After spending over 70 hours on it I just finished Archolos. I am staggered by how amazing this game is -- yes, a game. This is definitely not "just a mod" as some morons put it. This game is bigger and better than the original G2NotR ever was and it is everything that Gothic 3 should have been. It's not canon, I know, but the story will always be canon tome, personally, from now on. Meeting the characters from the original games again was a fantastic experience. The references to the original games, and to other amazing games, like Skyrim or Witcher were most enjoyable to note. The twists and turns of the story kept me engaged emotionally every minute spent on the main storyline. The dialogs and quest design is stellar and the developers of Skyrim and Witcher, as well as many other amazing RPGs could learn a lot from the dev team of Archolos. Many people all over the internet ask if it's worth it to play it and I get it -- many people are distrustful towards mods and rightfully so. But this is nothing like most other mods. The bugs are few and far between and as long as you keep a couple additional saves a few minutes apart you will never be in danger of ruining your game and wasting your time -- the main quest seems especially well playtested. If you are a fan of Gothic or of RPGs or of great games in general -- yes, I'll say it again, games -- do yourself a favour and play this masterpiece.
