Unlucky shot...Oblivion is still the best RPG game ever!!
I'll just express what I am filling after playigng this game:
Graphics - It is nearly the same to my favorite Oblivion, but the difference is that the world looks less realistic than Oblivion's one. Especialy I don't like the way plants for alchemy look in the field....i will compare it with TES plants - you see in Oblivion all plants are looking like the real one that you will easily find in your own yard or nearest forest, plus they don't alocate from the enviorment, while in Gothic 3 all alchemy plants looks like they were just putted in one place withou trying to make em look a bit more realistic or make em look a bit the same to the other plants in the fields. Of course in total the graphics is great, but the way the world was created you are instantly forgeting about it.
Sound - sound is good withou a doubt but still there are only 3-4 soundtracks wich are constantly looping plus to the not a high quality sounded enviorment...the forests look like a place where all creatures with exept of several ones, died out.
Gameplay - gameplay is the worst thing in this game. First of all I didn't like the thing that from very beggining I wasn't told about the control system. Where are hints that could tell me - Press "I" for invertory or "M" for map? I had to hit each key on my keydoard to understand how to control the game. Plus there is no description on how to develop your character or how to play some other aspects of game like alchemy, smithing and etc. Yes I have a manual for that kind of stuff but let's again compare this game with TESIV: Oblivion - In Oblivion you don't need to be a fan of Elder Scrolls series or to have a manual by your hand, you can just start playing and the game itself will give you hints on how to control it!
In total I can say one thing - Maybe it is because i am Oblivion fan or maybe it is cause of i have never played Gothic before, but this game, Gothic 3, seems to be an unsuccessfull attempt to beat TESIV out of it's first place on the market of hi-end RPG games. But still I think that fans of Gothic series will love it and will be playing it for hours and hours in a row. But personaly, I would suggest you to rent it first or to buy TESIV: Oblivion, system reqs are nearly the same but Oblivion is a lot more interesting and amazing than Gothic 3. Tahir "Yazon" Tillyaev.