I've put it off long enough. I've been waiting for the planets to line up and give me a sale on Gothic I at a time when I've had the spare money to get it, and it just hasn't happened. SO I'm going to go ahead and start Gothic II. I can always pick up The first one later and do a straight play-through of all three (already have Gothic III) Here's the thing - I'm frequently at different computers, so the only way I make any headway on GoG games that I actually intend to finish is to play them on a stick (In a window). I've managed to get Gothic II to run on Windows 7 64bit and back (haven't tried it on Win8 yet - don't have it) consistently in a window, and I've installed Vurt's graphic overhaul with fantastic results. (I loved what Vurt did for Morrowind and Skyrim, and this one is awesome too!) But when I tried to install Ironkeep's unofficial English patch I started getting errors on the comp with the Nvidia card. The game just wouldn't run with the patch installed.

From what I've read the game is excellent even without the community patch. Is it really necessary to have it, or can I get by with just the graphical overhaul? PhillipEarl: Pretty much answers my question then!

Lotus Organizer 97 Free. I think I'll fly without it. I think it was Gothic III that I heard the community patch was a must when playing, but I wasn't sure about Gothic II. And hopefully one day I'll find Gothic I on sale again to complete my collection!

If youre seeing 'Enhanced edition' or the 'Alternative' option on the main menu then you installed the patch fine. It could be that your PC just cannot handle Gothic 3. Community Support Change. The Gothic 3 Patch project was closed with 1.75 for good. You should be able to install it over your Gothic 3 Steam installation. If youre seeing 'Enhanced edition' or the 'Alternative' option on the main menu then you installed the patch fine. It could be that your PC just cannot handle Gothic 3. A guide for optimizing the graphics and performance of Gothic 3. The first thing to do is to install the latest community patch, which seems to be 1.75.14.

You're right, i played all three with the 'release'-version and I&II where free of gamebreaking bugs from the start. At least.i wasn't hit by one;) Some clippingfailures, dialogs that you had to do again.thats it and the official patches made them nearly bugfree.

PhillipEarl: Pretty much answers my question then! I think I'll fly without it. I think it was Gothic III that I heard the community patch was a must when playing, but I wasn't sure about Gothic II. And hopefully one day I'll find Gothic I on sale again to complete my collection! Everyone's computer is different so patches may help or hurt for 1 and 2. The patch is ESSENTIAL for 3 though.

There are plenty of sales, so it shouldn't be hard to get 1 somewhere. Note that there are several graphics patches for 2, one of which comes with the community patch. The graphics won't cause problems, so you can which you like more. Hmmm, maybe I should do a thread showcasing some of the differences.