First of all: It's a Piranha Bytes RPG. You can feel it the very first minute in the game. But to compare it with Gothic wouldn't be fair. It's something new and unique. The world ist fresh, full of life and well shaped. It is made for adults and not for children and their children childrens like it was with Risen. Exploring is fun again and every faction in game has its own charm. Moreover their are credible again. The factions in Risen were a joke. Five people were forming that faction. And so I had a lot of fun with Elex. The german localization is good, while the english localization may be even better, but I can't complain. I've played over 60h so far and I am still not trough. You should definitely give it a try!