guipit said:
that's what I keep reading about it but how is it not the same? What'd they remove? Can I play Gothic 2 without playing Gothic 1?
I did it just fine. Gothic 1 and 2 are nice open world games. Gothic 3 is even more open, very similar to TES games. In the first 2 games, you still follow the story and main quests to progress, but you can totally ignore that in Gothic 3. I personally liked all 3 games, but 3 is quite different and can be a bit overwhelming in the beginning. For example, you fight Orcs attacking a human city in the first 5 minutes, then you venture out and encounter non-hostile Orcs.
Gothic 4 was made by another company and its crap (read: Mediocre, absolutely nothing worth mentioning about it). You get a new protagonist and the overall tone of the game is very different. Also its quite linear. Its similar to MMOs with separate questing areas and not one open island.
As I said, for "Gothic 4", get Risen instead. It feels very Gothicy and is miles superior to Gothic 4.