Gothic

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EDIT: Even if you love Gothic because it's uncompromisingly and unfairly difficult - just say that. There's no shame in it whatsoever, and I'm sure everybody on this forum has at least one quasi-masochistic guilty pleasure. But to blindly praise the game as a masterpiece with no regards to logic is simply absurd.

I did not love Gothic because it's "hard". I even don't think it's unfairly hard. It's realistic hard, but not annoying in any way.

EDIT2: But I did enjoy it. Don't get me wrong. I just thought it dragged and I got quite annoyed in the last 2-3 hours. I'm just looking at it objectively, and I think it is poor in many ways. Going to play Gothic 2 - hopefully it improves on the aspects I disliked about Gothic.

Gothic II has exactly the same controls, same engine and gameplay mechanics. There's just a little difference in the combat, where the player automatically rotates when an enemie is dodging around.

You can play it and finally the more "simply and friendly" Gothic 3. Then you will probably understand why people praise the good old first two games. As I said, Gothic 3 is still a very good game with beautyful locations, but it feels not like a true Gothic anymore.