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Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've always loved the gothic series and now they've done a great job with the next one. It runs a little slow on my computer so I would recommened a really fast computer with a good graphics card. I haven't had any crash's in the game yet so that is even better. The huge world you have to roam around in will keep you busy for a long time, and there is always lots of fighting! Being able to chose from multiple paths to follow throughout the game is also another plus. Over all the game is great if you like games like Oblivion.

AWESOMENESS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well let me start by saying that yes this game has some bugs, i wont lie about that. But that doesnt make this game any less enjoyable. i have played all the way threw it over 5 times and have only had problems a few times. And i must say that some of these bugs actually helped me threw out the game. So dont go by other peoples review and thought about this game, buy it and then see what you think about it yourself.

Yes it's an RPG alright

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

People, Gothic 3 is not a bad game! It isn't. In fact it is actually a pretty good open-ended RPG. I have never before played any of the previous Gothic games, but the game does have more than its share of flaws.

Graphics. Really, is there anything to be said? The environmental graphics are very well done. Character models are pretty good too. But unfortunately, the animation is very choppy. This can be quite frustrating when you are trying to be emersed into the world of Gothic. The game actually runs quite well if you have new graphics cards, or even old ones.

Gameplay. Unfortunately, the combat is quite uninspired, it boils down to clicking on the right mouse button repeatedly until all threats have been dispatched. Of course magic is pretty fun to use, if a little shallow. There are a fair amount of spells that can be unlocked. For most of them, the longer you charge them up, the more damage you will cause, or you will trigger a special effect. For example, the ice rod projectile, when charged up, will freeze enemies on the spot (for a long time). Then there are the original spells like time bubble and animal form. Your character can also be customized with abilities, for example, the dark mage ability will allow your mana to regenerate. etc. Oh yeah, and you can dual weild!!!

Sound. The music is excellent and is probably the best in 2006 and possibly 2007. The voicing is usually good. Some sound effects are mediocre, but its all paid off by the amazing musical score.

Design. The world is huge, HUGE!!! I haven't even explored half of it yet, there are three regions in the game, a desert-like region, a temperate grassy region with lots of trees and mountains, and finally a snowy region. The transitions between these regions are done remarkably well and are breathtaking. The whole story focuses on the middle region of Myrtana (I think that's how it's spelled), where the orcs from the snowy region take over and force most of humanity into slavery. You can side with any faction and each will produce a different ending to the story. One problem though is that there are so many side quests everywhere that the main quest is broken up into sections, and gigantic gaps in between are the side quests. The game forces you to take on these side quests to build up reputation in a town, but this breaks the flow of the main quest and can make you forget about it altogether. With that said; there are enormous amounts of side quests, but most of them boil down to getting object "x" from place "y" and killing creature "z". But that is not exactly true for all of them, most of them are like that. Oh and the back of the box lies, it says that there are no loading times, but you often experience a period of time when your game suddenly freezes, those are loading times.

Story. A good story but as I said it is broken up so many times that it lacks urgency.

Stability. Some problems especially if you have an old processor (Pentium 4 or lower).

Graphics 8/10
Gameplay 7/10
Sound 10/10
Design 8/10
Story 7/10
Stability: Some problems

Overall: 7/10 - Good

Comments: If you like Open-ended RPGs you should buy this game.

Excellent surprise !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a game that you lead and create who to serve a save. Later when the skills get better the games gets better. Tremendous variety of things to do. Like jumping from one mountain to another one. More later got to go... to be continue.... Nels

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