"Pain to win" you mean? :D

Gothic III have "Play to Pain" model :D

I've played community patch with alternative balance.
-Unfinished bcs the world is empty except cities.
-Unpolished bcs when I "liberate" towns from orcs, they kill villagers faster than I kill them, afterwards town was simply empty. For Innos.
And great cause gothic atmosphere and lore.
Monter fight was always painful - that feel when you encounter wolf in forest no matter what is your level, 2nd or 30th, you can die in fight. It was in G2 too and Risen 1. Doesn't try Risen 2/3 yet, but I think it persist there too.

This game will never be great, simply because the core gameplay is incredibly bad. Even if you want to explore the world and follow the story, just p l a y i n g the game hurts so much. I wanted to like this game, but its too much work. Each fight against a random monster or enemy is just pain and just unenyoable.

Did you install the community fixpack?