Luckily some have already been released to address the immediate problems which were effectively rendering the game a joke.

Performance wise this beast will probably scoff at your machine, kicking you down a peg or two when it comes to rig l33t status (having a fast PC).

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This problem or challenge, however you see it, really does vary so while some effortlessly glide through others will spluttered their objections, given the wider range of hardware and drivers though these days it isnt surprising.

Visually the game can be a stunner, providing you have raw machine power sitting on or under your desk.

Luckily there are ways to float that FPS through various settings, and for the adventurous you could tinker even further through the games ini files.

Diva-like demands aside, the games world is a beautiful one and can reward the explorer with some amazing environment designs.

Each town, fort, or hideout is very well detailed and made truly unique.

With the different blends of land, desert, forest and tundra, you can find yourself in very diverse landscapes.

The character model is detailed well, though for any customisation enthusiasts out there Im sorry to say you get no choice on your hero.

Sure you choose abilities, equipment etc but there is no face modelling or gender selection.

While many others have gone down that road, to cater to the ever more demanding player bases, Gothic 3 stands firm and hands you your vessel into their world.

Though many seem pleased theres no pony tail appendage this time around.

Beasts, animals all look great and some creations are damn right spooky in the good way of course.

Stumbling across your first mine crawler or troll and youll get what I mean.

Humans and Orcs dont feel cloned in some oppressive way, except for the slaves who all mostly suffer from baldness.

Given the scope of the world there are bound to be repeats of course but most are subtly enough not to be noticed, as for the most part all major or minor NPCS you interact with have a unique quality.

Sadly a problem for many is the loadless loading areas, yes you did read that correctly.

There is no loading bar except when loading a save game of course; unfortunately because of the games engine design it seems to give poor RAM a hard time.

Walking or sprinting along areas of the game will be frequently met with temporary freezes as your computer frantically reads memory.

This is more common for anyone with less than 2 GB for RAM; also memory leak problems hamper the process further.

Now how does the Gothic 3 feel gameplay wise Great but that harmony is soon shattered to glass and then trampled on by a stampede of bulls.

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Its bugged, and I do mean bugged to the extent I suddenly got a craving to watch the movie Starship Troopers.

Now after some investigation I soon found that problems are no stranger to the Gothic universe and the first two games were plagued as well.

It would seem then Piranha Bytes has some serious work to still be doing.