Identical to Gothic 2, nothing less, nothing more. Just perfect.
Combat system improved.
The consumables (pots and plants) are just ridiculously to many for someone who never wastes a pot until the last moment... i ended the game with 200 of every hp pot and 50 of each plant and never eaten a plant the entire game (and i was melee sword+shield)
The only downside is the noob programmers that made the char jump worst than all the games I've played so far :| Most ppl quit the instant they pressed the space bar.
Oh and there are no videos to reward you mid game whatsoever... only the starting one and a small 15sec vid of the last boss dyeing... Is it that hard to make a few decent movies mid game?! I mean all u get at the ending is a black screen and 20 sec of voice of a guy that tells u what happened next :|
Gamespot gave it a low mark because they dont like these kinds of games. They are more of a console generation brats (or the mind of them) that feel the game is to hard and QQ-delete (i mean they gave batman a 10...lol).
If u played Gothic and loved it, this is for you... and NO, its not short, i've played it non stop for 3-4 days milking every quest.