Risen 3: Titan Lords

[Zombra]

Oh yeah? This sucker is out tomorrow? Looking forward to trying the demo, having mostly ignored the run-up.

 

[Explorerbc]

First reviews are starting to release

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/risen-3-titan-lords

It is quite mixed but I think generally people who liked the series like this one too, and people who hated it still hate it.

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

Pfhahaha, I like it how the Escapist gives it the lowest score, and it's written by none other than the hack of all hacks, Jim Spergling. I suppose the Escapist WOULD give it a higher score if you were playing a black woman or a tranny though...

 

[Explorerbc]

Yeah, he doesn't sound like a big fan of the earlier games , he did like Risen 2 a bit though

The Risen series is just plain weird. Ultimately, it's a selection of roleplaying games that manage to be a laugh while also being not very good at all. From a purely objective standpoint, they're embarrassingly written, terribly balanced, and often quite alienating. Yet, for some reason, I find them enjoyable all the same. Risen 2: Dark Waters was something I had an especial fondness for.

 

[Durwyn]

Polish gaming site gram.pl review (in glorious potato language ofcourse)

Summary

Pros:

- Plot is quite good
- Exploration
- Several good side-quests
- Landscapes
- Music

Cons:
- Nothing really new
- Assets recycling from R2
- Rushed end-game (again)
- Animations during dialogs
- OP guns and muskets
- Glitches and technical problems (again)

Some additional info:

- Some C&C but nothing breathtaking
- Morality system is here but doesn't change anything

Glorious 6.5 - would bang.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Rushed end-game is a PB staple that will never go away.

 

[adddeed]

So the reviews are positive.

LoL at all those clowns saying it's going to be terrible.

 

[Abu Antar]

Reviews from the console versions will most likely all be shit. The PS3 version is supposed to suck donkeyballs.

 

[BBMorti]

I saw some movie with a bit of game-play from Risen 3 and the thing that stood out the most to me was them using skins from Risen 2 in the game.. which makes me think they run Risen 3 on the Risen 2 engine.. which makes me think risen 3 is crash and burn =/

 

[Durwyn]

So the reviews are positive.

LoL at all those clowns saying it's going to be terrible.

Yep, just like Oblivion...

I'll wait for some monocled individuals opinion.

 

[Cyberarmy]

-OP guns and muskets....

/

 

[SuicideBunny]

So the reviews are positive.

LoL at all those clowns saying it's going to be terrible.

that means nothing. even less here on the 'dex.

 

[meanwhileInPoland]

So the reviews are positive.

LoL at all those clowns saying it's going to be terrible.

all those delusions

 

[Tigranes]

Hoping for halfway between R1 and R2, still. SHUT UP LEAVE ME ALONE

 

[Stainless Veteran]

RPS devoted almost a half of their (p)review to the protagonist's sister.

A sister who shouts “FUCKING BASTARDS!” at anything from zombie pirates to lizardmen to small, flightless dragons to angry crabs to fearful monkeys. She seems so full of misplaced anger towards the world and everything in it, though out of combat her attitude is more that of obnoxious know-it-all with a superiority complex. She constantly brags about herself and constantly mocks and belittles me, her brother, even though I do the lion’s share of monster-killing and monkey-scaring, and frankly her entirely impractical and physically impossible Erotic Pirate Fancy Dress outfit makes me embarrassed to be seen with her. There’s an overtone of Lannister to her too, and I don’t mean in the impressive ‘we will rule everything through sheer force of will’ sense, but rather in the ‘I’m a wee bit incesty’ sense. She’s negging me, and we all know why people neg each other, don’t we?

The scenery is beautiful, picking up oysters and checking them for pearls is vaguely therapeutic, and I even find a few pouches of gold amongst the driftwood. This would all be rather tranquil, if not for the insane person barking “BASTARD!” every two minutes or suddenly plunging two anti-gravity grapefruits into my field of vision while I’m trying to stab a crab.

I hate her.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/12/risen-3-diary/

 

[adddeed]

User reviews are positrive as well. Saying its improved from before. I think you're delusional.

 

[SuicideBunny]

User reviews are positrive as well. Saying its improved from before. I think you're delusional.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/broken-age-act-1
i'm starting to think the "possibly" in your tag is undeserved.

 

[Echo Mirage]

RPS devoted almost a half of their (p)review to the protagonist's sister.

A sister who shouts “FUCKING BASTARDS!” at anything from zombie pirates to lizardmen to small, flightless dragons to angry crabs to fearful monkeys. She seems so full of misplaced anger towards the world and everything in it, though out of combat her attitude is more that of obnoxious know-it-all with a superiority complex. She constantly brags about herself and constantly mocks and belittles me, her brother, even though I do the lion’s share of monster-killing and monkey-scaring, and frankly her entirely impractical and physically impossible Erotic Pirate Fancy Dress outfit makes me embarrassed to be seen with her. There’s an overtone of Lannister to her too, and I don’t mean in the impressive ‘we will rule everything through sheer force of will’ sense, but rather in the ‘I’m a wee bit incesty’ sense. She’s negging me, and we all know why people neg each other, don’t we?

The scenery is beautiful, picking up oysters and checking them for pearls is vaguely therapeutic, and I even find a few pouches of gold amongst the driftwood. This would all be rather tranquil, if not for the insane person barking “BASTARD!” every two minutes or suddenly plunging two anti-gravity grapefruits into my field of vision while I’m trying to stab a crab.

I hate her.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/12/risen-3-diary/

The protagonist's sister? I don't remember him having a sister. The only women that wore a sexy Pirate outfit and talked down to everyone was Patty Steelbeard.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

RPS devoted almost a half of their (p)review to the protagonist's sister.

A sister who shouts “FUCKING BASTARDS!” at anything from zombie pirates to lizardmen to small, flightless dragons to angry crabs to fearful monkeys. She seems so full of misplaced anger towards the world and everything in it, though out of combat her attitude is more that of obnoxious know-it-all with a superiority complex. She constantly brags about herself and constantly mocks and belittles me, her brother, even though I do the lion’s share of monster-killing and monkey-scaring, and frankly her entirely impractical and physically impossible Erotic Pirate Fancy Dress outfit makes me embarrassed to be seen with her. There’s an overtone of Lannister to her too, and I don’t mean in the impressive ‘we will rule everything through sheer force of will’ sense, but rather in the ‘I’m a wee bit incesty’ sense. She’s negging me, and we all know why people neg each other, don’t we?

The scenery is beautiful, picking up oysters and checking them for pearls is vaguely therapeutic, and I even find a few pouches of gold amongst the driftwood. This would all be rather tranquil, if not for the insane person barking “BASTARD!” every two minutes or suddenly plunging two anti-gravity grapefruits into my field of vision while I’m trying to stab a crab.

I hate her.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/12/risen-3-diary/

The protagonist's sister? I don't remember him having a sister. The only women that wore a sexy Pirate outfit and talked down to everyone was Patty Steelbeard.

Different Guy.

 

[Stainless Veteran]

The protagonist's sister? I don't remember him having a sister. The only women that wore a sexy Pirate outfit and talked down to everyone was Patty Steelbeard.

I've never played Risen 2 (or 3, for that matter), so I can't really comment. It could be that RPS' Alec Meer is LARPing, or had failed his reading comprehension check. Or it could be different portags altogether.

 

[Scruffy]

User reviews are positrive as well.

WELL THAT SETTLES IT THEN

it's probably reviews by the same kind of people who comment stuff like

I actually enjoyed Risen 2. Sure, it was clunky in some ways, and hardly one of the netter written RPGs out there, but the combat was fairly good,

Risen 2

the combat was fairly good

 

[adddeed]

And the rest are exaggerations by snobs like you.

 

[meanwhileInPoland]

And the rest are exaggerations by snobs like you.

or shit slurpers like you. its PB game!!! cant go wrong with that

 

[adddeed]

Except that Risen was not shit. Exaggerations again?

 

[made]

Darth Roxor doing his sacred duty once more?