Gothic is a quirky series about a nameless prisoner who has to make a name for himself. You start out weak and helpless but climb up through the ranks until you can take your revenge, or forgive them and save the world, possibly both. This series certainly seems to reward the morally flexible. Want to beat someone up and take all their stuff, it not only permissible it's encouraged! Just make sure you're either stronger than your opponent or you're sneaky about it. The base game doesn't penalize you much over this though madders try to patch consequences back into the game. I say that borders on re-writing the game as this revenge theme has been a staple of the series since the very opening seen of Gothic 1. The above applies to all the Gothic series but the reason I say Gothic 3 is the pinnacle is the graphics are beyond all the rest and the interface and combat is much easier to pickup and run with. Yes it's full of bugs but the community fixed most of them. Despite this I have to say this is by far the most playable and the second most epic (It's huge but there is no "epic" threat) of the three and It's the one I would recommend to an outsider. I have not played the Risen series but if I did it would be because of Gothic 3.
