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Gothic II: Gold Edition brings together the excitement of Gothic II and the add-on Night of the Raven to your fingertips!

Developer  Publisher:  Genres:  Translations:  Features:  Tags:  
Release DateNov 29, 2005
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.7% (very positive) Top 20% / 93.6%  Top 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.9% Top 4% / 91.1%  Top 2%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)9.3K  Top 3% / 13K  Top 3%
Curators116 reviews  Top 5%
Median Play Time52.2 hours  Top 2%
Play Time per Dollar5.2 hours  Top 2%
Followers11.5K  Top 10%
Owners± 1.3M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 257.7K  Top 5%
Gross Revenue ($)± 950.3K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Gothic II: Gold Edition steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Gothic II: Gold Edition's Steam rating and reviews between November 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 97% (November 2013) to 82.3% (January 2011).

With 13K reviews Top 2%, Gothic II: Gold Edition is an undeniable major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts. They often took place in November.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Gothic II: Gold Edition and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Gothic II: Gold Edition's reviewers. The most popular language is Russian (31%), followed by Polish (29%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 27 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Gothic II: Gold Edition percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Gothic II: Gold Edition, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. You'll notice that the time played is very impressive, reaching 116 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 44 times less than the median for positive reviews. A low negative review time (median : 76 minutes) can mean that the game crashes on some systems or that the type of gameplay was not completely clear to the players (Is the game unmistakably explained on the Steam Store ?). It is also possible that players were otherwise displeased by Gothic II: Gold Edition and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Open world game with secrets and caves everywhere
  • Satisfying melee combat system
  • Great leveling up system with Learning points
  • Diverse quests with multiple ways of ending
  • Chapter system with new enemies and quests
  • Lots of stuff to pick up and sell
  • Interesting armor and damage mechanics
  • Good and engaging story
  • Well-designed and filled with content
  • High replayability with different factions and armor
  • Not enough diversity in weapons
  • Poorly balanced agility character
  • Jarkendar section could be monotonous
  • Not enough new enemies introduced in Gothic II
  • Bugs and glitches still present
  • Need to patch the game and install addons to run smoothly
  • Bossfights are not well done

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 92.7%  Top 20% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Gothic II: Gold Edition's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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