Risen 3: Titan Lords

[toro]

Potions can be consumed instantly

Oh wait... never mind. Shit like this just kills any sort of challenge in combat.

I don't remember being different in previous Gothic/Risen (s). Was it?

 

[Excidium]

Potions can be consumed instantly

Oh wait... never mind. Shit like this just kills any sort of challenge in combat.

I don't remember being different in previous Gothic/Risen (s). Was it?

There's an animation

 

[Metro]

Yep. Which means at the very least you have to retreat a bit to drink a potion when you're engage in combat.

 

[Revenant]

Tamaris, Isle of Thunder? WTF, those guys don't even pretend they aren't ripping off WoW anymore.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Tamaris, Isle of Thunder? WTF, those guys don't even pretend they aren't ripping off WoW anymore.

No, it's called Taranis

 

[undecaf]

Potions can be consumed instantly

Oh wait... never mind. Shit like this just kills any sort of challenge in combat.

Fuck, here I was getting my hopes up... again. Why do they even insist on that, what was wrong with animated consumption?

 

[cherry blossom]

Risen 1 was never meant to be more than an HD remake of Gothic 2 with a more polished control scheme and user-friendly interface

And they most certainly failed in those areas.

 

[Tigranes]

List of stuff looks fine, all PB games are very similar so it's not like there were any real surprises.

The instapotion and split islands are disappointing, but not dealbreakers. Here's hoping the former is balanced out by potion weakness / scarcity at least. Or at least I can houserule not to quaff in combat.

The soul / demon stuff doesn't sound great, but as long as it doesn't obnoxiously get in the way of the real meat which is the good old PB formula of factions, faction based career paths, exploration and mano y mano combat.

I'm expecting something better than R3 but not quite as R1 due to the large size and new features thrown in.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Mages reside on the thunder island 'Tamaris' trying to save humanity using the 'reactor' which shall protect the island from the titan lords. Plenty of magic energy is needed to power the reactor (power is gained from lightnings)

Sounds like New Camp from Gothic....
I expect lot of treasure hunting, hidden stuff, stealing and else. Good to see better blades than pitiful rapiers. And finally hero can swim, should do it in Risen 2 with the whole pirate theme.

 

[Metro]

Risen 1 was never meant to be more than an HD remake of Gothic 2 with a more polished control scheme and user-friendly interface

And they most certainly failed in those areas.

Both were fine -- no clue why you had trouble.

 

[SoupNazi]

I don't see a problem with loading new areas, it was like that in G1 and G2 and was done pretty much flawlessly.

 

[Metro]

I don't see a problem with loading new areas, it was like that in G1 and G2 and was done pretty much flawlessly.

Exactly. People seem to forget that. And it's certainly less jarring when you're transitioning from island to island versus region to region.

 

[SoupNazi]

I think it was the clear transfer points i.e. getting on a boat, going through a cave, etc instead of the jarring "hey i'm walking on this nice road la la la LOADING SCREEN hey i'm back on the same road la la la"

 

[toro]

http://www.gameswelt.de/risen-3-titan-lords/preview/seite-1,216988

 

[Revenant]

So much depth of field I feel dizzy.

 

[subotaiy]

Is that you, son, in the first picture?

 

[theSavant]

 

[toro]

Is that you, son, in the first picture?

No, it's a Scavenger.

 

[Revenant]

Is that you, son, in the first picture?

No, it's a Scavenger.

I believe it's sea vultures or something in the Risen setting, not scavengers.

 

[Visbhume]

Disappointed this game isn't Xenu Rising : Thetan Lords.

 

[DalekFlay]

Assuming you can turn depth of field off those shots look decent. Not amazing, but decent, which is good since my PC is getting old.

 

[toro]

Is that you, son, in the first picture?

No, it's a Scavenger.

I believe it's sea vultures or something in the Risen setting, not scavengers.

True. Scavengers were part of Gothic's fauna.

 

[toro]

Assuming you can turn depth of field off those shots look decent. Not amazing, but decent, which is good since my PC is getting old.

The base engine is the one that they used for Risen 2. And that worked quite well.

 

[Turjan]

Assuming you can turn depth of field off those shots look decent.

I don't think I played a game that doesn't let you do this, and I always turn depth of field off.

Don't have much to say regarding the screenshots. Screenshots nearly always look good. I'll wait for the game.

 

[Metro]

Honestly I don't give a shit what it looks like as most modern games look sufficiently 'pretty' to me. I'm more concerned with the mechanics.