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It’s-a-me-a… Giana?
Rather than tell you some elaborate story of what The Great Giana Sisters is and how it came into existence (feel free to read up on that on Wikipedia), I’ll tell you all you need to know. The Great Giana Sisters is a Super Mario Bros. clone released originally in 1987. Since then, a new version of the game has been created for the Nintendo DS, which features new levels, items, and goals. While I can’t tell you much about what has been borrowed from the original release, as I’ve never played it, I can tell you that this latest release is enjoyable.
While it isn't the Gothic series we know and love, it is still an entertaining story.
The Gothic trilogy was one of the few distinct fantasy RPG’s to appear in the first decade of this new millennium. While the gameplay was definitely buggy - I remember losing all save files twenty hours into Gothic II - each game immersed you into a cleverly expanding world with a heavy Germanic mythology influence. This series was not cartoony or happy, it was rough and unforgiving. Arcania is the fourth game in the Gothic series, developed by a new team, Spellbound, and while it tries to carry on the traditions and story of the Gothic series, while also refreshing it for a new group of players on the console, it ultimately fails to deliver the necessary experience to attract more followers.
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