Absolute masterpiece that I'm happy to have finally been able to play. I watched my cousins play it all the time as a kid but was too scared to play it back then. The gritty tone really sucks you right in. Seriously, I can't recommend it enough! I actually played Alan Wake 1 when I first got my 360 and its so cool to see how both games have such a similar writing style. As a matter of fact this might just be one of my favourite 3rd person shooters now.
Also, it's so hard not to love Sam Lake's face. It's so good XD

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.