Revisiting my First Impressions of The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos

I am over 100 hours into a playthrough of The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos -- the total conversion mod for Gothic 2 -- and wanted to revisit some of my first impressions from a few years ago, when I had only played 20-some hours across the first chapter or so. This video simply re-evaluates some of those original observations with new thoughts now that I've experienced some things for a second time and have gotten significantly farther in the game overall. You don't need to watch the original impressions video first since this one is the more updated version of certain things, but I don't cover every single original point here, so it may be worth going back to watch the original one afterward for extra thoughts that aren't covered here.

Here is the link to my original impressions video from 2022:
   • Impressions of Chronicles of Myrtana:...  

00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Lots of dialogue choices with branching paths
03:10 - Combination of random and scripted events
04:12 - Strong world-building and characterization
05:20 - Good density of content in Silbach
05:58 - Map is an ideal blend of direction, focus, and openness
07:30 - Good atmosphere in some new-ish environments
08:31 - New variations on existing enemy types
09:55 - Not much of a compelling story hook
11:24 - Some annoyingly linear quest scripting
12:31 - Some of the new sound effects and audio are bad
13:29 - Cooking is a little tedious
15:29 - Some odd translation hiccups
17:05 - A more direct approach to the storytelling
18:18 - Soundtrack is a mix of good and questionable
19:56 - Outro

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