Well, after you recovered a little bit from our last interview, let´s continue with this "painful questioning":
Let´s talk about some things, only a publisher can answer to
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World of Gothic:
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Will there be like Spellforce2 same time to the normal release also a Collectors Edition with additional content available, or will this later be released?
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Stefan:
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Surely we want to give our hardcore Gothic fans a Special Edition with extra content -> same time as the standard edition.
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World of Gothic:
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From Gothic2 many Special Editions appeared late after release. Are there any news about a soundtrack-cd from KaiRo? Is it possible, that a Collectors Edition will be delivered with a map? Paper or real cloth?
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Stefan:
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A map ? Hey, great idea... :-) But why do you talk about a Special Edition and not the Standard Edition? :-) OOOPPPPSSSSS Should´nt talk too much...
Soundtrack CD -> Kai creates so lovely music... it should be on a CD :-) You will be able to buy after the Gothic release a normal Edition, a Special Edition and much, much more goodies for Gotihc3 -> and surely you won´t be able to oversee Gothic at your local dealer -> we will handle this. But that´s still a secret *againtoomuchtalking*
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World of Gothic:
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Eagerly awaited - there seems to be a sleeper-mask as an amulett. Well, it seems reasonable to assume adding such a goodie to a reprint of the Collectors Edition. Or perhaps as a gimmick for a Gothic3-Collectors Edition?
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Stefan:
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A sleepers mask as an amulett ? Nice idea... :-) Let´s wait a bit, the future is Gothic!
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World of Gothic:
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The CE from SpellForce 2 has also some exclusive clothes from the main character. Is providing items made exclusive for the Special Edition perhaps the starting point of a two-classes-society among the players? In your opinion, how far can you go especially with multiplayer-games without making buyers of the normal edition angry? Should the content of such Special Editions be limited to gear remote from the game to let the real game be the same for all people?
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Johann:
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In this case I have to clearify something: The ingame items of Spellforce look absolutely marvelous, that´s true, but they are in no case "overpowered" or game-crucial. The opposite is true, on this level, the items demand, there are many better items for normal players.
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World of Gothic:
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What will the package look like?
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Stefan:
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Great. :-)
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World of Gothic:
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Perhaps a real box, with a relief (like Starcraft) or even a imprinted metal case (like "Return to Castle Wolfenstein")?
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Stefan:
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Mayby :-)
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World of Gothic:
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How will the handbook looks like, only a pulp novel or perhaps a real bound hardcover book?
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Stefan:
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Cheap versions are out of question. :-)
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World of Gothic:
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Is there a detailed roadmap for releasing Gothic 3? We know the term "milestones", where you have to reach a specific state of developement. Is there in conjunction a roadmap for the material to be released?
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Stefan:
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We have always plans, we know, at which time we get material from the developers... sometimes the guys surprise us with even more and better material.
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World of Gothic:
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We know some english-speaking people, who talk a little bit German and who played Gothic2 already in German. For this guys it would be a great help to be able to switch theire version to English, if translating some terms is too hard. To make a long story short, will there be a multi-lingual version of Gothic3?
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Stefan:
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Comes time, comes Gothic :-) Future IS Gothic, perhaps even multi-lingual *gg*
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World of Gothic:
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From the developement of Gothic1 many anecdotes about bugs and features are well known - we only mention "KaiRo´s network-card". Will you give away some little stories about the G3-developement to the fans ? On GC there was told, that you use little wooden horses to check, if it´s possible to integrate riding horses in the game, perhaps someone could talk with Marvin about it!
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Stefan:
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Surely we will talk about some developement stories after the game release, that´s something, the guys from Piranha Bytes will do with pleasure :-)
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World of Gothic:
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Are there any plans for special events at upcoming E3? Revolutionary new infos, that has been hold back till now, new trailers or similar things?
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Stefan:
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On E3 we will defintely be present and show the latest version of Gothic3, but on GC in Leipzig we will rock you!
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World of Gothic:
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We will organize a community-meeting at GC in Leipzig. If we invite you, would you come? For a barbeceau at the campfire?
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If the ale is cold, the pork tasty and also nice women there, you can count on my steel blade. |
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Stefan:
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And JoWood is also there. :-)
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