After reading through this and some other sites, I got hold of a copy of Gothic 2... Wow...

Doulbe wow because with my rig (and the age of the gfx engine) I have it on high rez, max setting with drw distance at like 200% so you can see very far...

Good story too, much more focused and standard fantasy, humans vs. the monsters(a.k.a. the forces of darkness)...