Well, not exactly unloved - I was enjoying it reasonably well but when you get pretty much game ending bugs twice in a row in Act IV, the desire to start again vanishes.
As far as Gothic I, it's main issue is awkward controls. For instance, to pick something up, one uses <CNTRL> up arrow. Gothic III is considered by most to be the least good of the three Gothics (I know, there was a IV and others but not by the original designers). Two is easily the best and, yes, you do get killed a lot
