I played this until I got to the point where I leveled up, and could not for the life of me work out what key to hit to open the character menu to level up. After faffing around for a while I gave up and will leave it until I decide to actually play the game in its entirety.

I note also that the lockpicking seems far more complicated than in the original game. I loved the lockpicking mini game in the original. It was far more intuitive.

Otherwise, the remaster is pretty nice and absolutely true to the original game, where a juvenile scavenger can take you out in two blows as you run down the hill towards the Old Camp.

I really liked the game hagatha, but found aspects of it way too difficult for me.

Especially the ridiculous, multi-stage lock picking !!

Yes, I'm definitely going to have to look at a couple of tutorials for the lockpicking. I always play a sneak-thief/ranged character in this game so I will need the skill.

Of course, I remembered how to level up. It popped into my head last night while I was watching TV.

Gothic is very difficult at the start, even for a seasoned player who knows the game. All of the Piranha Bytes games are.