Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| GameSpot | 8.1/10 |
| GameSpy | 2/5 |
| IGN | 8/10 |
While Gothic II received very high reviews in the German press, it did not fare that well in North America, where it received high ratings, too, but also negative reviews. One of the reasons for the overall worse reviews were the graphics. The translation of the script and the voice acting in the English version were also criticized, and were felt by critics to be out of place and poorer than in the German version. Much of the voice acting criticism falls upon the change in the voice for the character Diego. While the game received almost perfect ratings from RPG dedicated websites RPGdot and Just RPG, it still received fairly high reviews with ratings of 8.0 of 10 and above on most websites, including IGN and GameSpot. The worst review Gothic II received was on GameSpy, with a rating of 2 out of 5.
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