Stunning real world. Gothic 3 and Oblivion 4 are my first and only RPGs tried, so that is my only benchmark.

User Rating: 9.6 | Gothic 3 PC
By jeffroll | Review Date:
Although dismayed at my early difficulties getting this to run, I now have this going and I find it totally immersive and stunning to look at. Gothic 3 has had some bad press, but at first hand it looks technically a generation ahead of the competition. The design and rendition of the world is excellent and seamless (no flip to close-up headshots or loading screens between scenes) . The landscape structure feels real and memorable, and not synthetic (as I'm afraid Oblivion 4 feels). Rendering of this is also well managed (stutters apart), unlike the landscape conveyor belt of Oblivion 4, where the scenery changes as you approach it (suddenly huge rocks and trees appear where previously there were none). Finally the music score is great and very atmospheric.

This is the kind of game I have been waiting for: An plausible open-ended atmospheric world with a realistic and very convincing landscape. The only previous game where I thought that maybe this genre was starting to appear was Morrowind, which I observed but never played, but this seems technically streets ahead.

Do not be mislead by its poor "player rating". Its low score is skewed by those users who could not get it running (pre-patch?) and gave it 0 or similar. The "median" score is probably nearer 9. Note however: You need a good video card (X800+) and preferably 1.5 gig or more memory. I have run it well on a Sempron 3000+, X800, 2gig ram. You also need to follow the helpful tweaks from the forums, but the effort is worth it.

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