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Risen (360/PC) First Details Revealed
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wolfmat
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I like the way you think.DennisK4 said:
The click frequency is a bit higher, side steps make it enjoyable and you have to aim at your target. So it's a tad more action-oriented.Zeliard said:
Edit: Also, as far as I know, there's only one combat mode per weapon.
Edit: And you don't have to perfectly string your attacks to make a combo. The game's cool with unprecise clicks.
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Zeliard said:
It's not similar at all other than the fact that you draw your weapon and use the left mouse button to attack enemies. The combat can be much more frustrating in Risen, but I also find it infinitely more satisfying when you get fairly good at it and learn the movements of monsters. I personally found the combat in The Witcher to be the weakest part of the game. The same might be said of Risen, but I find it much more enjoyable here.
Have you played a Gothic game before?
dollartaco
Member
more impressions plz.
brain_stew
Member
On the topic of combat anyone tried this combat mod for the Witcher:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/full-combat-rebalance1/downloads/full-combat-rebalance-ver-1015
Since I can't afford to buy Risen atm, I'm planning on finally making my playthrough of The Witcher as its given me the itch. Just wondering if its worth using that mod on my first playthrough?
http://www.moddb.com/mods/full-combat-rebalance1/downloads/full-combat-rebalance-ver-1015
Since I can't afford to buy Risen atm, I'm planning on finally making my playthrough of The Witcher as its given me the itch. Just wondering if its worth using that mod on my first playthrough?
bigmit3737
Member
Zefah said:
Ahh thank you. *Phew*
Quickie question (minor spoiler):
God this game is so awesome, the Gothic vibes make me warm and fuzzy. I just got an Executioner's Staff (it was... certainly fucking hard to get
) but I can't use it yet.
I've done a decent number of quests in the swamp, but now I travelled to the rear entrance of the Harbor Town. If I enter, will it take long before I can leave the place again?
God this game is so awesome, the Gothic vibes make me warm and fuzzy. I just got an Executioner's Staff (it was... certainly fucking hard to get
) but I can't use it yet. 
eXistor
Member
BeeDog said:Quickie question (minor spoiler):
I've done a decent number of quests in the swamp, but now I travelled to the rear entrance of the Harbor Town. If I enter, will it take long before I can leave the place again?
God this game is so awesome, the Gothic vibes make me warm and fuzzy. I just got an Executioner's Staff (it was... certainly fucking hard to get
yes, it takes quite a while. One thing you can do is jump over the maingate from high up and be outside again, but I don't know if you'll be able to get back inside the city again.
bigmit3737
Member
dionysus said:
Yeah to all points.
I even lost a package once.
*I hope it doesn't happen to you*
Confidence Man
Member
Surprising how much like Gothic it is. It's like they were making another sequel and just decided to call it Risen instead.
I see people still wearing the default clothes - you know you can steal a Seaman's Outfit from a chest in the main house of the farm early on? It's weak but better than nothing.
Of course you'll get caught and beat down by the farmer, but he lets you get up and keep whatever you take anyway.
I see people still wearing the default clothes - you know you can steal a Seaman's Outfit from a chest in the main house of the farm early on? It's weak but better than nothing.
Of course you'll get caught and beat down by the farmer, but he lets you get up and keep whatever you take anyway.
bigmit3737
Member
I am so confused as to which sides to take on quests in Harbor Town.
Both sides are just doing what their boss are telling them to do and they don't want to get into trouble. Like the guy who is spying Don's House in Harbor Town to steal the heirloom. He just doesn't want to die.
bigmit3737 said:
Welcome to the muddy world of Gothic morality
You have three 'class' choices, as far as I know, if you
Side with the Don, you can get Fighter training, if you get dragooned by the Order, or choose to side with them, you can become an Order warrior who is hybrid warrior/mage, and if you do good deeds for the mage in town AND side with the Order, you can become a mage
Deus Ex Machina
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fizzelopeguss
Banned
Confidence Man said:
They had a falling out with JoWood after the gothic 3 release, PB lost the gothic license so they made this instead.
Technosteve
Banned
played through the demo, makes me want to buy game. Character models are an improvement over Oblivion but god damn the first woman you see has triangle boobs and flat face. This game is kicking the shit out of my new system, i thinking it might be cpu limited might have to OC to see if i get an improvement.
Confidence Man
Member
Pretty game, sometimes.
Cat in the Hat
Member
PB are the best devs in the world when it comes to crafting landscapes. It feels so alive and authentic.
I played the demo earlier and came here to post how well it ran on my system. I have an 8800GT, but I only have an Athlon 64 3700+ (OCed to 2.4). I didn't have all the settings on high. I know I had shadows turned off and vegetation on medium. I think everything else was either high settings or on medium.Technosteve said:
The game seemed like it could be really good from the demo. I haven't played anything from the Gothic series so I can't compare the two.
The exploration/atmosphere in the Gothic 1 demo was pretty nice, even though I never got the full games. Hearing about the subpar combat is a bit disappointing. I'd be a lot more inclined to get this if the combat was Demon's Souls level quality or something. I'll try out the demo first, in any case.
Cat in the Hat
Member
I know this sounds dumb but I think the size of the loot icons are very appealing. Tiny icons always bugged me in The Witcher.
Played the demo.
Bought (PC, duh). I never played the Gothic games because of all the bugginness/jankiness talk, but this seems totally fine. And after being stuck with bethesda games or the witcher (which is awesome but has a very limited equipment system) actually going off the beaten path a little and finding really useful goodies makes me giddy. Game's very pretty, too.
Bought (PC, duh). I never played the Gothic games because of all the bugginness/jankiness talk, but this seems totally fine. And after being stuck with bethesda games or the witcher (which is awesome but has a very limited equipment system) actually going off the beaten path a little and finding really useful goodies makes me giddy. Game's very pretty, too.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Man, I'm starting to regret the path I took in the this game (going straight to the Monastery). Fighting with only a staff is hard as balls! The people you gotta fight are tough, takes me forever to beat someone. Perhaps I'm just not good at timing my strikes or I'm doing something wrong.
I got my staff fighting skill to level 3 (4 with a ring I got) and can parry peoples blows, but the Novice Staff I'm wielding doesn't do much damage to things it seems. Has anyone else that is using staves found a better one?
Other than that, awesome game. I was so wrapped up in doing quests inside the Monastery that I started to get bored of it after like 4 hours, so I ventured outside finally, only to wish I was back inside the realtively safe convinces of the church hah! Bands of wolves tear me a new one, not to mention a group of 6 thieving gnomes. Love their warning animation, with the bouncing bags.
Speaking of "warning animation", it's cool how most things won't attack you outright if you just leave them be. They'll start threatening ya and if you walk away, they won't pursue.
Awesome game, great graphics and sound. Just wish I could fight with a staff better I'm sure I'll get it down eventually. I really want to use magic but so far have only learned to scribe scrolls, can't find someone to teach me how to cast. Off to Harbour Town now! (still haven't seen it 6 hours into the game)
I got my staff fighting skill to level 3 (4 with a ring I got) and can parry peoples blows, but the Novice Staff I'm wielding doesn't do much damage to things it seems. Has anyone else that is using staves found a better one?
Other than that, awesome game. I was so wrapped up in doing quests inside the Monastery that I started to get bored of it after like 4 hours, so I ventured outside finally, only to wish I was back inside the realtively safe convinces of the church hah! Bands of wolves tear me a new one, not to mention a group of 6 thieving gnomes. Love their warning animation, with the bouncing bags.
Speaking of "warning animation", it's cool how most things won't attack you outright if you just leave them be. They'll start threatening ya and if you walk away, they won't pursue.
Awesome game, great graphics and sound. Just wish I could fight with a staff better
I'm sure I'll get it down eventually. I really want to use magic but so far have only learned to scribe scrolls, can't find someone to teach me how to cast. Off to Harbour Town now! (still haven't seen it 6 hours into the game)
Minsc
Gold Member
The more I read of Gothic fans are saying this is a great game, the more I want to play it. Gothic was so amazing, and this sounds very much like it, as has been mentioned many times.
Seems to be taking quite a few people by surprise, glad I'm not the only one who was in the dark about this game before.
Seems to be taking quite a few people by surprise, glad I'm not the only one who was in the dark about this game before.
cleveridea
Member
well I am glad I gave this game more of a chance, its actually fun and beautiful looking. I still dont like the combat but I think I will play a stealthy character and mitigate that. I love the way enemies have a warn animation, really gives the game more realistic feel and I feel bad now killing all the innocent enemies before :lol
Anyone have any performance tips? On a GTX 260 core i7 I found I got a substantial framerate increase by ensuring the nvdia control panel 'VSync' was turned OFF (I normally keep this forced ON), this really helps the framerate when outdoors. Normally I turn down shadows for better framerates but in this game, it really detracts because of how nice the other effects are (ie the jagged shadow edges). For some reason my vista 64 blue screens when I try nTune's performance tab, despite having latest drivers. sigh.
Anyone have any performance tips? On a GTX 260 core i7 I found I got a substantial framerate increase by ensuring the nvdia control panel 'VSync' was turned OFF (I normally keep this forced ON), this really helps the framerate when outdoors. Normally I turn down shadows for better framerates but in this game, it really detracts because of how nice the other effects are (ie the jagged shadow edges). For some reason my vista 64 blue screens when I try nTune's performance tab, despite having latest drivers. sigh.
cleveridea
Member
is there any value in getting AP? I take it it stands for Achievement Points, so is there a real benefit or is it just like xbox achievements? I really liked in Mass Effect that achievements actually unlocked in game benefits, like 10% shield boost that kind of thing.
I <3 Memes
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cleveridea said:
:lol This isnt a console game bro :lol damn if achievements aren't the bane of gaming right now.
AP = Attack points. Probably.