Despite being a huge Gothic fan I must say I'm not terribly excited about these screens. For one thing, they are very vague, and I've heard nothing regarding a story. - The impression I get from screens of this nature is "yeah, we got some ideas being tossed around," and indicate nothing remotely close to being accomplished in tangible game design.
...again, that's just the feeling they speak to me.
If there are actually playable sections of the world and combat is finished as Gorath says, why have we not seen any real screenshots??
I'm not deliberately being negative or picking on anyone's info, but isn't that a fair question?