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So basically all games with hubs are also open world? I mean, in KotOR you could choose your maps in the order you wished.. I don't agree with this. To me, an open world game is like Gothic: you're just dumped into a world and there's nothing else outside it. Everything in the game is contained within the same map/zone/world.

I absolutely love this new trailer for Borderlands, one of my most anticipated RPG/FPS hybrids: http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/borderlands-trailer-2 "87 gazillion types of weapons" :D

But were they really? There wasn't a world you could explore. There was an overland map where you could click on destinations and then the game let you watch a small dot crawl slowly across that immobile map until you either had a random encounter or ended up at your destination. You never really got to experience a world. I actually think of the overland map in Fallout and Fallout 2 as more of a hub than an open world. Fallout 3, on the other hand, was open world.

To my ears (eyes?) it sounds fantastic. And I enjoy difficult games! All Gothic games are difficult. I can't wait for this to be released in English. Thanks for the updates though, Morgoth. Try not to spoil too much since I probably won't be able to stop myself from reading this thread.

I'm gonna make the gayest Mike ever and only flirt with guys.

Has anyone ever played a game that took place in Sweden? Ever..? /tumbleweed

Thanks Morgoth. It looks great.

It looks fantastic! The only thing missing would be exploration, but I can live with that.

... :bat: !!!

No, I've won several contests and not a single one of the tens of suggestions for a custom title I've sent in has been approved by Fionavar. ... There must be something wrong with Fionavar.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/preview...g=picks;title;5 Actually sounds pretty good.

Small impression of Risen over at RPGamer: http://www.rpgamer.com/event/rtts2009/imp/.../risen-imp.html It sounds like the shapeshifting magic that's always been a staple of the Gothic series is finally getting some good use. I've always wondered why they've never used it more in the previous games. Like when you could transform into a meatbug (the lowliest creature in the Gothic game).. why not make use of its diminutive size and let me crawl beneath locked doors and stuff? They've never really utilized shapeshifting in their quests and puzzles properly. Until now (I hope).

Does it beat the time when one unnamed moderator..ham censored a picture of a folded piece of paper? Who knew a piece of paper could be folded so wrong? Now that was dumb, this is nothing.

Uh.. Try Dungeon Lords and Gothic 3

Yeah, rub it in, damn German speaking jerk

I want the dude with four blue eyes, but I don't want to lose my New Vegas avatar either. Can I have two? :/

Tiny preview of the Xbox 360 version of Risen over at OXM: http://www.oxmonline.com/article/previews/m-r/risen I really hope it sells on the Xbox 360 too..

Yay! I suspect this game will be AWESOME! Wait.. September?! I need to learn German

I'm gonna kill you all if this romance thread becomes bigger than the guns thread

Oh wow, this is GREAT news! PLEASE, some talented modder, release a higher resolution mod for Daggerfall! And if you're really talented, turn the software renderer into a hardware ditto. :D Anyhow, still great news! Excellent game!

Ed Zitron is not with Eurogamer. He's a freelancer. Not that I have any idea what this has to do with Dragon Age.

New hands-on from Eurogamer: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/dragon-a...nds-on_3?page=1

Apparently the international release date is set to October 2. Yay! Anyhow, Piranha Bytes released a gif explaining exactly how dark the nights get in Risen: I thought it was pretty funny..