Also that it uses zones, so it's no longer an open world game instead the main quest of each zone seems to be to get into the next one etc. I don't know if I heard right but you either won't be able to go back to an earlier zone or that earlier zones won't have anything to do in them anymore. I'm guessing the zones are replacements for the chapters from Gothic 1-2 which allowed new quests in the same world, now you'll only get a new part of the world with quests.
Also crafting/alchemy/cooking you can now do anyplace anywhere and don't need any utilities and therefore you won't see any accompanying animations.
Also regarding the first vid, combat works better with the controller because it has 360 range, while keyboard+mouse combat uses keyboard to determine attack direction. If they had used the mouse to determine attack direction it would have been a different story.