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Risen 3: Titan Lords announced (Piranha Bytes)
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moniker
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Yeah for sure. It's a shame they still haven't topped Gothic 2 + NotR (although that is a pretty tall order in my mind).
I wish they'd go back, look at Gothic 1 and 2 and figure out what made them special. Instead of promising "more freedom" and "your choices will change the world", because that's exactly what ruined Gothic 3 for me - I still loved the non-story relevant exploring in the dessert and mountain area though.
I think they should go back to "guided freedom" like they used to have. Linear Story with intertwining branches and an "open world" with strong enemies placed anywhere you're not supposed to go yet.
I recently installed Risen 1 and played for about an hour but I just couldn't get into it, started up gothic2+addon and immediately lost track of time.
I should try G3 with the community patches sometime soon
I think they should go back to "guided freedom" like they used to have. Linear Story with intertwining branches and an "open world" with strong enemies placed anywhere you're not supposed to go yet.
I recently installed Risen 1 and played for about an hour but I just couldn't get into it, started up gothic2+addon and immediately lost track of time.
I should try G3 with the community patches sometime soon
Didn't knew that. It's the most interesting fact from the last days regarding Piranha Bytes.
Sentenza
Member
Yeah. Now I'll spend the next three years dreaming of a new Gothic-like with the Cryengine.
Jag
Member
What addon on 2? I've been trying to give it a shot.
Sentenza
Member
You should give Risen 1 another chance.
It's their closest thing to Gothic 2 and it has some genuinely good quests and areas.
One hour is very little to judge it, I'm not even sure if it includes going past the "tutorial" starting area; I'm going to guess in that time lapse you must have barely reached one of the three major hubs, if at all.
Maybe Risen 3 is just to get all the bad ideas out of the way before reviving Gothic.
night of the raven, or whatever it's called in english. Best rpg addon ever - even though they went completely overboard with their difficulty settings.
I already beat the game a few years ago when it came out, that's kinda my problem. I just can't go back to it like I can with the gothic series. I beat gothic 1 and 2 at least 3 or 4 times each, I even beat gothic 3 (pre community-patch) twice. But for some reason, I just can't get into Risen. maybe it's the combat...? Maybe it's the dialogue or the voice acting or even the main character? I don't know. I'll give it another shot later this year - after I beat Gothic 2 again.
Jag
Member
I think that is part of Gothic 2 Gold?
Gothic 2 Gold aka Gothic 2: Night Of The Raven is still the best game I've ever played.
Gothic 2 is the reason I played Gothic3, Risen1, Risen2 (and even Arcania). The only one that got the formula right was Risen1 (and maybe G3 after many patches, haven't tried it since launch). Gothic2 was such an atmospheric masterpiece that I get my hopes up every time they release a new game, give it a shot if you like their style of game.
with the mod The Returning Gothic2 turns into a very hard 200-300hour rpg 
They still working on 2.0, no idea if you can find a english version. Mod is from russia and there is a german version.
Gothic 3 + CP 1.75 + Quest pack 4 + Content Mod 2.6 + Consequences Mod can be pretty good too (edit: and long 150-250hours), but again no idea if you can get these in english.
They still working on 2.0, no idea if you can find a english version. Mod is from russia and there is a german version.
Gothic 3 + CP 1.75 + Quest pack 4 + Content Mod 2.6 + Consequences Mod can be pretty good too (edit: and long 150-250hours), but again no idea if you can get these in english.
Looks promising. I get a Gothic vibe from it. After recently re-playing Gothic 1 again, I'm thirsting for a new Gothic-like experience. (will replay G2 and G3 prior to the hopefully next Gothic game as well). I do liked Risen 1, although it didn't have the charm that Gothic had. Lousy story, no real rememberable character and uninteresting PC, but it was a band-aid for my Gothic itch. Risen 2 was just meh in my opinion. Finished it nonetheless, but I hated the setting and pretty much everything else about the game. World was boring and limited, Voodoo <> Musketeer thing was just plain uninteresting and poorly implemented. This looks awesome however. Hope they'll turn down alchemy tho. That breaks the games since its implementation in Gothic 2. I had like 55 strength in Risen 1, found a weapon that needed 100 strength quite early (which was one of the best, but very heavy so you couldn't wear it till end game normally). Once I learned alchemy, I immediately brew 11(!) +5 strength potions and voila: The game turned into a joke with 110 strength (doubly my base stats) and one of the best weapons in the game.
Will get the game a 100%. Huge fan of PB games.
Will get the game a 100%. Huge fan of PB games.
If you want to try Gothic 3 out again, get it on GoG, it comes pre-loaded with the fan patches, which supposedly make the game a much more pleasant experience.
Thanks for the tip, I'll wait and see how Risen 3 turns out. If it's more like Risen 2 than 1, I'll get Gothic3 from GoG instead and give that game another shot.
Wow... you (almost) perfectly described my relationship with Piranha Bytes. In my case, the original trigger was Gothic, which was then hugely strengthened by Gothic 2.
The aftershock of those two games released 13 and 11 years ago still rages on...
You could fix most graphical issues yourself in Risen 2 via ini tweaking. I solved all issues that way (pop ins, changing size in plants, view range, shadows etc). Just give it a few days and the community (including myself) will have figured out how to solve them. You can then just download or copy / paste the .ini.
Hmm is the RED engine available to license yet? I know they were planning on licensing it out at some point. And given it's built to do non linear RPGs seems like a good fit.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Titans fall, titans rise.
Sentenza
Member
Who knows, but quite honestly if I was a developer looking to license a new engine, I would probably go for something more tried and tested, and (most likely) with better support and documentation.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Has anything new come out about this game? Saw a GameInformer link that talked about a magical guild and the basic plot of the story, but you'd think there'd be more information out about a game that's due out...roughly a month and a half from now.
Boo to only last gen and PC.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Been known for awhile. They picked a great time to release it, though. August is the last month before things like Destiny and the big current-gen games start to hit. Could be a good swan song for RPG fans if it's any good.