Piranha Bytes done a nice job,far better than Gothic 3!
Well,you're a shipwreck survivor,trying to survive in a mysterious volcanic island,after some steps,you will have to make your first decision in the game:which faction you will join,the Order,leaded by Inspector Mendonza,or the Bandits,leaded by Don Esteban.
The Order is a group of mages and battlemages(Warriors of the Order),and they search a way to save the world,their base is in an ancient Monastery.
If you join them,you'll learn the ways of magic and staff fighting.
The Bandits,are a group of warriors,hunters and rogues,they are opposite to the Order,because the mages recruit everyone.Joining them,you'll learn how to fight with swords,axes,bows,etc...The bandits live in a Big Swamp.
The choices that you make in this game are very important,if you join the Order,the Bandits won't like you,and won't help you.
One of the stronger parts of the game is the creation of item,specially the weapons,the game's very precise in that way:you prepare the blank,put it in an anvil,then you will put the glowing blank in water,and you put your dull sword in a whetstone.
But,for me,the best thing of the game is exploring the world.It's not the bigger,but it's a nice one,full of forests and caves.
But be prepared,because it's time to tell the problems of the game:
Let me give an example:In the world,you will find stone tablets,that give you wisdom.When you use them,the hero reads the tablet,all right.But,sometimes,the hero eats the tablet,yes,he eats it.
That's one of the bugs.There are another ones,that's the first problem.
The textures aren't very good,specially the faces,but in a total,the graphics are good,but only good.The running in the game is ridiculous,it looks like the people are jumping.
The sound is good,and the voices are nice too,so there aren't very problems in the sound of the game
Time to reach the gameplay.The creation of items is nice,as I said,but the combat is terrible,but,funny.Terrible,because it locks you on an enemy,this is good with ranged combat,but in melee,that's horrible.Funny because it's hard,you must know how to dodge,defend and attack,everything in the right hour.
In the final,this game is very good,and I recomend you,forgeting it's bugs,and the combat.