Pretty good preview, written by one of the fans on the World of Risen site:

 

http://www.worldofrisen.de/article_102_2.htm

 

I guess the graphics will suck. But it won't be as buggy as all the Gothic games have been at release!

Risen - Nightwish teaser

I never checked out this game, not a fan of Gothic, but this trailer and this song make me want for more. Always thought Nightwish should be hired to write music for Lord of the Rings movies.

Edited July 28, 200916 yr by PoziomyPion

System Requirements revealed

 

Required Hardware Specifications:

 

I bet the game is extremely short.

I actually bet it's the other way around. None of the Gothic's has been less than 50-60 hours! I played Gothic 2 for over 80 hours and Gothic 3 for a lot over 100 hours.

 

But 2.5 GB seems a bit.. small. I wonder why.

Well, Gothic 3 was only 3,5 GB large, and was supposedly a 100 hour game. Risen is expected to be shorter anyway.

I just found out that Gollum and Gimli are voicing two of the characters in Risen. That's actually pretty.. neat.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475543/

Oh, and the final cover has been released too:

 

 

I kind of like it.

Oh, and the final cover has been released too:

 

I just found out that Gollum and Gimli are voicing two of the characters in Risen. That's actually pretty.. neat.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475543/

 

You see, when they hire someone like Lena Headey, I wish they had access to whatever face mapping tech Bio used for Shepard.

Edited August 6, 200916 yr by Bos_hybrid

So is this another, the Germans will Alpha test the game for us, and when it hit's the US, we beta test the game?

 

I'm not bitter or anything.

Well, this is the first time Piranha Bytes has tried to release anyhting on the Xbox 360. While this is mostly bad news for us PC gamers (we end up having to suffer through the same limitations of the Xbox 360 hardware even though we have much more powerful stuff in our rigs), it also brings something good to the table: rigorous Quality Assurance!

 

I'm afraid submitting a Piranha Bytes game to Microsoft QA will do what the Great Hedron Collider could not; create a black hole that swallows Earth.

So is this another, the Germans will Alpha test the game for us, and when it hit's the US, we beta test the game?

 

I'm not bitter or anything.

The game gets a worldwide release in the same week. October 2th. Yanks usually at Tuesday, Euros at Friday.

 

And any hands-on preview that I've read already indicates that Risen won't be buggy. Quite on the contrary.

I'm afraid submitting a Piranha Bytes game to Microsoft QA will do what the Great Hedron Collider could not; create a black hole that swallows Earth.

 

 

An unstoppable force meets an unmoveable object!

The game gets a worldwide release in the same week. October 2th. Yanks usually at Tuesday, Euros at Friday.

 

And any hands-on preview that I've read already indicates that Risen won't be buggy. Quite on the contrary.

Too many RPGs are coming out in October. I can already hear my piggy bank complaining.

The game gets a worldwide release in the same week. October 2th. Yanks usually at Tuesday, Euros at Friday.

 

And any hands-on preview that I've read already indicates that Risen won't be buggy. Quite on the contrary.

Too many RPGs are coming out in October. I can already hear my piggy bank complaining.

Indeed. But I'll skip Risen into somewhere 2010. Plus ebay is my best friend of my wallet.

Just a random picture from Risen that I liked:

 

 

Swine army!

Actually, there's 20-something new pictures in this link:

 

http://www.pcgames.de/aid,691931/Risen-Meh...mage_id=1170688

 

I must say I like the graphics, even though it may not be the most advanced graphics ever. The art design suits my taste, I guess.

I must be really really techno-illiterate but I can't understand this hunger for better graphics. Sure the graphics are still somewhat sterile (as we (game engines and cpu powers) can't handle dust and rain and mud acting as real life) but other than that... Do you really need the resolution of basketball court x soccer field?

Looks like good and simple graphics with some nice art direction.

 

 

Also, better graphics help for better atmosphere, usually. If Dead Space or Bioshock were uglier they wouldn't be as good, and physics that impact gameplay are always fun.

Sure better graphics allow you to loose yourself in and into the game more easyly but is there a real big difference between say Risen and maxed Crysis(tem cry) I'm not talking about System Shock 2 graphics vs UT 3.76 engine.

Edited August 8, 200916 yr by cronicler

I'll get Risen instead of Alpha Protocol & possibly Dragon Age. Open-ended, free-roaming RPGs FTW.

Oh, and the final cover has been released too:

 

 

I kind of like it.

Wow, I've never seen such a boring, generic looking hero. Let alone packshot.

That's one terrible cover. Possibly worse than Mass Effect 2's cover.

That's one terrible cover. Possibly worse than Mass Effect 2's cover.

What's wrong with it? Or ME2's cover? Both of them look just fine to me.. It must be one hard life if you expect every single little detail to be perfect and just the way YOU want. Generic hero, so what. It could be MUCH worse. Like Conan O'Brien or something.