It was year 2002 when little shithead (me) wanted something to play and be entertained for hours. Sadly it was the time my NES and to kind of a unpopularity in Czech Republic, nobody was able to repair it. SO my brother came to me sayin' "HEY YOU LIL' FUCKBOY! PLAY THIS" and I've played ... hour, two hours... ten months >.> I really get into every god damn space there is in world of Gothic. I was so into that even today I know location of every god damn item, names of all items, all secrets and damn! This game is total masterpiece! Atmosphere in this game is so dark and slowly revealing all the threads that colony is facing! GREAT voice acting (Not Fisk >.> I hate his fucking voice - Merchant in old camp) and much greater story which is like really awesome. As a kid I didn't understand single word but thankfully someone in Czech released Czech translate to this game and even after that... I completely ignored tons of conversations, letters, books etc. When I was about fourteen I came back to this game and from that point I play this game every year once. It may sound crazy but Gothic 1-2 and Might & Magic 6-8 are my the most favourite games from my childhood. It is like reading book you've read as a child or movie you've seen twenty time and still enjoying it. All though Controls and some mechanics are kinda bad... it really doesn't matter when you play this game because of Story, Atmosphere and not because of Graphics or some next gen controls with automatic healing bullshitery. THIS is art of perfection when it comes to RPG genre. Even from first time you are thrown into the lake with paper message in your pocket which is magically dry when you crawl out of the water (Yup, you may not think of that :3) to point when you stab last hearth of Sleeper, this game is just perfectly made and oh boy did I mention story & atmosphere? ;D Sadly nowdays everyone prefere Skyrim/Dark Souls etc. calling it THE BEST RPG's ever, but Gothic will be forever No.1 in my hearth BUY IT!