Gothic and its sequel, Gothic II, offered a challenging role-playing experience but had technical issues that caused the games to run poorly. You can pretty much say the same thing about Gothic 3, although the sequel is better in some areas. It still suffers from performance problems, especially on computers that don’t have a lot of horsepower under the hood, but its strengths make it worth a look if you have a computer that can handle it and you’re in the market for a challenging, open-ended game.