Changed my mind i like it now, ignore post

[RandalMcdaniel]

i changed my mind, its a pretty good game. You just gotta make it yourself by learning skills and stuff. Then it literally becomes playable

in all honesty i think this is the best handcrafted gameworld in gaming history

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

not only has this game not ever been "enhanced" over the years.

With all due respect, in which world do you live in? The game is 8 years old.

It is entirely unrealistic to expect a small game developer studio to maintain a released product for a long or very long time or to develop it further after release. The software development life cycle of this game has ended many years ago, which is normal procedure.

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

It apparently never even recieved its day one patch!

Risen 3 has received multiple patches with release notes. Find some of the announcements still in the News section.

[RandalMcdaniel]

Originally posted by D'amarr from Darshiva:

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

not only has this game not ever been "enhanced" over the years.

With all due respect, in which world do you live in? The game is 8 years old.

It is entirely unrealistic to expect a small game developer studio to maintain a released product for a long or very long time or to develop it further after release. The software development life cycle of this game has ended many years ago, which is normal procedure.

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

It apparently never even recieved its day one patch!

Risen 3 has received multiple patches with release notes. Find some of the announcements still in the News section.

what? why does this console port game not have real xinput support?

day one patches fix the basics, thats what i was referring to. I know this game has recieved many patches but none of them did anything

[czapla1024]

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

and the fact that the hotbar has no memory = sadge. You Hotbar torch equip torch, he holds the torch, then enter combat mode and he drops torch on ground and you gotta hotbar it again.. incredible.

So? What's it got to do with "memory"?
You drop your torch so you can have free hand during combat. After the fight you grab that torch off the ground and it still works as before. Simple, logical, immersive.

[RandalMcdaniel]

i just got finished with arcania gothic 4 playthrough and if you ran out of an item or sold it accidentally, a ghost of that item remained in your quickselect. Thats what its supposed to be like otherwise you get stuck standing there re-equipping spells or items you already quickslotted once before

[czapla1024]

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

i just got finished with arcania gothic 4 playthrough and if you ran out of an item or sold it accidentally, a ghost of that item remained in your quickselect. Thats what its supposed to be like otherwise you get stuck standing there re-equipping spells or items you already quickslotted once before

If you ran out of any resource (except maybe ammo) in either of two games you must be doing something REALLY wrong.
Also a PSA: please do not use words "Gothic" and "Arcania" next to each other. Thank you for your cooperation.

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

joystick is jumpy, no deadzones, get stuck walking forward at times

Literally plugged my pad to check. Deadzones are clearly in place as is distinction between walking and running depending on how far you push your left stick. Only thing missing is graduality in camera speed.

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

And pressing A on things accidentally like sit on bench or talking to follower when trying to loot.. bruh.. torture

Most of the time you can prevent this by not being a lazybone and centering a camera on the object you want to interact with. Not always but usually.

[RandalMcdaniel]

Originally posted by czapla1024:

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

i just got finished with arcania gothic 4 playthrough and if you ran out of an item or sold it accidentally, a ghost of that item remained in your quickselect. Thats what its supposed to be like otherwise you get stuck standing there re-equipping spells or items you already quickslotted once before

If you ran out of any resource (except maybe ammo) in either of two games you must be doing something REALLY wrong.
Also a PSA: please do not use words "Gothic" and "Arcania" next to each other. Thank you for your cooperation.

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

joystick is jumpy, no deadzones, get stuck walking forward at times

Literally plugged my pad to check. Deadzones are clearly in place as is distinction between walking and running depending on how far you push your left stick. Only thing missing is graduality in camera speed.

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

And pressing A on things accidentally like sit on bench or talking to follower when trying to loot.. bruh.. torture

Most of the time you can prevent this by not being a lazybone and centering a camera on the object you want to interact with. Not always but usually.

actually i spent 110 hours in arcania recently (and keep in mind this is 10 years of never trying it because, like you, i understood it to be a bad game despite never experiencing it for myself). I even gave it a bad review on only 38 minutes played. That negative review sat for years and years..

Heres the kicker.. arcania GOTHIC 4 is actually a really good game (the legacy version is the only version that runs smooth because the 2015 update broke the default versions frame pacing)

not only is arcania a worthy successor to the gothic series. But its actually lightyears better than gothic 3. And it's absolutely steeped in all aspects of the gothic universe. It IS gothic 4. At the very minimum its 1000x better than gothic3

So anybody who disses it (i was one of those people) is actually confirming that they are a herdmind sheep that only likes things another person gives you the green light to. And i am guilty of that myself

The first like 4 hours of the game trick you into believing you are about to experience a shallow title.. but the reality couldnt be any further from that

Im not even trying to fight with you either, you should really try arcania legacy. It's better than we as a gaming community first thought

[czapla1024]

I see you keep editing original post. And you look like you fall deeper and deeper into downward spiral of salt and hate. I don't think I should even interact with something this "passionate" (for all wrong reasons) but I clearly have too much free time on my hands. LESGOOO

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

2. Crashed to desktop while firing musket on brand new PC. So I look on the steam hub and this issue is literally on the first page. A post made in 2015 called "Game freezing when firing from musket" with 58 replies of people having the same issue. LITERALLY THE FIRST PAGE.

Yeah, that's what happens when you hit any water surface. Honestly, it's a load of bull and I hate it but it's completely preventable.

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

4. Rain sounds on antigua kept cutting out until i changed maxaudiochannels from 128 to 256 (again thanks pcgamingwiki)

Let me toot my own horn here. I am the fix's author. When you go down to PCGW sources it links to a discussion in which it was me that gives the instruction.

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

6. The combat is the worst combat i have ever seen make its way into a modern game. At least in the negatively reviewed title "arcania" different weapon types had different movesets. This game has two sword swing animations and thats literally it. LITERALLY. An elegant little upward swing, followed by a twist, and another elegant swing. And this is the same regardless of weapon type. Oh and its timed perfectly so that you never have a window of opportunity to attack..really. ever. You need to rely on your teammates to take aggro to cheese the game. And the whole game is this way. You can really see how much of a joke the game is when trying to fight multiple enemies at once
...
In ultra mode they just disable iframes in dodging making dodging useless, and thats literally half of the games combat. You cannot keep yourself safe with just parrying. So on ultra you are forced to exploit your way through the entire game using followers and nearby NPC's to take aggro. Ultra mode is such a joke. And only exists because people complained that the game was too easy (BECAUSE LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THIS GAME HAS BEEN DONE LAZILY)

"GIT GUD is not some dismissive meme. Quite the contrary. It speaks to a truth at the heart of our entire lives. It is in fact the best advice anyone could ever give you." - someone very smart, 2021

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

You gotta babysit your torch.

It's literally 15 gold coins a pop. If you really can't be bothered to just pick it from the ground just stock up.

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

actually i spent 110 hours in arcania recently (and keep in mind this is 10 years of never trying it because, like you, i understood it to be a bad game despite never experiencing it for myself). I even gave it a bad review on only 38 minutes played. That negative review sat for years and years..

Heres the kicker.. arcania GOTHIC 4 is actually a really good game (the legacy version is the only version that runs smooth because the 2015 update broke the default versions frame pacing)

not only is arcania a worthy successor to the gothic series. But its actually lightyears better than gothic 3. And it's absolutely steeped in all aspects of the gothic universe. It IS gothic 4. At the very minimum its 1000x better than gothic3

So anybody who disses it (i was one of those people) is actually confirming that they are a herdmind sheep that only likes things another person gives you the green light to. And i am guilty of that myself

The first like 4 hours of the game trick you into believing you are about to experience a shallow title.. but the reality couldnt be any further from that

Im not even trying to fight with you either, you should really try arcania legacy. It's better than we as a gaming community first thought

I'm not dissing a game, if you liked it it's absolutely fine. I'm dissing it's place in Gothic universe. Arcania, its addon and G3 Forsaken Gods have been officially removed from canon. And for a good reason ("Adanos was a woman!", troglodytes, Thorus the Summoner of Antagonists). The only reason I'm not giving Arcania a shot is because my gaming pile of shame is so big I don't want to pay money for a game that is easier than Fable, more linear than some literal books and has fewer role-playing elements than Skyrim.

[RandalMcdaniel]

arcania easy lol, you will die a lot on gothic mode

[czapla1024]

I've seen gameplay videos on YT. Both the visuals and players' narration imply it was harder for me to start the video then for them to kill foes.

[czapla1024]

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

oh and they put an item +10% glory from all kills and quests into the DLC. So as an OCD gamer i have to avoid killing all creatures until i get that item. And its very difficult in the beginning because every single thing you touch and pick up completes an unlisted quest. Who the hell made this game? Seriously not one thing done right not even by accident

Thought I wouldn't notice? xd
There's enough glory to gain to end up with perfect stats and 100k spare glory. If you really are a competionist you don't need any extras.

[czapla1024]

Yeah, I was right, you are completely unhinged. Bye

[RandalMcdaniel]

If you don't like what someone says just dont respond, you are the one actually keeping this thread at the top of the pinned

i've been gaming long enough to know when something is not right. Risen3 is just a means to make money

I just recently beat two worlds 2, then two worlds 1, then arcania gothic 4, then gothic2 chronicles of mytholos

This game has literally none of the features all those other games has. This game just does its own thing with complete disregard for gameplay and other quality of life features i've come to expect from RPG games

[RandalMcdaniel]

wow i just realized tacarigua is risen 2's entire gameworld copy and pasted. They didnt even move things the farm is still in the same place, the roads are still all in the same places

so not only is this the worst rpg i've ever seen in 32yrs of being alive. But its risen2.. Its literally risen 2 being repackaged and sold again

*update* holy smokes.. they even re-use the same quests, the chef in the kitchen, getting permission papers from the captain.. Thats unreal.

[czapla1024]

Well, until my last post I was actually trying to partake in constructive discussion. And then you proved yourself to be mentally unable to have one. The amount of nitpicking you are engaging in looks like you are writing a script for AngryJoeShow video rather than trying to play a video game. I'll not even attempt to respond to your particular points in case your madness would turn up to be infectious.

You consider yourself an expert in ludology? I finished all Gothics, Risens, Elex 1, Two Worlds II, Divinity II, Dark Souls 1 and 2, Witcher 1 and 2 and Bound by Flame and that's just TPP aRPGs. And yet I don't feel entitled to consider my likes and dislikes universal. Because I'm ADULT. I actually quite disliked Witcher 2 but you don't see me creating outlandish threads about me calling the game worse than actual Ho*****st.

And how exactly is Risen 3 more suitable to such mud-dragging than any of the games mentioned above? I know you've played most of 'em. Have you changed your medication since then? And who's more statistically probable to be wrong: single yourself or 73% of players?

You know why I wrote all of this? Because I believe in freedom of speech but also in consequences of your words. I believe in a world where anyone can speak their mind and anyone else can call them out on their BS. That's the only way for people not to group up in a bunch of fanatical information bubbles. So if anyone comes across this thread I want to make sure they will see how valuable your revelations are.

[RandalMcdaniel]

lol that was pretty good