I don't enjoy the game the same way as the other two games and I personally think they shouldn't be compared the same way because in my opinion Dark Souls 2 is not the same as Dark Souls or Dark Souls 3. Dark Souls 2 provides a larger experience than the other 2 games, it provides mechanics that can expand your gameplay in several different ways and I respect the developers for making this different approach.

Used to play Gothic 1 and 2 a lot when I was kid. Was one of my favorite games at the time. They are a bit awkward in controls but overall decent. Gothic 3 improved a lot, and its visuals are still good even 11 years later.

Overall a great purchase that takes you down the memory lane.

Project Highrise is easy to get lost in, both in a good sense of not noticing how the hours fly by as well in a bad sense of that many types of units have various requirements which may at first seem difficult to get a grasp on. After having taken a bit of time to learn about what requirements are needed for what (and realized i.e. that there is a key shortcut to lay e.g. electrical lines for a floor with one click), I found that variety to be a very nice part of the game tho as it offers room for creativity about what type of building one wants. That is that one can focus on having plenty of small offices (of which there are various types) or rather aim to get some corporate HQ/s settled in the building, and/or similarly about apartments. Shops and restaurants come also in various tiers and types, such as with restaurants ranging from small coffee shops and bakeries to large i.e. sports bar and luxury restaurants.

In terms of overall construction it is also somewhat variable, as in that if one wants to build e.g. an upside-down pyramid, not a problem. All that comes with also a range of decorative items one can add. And support for mods (and Steam Workshop) expands on all that even more.

The game comes with a tutorial, a sandbox mode (with different difficulties) and a variety of scenarios which have specific requirements to be achieved.

What I did find not so great about the game is that if one happens to be in a situation of all loans taken and little income where it may take a few in-game days to get enough funds so one can build the next floor (and one already knows what all is in the build-menus), one can't open the in-game reports windows without the game pausing, and even opening Steam overlay pauses the game. And while the game is graphically nice enough in my view for game-play, besides the movement of people in the building there isn't really anything to watch going on, which all made it in that mentioned situation somewhat boring to me. Also, a simple campaign mode would seem nice for such a quite modern game, as in some town map where one could purchase plots for building after having amassed some money from first build with that first build perhaps still giving interest or possible to sell (with such perhaps even being connected to some leader-boards of sorts). Other than that tho, I enjoyed playing it and would be quite hyped if they would announce a 3D sequel for it.