Gothic 3

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  1. XMightyMx
    Sep 10, 2023
    7
    A totally mess when released and after that no support of the dev team since they literally lost the license of their own game. But the gothic community saved the game: Fan made patch (community patch) and mods (like the quest package) finished it. Today its a good game, with still nice graphics, a large open world and a wonderful soundtrack. But never play it without the fan made mods orA totally mess when released and after that no support of the dev team since they literally lost the license of their own game. But the gothic community saved the game: Fan made patch (community patch) and mods (like the quest package) finished it. Today its a good game, with still nice graphics, a large open world and a wonderful soundtrack. But never play it without the fan made mods or every wolf will kill you while youre wearing the paladine armor at level 50.… Expand
  2. PenetratorGod
    Aug 20, 2023
    6
    I'll start my review of Gothic 3 by saying that I found it to be a huge improvement over the first two games. The pace of the game is now much faster, and it has much better voice acting and controls. It's also much better at immersing the player because it gives you a huge world and encourages exploration, something I complained about a lot in the first two games.

    There are tons of    I'll start my review of Gothic 3 by saying that I found it to be a huge improvement over the first two games. The pace of the game is now much faster, and it has much better voice acting and controls. It's also much better at immersing the player because it gives you a huge world and encourages exploration, something I complained about a lot in the first two games.

    There are tons of side quests to do in different towns and villages and you don't even need to do them all. You can take your time and do them in the order you want, or even ignore them completely.

    Gothic 3 definitely managed to capture me in this regard. There's a certain amount of freedom, but at the same time the game doesn't lose its sense of direction. There's still the main story going on in the background, which you can go back to if you want, but towards the later stages the difficulty starts to escalate and so you may be forced to do side quests to level up more and improve.

    The combat system is not as bad as in the first two games, but it's quite problematic. You get used to it though, so I don't think it's much of a drawback. The game also has a really great soundtrack that definitely creates a nice atmosphere while exploring. The whole continent is divided into 3 main regions, Myrtana, a beautiful grassy area with lots of forests and open spaces, Nordmar, a snowy region in the north and finally Varant, a hot, desert region in the south.

    Now, even though I consider Gothic 3 to be a better game compared to the other two games, there are still a lot of little issues that I haven't mentioned. One of the things I really want to criticize is the lack of character customization. I think the game could have greatly improved my view of the game if it allowed the player to create their own character.

    Other drawbacks: Some parts of the game are very frustrating, some of the map is confusing and disorienting, and there are occasional problems with the AI of the NPCs.

    For example, at the entrance to one of the villages, there was a tamed Ice Golem that kept trying to attack me every time I walked past it, even though it wasn't aggressive and I don't recall ever making it aggressive or anything like that. As soon as I approached it, it senselessly literally saw me as an enemy.

    Other than that I didn't encounter any major bugs and the game never crashed. Overall, Gothic 3 is enjoyable and I think it surpasses Gothic 1 and 2 in every aspect. Anyone who thinks otherwise is probably a fan of Gothic 1 and 2 and has nostalgic memories of those games.

    Nostalgia is a big weapon for game companies and some gamers can be blinded by nostalgia. They can't see reality. As an objective eye, even if I played the first two games in today's conditions, after what I saw, if I had played the first and second games in their release years, my opinions would be more or less the same.

    The Gothic series isn't as good and polished as the Elder Scrolls games it's trying to be, but they can be fun in their own way, and if you really want to get into the series you can skip 1 and 2 and start straight from game 3.    … Expand
  3. Deimos444
    May 21, 2023
    10
    One of the best open worlds ever. Variation that is rarely seen.
    And thanks to Kai Rosencrantz, this atmosphere is wonderful!
  4. IamNader
    May 17, 2023
    8
    Not quite as good as G2 but with all the community bugfixes and patches this game got it's place in my heart and I will always return to replay it once in a while - 8/10
  5. TastieToasty
    May 11, 2023
    3
    what the fu** is this game?

    why would anyone create this game? why would you change the engine to this monstrosity? who was okay with these design choices? the armor the nocs the nameless hero look all garbage compared to gothic 2/1 i tried it for the first few quests but it is so weird compared to the others, i cant get into it. the combat changed to the worst you cannot    what the fu** is this game?

    why would anyone create this game?

    why would you change the engine to this monstrosity?

    who was okay with these design choices? the armor the nocs the nameless hero look all garbage compared to gothic 2/1

    i tried it for the first few quests but it is so weird compared to the others, i cant get into it.

    the combat changed to the worst
    you cannot be a mage for the first few dozen hours (you have to GRIND A LOT)
    you have to buy abilities as the economy in this game is so weird.
    the nature feels like an mmo
    the graphics look like a nightmare and like oblivion.    … Expand
  6. Broyax
    May 10, 2023
    0
    On ne va pas s’attarder outre-mesure sur la catastrophe, à savoir le « Gothic Troisième du nom » d’autant que j’ai déjà essayé le suivant auparavant, l’ignoble « Gothic Forsaken Gods », l’espèce de gros ‘add-on stand alone’, suite commerciale faite à la va-vite mais par un autre studio de branquignols. C’était une grosse merde percluse de bugs et injouable dont les mécaniques toutes pétéesOn ne va pas s’attarder outre-mesure sur la catastrophe, à savoir le « Gothic Troisième du nom » d’autant que j’ai déjà essayé le suivant auparavant, l’ignoble « Gothic Forsaken Gods », l’espèce de gros ‘add-on stand alone’, suite commerciale faite à la va-vite mais par un autre studio de branquignols. C’était une grosse merde percluse de bugs et injouable dont les mécaniques toutes pétées reprenaient le « gameplay » (mort de rire…) du « Gothic 3 » justement…

    Mais ici, c’est pire puisque le jeu ne fonctionne pas sur Win7-64 (admettons…) mais ne marche pas ou si peu, ou si mal sur XP qu’on peut à peine se rendre compte de l’étendue des dégâts, très habituels cela dit chez le développeur Piranha Bytes, le père de la franchise, de cette pathétique franchise de jeux de rôle complètement pourraves.

    Ce machin charge pendant 1 mn ! et dès qu’on tente de changer la résolution, de mettre autre chose que le 1024×768 (!) on a soit un écran noir, soit un écran bleu ! cette grosse daube fait planter le pilote de la carte graphique et apparemment, il s’agit d’un complot qui vise AMD en collaboration avec Hainevidia, ces crevards de voleurs de Nvidiots et leurs cartes à la con énormes qui coûtent un bras (cf la 2080 en 12 nm (!) épaisse comme deux cartes et longue comme feu la Voodoo 5 !!).

    Après deux tentatives, j’ai compris et laissé le 1024… et là ça rame sa mère et ça lague à donf : l’impression donc d’avoir lancé cette grosse merde sur un vieux Pentium 3 ! (ololol). C’est donc injouable et l’injouabilité est comme on le sait, la marque de fabrique de ces tocards de chez Piranha Bytes ! Certes, je n’ai installé aucun patch pour cette merde gothique mais tout de même, lancer un jeu dans un « tel état », c’est lamentable !

    Même pas envie de voir si ça pourrait améliorer quoi que ce soit, car j’en doute fortement ; pour le « Forsaken Gods » ça n’a rien changé d’ailleurs… Autant ne pas perdre davantage de temps, il faut tirer la chasse sur cet étron et puis c’est tout. L’installation et surtout la désinstallation, c’est la seule chose qui marche correctement sur cette ignominie d’étron !    … Expand
  7. Renat20
    May 6, 2023
    7
    The game disappointed me and not only me. I was expecting the game to be better than Gothic 2, but it is better only in some minor things. Overall it is worse.
  8. Nick7000
    Mar 7, 2023
    8
    Немногим хуже предыдущих частей, но все равно залипательно, не смотря на недостатки.
  9. Lyralei3
    Feb 26, 2023
    9
    Сколько бы багов не было в этой игре, какая бы оптимизация плохая не была, и какая бы плохая боевка не была, эта игра все равно остается одной из моих любимых игр в жанре рпг
  10. Beherit7
    Jan 16, 2023
    10
    I started my journey with these kind of games with Gothic 3, great memories.
  11. Vzhik
    Nov 25, 2022
    7
    Коммьюнити сильно хейтит игру, что меня останавливало от прохождения. Исправлены ли модами претензии, я так и не понял, но похоже что нет. Но по порядку.
    Хотел просто глянуть "что там" и прошел, в отличии от кучи заброшенного.
    Накатил Альтернативный баланс и фиксы все сущесвующие - Parallel Universe и Gothic_3_EE_Patch . Стартанул магом (как всегда), и через несколько часов просто    Коммьюнити сильно хейтит игру, что меня останавливало от прохождения. Исправлены ли модами претензии, я так и не понял, но похоже что нет. Но по порядку.
    Хотел просто глянуть "что там" и прошел, в отличии от кучи заброшенного.
    Накатил Альтернативный баланс и фиксы все сущесвующие - Parallel Universe и Gothic_3_EE_Patch . Стартанул магом (как всегда), и через несколько часов просто застрял. Урона не хватает, мана заканчивается, противники ложат с двух ударов. Выяснилось что в игре есть уровни сложности, переключил на легкий и пошло дело! Магия, мечи. сеттинг отличный, история продвигается. В один момент понял что Сосуды для создания Зелий маны в игре не бесконечны, и где я их столько буду брать непонятно. Но оказалось все пороше. Реген маны. Куча интересных решений, чуть не угробил всех учителей для себя. Но как и первой части, самые мощные заклинания так и не дали. Игра закончилась. Пошел по пути мира за Ксардосом.
    Теперь объективно. Открытий мир? Отлично во второй части он тоже открытий, хоть и не такой большой. Куча квестов - шикардос, половина сами выполняются ничего делать не надо. Есть которые надо попотеть что выполнить? Да, есть.
    Ну а субъективно - вторая часть казалась чем-то завязанным в один тугой клубок, который надо распутывать очень старательно дергая за ниточки квестов, прокачки, фарма и вырезания врагов. Тут же простор для действий и делай что хочешь - три концовки, куча фракций. Минус ли это? Хз.
    Но для любителей жанра, стоит глянуть.    … Expand
  12. WhiteAndromeda
    Nov 21, 2022
    5
    5 - Mediocre game.

    Advantages: +still good graphics and design of locations is also nice. +great OST. +exploring can be pretty interesting +there are still some entertaining quests in game (but amount cannot be compared nor to Gothic 2, nor to Oblivion, nor to excellent modern games). +plenty of options to develop character and open new skills (but*). Disadvantages: -terrible    5 - Mediocre game.

    Advantages:
    +still good graphics and design of locations is also nice.
    +great OST.
    +exploring can be pretty interesting
    +there are still some entertaining quests in game (but amount cannot be compared nor to Gothic 2, nor to Oblivion, nor to excellent modern games).
    +plenty of options to develop character and open new skills (but*).

    Disadvantages:
    -terrible technical issues across all the game (lags, stuttering, crashes and other minor problems)
    -no plot at all, no unique scenes, enemies and situations for story quests.
    -removed all immersive functions like creating runes, smithing with more interaction and etc.
    -combat system is a bit clever, but not enough, so it's still boring and NOW it takes more of the gamer's time, but don't deliver pleasure from the fight.
    -(but*) feeling of game progression is BROKEN AT ALL, character can defeat almost everyone at the start of the game without real problem and the most dangerous enemies are the one with swift attacks like GOBLINS and BOARS.    … Expand
  13. IdleSpace
    Oct 27, 2022
    6
    Худшая часть серии.
    Яркий пример того, что больше - не значит лучше.
    Игра стала гигантской, но этот гигантизм не наполнен ничем интересным (за редким исключением). Куча предметного мусора, рандомная генерация предметов 99% сундуков, перегруз по врагам (местная боевка не настолько увлекательна, чтобы к середние игры не начать избегать стычки), однообразная зачистка городов и решение    Худшая часть серии.
    Яркий пример того, что больше - не значит лучше.
    Игра стала гигантской, но этот гигантизм не наполнен ничем интересным (за редким исключением).
    Куча предметного мусора, рандомная генерация предметов 99% сундуков, перегруз по врагам (местная боевка не настолько увлекательна, чтобы к середние игры не начать избегать стычки), однообразная зачистка городов и решение проблем населения, 2/3 квестов типа "убей Х врагов, принеси У предметов" (причем Х и У могут быть очень большими числами).
    От игры можно получить удовольствие, но только если ограничиться первой третью прохождения. Дальше будет сложнее с этим.    … Expand
  14. dr-kenobi
    Sep 7, 2022
    9
    Якщо закрити очі на все болото багів, що були з грою на релізі, і дивитись на вже оптимізований продукт, це могла б бути одна з найкращих рпг свого часу.
  15. Czechinator
    Aug 24, 2022
    8
    Even though it's worse than the first and second parts. Still a beautiful and interesting world to explore. Absolutely excellent music by the Czech orchestra. (Probably the best soundtrack of any game I've ever played, and that I've played an unnecessary lot) The quests and dialogue are ok. But you can see that there was no time to finish the game properly. I recommend the communityEven though it's worse than the first and second parts. Still a beautiful and interesting world to explore. Absolutely excellent music by the Czech orchestra. (Probably the best soundtrack of any game I've ever played, and that I've played an unnecessary lot) The quests and dialogue are ok. But you can see that there was no time to finish the game properly. I recommend the community patch. Combat is quite simple but still quite fun.… Expand
  16. GuidoTheHare
    Jul 19, 2022
    5
    Rendimiento malo, combates sosos, y una historia que no te engancha. Este videojuego debería haberse acabado ya la saga si se les acabase las ideas en como seguir la trama. La jugabilidad esta bien y la banda sonora lo mejor.
  17. Izoeros
    Jun 5, 2022
    5
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  18. Ruskacz
    Jan 25, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is something wonderful, it has a very good atmosphere and GRAPHIC background, it is true that you need to download a community patch for this game, but once it is downloaded, it will be a great game, I recommend it to fans of RPG games… Expand
  19. Amorph0us
    Jan 12, 2022
    7
    They say that the story was worse than the 2 previous titles. I did not found out so and I would say that gameplay was better by far... The problem was that it was too repetitive and felt like grinding at some times.
  20. Eliador100
    Nov 21, 2021
    9
    2nd best game from trilogy for me. I love the music and the open world was lovely. Story was not perfect but the fact that the game does not lead the player on the string was an advantage for me.
  21. kolarz3
    Oct 7, 2021
    7
    Nice game in the Gothic universe but it's far less enjoyable than Gothic 2,1. The graphic is nice but the fight system is not so much interesting. Nice story but without fireworks
  22. Le0nidas
    Sep 25, 2021
    7
    It was a huge disappointment since Gothic I and II were truly masterpieces. But with some community patches this game will still bring you a lot of fun. Its sad that developers didnt have the time to produce a better quality game.
  23. Playstation4Guy
    Jun 25, 2021
    10
    This isn't a review!
    I really enjoyed the first 2 games. Actually finished them recently. When found out about what happened to the third one, I got upset. The game has seen many changes like a new engine and new voice actor for the main character (Called The Hero). I've installed the final fan patches. I'm just couple of hours into the game so I can't say much. I will write a longer    This isn't a review!
    I really enjoyed the first 2 games. Actually finished them recently. When found out about what happened to the third one, I got upset. The game has seen many changes like a new engine and new voice actor for the main character (Called The Hero). I've installed the final fan patches. I'm just couple of hours into the game so I can't say much. I will write a longer review later. But for now I will give the game a 10 because I love the series (Only the ones made by pirhana bytes) and because there's just no game like Gothic.    … Expand
  24. MetaCthulhu
    May 7, 2021
    9
    Piranha Bytes last good game and the second best in the whole Gothc-Series (after the superb "Gothic 2").
    Let's hope they'll remaster it one day!
  25. Simowsky
    Mar 24, 2021
    10
    I love this game... This history, characters, world and soundtrack. I love Polish dubbing.
  26. Skevinger
    Mar 23, 2021
    9
    It has it's flaws compared to the predecessors but it's still one of the best RPGs. It had a rocky start because of all the serious bugs, but the game is still atmospheric and great.
  27. tymqe
    Feb 26, 2021
    10
    one of my favourites childhood games, so many memories. I remember playing it after a long day of school ...
  28. Pekaboyare
    Jan 26, 2021
    0
    Говно из жопы, никогда не играйте в это недоразумение!
  29. Torgall
    Dec 12, 2020
    6
    Big step down. Incredibly buggy release combined with poor optimization that made even good PC struggle. World is insanely big if you compare it to Gothic 2, but it luck the polish that the previous game. You have a lot of cities, camps and NPC but most of them are just bland, even the plot is really weak.
  30. Kai82
    Oct 19, 2020
    5
    Gothic 3 does not live up to the prequels. It has even more bugs and the producer Mike Hoge said in an interview it was unfinished at the release date. You can see that it was rushed but luckily the community patches helped a lot. The story continues after the events of Gothic 2. The nameless hero (running gag as he is interrupted every time he wants to introduce himself) returns to theGothic 3 does not live up to the prequels. It has even more bugs and the producer Mike Hoge said in an interview it was unfinished at the release date. You can see that it was rushed but luckily the community patches helped a lot. The story continues after the events of Gothic 2. The nameless hero (running gag as he is interrupted every time he wants to introduce himself) returns to the mainland. There he immediately noticed that the war with the orcs is gone bad and nearly all of Myrtana is conquered. However it is not that black and white. He has to solve the crisis and restore the country. I am vague on purpose because there are many fractions you can support. The orcs are not that evil and maybe hard but fair is a valid description (you meet the more uncivilized once in the previous games). Also the human king Rhobar was the one who forced you and everyone even suspected of a crime into working at the ore mine, ordered the creation of the deadly barrier and ruined his country or to be fair could not avoid this situation. The story is engaging but often you are overwhelmed by the size of the world and fractions. It is painful to get the highest approval from all factions and restart in all cities at low approval rating. The world is huge and separated into 3 big parts. Myrtana where you start, the Northlands (Viking themed) and Varant (Dessert and Assassin themed). There is a lot to explorer. Nearly the whole world is open for you at the beginning. Same warning as always. While you are not completely weakened as before there are enemies that will kill you faster than you can react especially in groups early on. The level up system is the same as before. Gain experience points, level up and improve or learn new skills (trainers needed). You can even learn more than ever. For itself it sounds and described as the other games. But it feels uneasy. I struggled to get into the game and it is overwhelming at some points. There are also the bugs that plague the game and exploits you can use. I think 1 or 2 years of additional development were needed. The graphics were praiseworthy at its time but demanding as hell back then. The soundtrack was really good. Overall it lacks the immersion and emotional attachment of the prequels. It is a shame as I see the great potential. If done right this could have been the crown jewel of the franchise. It is somehow enjoyable but nothing to write home or to remember. It is an unfinished masterpiece that you barley recognize as potential masterpiece. Use the patches as it is a mess without them (As before you can read the descriptions what was fixed to get an understanding).… Expand
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#12 Most Discussed PC Game of 2006
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#10 Most Shared PC Game of 2006

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Metascore
63

Mixed or average reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 39
  3. Negative: 7 out of 39
  1. PC Zone UK
    85
    The game manages to blend just the right amounts of combat, NPC interaction, character development, exploration, and epic save-the-world storytelling into the sort of potion that your typical beardie will gulp down with wild-eyed abandon. [Dec 2006, p.94]
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  2. Eurogamer
    80
    At times gorgeous, at other times frustrating, it's worth persevering with just to bask in its snug atmosphere.
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  3. PC Format
    65
    Ditch your standards and enjoy shaping a mediocre world to your will. [Dec 2006, p.105]
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