Seeing this retrospective video, I got excited and fired up Gothic 3, since I never got far into the game in the past. I loved G1/2 but 3 was a serious disappointment. And each time I retried playing I get deflated and just quit. Well, this time I barely cleared the first village, Ardea, and I just quit then and there. The melee combat is just attrocious. I can't do it. Also, come to think of it, what an awful start to the game. Starting you off right in the middle of a battle that took forever to finish.