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Do you think Archolos should be taken as canonical? (lemmy.world)
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For me, it was the good old Gothic with many improvements, but the ending is absurd. If I were to rank all Gothic games, it would be:

  1. Archolos
  2. Gothic II NR
  3. Gothic I

(I don't consider Gothic 3 as canonical.)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The thing is, official canon is not decided by the audience but by the creator. G1-G3 are all the canonical gothic story; archolos can only be considered fanfiction by that definition, because whoever has the actual rights to gothic gets to decide the canon. I don't think there is any denying though that everyone who played archolos will see some characters of gothic 1 in a different light going forward, and i honestly will be disappointed if marvins development will not be reflected in the remake ( at which point archolos will be able to be considered canon). you see the sense i'm trying to make here? headcanon/fancanon can differ from official canon, and official canon always requires acknowledgement from official sources.