Risen 3: Titan Lords

[Decado]

Guys I have been saying for years that Risen sucks but nobody listens to me. Mayhap this latest installation, complete with a dude rocking that 1990's toilet seat male pattern baldness, will wake you scrubs up.

 

[Perkel]

I want to play naked neckbeard and i want world to respond to this.

 

[ghostdog]

If the game has fedoras and a spaghetti monster spell, then --finally-- roleplaying an Omega Turbodweeb will be possible !

 

[Revenant]

Guys I have been saying for years that Risen sucks but nobody listens to me. Mayhap this latest installation, complete with a dude rocking that 1990's toilet seat male pattern baldness, will wake you scrubs up.

Considering purely gameplay-wise, Risen is probably the most solid of all PB titles. It's a shame the setting and story were so uninspired, but you have to be a complete moran to hold an opinion that on the whole this game sucks.

 

[Decado]

I feel like a lot of potatoes come to the defense of PB precisely because they are from good old yurop.

ETA: Also, I never consider anything "purely gameplay wise," and I suspect most refined Codex gentlemen do not either. My overall opinion of a game is informed by a lot of factors, as it should be.

 

[commie]

I want to believe.

Yeah, but I think I just 50% off on a sale sorta believe.

I'm thinking of a Deep Silver Dollar Humble Bundle believe.


That's how I got Risen 2.

 

[Revenant]

I feel like a lot of potatoes come to the defense of PB precisely because they are from good old yurop.

No, people supporting PB do so because the said studio is the only remaining AA developer that still makes spiritual successors to Ultima games, i.e. truly open world (not theme park) RPGs.

 

[Tigranes]

Look, in a world where only open world RPGs with halfway decent production values are (1) TES, (2) PB games, I'm going to be very thankful that they can still manage to make Gothic 6, uh, Risen 3, without dying.

 

[Decado]

Fair enough.

 

[Explorerbc]

I can see why some people care about the looks, I was mostly expressing my own lack of interest in them, plus I found it funny that everyone on the codex seemed to focus that much on the character's face.

Personally I almost never enjoy the way my characters look, even in games with customization I don't even bother, I just hit random until I find something not completely horrible. I always thought a helmet or a mask look way cooler on the PC. I do get to like them however as the game progresses because a) I get used to them and b) They start to have some sort of personality and background that I get to build. Bottom line if the story and gameplay are good, it doesn't really matter for me.

And for the record I think PB's characters are pretty fine, especially compared to some other AAA releases

 

[DalekFlay]

For the supposed RPG site you guys care quite a lot about how sexy this main character is going to be.

 

[Zombra]

Guys I have been saying for years that Risen sucks but nobody listens to me. Mayhap this latest installation, complete with a dude rocking that 1990's toilet seat male pattern baldness, will wake you scrubs up.

I feel like a lot of potatoes come to the defense of PB precisely because they are from good old yurop.

I'm glad I wasn't around to listen to you before I tried the game

Risen certainly had its problems - glaring, unforgivable flaws in fact - but overall, I enjoyed my time with it. My opinion has nothing to do with supporting PB for whatever reason, what they're trying to do, where I live, etc., but simply the face value of "was it fun/good enough?" It wasn't an A+, but it at least gets a B- from me. If I insisted on only playing games (especially RPGs) that were 100% perfect, I'd have to find a new hobby.

I didn't find Risen 2 fun enough to even finish the demo, so I let that one go.

I'll certainly try the demo for the third installment to see if it leaves me hungry for more, but I'm not holding out much hope. Who knows though? Don't count your sucky chickens until they hatch.

 

[DragoFireheart]

For the supposed RPG site you guys care quite a lot about how sexy this main character is going to be.

If the gameplay is going to be shit and the story non-existent then I may as well get the best looking titties video games can offer me.

 

[adddeed]

Guys I have been saying for years that Risen sucks but nobody listens to me. Mayhap this latest installation, complete with a dude rocking that 1990's toilet seat male pattern baldness, will wake you scrubs up.

I feel like a lot of potatoes come to the defense of PB precisely because they are from good old yurop.

I'm glad I wasn't around to listen to you before I tried the game

Risen certainly had its problems - glaring, unforgivable flaws in fact - but overall, I enjoyed my time with it. My opinion has nothing to do with supporting PB for whatever reason, what they're trying to do, where I live, etc., but simply the face value of "was it fun/good enough?" It wasn't an A+, but it at least gets a B- from me. If I insisted on only playing games (especially RPGs) that were 100% perfect, I'd have to find a new hobby.

I didn't find Risen 2 fun enough to even finish the demo, so I let that one go.

I'll certainly try the demo for the third installment to see if it leaves me hungry for more, but I'm not holding out much hope. Who knows though? Don't count your sucky chickens until they hatch.

Risen 2 was a great game, i enjoyed it more than Risen 1. Both are A+ games imo.

 

[ZagorTeNej]

Guys I have been saying for years that Risen sucks but nobody listens to me. Mayhap this latest installation, complete with a dude rocking that 1990's toilet seat male pattern baldness, will wake you scrubs up.

Nah, Risen is a fine successor to first two Gothics and a very good ARPG in its own right, that won't change regardless of how Risen 3 turns out. The looks of the main character should in no way be considered to be a significant factor (unless you're a Bethesda larper or something), what matters is how they do exploration and world design (no Risen 2 corridor islands please), faction play and combat.

 

[Zombra]

Risen 2 was a great game, i enjoyed it more than Risen 1.

Hmm. It's been a while; maybe I'll look at the demo again next time I have a dry spell.

Both are A+ games imo.

Herm.

 

[Alex]

I'm sorry, but I don't see all the glorious extra-open world RPGs with lots of verticality that could fill the PB gap anywhere

The Piranha Bytes shaped gap in our hearts.

 

[DalekFlay]

Hmm. It's been a while; maybe I'll look at the demo again next time I have a dry spell.

It's not a "great game" but it's better than many Codexers would have you believe. It's main problem is super linear islands toward the end, but the first two or three areas to explore are pretty well done. Musket combat is pretty neat. Colonial setting is interesting. Same old great PB dialog is there.

 

[Decado]

Same old great PB dialog is there.

See, this is just one of those things I don't see eye-to-eye with the Codex on. I thought it was pretty terrible dialog. Too much potato aftertaste. But I guess anyone who disagrees will just say I am wrong, and it will just come down to a matter of taste. Which is cool.

 

[adddeed]

Dialogue and voice acting aretty great actually. Risen 1 was linear towards the end as well, dont see whats the issue. I did not mind that actually, good change of pace.

 

[DalekFlay]

See, this is just one of those things I don't see eye-to-eye with the Codex on. I thought it was pretty terrible dialog. Too much potato aftertaste. But I guess anyone who disagrees will just say I am wrong, and it will just come down to a matter of taste. Which is cool.

You mean PB dialog in general? It has a dirty sarcasm to it I like, same with Two Worlds 2. It's not super realistic or even well done, but it has attitude.

 

[cvv]

Considering purely gameplay-wise, Risen is probably the most solid of all PB titles. It's a shame the setting and story were so uninspired

PB is a great dev despite the fact they never managed to get all the ingredients right at the same time.

G1 has a great setting, good gameplay and interesting plot but retarded controls (imho) and limited scope. G2 setting and gameplay is even better and controls are fixed but the plot is a letdown - just a standard fantasy fare about fucking dragons and evil mages. G3 setting and gameplay is a decline but the plot is the best of all PB games. R1 has the best gameplay but the setting is average and the plot retarded. And R2 has the best setting (for me, I love pirates) but the gameplay is even worse than in G3 and plot even more retarded than in R1.

Let's fucking hope they finally hit the bull's eye this time.

 

[Zombra]

It's not a "great game" but it's better than many Codexers would have you believe. It's main problem is super linear islands toward the end, but the first two or three areas to explore are pretty well done. Musket combat is pretty neat. Colonial setting is interesting. Same old great PB dialog is there.

Dialogue and voice acting aretty great actually. Risen 1 was linear towards the end as well, dont see whats the issue. I did not mind that actually, good change of pace.

Thanks for the perspectives. I'm sad to see that R2 is also super linear at the end. That was the main thing I hated about R1. Does not bode well for R3.

I thought it was pretty terrible dialog. Too much potato aftertaste.

Interesting. Personally, I tend to very much enjoy dialogue and writing localized from non-American dev houses (which I guess is what you mean here?). I can't really put my finger on why.

 

[Decado]

It's not a "great game" but it's better than many Codexers would have you believe. It's main problem is super linear islands toward the end, but the first two or three areas to explore are pretty well done. Musket combat is pretty neat. Colonial setting is interesting. Same old great PB dialog is there.

Dialogue and voice acting aretty great actually. Risen 1 was linear towards the end as well, dont see whats the issue. I did not mind that actually, good change of pace.

Thanks for the perspectives. I'm sad to see that R2 is also super linear at the end. That was the main thing I hated about R1. Does not bode well for R3.

I thought it was pretty terrible dialog. Too much potato aftertaste.

Interesting. Personally, I tend to very much enjoy dialogue and writing localized from non-American dev houses (which I guess is what you mean here?). I can't really put my finger on why.

Well not to be all about it but I write and edit for a living. So I tend to get hung up on things like that. FWIW a lot of "native" English writers can't get the job done, either. BioWare's dialog is basically a rip off of every Joss Whedon show.

SRR: Dragonfall had pretty great dialog, and it wasn't even voiced.

 

[Metro]

I feel like a lot of potatoes come to the defense of PB precisely because they are from good old yurop.

ETA: Also, I never consider anything "purely gameplay wise," and I suspect most refined Codex gentlemen do not either. My overall opinion of a game is informed by a lot of factors, as it should be.

Risen has flaws but it's easily one of the better arpgs of the last five or six years.