Well its finally here and im in love. Gothic 3 takes place directly after Gothic 2 which took place after Gothic 1. yea yea Goths are **** but this has nuthin to do with them. Gothic is very popular over in europe it never really got much publicity here in the west which i have no clue why, the Gothic series has been the best RPG's I've ever played. Its pretty much like playing Gothic 2 just with updated graphics which is absolutely perfect. Gothic 2 took me 40+ hrs to beat with the addon it was 60+ hrs, I'm hoping the same for the 3rd. Very detailed story, lots of dialog. The graphics are comparable with Oblivion, not as pretty but close. Oblivion seemed to put all their time in graphics and their main story line was beatable in a few hrs. Gothic has put most of their time into the story line which makes the game very long. If you're a fan of RPG's and or liked the game Oblivion or you're a fan of the previouse Gothic games you should definatly get this game. Outta all the games this year this is the game i most wanted to play, actually wanted to play it since playin gothic 2 4 yrs ago, ive put alot more hours into the game and love it... the games a bit of a resource hog i tried max graphics and the game looks awesome but so choppy, im playin on med graphics now with texture detail set a bit higher and it runs pretty smooth still chops a bit when approaching a city. About the story line, in #1 there were many factions within the prison you could join cant remember all, in #2 you could join up with either the mercs, palidins or mages. This 1 takes place after the war, where orcs rule most of the land and cities, you can either join the orcs and murder the rebels or join the good side with the rebels and take back the fallen cities, so theres a fair bit of replay value to the game, im doing the rebels and the game is fun as hell i love but the bugs can make the game frusterating. Theres 3 Sections of the playable world, you start off in the middle, where its green land. rebels and orcs roam here, King Robar has his castle here protected by an energy shield like the prison in #1. to the west is desert with people called hassisian (sp) who live with the orcs theres rebels here as well, also the water mages from gothic 1 & 2 are scattered throughout the land, you can help and unite them, or murder them all. to the east is like the arctic, all snow. All orcs here are hostile, theres 3 clans that have villages that are against the orcs. Xardes has his tower here. In the upcoming expansion the north will be open land, Gothic 2 has a great expansion that works into the game, so its not like you install and continue the story but its build into the original story, thats how I believe this expansion will work as well. Great game, worth any price for the game play time.
In a word: brilliant. I would highly recommend this to anybody who's a fan of "The Elder Scrolls", especially the older ones such as Daggerfall and especially Morrowind. In my opinion its like playing Morrow... Read Full Review
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