Risen 3: Titan Lords

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  1. Elvekings
    Aug 16, 2014
    5
    Игра не то что бы УГ, но очень близка к тому.
    +Единственный более-менее плюс - это красиво нарисованные пейзажи и освещение.
    +Атмосфера, да есть какая-никакая атмосфера, которая создана благодаря отличной работе левел-дизайнеров. Каладор - просто прелесть, как в миненталь попал, а уж присоединившись к демонхантерам, получается еще лучше, как будто охотник на драконов, во 2 готике.    Игра не то что бы УГ, но очень близка к тому.
    +Единственный более-менее плюс - это красиво нарисованные пейзажи и освещение.
    +Атмосфера, да есть какая-никакая атмосфера, которая создана благодаря отличной работе левел-дизайнеров. Каладор - просто прелесть, как в миненталь попал, а уж присоединившись к демонхантерам, получается еще лучше, как будто охотник на драконов, во 2 готике.
    +Сиськи Петти, циничные и язвительные комментарии духа инквизитора Мендосы.
    Минусов полно.
    -Анимация - просто нет слов, театр деревянных буратин. Лицевая анимация - отсутствует, морды с деревянной мимикой, в mass effect 2007 года и то лучше.
    -Боевка - тоже УГ. Кликаешь мышкой, ставишь блок, если NPC начинает атаку из 3 ударов (а она у 90% NPC атака идет серией из 3 ударов), то будь ты хоть "Я-Мохаммед-круче-всех-Брюс-Ли", ты все равно не сможешь ее прервать и будешь выгребать. Но к середине игры тебе будет глубоко наплевать, т.к появится магия делающая тебя неуязвимым.
    -Кривой ИИ спутников, которые нужны только чтобы хоть как-то отвлечь врагов, но запросто могут застрять в камне или неторопливо пешком идти до моба, который месит тебя.
    -Ролевая система, nuff said. Квесты - убогие: сходи убей, пойди-принеси, собери n фиговин и сдай квестодателю... просто шик. Сложные квесты с интересным сюжетом, моральным выбором, эффектными кат-сценами... нет, не слышали.
    -Морские битвы - это полное говно, такое впечатление, что кто-то из пираний поиграл в Assasins Creed 3 и решили запилить морские бои, как там. Только получилось настолько убого, что хоть святых выноси. (Сцены абордажа корабля пирата-Моргана и инквизитора-Себастьяно - копии друг друга, почти абсолютные, именины только модели с пиратских, на инквизиторские.)
    -Из кремниевого пистолета и арбалета можно стрелять, аки из современной Бретты, вообще без перезарядки, ну и мазать в упор, просто шик.
    -Ни эпика, ни пафоса, ничего.
    Вобщем вывод печальный на метакритике userscore совершенно справедлив, игра на 5 из 10.
    Складывается такое впечатление, что парни из Pyrania Bytes за то время, что выпустили в 2005 году аддон "Ночь ворона" к Готике 2, не включали телевизор, не смотрели ютуб, не читали статей, не играли в другие RPG. И если 1 Risen им более менее удался т.к они во многом просто сваяли Готику 2 на новом движке и с новой легендой, а на волне разочарования готик-фанов от 3 и 4 частей серии это стало некоей отдушиной, да и в целом для 2009 года было еще неплохо.
    То в 2014 году выпускать подобный проект, да еще 800 рублей за него простить. Это нонсенс, тут ничего нет, ни квестов, ни сторилайна, ни отличных персонажей, и разумной боевки ( в готике 2 и Risen 1 было и ту лучше)... ничего. Пиратский сеттинг - уныл, после Assasins Creed 3 морские бои тут - без крови из глаз не взглянешь (AC Black Flag не беру в расчет т.к он говно).
    Вобщем я кое-как прошел ее до конца, но я рад, что не заплатил за это. И не дай бог, если разработка окупится, тогда нам в 2016 году представят снова эту же игру.
    З.Ы было бы лучше, если бы они в месте с JoWood Ремастеринг Готики 1 и 2 сделали на движке Risen 3. Было бы куда как лучше.    … Expand
  2. 1am4critic
    Aug 17, 2014
    5
    This game tries to capture the Gothic series feel but falls short. Combat tries to imitate the style of other rpgs but is unresponsive and feels choppy. The graphics are also very sloppy, and the voice acting and storyline is quite forgettable. Unfortunately, RIsen 3 does not do anything to help it stand out from its former greats, and everything it does do to try to bring Gothic up toThis game tries to capture the Gothic series feel but falls short. Combat tries to imitate the style of other rpgs but is unresponsive and feels choppy. The graphics are also very sloppy, and the voice acting and storyline is quite forgettable. Unfortunately, RIsen 3 does not do anything to help it stand out from its former greats, and everything it does do to try to bring Gothic up to date seems very underwhelming.… Expand
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. RuneThor
    Aug 12, 2014
    5
    Damn it's so disappointing to see where Piranha Bytes went from Gothic series to Risen 3. As much as Gothic series we absolutely AMAZING, Risen franchise SUCKS. No variety whatsoever.

    I hope they never touch Gothic series again because they will surely **** it up. Boring plot, watered down gameplay to suit xbox and ps3 bad animations appalling graphics. I'm just kinda rambling    Damn it's so disappointing to see where Piranha Bytes went from Gothic series to Risen 3. As much as Gothic series we absolutely AMAZING, Risen franchise SUCKS. No variety whatsoever.

    I hope they never touch Gothic series again because they will surely **** it up.

    Boring plot, watered down gameplay to suit xbox and ps3 bad animations appalling graphics.

    I'm just kinda rambling around because i'm in shock.

    Risen 1 barely held it together as ''gothic'' style game but they have **** on that. They had great niche to be a special kind of RPG where not everything was like skyrim and where you could finish quests just by exploring the world.

    Now they have become obsessed with this pirate theme thinking it will sell on account of pirates of the Caribbean or Asassins creed black flag....WRONG

    What you did was alienate all your fans from the gothic franchise. Shame on you PB.

    Even gothic ARCANIA was more fun to play than this crap.

    STOP MAKING GAMES FOR XBOX AND PS. STOP SIMPLIFYING GOTHIC MECHANICS. RETURN TO MEDIEVAL/MAGIC where PIRATE ADVENTURE IS A QUEST OR TWO LIKE NIGHT OF THE RAVEN NOT THE WHOLE GAME.

    EITHER THAT OR STOP MAKING GAMES.

    ENRAGED FAN!!!!!!

    DAMN I HAVE TO PLAY GOTHIC AGAIN JUST TO GET THIS BAD TASTE OF CRAP OUT OF MY HEAD.    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. Dzoki
    Aug 13, 2014
    5
    I never play Risen before, but i try to give this game a chance. At first moment when i launch game, it looks very cheap and creepy. Story line looks very unprepared, even the scripts looks horrible. In final look, i will give this rpg game 5/10, bonus points i give this game for music and ideas.. But guys ? Rly ? Really in 2014 so bad looking game like this ? Hope next Risen will beI never play Risen before, but i try to give this game a chance. At first moment when i launch game, it looks very cheap and creepy. Story line looks very unprepared, even the scripts looks horrible. In final look, i will give this rpg game 5/10, bonus points i give this game for music and ideas.. But guys ? Rly ? Really in 2014 so bad looking game like this ? Hope next Risen will be more rare, originally and with nice look ! srsly !… Expand
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. Merkusek
    Aug 12, 2014
    10
    This game is that what I expected. There is a lot of that things that were the best in Risen and Gothic series. Combat system is dynamic and enjoyable. Game world has been made perfectly. You can decide where your hero will sail on a ship almost at game start. Story is very good and surprising. Risen 3 is one of the best RPG game of this year by me.
    You need to buy it!
  21. 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
  22. northernlad
    Aug 16, 2014
    7
    having plunged deeper into the game its still no gothic but the best risen game from pb please remake gothic 1/2 or a new start in the gothic erahaving plunged deeper into the game its still no gothic but the best risen game from pb please remake gothic 1/2 or a new start in the gothic era ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................… Expand
  23. observer123
    Aug 19, 2014
    10
    I don't get why Risen 2 got so much hate and neither do I understand why this one receives such low scores, especially from PB fans. If you want another Gothic 2, then this is not it. If you did not like Risen 1 and 2, you won't like this one as well. If you did like the previous games, then why the hell are you still reading these reviews? Go get yourself Risen 3. It's an order.
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. afex
    Aug 18, 2014
    10
    First 30-60 min. game not interesting, then starting mix of Gothic I,II and Risen I and its good.Combat seestem to me looks familiar to Gothic II (even in entry location single mob can kill you :) ).Who crying about grafic's RPG not for you go play tech.- demo Crysis 1,2,3.
    (By the way art desing cute).
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. real022
    Aug 14, 2014
    10
    I cant stop playing. Yes, cut scenes from 1999, and yes, bad voice acting.
    But I cant stop playing :)
    Btw, beside ugly cut scenes, graphic is really great, and world is so big and alive, and feeling is different than assassins creed world or gta. Everything in this game has some purpose. Dont listen to unfair critic of people who played this for 20 min. I am not in this type of    I cant stop playing. Yes, cut scenes from 1999, and yes, bad voice acting.
    But I cant stop playing :)

    Btw, beside ugly cut scenes, graphic is really great, and world is so big and alive, and feeling is different than assassins creed world or gta. Everything in this game has some purpose.
    Dont listen to unfair critic of people who played this for 20 min.

    I am not in this type of games, but Divine Divinity Original Sin and Risen 3 got me.    … Expand
  30. 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
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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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