Gothic 3: First Impressions of the 2nd Gold Master

A short time ago we've informed you about the quality problems which forced JoWooD and Piranha Bytes to revoke the original Gothic 3 gold master. The additional bug fixing effort seems to yield fruit. World of Gothic, Gameswelt and Eurogamer.de posted their impressions based on a few hours with the new gold master. It seems most, if not all, serious bugs have been fixed. The game will probably need a couple of patches to iron out all the smaller issues, but all three sites think it's in playable condition. Gameswelt says it's nowhere near bug-free but sees "no reason to panic". Eurogamer.de is more positive. The author didn't find any bugs at all in his 2 hour playing session and he's no longer afraid of a completely buggy game. World of Gothic posted too many details to summarize in a short newsbit. They found one major bug which can be easily fixed by a reload.