Risen 3: Titan Lords

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  1. Frika
    Aug 15, 2014
    3
    The game is horrible on almost every level. Anyone that gives it anything above 6 is either a loyal fan/supporter or a person who hasn't played a single good RPG in their life. Being a fan is not a crime but it removes your objectivity which is what a reviewer should be all about.

    The combat has almost the same issues as Risen 2: Your attacks can be interrupted by enemies,enemies    The game is horrible on almost every level. Anyone that gives it anything above 6 is either a loyal fan/supporter or a person who hasn't played a single good RPG in their life. Being a fan is not a crime but it removes your objectivity which is what a reviewer should be all about.

    The combat has almost the same issues as Risen 2: Your attacks can be interrupted by enemies,enemies attacks are almost always faster than yours which makes it almost impossible to hit. Dodging is nothing more but a game of hit and run which will most likely provide you with a win but also extend the battle with a single mob to 2-6 mins per mob which is spend in running around like hedless chicken. Guns and rifles seem to miss way too often and especially at the beginning of the game to hit like a wet noodle.
    Overall the combat system is really really bad if i had to give it a score i would go with: 1

    Voice acting is equally horrible. The voice actors sound bored and uninterested with their lines there is nothing to actually grab you or hold your attention to whats happening. There is no tone of emergency or emotions for that matter which turns the whole experience like listening to your neighbors talking about how bad the weather was today.
    Voice acting: 2

    The story is really bad as well not only that but thanks to the bad active it just feels underwhelming and uninteresting. No immersion what so ever
    Score: 2

    Graphics 4: Although i encountered some issues with the graphic overall its probably one of the (if not the) best features of the game. And that is considering that they aren't anything special or great
    Score:4

    Sounds: Nothing impressive or unique here but i guess at the same time they aren't so bad as well i had a few issue here and there but it was mainly minor stuff which i am more than ok neglecting since almost all games have some minor issues especially at lunch.
    Score 4

    Quiet a few of the areas were copy paste from Risen 2. In general i am ok with developers reusing areas which they had in their franchise if they show that they've actually put some effort into doing so but in many places you can see that they simply did a good old copy/paste just for the sake of giving u more to see/explorer.
    Showing that level of 'creativity' is working against the overall score of the game noone likes this type of practices and i don't think people should be paying twice for the same content under any circumstances,

    Overall the game experience is crap i don't think its worth anything close to 50$(or 60$ with dlcs) and those of you who are willing to give the game a shot should wait for a heavy discount before touching it. I am certain that some of the issues will be adressed however just like Risen 2 the majority of the stuff (voice acting,combat system) will not be changed in any way. Overall i would recommend that people stay away from the game if you are an RPG fan who is looking for something fresh this is not the place to find it.    … Expand
  2. bioxtreme757
    Aug 16, 2014
    0
    This is actually Risen 2 with updated graphics, about 80% of the game looks, feels and plays exactly like Risen 2, however the combat is a lot worse because of the fact that that you fight as if your character is frozen, the enemies themselves are unbalanced and unfair, and you need to get lucky in order to win against enemy A.I, not because they are smart, but because your "bad-ass"This is actually Risen 2 with updated graphics, about 80% of the game looks, feels and plays exactly like Risen 2, however the combat is a lot worse because of the fact that that you fight as if your character is frozen, the enemies themselves are unbalanced and unfair, and you need to get lucky in order to win against enemy A.I, not because they are smart, but because your "bad-ass" character moves with the grace of stone statue.
    I have seriously tried to enjoy the game, but I just cant, after 13 hour it still feels unsatisfying, annoying and stiff, no effort was put into this game and I cannot recommend at all.    … Expand
  3. InsaneDweller
    Aug 15, 2014
    0
    This is a **** game, I haven't seen bad combat in long time! **** all the people that say it's good! And the game looks like something from the PS2 or worse, also terrible voice acting and poor story! Just a **** game.
  4. AJSADevon
    Aug 15, 2014
    1
    First of all this game's combat system is so clunky and terrible it's almost funny. The voice acting is some of the worst i have ever heard, The main character sounds like Christian Bale. This game is only worth about 3-5 dollars. Please don't listen to non-user reviews they were most likely payed to give it a good review.
  5. krazy85
    Aug 13, 2014
    4
    The only positive for this game is the opportunity to show developers that we refuse to pay for garbage. There is so much wrong with this game I can hardly begin. It fails in every key aspect upon which games are judged: Graphics are at dated by at least 6 years, voice acting sounds like a 5th grade play rehearsal, more simplistic combat than a Dynasty warriors game, and the list goes onThe only positive for this game is the opportunity to show developers that we refuse to pay for garbage. There is so much wrong with this game I can hardly begin. It fails in every key aspect upon which games are judged: Graphics are at dated by at least 6 years, voice acting sounds like a 5th grade play rehearsal, more simplistic combat than a Dynasty warriors game, and the list goes on and on. However in certain situations these basics can be overlooked if a game is FUN. Unfortunately this is not one of those cases because it most definitely is not enjoyable in any way. Who makes the 1 attack button the same to pick things up? Why litter the floor with single gold coins to pick up when chests have them by the thousands? Instead of a mini map there's an item wheel? I don't know if its lazy or stupid or what but it should be clear how frustrated I am at this point. I've already put it down 5 times in the first hour but kept trying to see if it got better like Two Worlds 2 but it hasn't and has given no indication that it will. This is a downloadable title from an indie team at best and at worst, I don't know, euthanasia, roaches, carrottop. Or find out for yourself, whatever....… Expand
  6. aad
    Aug 13, 2014
    4
    I didn't play any of the previous Risen games so I don't have any attachment to the series, or expectations coming into it.

    What I saw though was an okay game plague with a lot of technical issues. Inventory management and UI was a mess. The camera literally makes me sick.. I had to pause to look away a few times to get my bearings as not to throw up. No matter how great the quests or    I didn't play any of the previous Risen games so I don't have any attachment to the series, or expectations coming into it.

    What I saw though was an okay game plague with a lot of technical issues. Inventory management and UI was a mess. The camera literally makes me sick.. I had to pause to look away a few times to get my bearings as not to throw up. No matter how great the quests or story was, these small technical oversights make the game unbearable to play(for me).

    The combat is really bland when compared to recent 2012-2014 releases. It's like the developers coded this game in a cave without knowledge of game like Dark Souls, Assassin Creed, etc. Even current online MMO's have better combat mechanics.

    I don't think it's a complete waste of money, but definitely not a must buy. At 50 dollars it's highly overprice in my opinion.    … Expand
  7. dkurjery
    Aug 13, 2014
    0
    I can't agree with those positive comments as well. Some said the following: "Please keep in mind that Piranha Bytes is a small Dev (approx 25 devs) with limited resources.", and ask people not to judge the game by AAA standard, since it is "unfair".

    For a game charged at $50, and re-using tons of contents from Risen 2 bundled with tons of kill something or find something alike boring    I can't agree with those positive comments as well. Some said the following: "Please keep in mind that Piranha Bytes is a small Dev (approx 25 devs) with limited resources.", and ask people not to judge the game by AAA standard, since it is "unfair".

    For a game charged at $50, and re-using tons of contents from Risen 2 bundled with tons of kill something or find something alike boring sidequests, and claiming to return to the roots of series but just deliver another pirate game clone of Risen 2, do you still expect the players will give the game a positive rating?

    A higher rating will only be deserved if there are improvement in the game mechanics, system or new game play elements or environment. However, none is found in this title but only a lot of copy-and-paste models and dialogues from Risen 2 with the same repetitive side quests. A zero is well deserved for this game.

    If you don't want people to judge the game by AAA standard, the only solution is to reduce the price of the game so that people will have less expectation. And this game is better to be called as an expansion rather than a sequel. Critic Review from The Escapist gives a good explanation to this in such regard.    … Expand
  8. Immorta
    Aug 13, 2014
    0
    Last time I give you my money piranha Bytes.. Is it really worth it? Releasing mass appeal shovel ware games that try to tap every market so you can get the console crowd? Are you guys really selling lots of copies to Console demographic that you need to dumb this game down..

    Your trailer about going back to roots was almost a blatant lie. The islands are small corridor jungles.    Last time I give you my money piranha Bytes.. Is it really worth it? Releasing mass appeal shovel ware games that try to tap every market so you can get the console crowd? Are you guys really selling lots of copies to Console demographic that you need to dumb this game down..

    Your trailer about going back to roots was almost a blatant lie. The islands are small corridor jungles. Provisions make a strong return because we all missed it soo much.. I have bought all your risen games on steam hoping you will get your act together.. This is the last time. Why are the Gothic games still more fun then anything you release now.. Tell me why I am playing Gothic 3.. a basically unfinished game that still is more fun then jungle corridor islands.

    You clearly have forgotten what made your games great. Why is Larian's Divinity Original Sin blowing your game out of the water in sales? Because they know how to make RPG games for RPG fans.    … Expand
  9. FantasicGamer
    Aug 12, 2014
    0
    When the game is first announced, it was reported that the game will no longer be a pirate theme, and will be a return to the Medieval setting as in Risen 1.

    What do we get in this game? A pirate theme again as in Risen 2. The game recycles a lot of scenery, dialogues, textures, NPC and monster models from Risen 2. There are no impovement in combat animation, or the fundamental combat    When the game is first announced, it was reported that the game will no longer be a pirate theme, and will be a return to the Medieval setting as in Risen 1.

    What do we get in this game? A pirate theme again as in Risen 2. The game recycles a lot of scenery, dialogues, textures, NPC and monster models from Risen 2. There are no impovement in combat animation, or the fundamental combat system as in Risen 2. The optimization is even worse than the one in Risen 2 (which is not good itself).

    We still get the same tons of fetch and fedex quests just like those in Gothic 3 (an epic failure itself). How about graphics? Well, just like a game made in 6 years ago. So, this game is basically a re-make of Risen 2 with nothing new brought to table. Overall, this game doesn't deserve a $50 price tag.    … Expand
  10. Apparentn00b
    Aug 13, 2014
    0
    I haven't seen a game this consistently bad since LJN was in business. This game has the slowest most boring combat system you could ever dream up, this game has such bad graphics you wouldn't believe it was made in the last 12 years, the voice acting is so laughably bad that it makes you want to tear your hair out. The leveling is so unbelievably grindy that even veteran W.O.W/RunescapeI haven't seen a game this consistently bad since LJN was in business. This game has the slowest most boring combat system you could ever dream up, this game has such bad graphics you wouldn't believe it was made in the last 12 years, the voice acting is so laughably bad that it makes you want to tear your hair out. The leveling is so unbelievably grindy that even veteran W.O.W/Runescape players will be sickened by the repetitive nature of the game. The story is so disjointed and random, it seems like they barely paid attention to any form of detail, this world is so open and so free that it destroys any feeling of momentum in the story, nothing this game offers will make you want to boot it up again be it on pc or on any consoles. Beginning this game is one of the worst if not THE worst experience i have had in the 15 years i have been a gamer. I was only able to get through 9 hours of the game before i could no longer stand the sluggish combat and ridiculous voice acting, if anyone has rated this game higher than a 3 they are outright lying to your face, under no circumstances should you buy this game, treat it like the plague and keep away at all costs.… Expand
  11. Follbern
    Aug 16, 2014
    0
    Risen 3 Titan Lords-very bad game.There spirit of old school,but we need to understand,that spirit of old school end in 2004.Game have weird animations,bad voice acting,bad color gamut,and this list can be endless.By modern standarts this game deserves -10/10.We should "congratulate"Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes with this "greatest"game in series.
    Sorry for bad English,author is Russian.
  12. ditpet
    Aug 15, 2014
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The pros are the spirit and mood. Caribbean islands are perfect, they hide so many secrets. The clothes customization is good. And thats all.
    Contra: Fight system...I hate it. Very hard to hit the creaturesa and monsters, they attack to often. (2hits/sec). Thats why I cannot use the heavy hit with my sword. The monsters push me back when I load the powerred hit, and it zeroes when I fly back from the enemy hit. Enemies chase me always, almost impossible to escape. Too much enemies. When I try to escape from an unballanced fight, I meet at least 5 more enemies during running from my previous fight. At the end 5-7 enemies chase me and chase me and chase me until the infinity and beyond. This is the worst part of the game.
    When I accidentally hit a friendly NPC during a fight, it gets angry and starts to attack me, and ...read above....cannot escape from it.

    Toooooo much missions, When I talk to an npc, 99% that it will give me a total useless quest. Get lost bag, find plant, kill beast, .... (do not worth to complete, too much annoying fight to get a package/plant, and get too small reward. And I cannot cancell the quest, it just fills my logbook. makes harder to see it.
    Less, but more interesting, more rewarding missions would be better.

    Main mission: what is the main mission? Im totally lost. Get crew? Get ship? Get back soul? How? Where should I start? Is there a progress? Or all main missions just put together, and do it in the order you like it?

    Conversation: very boring, robotic speech. the camera always jumps to one player to one npc. These camera jumpings are very exhausting to my eyes.

    Bugs: Oh my sweet mama.....so much bug, Wow, so pesky, much glitches.
    I had to start from the end of the crab coast, because the Booze mission got stuck. I should get eggs for Harry, but this speech option somehow disappeard, and nor Harry, nor Booze not communicate with me....I could not proceed foward with them. And I had not savegame before I met them first.

    Camera: already mentioned the conversation jumps. But when I fall down, the camera stucks, and sets into an impossible angle.

    All in all this game is very half-baked, and old. Built onto an old base of a buggy game. It is not good in 2014. They should have forget the elements of the first game TOTALLY. Mainly the fight system (read above). Among the others the physics are outdated, there are moveble wrecks, rocks, and bodies, but still not enogh today.
    Fight, bugs, camera, physics are the most negative part of the game. Why did they used the old method? it was long tim wrong. It was annoying in the gothics, and in the older risens. (I could not finish the Risen 1, because these. I didnt want to get into the mental hospital.)
    I had to cheat, Im not proud of it, but these points make the game unplayable. I had to counter-ballance them. Now I have 100 sword stat, and the most powerful sword in the second island (Kali, or what), and I bought every learnable stats from teachers. it makes the fight little bit easier, but the fast enemies make it bad.    … Expand
  13. fessisbest
    Aug 13, 2014
    4
    While Risen 3 manages to fix SOME of it's predecessor's problems, the game loses the charm the previous installments were full of. New problems arise such as a bloated number of extremely uninteresting quests, boring dialogue, and slow, unresponsive combat.
  14. Cg243
    Aug 12, 2014
    0
    Look this game is wrong at the most fundamental level. The combat mechanics are so overly simple its mind blowing. Its a lot of poorly designed roll and combo. Im all about roll combo roll combo I have so many hours in Darksouls 2 its embarrassing. Oh boy do I recommend steering clear of this game if you didn't like risen 2 because I assure you it fails just as hard. Voice acting andLook this game is wrong at the most fundamental level. The combat mechanics are so overly simple its mind blowing. Its a lot of poorly designed roll and combo. Im all about roll combo roll combo I have so many hours in Darksouls 2 its embarrassing. Oh boy do I recommend steering clear of this game if you didn't like risen 2 because I assure you it fails just as hard. Voice acting and character animations are so bad I spent the first 20 min laughing at the boring and simple intro. I know there are a lot of Die hard fans of the risen games but if this is your first time playing a risen game save your money I beg of you. Do not let game Devs keep making this slop and calling it a finished product when its so poorly made. They still have yet to address key issues from previous games as well. BUT HEY WE HAVE BETTER LOOKING FOLIAGE NOW!...… Expand
  15. hjy6296
    Aug 13, 2014
    0
    1. The worst combat system I've ever seen recently.
    2. Bad delivery of story. Can't immerse.

    I can't believe whoever developed this game think people would pay for such a crap. This game is NOT competitive AT ALL. Don't buy it. Not worth your money.
  16. Andante
    Oct 3, 2014
    3
    I will try to summarize it. In general Risen 3 was a mediocre/bad game, especially considering that it came from the Gothic developer.

    Graphics: Definitely low quality for a 2014 game, even Risen 1 had better looking graphics Sound/Music: Pretty generic, nothing memorable Story: Messed up, too many elements put together without proper explanation. Questions from Risen 1 never got    I will try to summarize it. In general Risen 3 was a mediocre/bad game, especially considering that it came from the Gothic developer.

    Graphics: Definitely low quality for a 2014 game, even Risen 1 had better looking graphics Sound/Music: Pretty generic, nothing memorable

    Story: Messed up, too many elements put together without proper explanation. Questions from Risen 1 never got answered, instead they added extra story elements that only managed to confuse as more.

    World Design: Weak. It doesn't feel realistic and unique. Multiple islands and invisible walls spoil the "open world" feeling. Too many empty areas without the proper content, only filled with randomly placed enemies. There is not a single town in the whole game.

    NPC's: Again, weak. Voice acting is below average, there are many NPC's and companions but the fail to immerse you in the game world. They have no strong personality. Too many dialogues that become boring. I would prefer less, and more meaningful ones. Speaking gnomes turn the game into a parody destroying the "mature" feeling.

    Combat: Better animations than R2, but still it doesn't feel right especially in the beginning. Enemies have a unnatural long attack range causing you headache and extremely bad AI. As the game progresses combat gets easier but also repetitive and boring. Magic is a good addition, but it doesn't seem to fit in the pirate/caribbean setting.

    Inventory: Same from Risen 2. Extremely unpractical, I would prefer Risen 1 inventory instead.    … Expand
  17. Bloke101
    Aug 13, 2014
    0
    This game is rubbish, voice acting is terrible, dialogue is sometimes of the 21 century.... combat is bad, graphics are crud. AI is really bad, my follower would often get lost or stuck when fighting, monsters sometimes run off up a mountain around a bend then down another track and then find way back to you and attack...... dont waste your money, this game series should have been ditchedThis game is rubbish, voice acting is terrible, dialogue is sometimes of the 21 century.... combat is bad, graphics are crud. AI is really bad, my follower would often get lost or stuck when fighting, monsters sometimes run off up a mountain around a bend then down another track and then find way back to you and attack...... dont waste your money, this game series should have been ditched after Risen 1.… Expand
  18. jm895
    Aug 12, 2014
    3
    I had high hopes for this game (especially after hearing Piranha Bytes state that Risen 3 is "going back to its roots"). well, it's a lie. Risen 1, and Gothic 1 & 2 were amazing. Risen 2 was horrible, and it seems that after all the false advertising by Piranha Bytes/Deep Silver, they have learned absolutely nothing. Combat is terrible, the silly pirate theme is still here, theI had high hopes for this game (especially after hearing Piranha Bytes state that Risen 3 is "going back to its roots"). well, it's a lie. Risen 1, and Gothic 1 & 2 were amazing. Risen 2 was horrible, and it seems that after all the false advertising by Piranha Bytes/Deep Silver, they have learned absolutely nothing. Combat is terrible, the silly pirate theme is still here, the story/dialogue horrendous...I could go on, but I won't waste my time. If you loved Gothic 1 & 2, and Risen 1 than you'll hate this game. Sadly, Piranha Bytes has turned into talentless hacks. Do not buy.… Expand
  19. Scade
    Aug 14, 2014
    2
    So bad... I'm really disappointed.
    Voices are really poor, the hero has a deep dark cliché voice, there are no emotions at all...
    Animations are horrible too. Very slow, unrealistic... Took me half an hour to start playing because the game was crashing. Why ? Because i have more than 4 cores in my CPU -_- Had to change that manually and restart the whole computer in order to play. 5    So bad... I'm really disappointed.
    Voices are really poor, the hero has a deep dark cliché voice, there are no emotions at all...
    Animations are horrible too. Very slow, unrealistic...
    Took me half an hour to start playing because the game was crashing. Why ? Because i have more than 4 cores in my CPU -_- Had to change that manually and restart the whole computer in order to play.
    5 minutes after starting the game, it crashed on the "jump" tutorial. Had to restart 5 times to be able (i don't know how) to pass this point. I think i've a pretty decent computer (everything to ultra by default), but still, the game was slightly laggy (every 2 secs, very small freez, and sound sometimes jumping a bit). Tried to set the game to the lowest graphic settings with no change at all !

    Game mechanics and enemies are almost the same than Risen2. You start on an island and meet no less than 9 different type of enemies, one after another... Problem is that you fight all of them exactly the same way. Fights are hard, but not because it's meant to be ! It's because 2 times out of 10, your hit will miss for stupid reasons like not aiming perfectly at the enemy pixels, or terrain elevation.
    Still, monsters have no problem hitting you and chaining attacks like pros. And don't get me started on multiple target fights, where you can't even properly choose your target !

    Programmers where lazy too. Climbing a ladder ? NP ! Just fade to black and teleport player on top ! Need to climb ? No need for a climbing animation, just use the jump then teleport to the anchor point and let the camera rape your eyes while trying to follow the motion !

    I loved Gothic. I Loved Risen so far. But this one is a piece of crap. Poor game play, bad Risen 2 clone, lot of bugs, terrible voice acting and animations... I really hope they'll do something better, but for now, it's a 2.    … Expand
  20. Garfoodle
    Aug 12, 2014
    3
    It suffers from the same problems that Risen 2 did. I mean, for one, the story is cliche beyond all measures. The side quests, which are in abundance, which is one of the games only good points, are MMO like, with cheaply written lines that are acted out by cheap voice acters, and like I said, felt like they should be in an MMO, not a AAA RPG. Combat is still bad. It uses an MMO likeIt suffers from the same problems that Risen 2 did. I mean, for one, the story is cliche beyond all measures. The side quests, which are in abundance, which is one of the games only good points, are MMO like, with cheaply written lines that are acted out by cheap voice acters, and like I said, felt like they should be in an MMO, not a AAA RPG. Combat is still bad. It uses an MMO like hotbar system, which isnt bad IF they had any talent to pull it off. But they dont. What results is a uber-dull combat system, which, as I said, makes it seem like it should belong in an MMO. The graphics look bad, aswell. I can see this getting by on consoles, but running it on the Max settings on PC, I laughed at how bad it looked. I mean, c'mon. A 7 year old game on low(Crysis) looked a lot better then this. The lip syncing is still off, and the animations are poor. All tropes of an MMO.
    Anyway, the only good thing about this is that it has over 200 quests, which really isn't that much by todays standards, but anyway...
    This one is a miss, again. Its mediocre at its best moments, which don't happen to often. I'm not going to go so far as to say that I want my money back, but really, I was expecting a decent single player RPG,NOT a cheap MMO.    … Expand
  21. mweagle
    Aug 14, 2014
    1
    I would like to add a couple points to my review... in a bad way.
    This game can be summed up with one word: frustration.
    Never have I been quick-loading as game this much, simply because (simple) enemies are just on an entire new level of annoying. Even the simplest vultures are mind-boggling frustrating to fight when you qare not able to block (mage). Your character's attacks are so    I would like to add a couple points to my review... in a bad way.
    This game can be summed up with one word: frustration.

    Never have I been quick-loading as game this much, simply because (simple) enemies are just on an entire new level of annoying. Even the simplest vultures are mind-boggling frustrating to fight when you qare not able to block (mage). Your character's attacks are so incredible slow, it is almost impossible to keep enemies awya from you. And with 20 meter leaps from the enemies (even crocodiles can leap towards you over that distance in 0.1 second) which cancels out your own attack, it is one of the worst combat mechanics I have ever seen. The only way you can win tough fights, it by abusing the flawed gamemechanics or keep rolling around until you can deal one shot.

    Risen 1 did a bad job at combat, but Risen 3 takes it to a whole new level of terrible. Especially noticable when you fight 2 enemies that attack you from 2 sides on the same time. Your only chance is to keep rolling. Rolling. Rolling. Rolling. That is basically the combat for non-melee fighters.

    All in all is this game just not worth the price. Terrible voice-acting, terrible combat, bad loot in chests (extremely high lockpick en hidden chest gave me 3 apples and 20 gold). 2007 graphics and basically a merge between Risen 1 and Risen 2. And not to mention the huge amount of glitches and bugs.

    All in all, this game plays like a free MMO RPG but without the Online feature.    … Expand
  22. yum
    Aug 12, 2014
    4
    I am having a deja vu.

    I would have rated Risen 2 a 6/10 so this is a 4/10. If you liked Risen 2 you will get some mileage out of the game but i hoped for so much more. :(
  23. NudeCaveMan
    Aug 13, 2014
    0
    Ужасная боевка. Перекаты, медленные вертушки и отсутствие простых и эффективных ударов, отсутствие контроля над направлением удара, которое было в 1-2 Готиках.
    Рваное, нелогично повествование. Кто, куда, зачем и кто все эти люди? Ужасные диалоги. Нет фирменного сарказма и юмора, за который мы все так полюбили Готики.
    Ужасные задания. Убей 100500 волков и собери 100500 хреновин.    Ужасная боевка. Перекаты, медленные вертушки и отсутствие простых и эффективных ударов, отсутствие контроля над направлением удара, которое было в 1-2 Готиках.
    Рваное, нелогично повествование. Кто, куда, зачем и кто все эти люди? Ужасные диалоги. Нет фирменного сарказма и юмора, за который мы все так полюбили Готики.
    Ужасные задания. Убей 100500 волков и собери 100500 хреновин. "Возвращение к корням" было лишь уловкой маркетологов. От старых Готик нет ничего, кроме глупо дословно вставленных ситуаций, вроде шахтера в Старом Лагере с хижиной, в которой сделали вторую дверь, и названий монстров, вроде Падальщика.
    Музыка. Здесь есть музыка? Ах да, я слышал нечто, но это сложно назвать музыкой. Неатмосферные, унылые мотивы, которые даже не хочется замечать.
    Коридоры. Никакого открытого мира. 7 островов представляют из себя нарезку одного, большого, и состоят из одного-двух коридоров.
    Напарники. Зачем? Нет смысла самому наносить мизерный урон в ближнем бою, лучше перекатываться, а врага убьет бессмертный напарник.
    Нельзя отбирать у людей оружие после их избиение и убивать их, разве что по квесту..
    Хороших игр этой конторы можно больше не ждать. Не удивительно, ведь из нее разбежались все, кто делал хорошие игры. Майк Хоге, Ральф Манчинчик, Кай Розенкранц и другие талантливые люди. Достаточно сравнить Ризен 1 и Готики, геймдизайнером которых был Майк Хоге, и Ризен 2-3, геймдизайнером которых был Бьорн Панкратц. Думаю, вывод очевиден, что это похороны Пираний.    … Expand
  24. Giggs
    Aug 13, 2014
    3
    From the developers needed a little. Make a normal combat system and tell a good story. How could they make fights even worse, I do not know. Character is so slow enemies that enjoy the game instantly disappears. Passed the first two parts, but this must be forgotten quickly.
  25. Blackcompany
    Aug 14, 2014
    1
    Terrible voice acting, poor casting, awful, sluggish combat mechanics. A block/parry feature that simply...doesnt work. At all. Ever. Terrible camera and controls. Production values that are nowhere near in alignment with the asking price.

    Avoid this title.
  26. Axlyss
    Aug 12, 2014
    2
    This game is horrible its not even open world the areas are so confined it feels like an rpg on rails.
    The story is so cliche and boring the side quest are more dull usually kill x amount of monsters and collect Y amount of loot.
  27. MaWo79
    Aug 14, 2014
    1
    First of all, I was a big fan of the developer Piranha Bytes and their past games including the first part of Risen. Since Risen 2 things have significantly changed to the worse and all continues with Risen 3. As a big fan of role playing games and fantasy in general I must admit that if this wasn’t a Piranha Bytes game I certainly wouldn’t even have notices this trivial, mediocre pirateFirst of all, I was a big fan of the developer Piranha Bytes and their past games including the first part of Risen. Since Risen 2 things have significantly changed to the worse and all continues with Risen 3. As a big fan of role playing games and fantasy in general I must admit that if this wasn’t a Piranha Bytes game I certainly wouldn’t even have notices this trivial, mediocre pirate game the slightest.

    To be honest, I never really liked Risen’s overall story of titans, vanished gods and the world faced with ruin and destruction. This is by the way one of my biggest concerns with Risen. There never really was an interesting, believable, existing world or universe and there never was any consistency in both story and world. I think Piranha Bytes didn’t even bother creating a functioning, living world. Everything seemed and still seems like a patchwork of different stories, lax ideas, changing gameplay elements, different designs, constant trials and coincidences eventually leading to the next game. The whole series lacks a common thread. Nothing of it has changed in Risen 3.

    Being fragmented into single pieces or islands which are only accessible by fast traveling, the announced big open world itself completely lacks a true open world feeling. In addition to that the islands with their ever-present rock formations and walls rather feel like mazes of corridors and paths than natural, vast open landscapes.

    I also don’t understand why Piranha Bytes dropped important role playing elements like the cooking of the first part in favor of a simplified system with provisions and why they still keep it although it was one of the unpopular points of Risen 2. There are tons of bad design choices like crafting, looting chests and picking locks in separate windows what kicks you out of the actual game world. There is a crappy combat system again although combat in the first part of the series was really good. I still don’t get it, they had an overall good start with the first game in the series and they only had to build up on their little success but in the end they decided to trash everything.

    If this was just a random colorful, fancy pirate action adventure with a trivial story and a world without any depth, created by a random developer I would have given it 5 to 6 points. (But I highly doubt that I would have ever bought or played a game like this.) Loving role playing games in general and knowing that this is Piranha Bytes’ newest game in contrast to all their previous great works and the fact that this game was advertises with the empty phrase “Back to the Roots” I refuse to give it any more than 1 point.

    This game and the whole Risen series (since Risen 2) is just a big letdown.    … Expand
  28. angarvin43
    Aug 14, 2014
    0
    Here are the facts of Risen 3:

    - maps are almost the same as Risen 2 - monsters, NPCs, and even dialogues mostly are directly copied from Risen 2 - same core game mechanics as Risen 2, with even worse combat - same pirate theme as Risen 2 (no surprise, right?) - pseudo open world, islands are just a collection of corridors with jungles as background (same as Risen 2 again)    Here are the facts of Risen 3:

    - maps are almost the same as Risen 2

    - monsters, NPCs, and even dialogues mostly are directly copied from Risen 2

    - same core game mechanics as Risen 2, with even worse combat

    - same pirate theme as Risen 2 (no surprise, right?)

    - pseudo open world, islands are just a collection of corridors with jungles as background (same as Risen 2 again)

    - still the fetch quest structure, kill something or bring the NPCs some loots (no improvement)

    - addition of some elements from Risen 1 which are removed in Risen 2

    - crappy voice acting and design of dialogues

    - boring and slow-pacing plot

    - this "sequel" is on sale for $50 (WOW!)

    I hope this can help everyone for making purchase decision ;)    … Expand
  29. KunoPaschunke
    Aug 14, 2014
    0
    the console editions suck as hell, pc version is playable but the fight system ist worse than risen 2 and the is still too much pirate kiddy with disney story
  30. Zeev
    Aug 14, 2014
    0
    Yesterday I gave this game a high score of 9. The game is good, until you meet bugged quest.
    There is a mages faction quest named "Reactor". I cannot complete it because of bugs. And therefore I cannot progress and join the Guardians faction.
  31. DrugsMeazureTim
    Jan 10, 2015
    4
    the combat sucks. gameplay feels like risen 2, the franchise had problems since the day of risen 1. but risen 1 was great but not on the xbox 360. risen 2 wasn't bad but still was **** and risen 3 was bad. i don't hate this franchise. but the combat sucks, story is cliche. and deep silver. why all the voice actors from your library sucks ?.
  32. Viper482
    Aug 17, 2014
    4
    The Good:
    Voice acting to be had everywhere, and while I have heard some complain about it I think it was done well myself. Sadly that is the only positive I feel I can write here.
    The Bad: 1. Graphics are dated somewhat but not terrible. 2. Lack of variety in monsters 3. Takes too long to get into a style of combat other than generic melee where you can start speccing your toon    The Good:
    Voice acting to be had everywhere, and while I have heard some complain about it I think it was done well myself. Sadly that is the only positive I feel I can write here.

    The Bad:
    1. Graphics are dated somewhat but not terrible.

    2. Lack of variety in monsters

    3. Takes too long to get into a style of combat other than generic melee where you can start speccing your toon

    4. Feels too linear and claustrophobic.

    5. Story meh.

    6. Loot sucks and 90% of the chests are locked. If you don't have lockpicking high enough you're screwed.

    7. Terrible melee combat that involves spamming dodge more than striking your opponent.

    8. Inconsistencies in quest dialogues, allows too much out of order conversation choices that don't make sense.

    Bottom line, don't bother with it. I paid full price and can't see myself finishing this game....would not even bother with it when it hits a low Steam sale.    … Expand
  33. MasterMemer
    Aug 17, 2014
    0
    I just wanted to play a Gothic game, not a pirate game with **** graphics and unplayable combat with dodges that make you invulnerable. The story is terrible, the islands are too small, the atmosphere is **** I really wanted this game to be at least not worse than Risen 1, but I guess that's too much to ask.
  34. Lordynator
    Sep 7, 2014
    1
    Voted 1, because of graphics, the rest of the game sucks, combat is awe full, animations sucks, I do not understand people who gave this a high score, this game is pure **** do not buy don't waste your money on this.
  35. Markavian
    Aug 15, 2014
    1
    This is no grand RPG, pirate theme is back, even though at some point they stated they were getting rid of it, combat is just frustrating right from the start and doesn't get any better. Movement isn't smooth, bad voice acting. Better off replaying Witcher 1 & 2 if you want a good RPG and cheaper too.
  36. Milolosz
    Aug 17, 2014
    0
    This game is a **** **** dont by this sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
  37. Sirik_Matak
    Sep 7, 2014
    2
    Well, it's not as garbage as Risen 2 was, but it's still a bad game. Every aspect is lacking, combat is laughable, the character system is pointless since the game presents everything it has in the first 2-3 hours and lets us to beat it without bigger problems.
    Not ditching the worst pirate theme in a history, rehashing Risen 2's plot that makes no sense... The game has no direction and    Well, it's not as garbage as Risen 2 was, but it's still a bad game. Every aspect is lacking, combat is laughable, the character system is pointless since the game presents everything it has in the first 2-3 hours and lets us to beat it without bigger problems.
    Not ditching the worst pirate theme in a history, rehashing Risen 2's plot that makes no sense... The game has no direction and no sense. It was made because "it had to be made", even if the developer had no idea what to do and probable knew it shouldn't do it after all. And the players had to play it, just to examine why it's dead and why this developer shouldn't be making any more games.
    It looks like a mix of different ideas, that were put in one box without no one checking if it works. A shame.    … Expand
  38. epoc
    Sep 4, 2014
    2
    This game sucked. It's not average. It's not bellow average. It just sucks. The story is terrible, and poorly written, recycling tons of cliches from about everything, and you freaking play as Christian Bale. I'm not joking. He looks like Christian Bale, he goes around being a douche to everyone and he is generally uninteresting. Just like every character in the game. I didn't like aThis game sucked. It's not average. It's not bellow average. It just sucks. The story is terrible, and poorly written, recycling tons of cliches from about everything, and you freaking play as Christian Bale. I'm not joking. He looks like Christian Bale, he goes around being a douche to everyone and he is generally uninteresting. Just like every character in the game. I didn't like a single character in the game. Not one. Hell, I can't even tell the difference between most of them because they all look and sound pretty much the same. In fact, this game reuses character models and even entire villages from Risen 2. Why? Because it is Risen 2! Zero effort, and no improvements what so ever! Combat is a joke. It's one button and a block. I'm serious. And because of this, combat is extremely hard, and not in a challenging, tactical way like in Dark Souls, it's just impossible to beat anything other than rabbits because they have light and heavy attacks, and you don't! The game randomly picks for you. Stupid. Also, the graphics are still as crappy as Risen 2, with low res textures and some just ugly environments. Boss battles are QTE's. That's it. But it's better than playing the actual combat. I poured 80 hours into this piece of **** 80 hours of boredom. If you buy this game, it will happen to you too. STAY AWAY! STAY FAR AWAY!… Expand
  39. Munsaki
    Aug 25, 2014
    4
    I'm Disappointed in this sequel, so much of it screams "Hate me" especially when considering the voices graphics and terrible combat system.

    I'm going to start of with something i love about the game, and what i loved about the previous games Piranha Bytes made, this is the freedom to explore, and although at the beginning your are limited i find that there are still secrets and nooks.    I'm Disappointed in this sequel, so much of it screams "Hate me" especially when considering the voices graphics and terrible combat system.

    I'm going to start of with something i love about the game, and what i loved about the previous games Piranha Bytes made, this is the freedom to explore, and although at the beginning your are limited i find that there are still secrets and nooks. I'm hoping that the game developers intended me to laugh at some of the completely Useless conversations you would have with your companion during the beginning, its like the developers assumed 6 year old's were going to play (Not that they aren't seeing as i played Gothic 1 when i was 5)
    Personally I loved the Main character's voice in the Gothic Series, but the voiced used in "Titan Lords" makes me cringe every time i hear it, almost making me mute the sound all together,

    The Graphics are outdated, however this hasn't been a problem for me in the previous games Piranha Bytes have made, i feel as if the other disappointing aspects of the game allowed for the realization of how terrible the graphics of the game I'm playing is.

    The combat system seems worse than that of Risen 2, finding myself randomly swinging in certain directions and "barrel rolling" everywhere in order to dodge the rapid attacks the monsters i was fighting, which reminds me of the terrible combat in Gothic 3 against monsters (them repetitively jumping back)

    Overall i'm glad i borrowed a friends copy and didn't waste the $50 or so dollars buying it, However ill i'm still going to play it for the story, which i hope will at least give me some love for the company once again.    … Expand
  40. MajorLag
    Sep 9, 2014
    1
    This game is as fun as masterbating with sandpaper. Pirating this game was an even worse thing to do.
    I'm going to go ahead and head to steam reviews and post the torrent links if people want a taste of this foul anus of a video game.
    The combat is dull, theres no lock-on. Your pistol misses even in close range. The graphics are below bad (looks like I'm playing on a unity game with D    This game is as fun as masterbating with sandpaper. Pirating this game was an even worse thing to do.
    I'm going to go ahead and head to steam reviews and post the torrent links if people want a taste of this foul anus of a video game.
    The combat is dull, theres no lock-on. Your pistol misses even in close range.
    The graphics are below bad (looks like I'm playing on a unity game with D grade graphics.
    Voice acting is awful.
    This game is like ride to hell.

    Most levels are reused from risen 2.

    Overall the game is boring.

    Don't buy if it you like masterbating with sandpaper. If you do then you're retarded.    … Expand
  41. Sjalka
    Aug 18, 2014
    4
    below average, way below expectations

    there is little to say, for i have not played it a very long time. the game does not start very well. unlikable character with no option to customize looks or gender, poor combat mechanics, a somewhat "old" look with sometimes low res textures, dreadful voiceacting and mixed animation ( sometimes very good, sometimes - especially in cutscenes ...    below average, way below expectations

    there is little to say, for i have not played it a very long time. the game does not start very well. unlikable character with no option to customize looks or gender, poor combat mechanics, a somewhat "old" look with sometimes low res textures, dreadful voiceacting and mixed animation ( sometimes very good, sometimes - especially in cutscenes ... terrible )

    the quests have been rather simple with little to no surprises, little choice and little feeling of progression.

    all in all - i noticed that i wondered, why i was not playing one of the older, yet much better games - like skyrim    … Expand
  42. DarkyFuzzy
    Aug 17, 2014
    0
    I can't tell that the character is whether dancing or slashing while in combat, just slow as hell. The main missions require SIDE missions to complete, just totally confused on completing quests.
  43. ItsFrootLoops
    Aug 17, 2014
    2
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 10? People are rating it 10? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!...No but seriously don't buy this huge pile of carbage...don't even torrent it my god it's just awful.
  44. sisho
    Aug 22, 2014
    2
    This game is the perfect example of a bad game. Bad art direction, bad animation, bad sound, terrible gameplay, terrible story... It looks and plays like some low budget title made in the early 00's, and not in the good way. Comparing it to the Gothic series is not even a possibility. Every aspect of this game seems like a joke.
    The first Risen had some good RPG elements, combat,    This game is the perfect example of a bad game. Bad art direction, bad animation, bad sound, terrible gameplay, terrible story... It looks and plays like some low budget title made in the early 00's, and not in the good way. Comparing it to the Gothic series is not even a possibility. Every aspect of this game seems like a joke.
    The first Risen had some good RPG elements, combat, atmosphere and story. Risen 3 has nothing of it.
    Don't buy it.    … Expand
  45. Squerol
    Aug 23, 2014
    1
    My review was deleted so once more - game is MEGA dissapointing for Pirahna Bytes games fan...
    Ok, bad things first, cause there is most of them:
    -Really bad and cheap combat system, button mashing standing enemies... -Character development (where are Learning Points? Stats and Skills system is really bad idea), -World and characters - some alone islands, builded from corridors, boring    My review was deleted so once more - game is MEGA dissapointing for Pirahna Bytes games fan...
    Ok, bad things first, cause there is most of them:
    -Really bad and cheap combat system, button mashing standing enemies...
    -Character development (where are Learning Points? Stats and Skills system is really bad idea),
    -World and characters - some alone islands, builded from corridors, boring cities (where are awesome made towns from Gothic 1/2 or Risen 1?), no open world feeling, And climbing ladders and swimming is made cheap really....
    -Difficulty - slaying Golems, Shadow Warriors, Rhinos, Giant Lizardaz and other beasts from Abyss with all time button mashing on hard difficulty, without any character upgrades....
    -Story - you dont want play this game more...
    -Game engine - Pirahna Bytes just recycled bad Risen 2...
    -Everything, making this game low flight category,...
    Good:
    -Pirahna Bytes this time really assured us that they CAN'T makes games anymore, so hopefully no Gothic game on sight....

    Overally, If they make game from a scratch, maybe something good will there be. But lazy dudes just recycled Risen 2 (which was bad taken game overall) and makes something "nah, Risen 2.5 done, just give us money, we are back to roots!" No come back to roots, just lying to fans, no progress, why dont do somethin on shape of Gothic 1/2 or Risen 1, which was really great game? Shame on you, Pirahna Bytes, I wont take any games from you...    … Expand
  46. wladdim
    Nov 1, 2015
    0
    Terrible combat mechanics, terribly boring dialogues which are worst interpreted from all games i ever played since 2003 , horrific loot picking . Worst of all ,the game is BORING at all.
  47. T_Slice
    Aug 18, 2014
    4
    Did they creators of Risen pay you guys. This game is pretty broken. Creature difficulty is off the charts no matter how big they are they seem to dodge your attacks. I roll in circles trying not to get hit and all the creatures are so fast and your character is slow. Story is alright, but so many quests that are useless and boring. This isnt an MMO. c'mon
  48. gibsmedat
    Aug 18, 2014
    0
    stay far away from this trash. do not listen to the people rating it as anything other than a 6 because they are shills and delusional fan boys. this game is hot garbage. the voice acting, the story and quests are all extremely repetitive and uninteresting. what it comes down to is combat. most of the game is about combat. if the combat wasn't so horrendous then you could overlook thestay far away from this trash. do not listen to the people rating it as anything other than a 6 because they are shills and delusional fan boys. this game is hot garbage. the voice acting, the story and quests are all extremely repetitive and uninteresting. what it comes down to is combat. most of the game is about combat. if the combat wasn't so horrendous then you could overlook the other things, but you can't because the combat IS horrendous. every enemy uses the same attack pattern which is attack you two or three times faster than you can swing your sword, warp back ten feet and warp towards you from ten feet away. there's no variation in any enemy attack patterns except for larger creatures and bosses, but then they have the same **** attack patterns as each other. also the hero seems to always want to do the longest attack animation possible which is slowly spin around and swing your sword. yeah, you have no control over the type of attack animations you do. it's completely random. you can do a "fast" attack one second and the next four attacks you do this **** ballerina attack like some kind of ****. since your attacks are so slow enemies always hit you because their attacks are seemingly three times faster than your attacks. what all this means is that combat turns into an unpleasant experience that involves rolling around and turning small fights against weak creatures into five minute affairs.

    if you can stomach the horrible combat without tearing out your hair you will eventually join a faction. now, what factions do is break the game. after you join a faction combat then becomes a joke with all these spells that completely break any sort of balance this game might of had, which was pretty much no balance at all. anyway, you get these spells that make combat go from incredibly frustrating to incredibly easy and even more **** boring. you get spells that give you ridiculous attack speed, spam able range attacks that mop the floor with groups of enemies and other things that make it so you'll never have a challenge again.

    i've never seen a game that missed "it" quite like risen 3. it does nothing well and the game design is so blatantly schizophrenic that pb must have been doing heroin when they developed this game. i'm not even trying to be a sensationalist here, but this is one of the worst games of all time. STAY AWAY.    … Expand
  49. svikter
    Aug 20, 2014
    4
    Risen 3 is a really good game if you are used to MMO and farming because you will farm sooo much in this game, a problem is when you kill everything in a zone they wont spawn. they said they would go for a more medival feeling but i don't feel medival i still feel the same bad pirate theme from risen 2 where you killed bosses by throwing harpoons in their mouths or kited everything with aRisen 3 is a really good game if you are used to MMO and farming because you will farm sooo much in this game, a problem is when you kill everything in a zone they wont spawn. they said they would go for a more medival feeling but i don't feel medival i still feel the same bad pirate theme from risen 2 where you killed bosses by throwing harpoons in their mouths or kited everything with a musket.......

    Anyway at the start the game is hard, and the thing i dont like in a rpg is that u have to depend on your crewmate to tank all the dmg while u stand behind the monster loading up attacks and the monsters attack the one who is closest and attacks them, their attack pattern is just broken at start, the boss fight are taking right from an mmo no inovation, the last boss is a joke, and the ending was awful. So the game is hard as hell at the start and u will die alot if you don't have bones tanking all the damage. the problem is after you manage to survive and you start to lvl up your melee and get a good weapon then the game becomes tooooo easy.

    after 10 hours i had good weapon and much glory in melee i just wrecked everything until the last boss then the powerspike comes hes hard as hell and annoying as hell.

    the voice acting is soo bad makes it hard to believe this game came out 2014, as many say yes, he sounds like he has throat cancer, and there is nothing interesting about the main character i have no idea why they decided to not continue the game with the protagonist from risen 1 and 2 atleast u could listen and not skip all the conversations.

    Everyone is boring as hell there is no interesting character maybe mendoza from first risen but rest are awful. And oo did you notice patty managed to grow like 5-7 sizes of boobs in 1 game.

    for 49:99 dollars this game is not worth it. this game will only be worth buying when it costs like 10-15 euro on steam.

    Man this was wasted cash, oo and you get instant health by drinking alcohol, and you don't get drunk, yes very very good.

    this game is not above 6/10 stay away from this game.    … Expand
  50. blade01
    Aug 27, 2014
    3
    Sorry folks, this game suckz.Everyone that gives this **** game a 10 is lying and/or stupid.While you can enjoy a game you have to be honest when you review something and consider what games are out there right now.A 10 is the genres best, it sets a new standard.A 10 is a game that does everything right and adds something new of its own.Risen 3 is NOT a 10!Risen 3 is using MANY assets fromSorry folks, this game suckz.Everyone that gives this **** game a 10 is lying and/or stupid.While you can enjoy a game you have to be honest when you review something and consider what games are out there right now.A 10 is the genres best, it sets a new standard.A 10 is a game that does everything right and adds something new of its own.Risen 3 is NOT a 10!Risen 3 is using MANY assets from Risen 2!Thats cheap and lazy and they still charge you around 50€!!!Its basicly the same game without some minor "features" of Risen 2 like the dirty tricks(the kick or the flying parrot).If you like Risen 2, Risen 3 is ok for you.But lets get into detail:

    Visuals:Strangely, some areas look ok to good, others outright suck.The water looks good, everything else not.Rocks for example look really terrible.Sometimes they blend so bad in with the backround that everything "melts" together.Hurts the eyes, really!There is an issue with the settings for the shadows.If you reduce it to a certain level youll have little squares all over the place.Its annoying.What is good, the games will run on every machine out there.I heard some complains about the performance on some systems, got no problems myself though.

    Sound:This is really strange.Its a german game and the german voiceover is sooooooo bad.The english too, no question.The cast for the voices was not very motivated, you can hear that.Maybe because the dialogues are so cheap and bad written.The music, i dont know, the best youll ever hear in the game will be the theme in the menu.The enviromental sounds are......not there i think.There is a jungle, it doesnt sound like a jungle.There is a isle with a vulcano and a stream of lava in the middle of the isle, even there its quiet and suddenly some noises pop in when you come nearer.Its cheap, sorry.

    Gameplay:Storytelling was never a strong point of PB-Games.That was interesting back when Gothic 1 was freshly out.Now its 2014.No evolution in that point.The story is boring at best.The cheap dialogues really heard here too.Its not engaging, no NPC is memorable.Bad for the story and the world.I couldnt care less about this world.Here, games like Mass Effect set a standard i think in terms of dialogues and interesting NPCs.So, the story is bad?How about the strong point of PB Games?Exploration!Yeah this is kinda gone as a strongpoint.The game is cut into pieces with the isles.You have some isles and not a complete world.Its not that much to explore.If you explore, you find SOMETHING, but that something is not really of importance.Youll find some quests out in the wild, ok but they are not really rewarding.The quests are a problem of their own.Boring at best.They feel like MMO quests.Fetch and bring, kill 10 monsters.Cheap, lazy.What really pisses me of is the combat system.Some claimed it is frustrating.Yes and no!Look some reviews, like angry Joes.He suckz at risen.In the first hours you need to duck and roll.Than its really an easy game, youll look through the enemy movement after minutes and know when they attack.I NEVER died in the game because of a fight.There are some imbalances in the system.Like the daggers, they are too strong.Better than magic i think(at least better than the demonhunter magic).

    All in all, this game is lazy.50€ is too much.Where the production time went into?Not the story, not the quests, not the combat.Nothing is new, nothing is fresh.The game is a solid 5/10 but there is the issue with the laziness and the DLC problem.They cut out content and reuse many things from Risen 2.This is a no go!!!For that, its just a 3/10!!!!    … Expand
  51. ThE_MarD
    Aug 16, 2014
    0
    Heyyo, this is another broken Risen game... Pirana Bytes yet again seem to never learn their damn lessons... enemies attack in 1/10th of a second yet the player has a full second animation on his sword swing... brutal.
  52. LiquidFrostbite
    Aug 22, 2014
    0
    Horrible game. Which is unfortunate, because I actually enjoyed the graphics and the character animations. I thought the game had an interesting story and interesting characters.

    The combat/gameplay however is absolutely horrendous. This is easily the WORST combat I have ever seen in a game, in my entire span of gaming. It completely ruins the experience. It's not fun, it's tedious.    Horrible game. Which is unfortunate, because I actually enjoyed the graphics and the character animations. I thought the game had an interesting story and interesting characters.

    The combat/gameplay however is absolutely horrendous. This is easily the WORST combat I have ever seen in a game, in my entire span of gaming. It completely ruins the experience. It's not fun, it's tedious. This a true example of how gameplay trumps graphics.

    Did they learn nothing from Risen 2?    … Expand
  53. EmperorSultan
    Dec 24, 2015
    3
    I enjoyed Risen 1, kinda liked Risen 2. I read nothing about Risen 3 because I wanted to be surprised when ever I get the game. So what does Piranhna Bytes you say... They give a new hero who was never mentioned before and you dont give a damn about and copy most of the islands from Risen 2 and improving nothing on the horrible combat system, Piranhna Bytes please learn something from yourI enjoyed Risen 1, kinda liked Risen 2. I read nothing about Risen 3 because I wanted to be surprised when ever I get the game. So what does Piranhna Bytes you say... They give a new hero who was never mentioned before and you dont give a damn about and copy most of the islands from Risen 2 and improving nothing on the horrible combat system, Piranhna Bytes please learn something from your polish neighbors CD Projeckt RED.

    The last chance I give the german studio is with ELEX, hopefully it doesn't disappoint.    … Expand
  54. iAdm
    Aug 19, 2014
    0
    I was terribly disappointed, the early parts of the game were much better in terms of gameplay, and in terms of dialogue. Can not even download it, waste of time.
  55. alexzorz
    Aug 25, 2014
    0
    To me, this game seems like a poor rebrushing of Risen 2. But it's even worse. Risen 2 had some playability, and wasn't really that bad. It just wasn't as good as Risen 1.

    But this one, oh boy, where do I start? First off, i can't believe they went through with this cheap, clichéed voice acting. It sounds like something out of a poor porn-movie. And i am not even joking. Just the    To me, this game seems like a poor rebrushing of Risen 2. But it's even worse. Risen 2 had some playability, and wasn't really that bad. It just wasn't as good as Risen 1.

    But this one, oh boy, where do I start?

    First off, i can't believe they went through with this cheap, clichéed voice acting. It sounds like something out of a poor porn-movie. And i am not even joking.

    Just the voice acting alone makes me want to turn the game off - and i have done so every time now.
    I am directly embarrassed every time characters in this game opens their mouth to speak.
    It's like they say the most obvious, silly things all the time. Are they trying to annoy me?

    The inventory system seems to be ported straight out of Risen 2. It's kind of cluttered and messy compared to Risen 1.

    Combat feels clumsy, and animations seem poor. Just try to jump, and see how it slows down and floats like you somehow slow down time while mid-air.

    Textures seem poorly done, as you can often see "smeared" and warped textures all over. And the resolution seem to be low and badly applied many places.
    Including characters.

    This was really bad, and I am very certain i won't even finish this game.
    Sadly, as i had looked forward to this one.

    I think the main problem is that they try to hard to please us, and just end up halfways on so many points, that the overall presentation of the game is quite low.

    I can't believe they expect to sell me this in 2014. And i am not really being cruel here.

    It just seems very bad and rushed. Maybe they try to hard to please critics, and end up working too hard in the wrong places...

    Massive failure in my eyes. It's quite a shame for the Risen series, really.

    Please don't try again. Just make something else, you are killing Risen.    … Expand
  56. tian2matt2
    Nov 27, 2014
    0
    Just bought this game and installed it on my PC. As soon as played it for an hour, it bores me. It did not meet my expectations, thought it could surpassed Skyrim or other games like it, but sadly it did not. Waste of money and time. I could have gone for Farcry4 which is on my 2nd list when i bought it. If this game sucks bigtime, how much more the other 2 which came before it.
  57. Caligamy
    Nov 22, 2014
    2
    I really wanted to like this game. Found the world to be interesting and felt compelled to explore it, however.. this game has some really REALLY terrible controls and feels clunky as hell at every turn, and I had it setup for use with the XBox controller..

    The voice acting is pretty bad, to the point where it was just annoying to listen to less than an hour into this, and why did it    I really wanted to like this game. Found the world to be interesting and felt compelled to explore it, however.. this game has some really REALLY terrible controls and feels clunky as hell at every turn, and I had it setup for use with the XBox controller..

    The voice acting is pretty bad, to the point where it was just annoying to listen to less than an hour into this, and why did it seem like "Bones" voice changed suddenly after being obnoxious for 20 minutes? While I did feel compelled to explore what world was presented to me in this title, I wont.. because it just feels like a terrible chore to even play this.    … Expand
  58. Le0nidas
    Sep 28, 2021
    4
    This game is a meh. I couldnt finish it because of very often stupid dialoagues and characters. Really a disappointment from the studio that made Gothic, one of the best games ever.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 26 out of 49
  3. Negative: 6 out of 49
  1. CD-Action
    Oct 22, 2014
    75
    The Germans took a step back and reintroduced more of the distinctive atmosphere of the Gothic series and the first Risen, which is a huge advantage for me. The world is so vivid and lively that it really makes you want to be there and see as much of the vast content as possible. It’s a shame that the game’s engine is visibly aging and the story lacks the punch. [10/2014, p.48]
  2. SpazioGames
    Oct 18, 2014
    70
    The game is goo, but there are too many similarities with the previous installment of the series, and almost all in a negative sense, as neither the combat system, nor the AI ​​have seen some improvements.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Oct 13, 2014
    40
    While the game builds on the legacy of its previous installments, it also repeats old mistakes. Only for the tolerant camp of the series' hardcore fans. [Issue#245]
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