Originally Posted by Dhruin
But how can you judge that? How do you know what sort of requirements should be required? Do you have a baseline other than Oblivion, which as I said, has to load every interior cell even the size of a toilet cubicle?

There is no objective standard - but I tend to make these comparisons for shooters. HL2 compared to FEAR compared to other stuff - there is a constant 'what I get for what price' comparison, even when there are many disparate factors. I think that the fact that Gothic 3 is a 'performance pusher' makes people ask the questions - sort of like NWN2.