This Game came out and was measured vs Oblivion. I think while Oblivion has it's own unique perks such as copy and paste towns and dungeons, in Gothic 3 the copy and paste is at least less obvious. The World is Huge and has 3 different Areas, Varant the Desert and Nordmar the Ice Wastes as well as of course Myrtana the Grass Steppe 08/15 in every RPG with dense/thick forests, lush grasslands and a corresponding Fauna as well as Flora. Nordmar and Varant corresponding to the themes, but going into detail would be just what I can say about Myrtana, swap some words and adjectives and there you go. The Game allows you to (finally imo) go your own way and really forge your own destiny, where G2 still kinda forced you around (even with Night of the Raven <-<) this game says "Lol let's go Full Bethesda". And so it does, the only closed areas are those where you need to be all the whiz with the corresponding Faction. Quest wise, Gothic 3 on it's own is insufferable and quite frankly, horrible and positively ridiculous. The Questpack solves this Problem. Another Mod - for Content called Content Mod - solves the problem and adds more items and a few other niceties, Gothic 3 on it's own is pretty Horrible. All Hail the worldofgothic site and other fanpages that developed the Community Patches and the above mentioned mods, Piranha Bytes was once again forced to Release earlier (way too early) and caused the Prior Abomination Known as "Gothic 3" heck, when I bought it and played back in da day, it already had the Community patch on it, and I was grateful for that. The Leveling System this time around doesn't give you +12HP every level, but rather gives you the option to Level this. With a pretty tight 10 LP per level (1LP = 1HP) and a very big Amount of other Perks and Skills to be learned, you're forced to do some Planning ahead quite often. The Story itself is very simplistic, but allows you to forge your own Path. If you're unsure wait for a GoG sale, but give it a shot.
