Gothic III Preview

Games Radar has put together a two-page preview of Gothic III, though they don’t reveal anything we didn’t already know about Pirahna Bytes’ latest RPG installment.

The developers clearly have a fetish for medieval arms and have gone to extreme lengths to motion-capture not just swords, but also weapons like pole arms and two-handed axes. We were treated to an arena battle with a fighter who dual-wielded twin swords; his whirling animations were already buttery smooth. The ballet of evisceration was controlled with a combination of right and left mouse clicks that made quick work of the opponent. However, with his vanquished foe now crumpled in a pool of blood, our champion still had the weighty choice of whether to finish him off or show mercy – kill off the wrong guy and you’ll quickly have an entire village after your hide.