Comments on: Risen 3: Titan Lords

By: Dominik

Dominik — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:48:41 +0000

I’m a huge fan of PB too, and although I think 92% is a bit much considering how this is is more or less a slightly improved and polished version of Risen 2, I think Titan Lords is a really good title. I always dug the idea of clunky combat in an RPG game at the beginning with the character progressively getting better, i.e. stronger, faster, and generally more deadly. The combat in this game doesn’t even start out literally slow, just simple. In any case, those who never played the game and are basing their opinion of it off of a “YouTube review” of some Internet celebrity are ridiculous – even if you don’t like PB games – get Risen 3 on a first sale and you won’t regret it.

All in all, nice review Brian, though your fanboyism may have influenced the final score a bit much. Cheers.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 02:56:22 +0000

The author played in some other risen 3 then other players, nice review on non existent game.

By: Brian Mardiney

Brian Mardiney — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 06:12:23 +0000

I didn’t miss those points I liked the dodging and I felt it made combat better, not worse. Difference of opinion there.

Jack the lighthouse keeper was in Risen 2. But yes, PB regained the rights to the Gothic franchise and it’s obvious they wanted to splash some Gothic goodness into Risen (Dragon Snappers, Scavengers, Moe). I have a theory that the “king” of Risen’s old world (before Risen 1 starts) that dies when the gods are banished is, in fact, the main hero from Gothic. And the gods that they banished were Innos, Addanos and Beliar. That’s just my cute theory :p

Yeah, I get that people are tired of pirates. But for better or worse, pirates have always been a pretty big part of Risen (even the first game). It’s a Caribbean-esque world they’ve built. However, Calador does a pretty good job of giving more of that Gothic, “German forests and plains” feel.

By: Zomgfirez

Zomgfirez — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 22:17:09 +0000

Liked this game a lot and a big fan of PB, but I would like to point out few pretty strong points the author has missed.
– The rolling dodge system completely screws the combat system and makes this game ridiculously easy. Once i rolled through half of the map with a bunch of mobs on my tail to a city where guards kicked their arse. Can’t even start to describe how dum it looked. This makes most fights a waiting game. You wait while your companion gets aggro – hit 2 times – roll away from the hit – repeat the cycle.
– they tried too hard to make references to their old gothic series to the point where it looked like they are deliberately trying to win over their fans from the ages past with cheap tricks. Lighthouse keeper Jack and bar guard Moe. B*** please.
– the last but not the least – pirate theme = stale, so stale…
Loved games’ visuals, the old gothic vibe with many hidden imba items waiting for you to find.
P.S. – one bug i personally encountered is a quest to find a shimmering pearl on Kila. There is a chance none of the shells will contain quest item making this quest impossible to complete.

By: Barron

Barron — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 02:35:29 +0000

Awesome review. This really is one of the best RPGs I have ever played. The combat starts slow and then really opens up and becomes a blast. It seems that everyone blasting the game in this comments section never played it and is just regurgitating what other idiots such as angry joe have said. I haven’t run into one bug and I’m 10 hours in. The islands are huge, so I have no idea what another person posting they are tiny on here is talking about. It’s amazing that if a review doesn’t align with a persons views it’s either a paid ad or just for hits. I really hope this does sell well because it would be awesome to see a next gen title. I absolutely love exploring and finding all the good stuff in corners. This game actually rewards exploration.

By: M T Smith

M T Smith — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:23:31 +0000

10 hours into game and really like it. Big fan of Gothic and risen games. I hope they continue to get support and publish these games!

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:35:46 +0000

Great Game!! But… All the fun begins when you join the faction and learn magic!

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 03:01:09 +0000

Jinx! :p

By: Dresden

Dresden — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:48:34 +0000

“…the main character sounds like someone with throat cancer”

I think he sounds alot like Jason Statham

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:40:28 +0000

Greetings! Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, if you liked the Gothics, you’ll get a kick out of the Demon Hunter faction.