Not far from the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase, an interview with THQ Nordic employees who are working on the remake of “Gothika” has appeared on the M.Video website. They revealed a number of details about the game – including those that concern Russian-speaking users.
We have selected the main points from the interview.
About the atmosphere, story and content
In the remake they want to keep the atmosphere of the original – dark, dangerous and gloomy.
The remake is going to close a lot of script holes: the story will remain the same, but it will gain more weight and meaning, and will lead more smoothly to the second “Gothic”.
The remake’s world is about 30% larger than the original. The proportions of the camps are closer to reality, and the New Camp and the Sectarian Camp are more densely packed with content.
The authors of the remake rely on the working materials created during the development of the original – there, they say, “a lot of cool ideas that were not used or were not fully realized in the final game”.
In the second half of the game there will be more additional content, so that in the last chapters there was something to do besides the main story – such a shortcoming was in the original.
About the gameplay
When the playable teaser was released in 2019, fans in the feedback especially asked not to make gameplay simplifications in the remake – the developers call this request one of the most important.
Better armor is still only available from factions.
Crafting, blacksmithing, chemistry, cooking, hunting and other ways to survive and earn money have been significantly expanded compared to the original.
The battle system of the remake is inspired by the original, but modernized and improved. The system of evolving through teachers will remain. The mage path will be expanded to allow you to complete the game as a “pure” mage.
There will be no new types of monsters.
Simulation of the world with the daily routine of the characters will remain. Thanks to new technologies NPCs will become more reactive to everything that happens around them.
About other moments
The remake has a special demo for another character, which was shown to journalists last summer. At the moment, the demo is not available to the general public, but this decision may be reconsidered in the future.
The music is conditionally divided into thirds: first – themes from the original (remastered for modern quality), second – variations of themes from the original, third – completely new music, including for locations where in the original music was not.
In the remake will be a voiceover in Russian. At the moment they plan to attract as many actors who participated in the official localization of the original.
The release date of the remake of “Gothika” is still not available.
