Enebias: Gothic ftw. Great series. Even 3, despite not being even close to the glory of 1 and 2.
Maybe if one can get over the awkward, clunky, and sometimes buggy controls of the first two. I couldn't. I probably would have hated the controls even on the time of the games' original releases.
To make matters worse, after that I tried Gothic 3 in which I almost immediately died with little recourse in the opening clash as I was thronged by those orcs - getting knocked down over and over again sure is fun. That certainly was the worst first impression for any RPG I've ever played.
Thankfully the Risen games are much better when it comes to gameplay as well as Elex. Nope, I couldn't recommend the Gothic series to any newcomers.