Originally Posted by Seltzer

My mate gifted me Gothic III on Steam but I haven't been able to get it to behave nicely on my computer despite trying all manner of patches, settings and ini tweaks... the random 5 second lag periods and general clunkiness make it unplayable. It's a shame because it looks like a great game otherwise.

So I've been playing Half Life 2 which another mate gave me on Steam. I completed it for the first time just now... I'm more of an RPG/RTS gamer as you can tell Might start on Gothic II when I have a spare moment.