Arcania: Gothic 4 Demo Impressions
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While G4 still feels very much like a Gothic game, some welcome changes have been made to the formula. A mini map has been added. For people who have never played G3, you don't know how awesome that is. In previous Gothic games, you had to find quest goals simply by looking for them in the game world. Now, you get nice little quest trackers, and quest givers have that familiar World of Warcraft style exclamation mark above their heads. You level up right from your character skill tree, instead of having to find a skill trainer. While searching for trainers added a level of immersion to the game, newcomers to the series will find this modern feature to be similar to how other role playing games work.
The entire interface feels very modern with a clean, polished look. It's very minimal and doesn't get in the way of the games gorgeous scenery.
