Gothic® 3

Amazing game after patch. For 2006 year is crazy to thing how good it is. Much of the aspects are groundbreaking in terms of immersion till this day. Frankly gameplay is much more engaging than its contemporary TES 4: Oblivion, which is crazy to say since Oblivion is universally revered and Gothic 3 barely got any exposure. Quiet sad. Nevertheless game is a hidden gem and totally worth playing

The game tries to do a lot of different things, and to be fair, most of them actually work. But the reputation system is a serious problem and ends up hurting the experience quite a bit. Once you liberate just two camps belonging to a faction, you’re basically locked out completely—you can’t even talk to their leaders anymore. For example, if you decide to side with the rebels and wipe out the orcs in Myrtana, then later head to the desert, things get messy. Orc troops or mercenaries in those towns will randomly attack you. And if a fight breaks out near other NPCs, the whole town can suddenly turn hostile, even if you didn’t start anything. Speaking of towns turning on you, the game can feel really cheap at times. It will just spawn in a bunch of NPCs—like 10 or more—to fight you. If you try to lure them outside, the game doesn’t really care; it just keeps spawning more. Sometimes you can literally see them appear out of nowhere. Another weird issue: if you finish an orc siege outside a town and then come back later, rebels will already be there, and suddenly all the loot counts as stealing—even if it originally belonged to the orcs. There’s no real way to fix these reputation issues either, not even with mods or cheats. Trying to do a rebel/Hashishin playthrough becomes frustratingly difficult. It actually ended up costing me a save file and about 10 hours of progress. Definitely something you should understand before committing too much time to the game. And to top it all off, regardless of which faction you choose, the ending is basically the same. It just wraps up with a pretty unsatisfying slideshow.

The proverbial fork in the road. If you take one path you arrive at Arcania, if you take another path you arrive at Risen, or you can circle back and arrive at Gothic Remake. Gothic 3 is the game that could, but didn't. Piranha Bytes bit more than they could chew, and JoWood rushed the bread out of the oven. As a result we got an empty jumbled mess that shows its colours the moment it stops dangling the keys of 'liberate this city from the orcs' in front of your face, and you finally understand what has been going. You are finally at the main land, no stinking penal colony, no stinking penal island; the real deal. You finally get to meet the asshat that got you in the slammer, you have three times the playable area as usual, multiple times the NPCs and Quests, you can get to lvl 60 no problem. Does it pay off? not really. Does it measure up? not really. Is the path worth it? probably?. Gothic 3 is safe to skip for better games, but if you really want to understand what got you to Arcania or to Risen, you're going to have to tackle this mess. There are multiple walkthroughs out there that will tell you the same, but it bears repeating here: Don't liberate any city besides Ardea, don't crush any rebel/nomad hideout, until the very end where you finally understand what is at stake, you will thank yourself later, if you want to witness the three endings.

Я не смог починить этот шлак, даже используя патчи и танцы с бубном. Лучше скачать нормально работающий репак, чем чинить этот ужас, цену на который повысили в несколько раз с ♥♥♥♥♥ и стоящий теперь 1к рубасов))). РАЗРАБОТКА НЕРАБОТАЮЩЕЙ ИГРЫ 2006 ГОДА ДОРОЖАЕТ))))). Благо брал всю трилогию за 56р еще до повышения цен. Тупо прикинулись шлангом и забили на игру в стиме, хотя за столько то лет можно было и починить для приличия.

Лучшее, во что я играл в своей жизни (да, такая вот у меня жизнь)

If I had the chance to choose one old game out of all existing ones to get a remake, without any hesitation I would choose Gothic 3. I genuinely dream of a remake of this game. I am ready to buy the remake of the first part when it comes out, and the second one as well, if it ever happens, just to support it. This universe and this game stayed with me and left a deep mark on me

Вот эта игра - величайшая. Не смотря на её недоработки, которые приходится бубном лечить и модить игру, я точно могу заверить что зайдя сюда можно утонуть в контенте. Очень много квестов, достаточно насыщенный живностью мир, каке-то мини-сюжеты, десяток городов, целых 3 больших локации, каждая локация обладает своей сложность, своими мобами, своей музыкой которая обволакивает мозг и ты её даже не замечаешь, но без неё становится что-то не так. Я с детства влюблён в эту игру и играя в неё раз в лет 5 я каждый раз нахожу что-то новое, каждый раз строю новый билд, прохожу по разному и всегда остаюсь доволен. Настоятельно советую в это поиграть, пусть с костылями, пусть устарела, но к такому шаблону должны стремиться настоящие РПГ.

This game is buggy, clunky, has bad combat system, but I still like it.

Only recommended with the following mods: CPT patch (ofc) quest packet mod content mod parallel universe mod lively towns mod consequences mod I also recommend the additional mods but they're not needed, just improves world aesthetic imho: Rebuilt armor and weapons mod alternate world mod I also recommend changing the in-game font from comic sans to gothic3 font.