Game News Risen 3: Titan Lords revealed in PC Games magazine

[Dexter]

Not sure what's supposed to be wrong with that armor.
But it's the old "realism" versus "style" debate. As long as the game doesn't try to be realistic I'm fine with it.

It doesn't even look like a human anyway, more like a fire elemental in an armor with exhaust vents or something. Dude doesn't seem to have a body.
It boggles my mind that people are more bothered by the way his armor looks than by the concept of personified fire wearing an armor in the first place.

 

[NotAGolfer]

...
Or in Risen 3 you can now block animal/monster attacks. Arrgh, that's what was made fighting animals/monsters special in the first place in Gothic. You had to use different tactics for them because of that...

They also wrote that not being able to block animals in Risen 2 (didn't play it myself) was part of some "Shitstorm list" or whatever, things their "fans" critizised the most in that game.
So if even those "fans" give such bullshit popamole feedback then of course all hope is lost.

No, that was a completely justified feedback, R2 was practically unplayable before they patched it because due to the weird animal behaviour the fights against them followed the following formula - you approach the animal, the animal kills you. Again and again and again. The block in the patch was a fucking godsend.

Ok then, but in this case he's drawing the wrong conclusion. Why going back to the way Risen handled it when they could implement Gothic style bullfighting instead? Only reason I see is that they indead don't get what made their games great (hint: it's not how relaxing it was playing them from your couch pressing the awesome button on your XBarf controller nonstop ... god how I hate Assassins Creed).

 

[Black_Willow]

Separated islands? What happened to the huge world of Gothic 3?
Oh, I get it. 8 years of hardware development caused "technical limitations".

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Not sure what's supposed to be wrong with that armor.

Spikes are cool only when Sarevok does it.

 

[theSavant]

This character looks exactly like a Daedra Knight. Again. Since Morrowind this armor style has been copypasted in all other RPGs. Bethesda all over again. As lame as dragons. Bleh.

 

[Aeschylus]

Separated islands? What happened to the huge world of Gothic 3?

Consoles happened.

 

[Chaotic_Heretic]

I will probably pirate it, bitch how shit it is, and go replay NOTR.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Hope the islands are less corridored this time around.

Consoles.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Consoles.

And yet Risen was on consoles, no issues.

 

[muds_animal_friend]

 

[Roguey]

And yet Risen was on consoles, no issues.

Please read up on Risen's console port.

 

[ZagorTeNej]

And yet Risen was on consoles, no issues.

Yeah, but PB wasn't doing the porting, they only focused on PC version and outsorced the Xbox port (which was pretty terrible). Risen 2 however was developed simultaneously by PB for both PC and consoles and suddenly we got corridor islands, don't think that's a coincidence.

 

[Trash]

Was really looking forward to the first one then massively disappointed by how the game fell apart after the first bit. The second one felt really, dunno, limited and left most of what I loved about the Gothic games (atmosphere, living world) aside. Another disappointment. Can't say that I'm really that interested in believing into the whole 'third time is the charm' thing.

 

[Shannow]

Again mandatory STEAM --> again no buy.

Get over it already.

Stop whining. It's not like you care anyway.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

And yet Risen was on consoles, no issues.

Please read up on Risen's console port.

Blimey, I forgot, thanks Josh!

 

[throwaway]

Don't see much wrong with the armor personally. The armors in Risen looked like the bland ones in Gothic 3 but the one in the artwork reminds me of NH's in Gothic 2's loading screen. Can't beat nostalgia

 

[Metro]

Again mandatory STEAM --> again no buy.

Get over it already.

Stop whining. It's not like you care anyway.

What you're doing is whining, not me. I'm giving you life advice.

 

[Sunsetspawn]

Please read up on Risen's console port.

Yeah, but PB wasn't doing the porting, they only focused on PC version and outsorced the Xbox port (which was pretty terrible). Risen 2 however was developed simultaneously by PB for both PC and consoles and suddenly we got corridor islands, don't think that's a coincidence.

Both of you stop codexing. Risen was surprisingly well done on the Xbox. The negative reviews were actually from the consoletards that couldn't into incline. Risen 3's streamlining will not be due to hardware issues; it will be due to the idiots using the hardware.

 

[Chaotic_Heretic]

Risen 3's streamlining will not be due to hardware issues; it will be due to the idiots using the hardware.

Either way Consoles are responsible.

 

[Severian Silk]

Risen 3's streamlining will not be due to hardware issues; it will be due to the idiots using the hardware.

Either way Consoles are responsible.

But who designed the consoles? Idiots is who.

 

[Awakened_Yeti]

consoles? HA! go play cod with your bros and whatnot

huzzah for the personal computer! huzzah!

 

[subotaiy]

When you have games like Souls series or Dragon Dogma, the console excuse doens't hold anymore, sorry.

 

[Roguey]

Both of you stop codexing. Risen was surprisingly well done on the Xbox. The negative reviews were actually from the consoletards that couldn't into incline. Risen 3's streamlining will not be due to hardware issues; it will be due to the idiots using the hardware.

http://www.gamer.ru/risen/pc-vs-xbox-360-sravnenie-grafiki

Risen's engine can't handle an open world with the 360's memory constraints (without a significant reduction in graphics quality).

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

With a mere 25 men team, one has to wonder why Deep Silver even bothered about console versions? Greed? Stupidity? A PC exclusive that takes full advantage of the engine would have sold more than a crippled cross-platform game.

 

[BBMorti]

With a mere 25 men team, one has to wonder why Deep Silver even bothered about console versions? Greed? Stupidity? A PC exclusive that takes full advantage of the engine would have sold more than a crippled cross-platform game.

I know it is a rhetorical question, but the answer is obviously Greed. Risen 2 was an insult to people who plays on PC.