Originally Posted by DArtagnan
We don't know much, really.

The first two Gothics had chapter divisions as well, so that doesn't necessarily mean anything bad.

True, but "it is impossible to go back to any of the previous chapters. They implemented it in this way to make sure that the player is not running around in previous chapters with nothing to do" sounds quite a bit different to story chapters. This sounds very much like geographically exclusive areas, which isn't in line with Gothic. Neither are the lack of trainers or the focus on reaching a wider audience but that's another story.