E3 2010: Arcania: Gothic IV (Impressions)  Posted by: Tina at
6/27/2010 3:13 PM The Gothic series of RPG games have been long-
standing (since 2001, to be precise), but the fourth title in
the franchise picks up a new developer to release Arcania:
Gothic IV.  The story for Gothic IV takes place tens years after
its predecessor. A stable boy working on his mother’s farm
presents himself to his girlfriend Ivy’s father to ask for her
hand in marriage. So long as the protagonist completes three
quests, he is told, he can marry his daughter. During his
travels, he meets a witch who explains that something in him
must be awakened.  After a confusing interaction with her, the
stable boy leaves with a knowledge of magic with which he can
run faster, throw fire, confuse his enemies, etc. Upon his
successful return to the villages on the Island, the nameless
hero finds that everything has been scorched the the ground. His
simple quest for marriage now turns to a quest for revenge.
Armed with the magic he learned from t