Entertainment and publisher DreamCatcher announced today. Fall of Setarrif will pack an ...

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Fans of the fantasy RPG series Gothic eager to see how ArcaniA: Gothic 4 turned out, given that it's the first entry in the series developed by Spellbound Entertainment rather than creator Piranha ...

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A shallow but entertaining adventure. The world is wonderful to explore, but a lack of depth keeps this from achieving greatness. PC Gamer's got your back Our experienced team dedicates many hours to ...

You trot off into the wilds to complete the innocuous sub-quest. You return to the NPC, you ask him about the big objective again, and he says something else now needs to be done, which involves ...

In the time-honoured RPG tradition, I've been collecting swords. Not to use, necessarily – Arcania's endless kill-and-loot cycle so rarely throws up compelling gear, it's almost a joke – but to sell.

First thing is first, the graphics are good.. and that's about it. I have played and finished all the games in the series and I even "survived" trough Gothic 3 and from a fan's point of view, Arcania ...

A lot of these problems affect other hardcore RPGs. Indeed, fans of the Gothic series won't be shocked to hear of the atrocious voice acting or the relatively mindless fetch quests. They're staples ...

This post has not been edited by the GamesBeat staff. Opinions by GamesBeat community writers do not necessarily reflect those of the staff. An ugly, broken mess that somehow manages to be fun. When I ...