A Risen german video and.. it looks pretty much old-school

[Jasede]

Wow, it's like Gothic, even with the somewhat stilted, but (to me) hilariously "trashy" dialogue. (I say this with praise!)

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Risen and Alpha Protocol are the only RPGs I'm really looking forward to.

Fuck Dragon Age and Arcania!

 

[shardspin]

It's "USK: ab 18" according to some strange Amazon page.

The former games were two steps lower on the rating (but it might be that the rating guidelines changed). Let's hope for the best.

As I see it the only way to fuck the game up would be to have totally easy combat.

 

[Turok]

Risen and Divine divinity 2 are the best games comming out in the next months, Gothic 4 gameplay is too plastic and empty, is like a MMO but with no other ppl for say it in other words.

 

[Satori (original)]

Gothic 4 gameplay is too plastic and empty, is like a MMO but with no other ppl for say it in other words.

It's still in the alpha stage, you can't judge it that harshly yet.

 

[Turok]

Gothic 4 gameplay is too plastic and empty, is like a MMO but with no other ppl for say it in other words.

It's still in the alpha stage, you can't judge it that harshly yet.

Wanna bet that the game is going to be like TWO WORLDS???

 

[Black]

I'm still trying to figure out where does it look "hardcore". But then I remembered KOTOR is now oldschool so I guess it fits.

???

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Shannow]

I'm still trying to figure out where does it look "hardcore". But then I remembered KOTOR is now oldschool so I guess it fits.

???

My thoughts exactly!

Ah, so you did have some. Your post made me doubt that.

 

[St. Toxic]

I saw a Listiger Gnom the other day. Horrible creatures, I avoid them whenever I can.

 

[Stauff]

... As opposed to Bioware: BG2 sold well, KoToR sold really well (+console), NWN sold awesomely, Mass Effect sold really awesomely, hence keep going in that direction (same for Bethesda).

Really NWN sold awesomely.. what a pain.. I thought it was really bad sales-wise. I still don't understand who can play NWN without going multiplayer and multiplayer is not interesting at all...

 

[Jasede]

Don't know if you noticed but NWN has a fantastic engine for multiplayer, giving it still a nice foothold of players. Make a good engine for multiplayer and people will come.

 

[Freelance Henchman]

Don't know if you noticed but NWN has a fantastic engine for multiplayer, giving it still a nice foothold of players. Make a good engine for multiplayer and people will come.

NWN2 is similar in that regard. There's fewer worlds, but there are some. The next patch will finally include some autodownloader features which will hopefully help people get into PWs. At the moment it's kinda tedious to download the files by hand and placing them, though there's some tools that automate that as well, but if it's built right into the game that's obviously so much easier.

 

[Saxon1974]

This seems to be the only non- indy studio game that looks like it might turn out to be a good RPG.

Most of the other games, Divinity 2, dragon age just look very average to me...but Risen looks pretty good so far.

Some new short stories....

Not that these stories sound all that original but still...

http://risen.deepsilver.com/blog/pages/ ... ies_uk.php

 

[Claw]

They better be shooting for an M rating this time.

According to the Publisher, it's already rated M.
Only USK 12 in Germany, though. :D
The rest of Europe will probably be somewhere inbetween.

 

[Saxon1974]

They better be shooting for an M rating this time.

According to the Publisher, it's already rated M.
Only USK 12 in Germany, though. :D
The rest of Europe will probably be somewhere inbetween.

Does that mean there will be boobies?

 

[BeholderX]

A bit disappointed with the combat, taking on 5 enemies at once and plowing through them? That ain't my Gothic

Then again, the guy said that balance was still a work in progress, using the bow that did too much damage against a boar as an example. Apart from that I agree, taking on 5 enemies in melee should be something reserved for very, very late in the game, if viable at all.

Those 5 enemies were called "Funny Gnomes" though, and they're evidently the comic relief pushover monsters for the first few quests/levels. The Glittermoths from later on seemed appropriately tough at least.

 

[OSK]

They better be shooting for an M rating this time.

According to the Publisher, it's already rated M.
Only USK 12 in Germany, though. :D
The rest of Europe will probably be somewhere inbetween.

Yeah, because the German version had blood replaced with lollipops and daffodils.

 

[Shannow]

They better be shooting for an M rating this time.

According to the Publisher, it's already rated M.
Only USK 12 in Germany, though. :D
The rest of Europe will probably be somewhere inbetween.

Yeah, because the German version had blood replaced with lollipops and daffodils.

Because the previous Gothics weren't full of blood spatters, skeletal remains and impaled paladins... Sure.

 

[Cthulhugoat]

They should get rid of the "HEH! JAH! HEH!" combat sounds. It's all very Dragonball Z.

 

[Shannow]

They should get rid of the "HEH! JAH! HEH!" combat sounds. It's all very Dragonball Z.

Some interview said that would be toned down in the final version. I just wish they'd go with a completely different VA for the main char...

 

[Cthulhugoat]

They should get rid of the "HEH! JAH! HEH!" combat sounds. It's all very Dragonball Z.

Some interview said that would be toned down in the final version. I just wish they'd go with a completely different VA for the main char...

Now that's good news. The main char sounds alright to me, but then again, mein deutsch ist kaputt.

 

[OSK]

They better be shooting for an M rating this time.

According to the Publisher, it's already rated M.
Only USK 12 in Germany, though. :D
The rest of Europe will probably be somewhere inbetween.

Yeah, because the German version had blood replaced with lollipops and daffodils.

Because the previous Gothics weren't full of blood spatters, skeletal remains and impaled paladins... Sure.

Were the German versions?

American TF2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcH8WPds_qU
German TF2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=710Xi4JkK_s

See if you can spot the difference!

 

[The Wizard]

no biggy. in gothic 1 and 2 all it took was changing one 2 into a 3 in the ini and there you go.

was, as far as i remember, even mentioned in the readme, alongside the potion keys.

 

[aries202]

I agree, this looks great. It has the feel and likeliness of Gothic, certainly it does. And the humour in it looks great, too :D

 

[wex]

Those 5 enemies were called "Funny Gnomes" though, and they're evidently the comic relief pushover monsters for the first few quests/levels. The Glittermoths from later on seemed appropriately tough at least.

No. Those five enemies from the beginning of the movie were called "Häuptling" (chieftain).
Those two enemies being fought at 2:04 were called "Listiger Gnom" (cunning gnome), and not "Lustiger Gnom" (funny gnome).

In any case, the first few quests/levels shouldn't train the player to expect to win against five opponents if that is not going to be the case in the rest of the game.