This was years in the making for me. I played it from the beginning countless times as a kid, but I only just beat it now. Ended up choosing the path of Adanos. The game definitely has some fundamental issues at its core, but I found it really fun anyway. The Polish dub in these games makes it so that you really do ignore a lot of their shortcomings because it's just so good haha. But yeah, near the end, I didn't bother increasing the reputation with the Assassins and just stormed Ishtar cuz I was too op at that point anyway. The ending itself is cool, if not a little sudden. I feel like they just didn't know how to wrap it up. Still, for what it's worth I had a good time and I'm glad every character got some sort of conclusion. Though I have played Arcania Gothic 4 to completion years ago and it really does not connect to this very well lol. Anyways, I'm super excited for the upcoming Gothic Remake.
Objectively, unjustifiably disgusting technical state at launch, underdeveloped, and only held together by its passionate community who did their best to patch the game as swiftly as they could to make it playable. The fully open world was ahead of its time back then. Great design and atmosphere.
Subjectively, almost nothing but fond memories of playing this as a kid, but never considered it nearly as good as the previous two.
Subjectively, almost nothing but fond memories of playing this as a kid, but never considered it nearly as good as the previous two.