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Lycan I thought i would just give it a little bit of a try :rolleyes: :p
 
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I don't play too many RPGs myself. They tend to get dull and tedious over time during the later levels. I can't even play Diablo 2 long enough to get past act 4
 
I enjoy my RPG's but i guess i play just about everything and anything that comes my way :p im always willing to try different games :)
 
*mumbles* I'm surrounded by heathens :(

If you ever played Gothic 2 you'd know just how oooorssuuuummmmmly high the expectations of Risen are since some reviewers say it's the return to what made G2 so amazing.

There's not just one thing that stood out for me about G2... It was just the way everything worked together so well. Even the odd quirky bugs were awesome :D

I remember this one part in the city of Khorinis, there was this inn, but underneath the inn, in the sewers was the thieves' den. When I first played through I only found them after I had already become a Fire Magician and had my Rain of Fire rune. So, there I was all pwnage and stuff and I used RoF. All chuffed with myself that I so easily mopped the floor with them, I go up and out into the inn (where I first realised the inn was on top of it.) It was night time and everyone who was sleeping in the inn at the time were all dead :x

But it was just awesome! Had to reload my previous save though :D

I don't know how to explain it, G2 was just a magical; amazing game to me. If Risen returned to those roots, and not the commercialised bastardisation that Gothic 3 was, then I can easily see myself giving it a 10/10.

Plus, I support Piranha Bytes because they put so much love into their games and their characters, and I really just can't wait to experience Risen :D

The fact that Rhianna Pratchett has worked on some of the story, that Nightwish has done the music, that there are some awesome classic voice actors (albeit, from what I've read, reused for multiple characters), it just makes me want to see it that much more desperately xD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUEh_9Fyyso <--- *swoon* xD
 
Between the fps lag on my pc and the inoperable control system, I hated Gothic 3

1 of my favorite fantasy games with an EPIC story was Rune
 
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Oculate said:
Between the fps lag on my pc and the inoperable control system, I hated Gothic 3
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Meh... G3 had lots of issues. It wasn't a bad game though, but it was horribly commercialised. It was too easy, there was no working to earn your class, it was just.. "Oh, today I feel like putting points into magic, fuck, no one's taught me how, but this funny Statue of Innos has taught me Fireball. I am so l33t."

It was a good game, but it wasn't exceptional. It did, however, have some interesting twists and turns, but it just felt like its soul was ripped from it.

I've decided that to me, after G3, and especially after Spellbound took over its development, that the Gothic series is dead to me, but that it still lives on in Risen. I'm going to miss Xardas though... And Milten (I swear he was a bit bent :p) and Diego...

I guess it doesn't really matter...

I have my heart set on Risen being the rebirth of what Piranha Bytes first wanted Gothic to be... But we'll see...

The reviews have been favourable though, so I'd say get it :o Even if just for the experience...
 
sycogrim said:
Hey Lycan do you have an Xbox 360???? coz Tinman is asking for someone to write a review for Risen...
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No :p

Oculate said:
/drools at Xbox screenies

I'll have to wait for a preplay copy though
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I wouldn't go near the 360 version though...

Stefan9 posted this thread.

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Seems game is very good:
Risen - Review Flood #1
by Gorath, 02:08

Piranha Bytes' RPG Risen, this time for their new publisher Deep Silver, will be released in most countries on PC and XBox 360 later this week. Only the XBox version in NA has been delayed to Q1/10. Naturally, reviews are popping up everywhere. The following articles are in German, with one notable exception.

* Let's start with the print mags. GameStar uploaded a site-seeing tour split into 4 videos. Their review, not online yet, rewards Risen with 87%. "Risen is no unofficial Gothic 4. Risen is the return of Gothic 2. [...] The best Gothic so far [...]"
* PC Games says something similar: "[...] the title is exactly what Gothic fans expect." - 86%
* 360Live gives the console version an 8.3/10. Their 2nd opinion 7.8/10. They praise the captivating gameplay but criticise the outdated graphics and the small font size.
* According to GamePro Risen deserves 80%. "A fine RPG with lots of details, but also with a few quirks blurring the fun."
* GamesAktuell thinks "Risen has become a very good RPG [...], only suffering from minor weaknesses." - 9/10
* And now online press. DemoNews offers positive first impressions without a rating.
* Gameswelt likes Risen. "At the end of the day Risen does a lot [of things] right and few wrong." They like the usual Gothic formula and criticise a thin story, a couple of logic holes and minor technical glitches like sporadic clipping errors, incorrect camera position and frame rate drops in the city. - 82%
* Xboxdynasty gets the credit for the first roasting of the XBox 360 conversion. They say the game has some interesting points, but the visuals don't reach current gen niveau, which impacts the fun. "[The] graphics clearly kill the atmosphere and the mood of the game." - 6.1/10
* And finally an English article. World of Risen published a translation of their detailed Risen review. Clever as they are, the fan site left out the rating part. The piece is relatively spoiler-free and very informative. Especially the page about the technical stuff.

First retail copies have surfaced in Benelux, Russia and the US.

On a sidenote, we've made a couple of changes to our forums. We've opened forums for Risen, Dragon Age: Origins, Drakensang: The River of Time and the indie game Tactica: Maiden of Faith. If you feel like chatting about the listed games, you know where to find fresh forums in need of traffic.
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