However, adequate improvements were made, for example, the protagonist can now become also a henchman, a dragon hunter or a magician. The players familiar with the original game will have an opportunity to revisit certain areas as well. The action takes place in a variety of diverse locations, such as the harbor town, the island of dragons, a castle besieged by orcs, libraries or farms. In this game, the player explores more than just the Valley of the Mines isolated from the rest of the world with a magical barrier. Evil forces embodied by a wide set of monsters, orcs and orges, all of them led by dragons, are constantly fighting humans. As previously, the story in Gothic II is set in a fantasy world, and it continues the plot of the original game. Gothic II is a sequel to one of the best action role-playing games - 2001's Gothic.