There is a bit of a problem as some of these games become much more 'action oriented'. The problem is that they start to look like FPS or third-person Shooters, but lack much of the combat expertise of those games.

I can't speak for Gothic 3, but I know Oblivion had all sorts of AI and action 'deficiencies' - indeed, most action-RPG's make up for abysmal AI by tossing hordes of difficult enemies at you.