I was expecting Gotzendiener to deliver an isometric blend of Brandish and Prince of Persia, and those were probably unfair expectations considering that most players don't like it very much. High expectations aside, the gameplay is slow and horrible and gives the player hardly anything to do--hardly any fighting and hardly any puzzle solving. You just stumble around ugly maze-like environments, and before you know it, the whole thing is over. The music and sounds are horrendous, so the game falters even where many other mediocre Turbo CDs shine (though I will say that the few cinemas do look somewhat nice). Whether Gotzendiener was released unfinished or simply unpolished, it comes off as an incomplete effort, an empty, glitch-plagued husk of a puzzle-based adventure.
It starts off in a pretty cool and unusual way. A good guy and a bad guy fight it out for a girl; the two idiots end up killing each other, leaving the princess to find her way on her own.
It does have its moments of intrigue, as well as a few areas that actually don't let us down graphically. Most of the decent material is presented early in the quest.
Later levels have you wander around dull, empty, ugly environments.
Half the time you come across something interesting, it ends up serving no purpose whatsoever. Makes you wonder if the designers intended to do more with these "red herrings" but weren't granted enough time to complete and polish their project.
Combat unfolds as slowly and choppily as you might expect, but defeating the lumbering monsters isn't difficult at all.
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