And originally I thought Gothic was slavic, but then remembered it was German halfway through, but lord if it doesn't feel like a slav game.

That's because Gothic is a bigger cultural icon in Eastern Europe than Germany itself. Germans love Gothic. Slavs worship Gothic. That's why Polish modders created a full length Gothic game with professional voice-over that turned out to be a true Gothic 3 and is arguably the best Gothic game ever made and one of the best RPGs of the last two decades.

Archolos is truly great. You don't even have to have played G1 or G2 to appreciate just how good it is.