Gothic 3 Review
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In the end, Gothic 3 emerges a solid RPG. While there's no denying impressive size and scope of the game, it just falls short of the current high standards in the genre. A good example of this is the UI. It's perfectly fine, and easy enough to use. But it just looks cheap. Too often bringing up the inventory screen made me feel like I was browsing through a workmanlike Microsoft Access database. Efficient, but ugly. Gothic 3 ends up full of such niggles - frustrations that stop you from enjoying what is essentially a decent and entertaining game; whether it's enemies running into walls or resorting to cheap spamming tactics in combat. If you're a big fan of RPGs, and have played through Oblivion to death, there's no doubt you'll enjoy this. Much like a fake Rolex from abroad, onlookers will be impressed at the mere sight of Gothic 3, tricked into believing that they're looking at a high-class, polished product. No matter how well it tells the time though, you'll always know it's not the real deal.
