More answers from EDL :
Q : gothic 4 will have good music ? 40 % of the feeling, atmosphere in a game is becouse of the soundtracks . Gothic 3 had good soundtracks but personally i liked more the music in gothic 1 , was more dark,gothic,rought soundtracks so we hope u will not go cheap on that aspect and will choose a fabulous soundtrack !
A : Sure thing, the soundtrack is important and we have quite some plans to create a nice one. Don’t worry, we won’t go “cheap”.
Q : Can we make annotations on the map in gothic4 ? And maybe with a zoom option too (but let say to not destroy the gothic feeling of the game maybe is better the option with smaller detailed maps wich u can buy at the cartographer )?? bcz the gothic3 map was really useless !
A : The map wasn’t done yet, so everything is possible right now. Let’s see what the final decisions will be.
Q : Wll the nameless hero have a name ? no ... i mean will he have a dynamic body ? like in gta san andreas wen u eat to much u get fat !! wen u put a lot of points in strenght u got fit and so on ?
A : We are playing around with some ideas. Not exactly like you mentioned, but there might be some changes during the game. Surprise!
Q : will u stay with the gothic 3 weapon design or will u make a more cool one ?? bcz in gothic 3 the weapons were really small .. not to mention the 2 hand swords .. really ugly beasts bleah !! we like looooooooooong swords not 30 cm roman style swords !!!!! the gothic 1,2 swords were 1 bilion times better that gothic 3 ones! in a game like gothic the swords are a really important aspect .. i disliked gothic3 most bcz of the swords design
A : Well, we already published some weapon designs and you can decide if you think they are “cool”. We know that weapons are important for the players in general and try to come up with some really nice designs.
Q : LoL will the Npc's have hair?
A : Nope. Hair is a “no go” for all of us. We hate hair. *Joke* ( Isn't that obvious? I think the question wasn't too serious - so is the answer. )
Q : EDL, the term "Winter 2009" shown in the trailer at GC means Dec 2009 or Jan-Feb 2009?
A : Sorry, I am not going to say anything about a release date. Just watch out and see what JoWooD is going to announce. That’s the word.
Q : hey EDL will arcania have the 2-weapons fighitng system too? if so, then will it also have one-handed axes, you know Gorn would sooooooooooo kick ass with 2 one-handed axes oh yeah i almost forgot will it work on xp too or only on vista?thx
A : Yes, you can drop your shield and go 2-handed. Sure. We already said that it should work with XP, too.
Q : First of all, pls Explain the term "Kingdom of Midlands" xD.
A : Myrtana, Varant & Nordmar.
Q : And by the way, EDL, when SpellBound changed the name to Arcania: The Gothic Tale, were their purposes to end the Gothic series whit the final part, and aim for the new series of Arcania ?
A : It wasn’t exactly Spellbound that changed the name, but I think it should mean that a new chapter in the Gothic universe is going to open and that the times have changed.
Q : Will there be diffrent endings depending on how you play or just one ending?
A : I cannot give that away without risking my job. You don’t want that, do you?
Q : Will there be a expansion pack?
A : Too early to speak about something like this. Let us finish the game first.
Q : Will there be a arena?
A : Might be.
Q : Will it be the same old finnishing move?
A : Please check out the previous answers. We talked a lot about finishing moves.
Q : Will there be undead armies?
A : Undeads? Yes. Armies? Not sure. Depends on what you consider an army.
Q : Will there be necromancers? (atlast)
A : Who knows?
Q : Will we be able to sleep again like the previous gothic games?
A : Yes there will be parts in the game so boring that you will fall asleep.
*The whole sleeping-thing isn't decided. We are not sure if the people like it or not. What do you like about it? It adds to realism? Just because it was in Gothic 3? Please let me know I am really interested.*
Q : Did Sb first thought of the story and then design the world ? And by the way , how much of the story have u guys prepared?
A : The main plot was done ages ago and we surely know in what direction we will go. That is pretty necessary when you start on a computer game. Everybody on the team needs to know what is going to happen. There might be some changes here and there on the way to the end, but the main story is done.
Q : Yes i think that EDL will return today.When he returns we want him to tell us about the gothic 3 addon!
A : No, he will not. To be honest I don’t know anything about the addon and I cannot tell you anything about it.
Q : i have a question about the dialogues... will the hero speak in dialogues like the previous gothic games? or the dialogues will be like oblivion??
A : I am not sure if I get this question right. Communication will be like in the previous games.
Q : Speaking of speaknig what voice will nameless have? his old one or his new (g3). It would be cool to hear the old voice again, with a bit of "evil topping"
A : We have heard that the people were not too happy with the previous voice. We try to get the same speakers for the German version, but we are not sure if we should do that for the English one. What do you think?
Q : Will we be able to take pets ? Like taming a wild animal ?
A : We were thinking about something like this, but the final decision is yet to come.
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