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.ini modification essential

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: September 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is an incredible game that cannot be played without doing your due dilligence and finding out exactly how to modify the Gothic 3 .ini file to suit your particular system. I spent at least 3 hours searching various sites and putting together a document that identified instructions for modifying the values of various configuration elements found in my Gothic 3 .ini file. Once I got it right, the game ran without a hiccup, and I was even able to get rid of the flashing light problem that plagues many people. I have a very mediocre system (Athlon XP 2200, 1.5 GB SDRAM, X800 256MB ATI card, 7200 RPM 150 MB HD, etc.), and out of the box, the game wouldn't even run at 800x600 with all the settings on low. I now run it at 1024x768 with most settings on medium and even a few on high, but mainly the .ini variations are where it's at. It's really unfortunate that the developers didn't do their homework and configure the game properly for the average machine like mine out of the box, and then allow folks to increase settings upward from there. With the settings I have, the game looks great, actually coming close to rivaling Oblivion on my system (which by the way, suffers from a similar problem, i.e. needing configuration adjustments, just not quite to the same extent).

In closing, if you buy this game now for 20 bucks, and are intelligent/experienced enough to go through the various sites that will guide you to the proper .ini settings, you'll get one heck of a great game at an incredible price.

Good luck!

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Still Better than any other games on market

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: December 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Eventhough the game has very minor issues, I still believe it is better than Oblivion. At least for me I got bored with Oblivion and stopped playing after closing the 5th gate. With Gothic series as well as with this latest game, the storyline is very strong and you feel you want to keep on playing. The world is very much alive almost everywhere you go.
The game is running fine on my system. The game stalled only once or twice for me. I believe users who are complaining about the game should upgrade their systems.

Unexpectedly good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After reading several reviews, it's clear that you'll either love this game or hate it. While I don't exactly love the game, and can recognize a number of faults with it, I think that it is a great buy and have enjoyed it immensely. Worth the money!

First and foremost, install the latest patch (1.12 currently). Also, make sure your graphic card drivers are up to date. The game is very pretty, so as such you will want to reduce the graphic settings if your machine isn't state-of-the-art.

The Good:
Battles are challenging, and contrary to what some have said, simply jamming your left mouse button isn't going to lead to eternal victory. Perhaps patches have tweaked this.
You are given options with how to complete quests. You can betray the rebels or overwhelm the Orcs, or do a mix of both. No matter what you do, you are almost always in the driver's seat, and never feel like you are forced into doing something you don't want to. This truly open ended game-play is either refreshingly novel, or painful depending on what you are looking for.
The graphics are great, and really help immerse you in the virtual world. Sometimes, you'll find yourself just admiring the pretty landscapes!
You can learn vastly powerful spells or become a master swordsman, or some combination of both. Character development is as open as the game-play.
Teleport stones will help save time in travel by allowing you to instantly warp to a city, though they are sometimes very difficult to find.

The Bad:
Loading times drag the game down at times. Every time you die, you must reload, and for some reason this simply takes forever. Also, there is no auto-save feature! If you die and haven't saved, you're simply out of luck. Further, saving itself takes a good amount of time too, so be patient. If you are an impatient person, this might get on your nerves.
The voice acting isn't nearly as bad as some games I've played, but some NPCs are painful to listen to. Still, this didn't bother me much.
Battles are sometimes disproportionately hard. If you choose to be a mage, you'll be frustrated constantly because you won't be able to cast any spells. As soon as any enemy hits you, your spell gets interrupted, forcing you to stick with quick, less powerful spells. Then again, if you can cast one of your more powerful spells, it can decimate an entire group all at once. Despite that, I find that this can make magic frustrating. The same could be said for bow users. Because most enemies will simply charge at you, there isn't much time to use a bow effectively.
Some quests are just plain boring, and there isn't much scripting to create custom, dynamic events. The result is a large amount of "kill" and "retrieve" quests.
At least early in the game, there isn't much in the way of "good" versus "evil" choices. Working for the orcs isn't really "evil" per se, so the moral aspect of the game isn't as developed as I think it could be.

Overall, the game is a good buy for the price. Don't let reviews that were written pre-patch cloud the fact that it has become a solid, open ended RPG that is worth trying, especially if the idea of such open-ended gameplay appeals to you.

Worthy addition to the Gothic series - great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: November 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Gothic 3 follows in the steps of its predecessors, providing an intricate and engaging plot in a huge game world, interesting quests, and distinctive NPCs and monsters. I haven't experienced the performance problems of other reviewers - the graphics are gorgeous and the game runs flawlessly on my system (Athlon FX-55, Radeon X800, 2 GB RAM). I don't particularly like the changes in the combat system for Gothic 3, but it's not so bad that it decreases from the game's enjoyment. I prefer playing as a mage anyway, and the magic system is improved over its predecessors. Overall, I'd say that Gothic 3 provides a more enjoyable role-playing experience than Oblivion. Don't listen to the negative reviewers; if you loved the first two Gothic games, and you've got a system decent enough to run it, you'll love Gothic 3 too.

No Surprise

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Won't work. No surprise. It's from the same group that released Stubbs The Zombie. Read those reviews. Notice a pattern?

impressively horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 15
Date: November 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the first review I've ever submitted, but wanted to warn others before they spend money on this mistake.

I won't rehash what other reviewers have said, other than to state that the negative reviews are correct and fair. Working for a software company, I understand some bugs are almost impossible to find, and others are minor enough to be overlooked. Gothic 3 literally appears not to have been tested prior to being released. If it was tested, then the company did not care that the game was not playable when they released it. This is the buggiest game I have ever played; the bugs are major and are very noticeable. My PC runs Oblivion flawlessly, but Gothic 3 (which has worse graphics from what I can see) runs so poorly I've given up on trying to play the game. If the developers rewrite most of the code and release it as a patch, this might be worth playing someday, but for now Gothic 3 resides in my closet.

Good game with good hardware

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A couple of good reviews here have already said what i wanted to say. Just want to add that this NEEDS GOOD HARDWARE to run. I am truly captivated by this game. Excellent graphics, AI and a wide open world to travel.
This was released around Oct/Nov-06 and does have a couple of small bugs which i'm sure will be ironed out.
Load times are around 20 seconds and save times 10 seconds.
I kept RivaTuner running in background the first couple of days and found the SYSTEM RAM usage was around 1.8 GB.
FPS hovers between 16 and 42 with with my setup--
Core2Duo 1.86 GHz with 2 GB RAM
GeForce 7900 GS
160 GB SATA
22" Widescreen ACER

Happy gaming.

Gothic 3

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Id only recommend this for fans of the series or die hard role players with uber machines.

Piranha bytes are very talented bunch.
But just like gothic 2,buggy and unpolished and a resource hog.
Shame piranha doesn't take the time to polish and optimize their engines.

There might be an excellent game here...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 17
Date: November 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

...but you'll most likely never find out given the sorry state of programming it shipped in. Gamers and diehards might feel punished by the crippling performance issues and frequent bugs, but the real victim here is another formerly stellar franchise circling the drain as hopes of a future sequel end up buried by poor reviews by nearly all major publications and review sites.

Avoid until there's a great deal of evidence that a "miracle patch" has been released.

save your money. . .dont make my mistake

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 13
Date: December 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i've never written a review before, but this game was so bad i felt i had to speak up. this game has more bugs than my back yard. . .its horrible. when it wasnt freezing up it was crashing, when it wasnt crashing the screen would go blank and the game would just re-start; i couldnt even get out of the first village. i'm so disappointed in this game, dont make my mistake and waste your 40 bucks.

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