Gothic 3 Preview @ Shack News

Shack News is the latest site to unveil their preview of Gothic 3. In a big media week for the game, the Shack News editor says:

When I saw the game, no English voice acting was present, though the team apparently just finished the recording sessions a matter of days ago. Gothic and Gothic II took some flak in the past for less than pristine localization, so this time around the localization team has gone over the script with a fine tooth comb and hired some top shelf voiceover talent. Accomplished animation and video game voice actor Crispin Freeman voices the hero, and film and TV actor Ron Canada plays an unspecified role.

The Gothic 3 build I previewed definitely needed some work in the presentation department, with fluctuating framerates, some missing NPC AI, and so on. Still, the overall world and game systems seem very much on track. If Piranha Bytes can deliver on their ambitious goals, the company is likely to please existing Gothic fans as well as attract a substantial portion of the substantially growing open-world RPG audience.

Source: Shack News