The Raven in popular culture - This article is about the use of Edgar Allan Poe s poem in popular culture. ^ "GamersHell Night of the Raven review"."Or, if you have learned acrobatics (automaticly when you have 90 DEX), you can simply " ^ "Graphic Walkthrough mentioning Acrobatics".^ "Maps showing ingame details, including Stone Tablets".^ "RPGDot Review - Gameplay & difficulty level"."An expansion to Gothic II that's presently only available in the developer's home nation " ^ "Night of the Raven Review at Gamers With Jobs".In addition to this new area of the world, many seemingly meaningless locations (and characters) in the original Gothic II were modified and found a purpose in the expansion - namely, the ancient ruins in the northeast, the Stonehenge-like structures scattered throughout the countryside, and the bandit camp near the landowner's farm. In the continuation of the story, the player is confronted with the same plot present in the original game. Following the defeat of Raven, the hero recovers Beliar's Claw, an ancient artifact. With the help of the pirates (also a new guild introduced by the addon), the hero manages to defeat Raven (an old character from the first Gothic, which also was not present in the second part of the franchise). The player helps the Water Mages, also present in Gothic, but which were missing in Gothic II, open a portal, found in an old temple in the land of Khorinis.Īfter managing to open the portal to the ancient city of Jharkendar, the hero learns about the dangers threatening the island. Situated in the northeast of Khorinis, Jharkendar is presented as an ancient, deserted city. The expanded version of the story from the original Gothic II, told by the addon, introduces a new world called Jharkendar. Unlike in Gothic, this skill is learned when reaching 90 points of dexterity, and cannot be learned otherwise. Night of the Raven also introduces another skill, Acrobatics.
These can be found across the whole Khorinian island, and have the property to increase the player's attributes. The player now can learn the language of the ancient people which inhabited the newly introduced city of Jharkendar, giving him the possibility to read the so-called Stone Tablets. Īn addition brought by the gameplay consists of a few new skills, and special items. This increase in difficulty is done by adding new, more powerful animals, reducing the number of potions, and special plants found in the game, making attributes and items more expensive, and reducing the effect of permanent potions. However, a major change can be seen in terms of difficulty, where the developer had rebalanced the whole game, and made it harder, this after being requested so by the community. The expansion does not bring many significant changes to the gameplay.