I played all of the Gothic series including Gothic 3. Its fun the hours fly by and whit every city its gettin better and better. Im very dissapoting that some of the rewiewers gave gothic 3 a 2.5 or 5.6 or so and in the rewiew they say its a great game, whats the matter then are u scared that it might have better ranks than oblivion. By the way Oblivion is so overrated that Gothic 3 looks like a game from 5 years ago. I cant understand why do you always have to compare those 2 games i dont get the point, its because its an RPG or what? Everybody saying Oblivion is Better it smokes gothic 3 ass and so on, but those who have played all the gothic series would say hey its different not evem comperable to Oblivon. Yes it has bugs and lot's of them and they are gettin on yours nerves and its a shame that a game that great has those bugs, but its playable and i finished it whit much fun and u must play it on hard all other options suck.
Its a game that binds you to your monitor and you just stare at the game ''looking good eh'' and you go from town to town having tons of missions and quest and things to grab and so on, whats really anoying that in every town u must defeat various monster kill this kill that kill them kill everybody :) sounded like FEAR, but u have good mission to like find something in the woods or in the ruins in the north help some people and the best thing is gaining experince.U can use those poitns for various things like crossbows bows one two handed weapons magic alchemie stealing robbery and so on, u have a lots of different magic skills like summons and fire rain and fireballs healing diseases comet's and lots of other i dont wanna spoil the game. I think its 3 times bigger than Gothic 2 whit the expansion and offers you from woods to north icy region to lots of sand in the south deserts whit the most tempels and ruins and sandcrawlers...and hashasin :) hey i played the German version because im from europe and the hashain are named Assasins not like some drugs in the US version :). U find very different animals in gothic 3 than in others series i was scared when i saw dragons in a cave ( in gothic 2 it was the main quest the kill the dragons) and gargolys in the woods and schrat like an adult goblin or what? Crocodiles and swamplurkers, the most suprise was when i saw goblinshaman omg they are nasty shooting fireballs and heal themself then the Lions and schakals, sandcrawlers in the dessert and whit sabertooth tigers in the north and of course some everyday animals like deers and bisons and rhinos they are in a large groups and are peaceful and attack only if u attack one of them then u screwed :).Overall its a openended game whit lot of things to do and if u forgive those technical issues and make them everyday things like making coffe, then its the perfect game for at least one month to play and if u pick up every flower and thing kill any animals in your way u will gain lot of experince before u even come to nordmar and varant. And don't rush the game because then u are lost and those people then give scores like 2.5 to max 6.0 because then dont give **** about the story only the graphics and by the way the game has a story but its not so in the spotlight like the secondary quests. I like this game like any other game, its not perfect but you alone have to choose what u want to play. Lot's of people gave games bad score because they like something better and they didnt even played it. Thats my rewiew and i hope i made some thing crystal clear for those who want to play but are scared by the scores and rewies of other players. Have a nice day