The last Gothic took place on an island and ended with your character finally setting out for the mainland. Gothic 3 opens as he arrives, only to find the human cities in ruins, having been razed by orcs. In a normal RPG, this would be a sure sign that you're about to spend the next fifty hours driving the orcs back and saving humanity. But in Gothic 3, you get to choose whether to save humanity, help the orcs, or just stand back and let events run their course. "That's the most important thing in Gothic: do what I want," says JoWood's Stefan Berger.