Night of the Raven is a good expansion. You don't have to replay the entire game, just the first two or three chapters. However, they make it easier to join the three different factions, so it isn't much of a problem. On the other hand, the expansion makes the monsters stronger, so the difficulty curve becomes even steeper. On the bright side, if you are a mage, you can get some pretty buff spells for the lower circles of magic. This helps balance out the ramped up difficulty, though the game is still much easier if you focus on strength and melee skills. The expansion's length is about 20-25 hours if you do all the missions and fully explore the world. Not quite as long as I'd like, but it is just an expansion.

I'm really glad that Jowood is finally taking the North American market into consideration. Sure, the release is pretty damn late but I didn't think that JoWood would release it at all. I'm definitely going to buy Gothic 2 Gold when it comes out and probably Gothic 3 too.

This comment was edited on Oct 10, 18:50.