[If you are an RPG games fan and haven't played this game, please do yourself a favor and buy it and play this game. You will definitely be glad that you did] This is the first RPG game I played. I am glad that I started with this. This is still one of the best games I have ever played. I don't want to rank all the games I had played. I enjoyed all of them. But Gothic 2 will remain as one of my most favorite games of all time. The story is awesome, the combat is (very very) challenging, Free open RPG, three different paths each have their own play style providing replayability. The game doesn't have difficulty level (and is always at hard level) which will be a problem for casual players playing for the first time. If you survive the first few encounters and get used to it, it is actually enjoyable. There is so many awesome things about this game that I can't list all of them. Till now I have played this game four times (as a Paladin, as a Mercenary, as a Fire Mage, and as a Complete Archer Strat) and it was enjoyable every single time. After playing this game couple of times, I bought and played Gothic 1 (which is also a gem) and then played this game again couple of times.