Gothic (2001). Still a really cool game!

Where did you get that info? Checked Mobygames after Wikipedia. They also date G1 to 2001. G2 is from 2002. I was sure about the date, because I heard the Gothic episode from the amazing german podcast Stay Forever a few days ago and am now playing the first game. 😁

Edit: worldofgothic also lists the 15.03.01 as the release date for the german version.

Edit 2: my Lemmy app doesn’t show the strikethrough and I am a bit too hungover to understand your edit without reading it four times.

It’s an awesome game, but from 2001.