After the third part of the German role-playing game saga was announced some time ago, yet nothing is known so far except for a few details and a small video. This has changed with the current issue of the PC action, in which a first preview has been released.

Gothic 3 is no longer on the island Khorinis play compared to the two predecessors, but lead the heroes to the Mainland, which is still marked by the war of the orcs against the people. Here, the continent should be about three times as large as the island Khorinis and include several climate zones. In addition to a hostile desert the player is to move on a coastline, huge forests and a snow area.

According to the article, there will be 20 cities with significant doubts are installed, whether it is proper cities such as for example Khorinis in part 2 or not but rather all locations of the game are meant, which also places such as the monastery would include. The six races, is spoken of in the article are a further ambiguity. More likely is that it is the individual races of people, such as for example Nordmar and the desert people.

Except that people have lost the war against the Orcs, rarely notable story details are known. So there should be more no chapter limits all likelihood and the player is forced if anything until late in the game, join one of the guilds. Further, there will be six different vectoral such as Smith or Gladiator. With the Gladiator, also arena fights are feeding into the Gothic world, which, although already begin in the first part there, were there but not consistently implemented. By the fighting, the hero can improve its reputation, what for him is important, because the population of the world with him will cooperate, if he has expanded his reputation far enough. In addition, there will be much more equipment in Gothic 3. Among other things, the hero can now create shields and fight with wands.

In addition to the article, the PC action has published first screenshots have however quickly found their way in the vastness of the Internet. The magazine with the full article is published tomorrow, but yesterday it was delivered to subscribers. For more information and images to the game can be found in the upcoming PC games.