I played Gothic I and II as a kid, never finished Gothic 3 but almost finished Arcania. The system and world is good enough for me as casual player. 2 years ago I almost finished the game but unfortunately it stopped loading my saves and crashed everytime. That was on my old laptop. I stopped playing because reinstallation didnt help. Now I installed it on my newer machine and encountered issues: First and Error: Could not switch to new screen mode, and can't restore previous one! My installation was missing VideoSettings.xml file. So I made one as per guidelines on internet forums. Then I encountered an issue with missing textures (showing pure black instead) and strange shadows. I saw in my VideoSettings.xml that the game set the video adapter to my integrated Intel GPU, so I had to go to NVIDIA Control Panel where Preffered graphic processor setting was at Auto-Select option. So after switching to my dedicated GPU the issue went away. I hope this helps if somebody encounters similar issues.
I played it hundred times in my childhood and I love it even after those years.
Well, I bought the original as kid back then and the CD is still somewhere at my parents. Played it many times in past, and I am happy to play through once more.
