Piranha can't make a good game anymore

[DeV]

They're in a steady decline. Probably the "right" people have long left the studio.

[ANGRY MALICE]

Its the combat that is always the problem for me. Other than that their games are okay.

[Vulgor]

In my opinion the last good piranha byte game was gothic 2. gothic 3 was ..ok.. but way to many bugs.. "i don´t count arcania coz its not from piranha byte"

the whole risen series was a bad try to copy gothic with a disney pirate setting ^^

i rly hope that they don´t try to clone gothic again.. and most important.. they don´t copy that combat system from gothic 1 >again< xD

[Grinnar]

I've played all the Gothic games and they were never all that great, mechanically. Cool stories, but sound recording, voice acting, and gameplay have been terrible.

[Box]

I think first Risen was their best game. It captured autmosphere and mood of Gothic games and it had almost nothing to do with the pirates besides one quest line. And in my opinion it had best combat of all their games.

[Herr Glaube]

I'd rather have the G1 combat system than that atrocity from R2+3. Ideally something closer to G2, 3 or R1, though.

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by Swordagrim:

Not sure they ever did.

He says, while displaying a Witcher avatar. Ah, irony.

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by Swordagrim:

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Ddu:

He says, while displaying a Witcher avatar. Ah, irony.

Yes isn't the Witcher awesome.

lol. The first one? Yeah. The second? Sure. The third... ahahahaha. Great joke.

Sit down and play Night of the Raven, would yeh?

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by Swordagrim:

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Ddu:

lol. The first one? Yeah. The second? Sure. The third... ahahahaha. Great joke.

Sit down and play Night of the Raven, would yeh?

7 yrs on steam and only 15 games go away peasant.

If you think the number of games in your Steam account has anything to do with your, shall we say, 'video game literacy,' you've a harsh reality to grapple with in your future.

Did you know that video games actually used to come in these things called boxes that you had to buy in these things called stores? It's true! Did you know there are platforms other than Steam? It's true! Did you know throwing over the gameboard and calling someone a 'peasant' proves only you know you've lost the argument but you're too pansy to man-up and admit you were wrong?

It's true.

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by RinNowaru:

Originally posted by Swordagrim:

7 yrs on steam and only 15 games go away peasant.

You have only 198 games.. You should not talk much ^^

I think the greater concern is that he has well over 700 hours in both The Witcher 3 and Fallout 4, two of the biggest jokes of video games in recent memory. It's a miracle he's even able to navigate these forums.

[Lord Farquaad]

Originally posted by Zolombo:

I think first Risen was their best game. It captured autmosphere and mood of Gothic games and it had almost nothing to do with the pirates besides one quest line. And in my opinion it had best combat of all their games.

, agreed, Risen 1 was a good game. Risen 2 and 3 feel so shallow to me for some reason, while I did like some of their ideas with e.g. voodoo.

[trojanwarlord]

I bet they write better games than you can...

[Robineus]

First time I've ever heard Witcher 3 called a joke.

[Willy Shakes]

The Witcher 3 is pretty good

[Grinnar]

Why are people deflecting away from how shoddy the Gothic games were programmed?

[Bomber]

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Ddu:

Originally posted by Swordagrim:

Yes isn't the Witcher awesome.

lol. The first one? Yeah. The second? Sure. The third... ahahahaha. Great joke.

Sit down and play Night of the Raven, would yeh?

The second Witcher was the worst of them all...
Night of the Raven was fun, but definitely not on the level of Witcher 3 or Gothic 1.
The Witcher 3 does not only get all the glory, because it is a good game. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is so highly rated, because it is an important game, it was a necessary game, when it came out, and it was a political thing.
Huge AAA projects were on the decline, we had the whole debate about EA and Ubisoft ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up their game franchizes over and over and over again. Indie games were on their peak of popularity and success in this period. Every developer and publisher was trying to top each others DRM *cough Denuvo*, which came to the disadvantage of the players.
And then there was CD Project who had their platform GOG and dealt only with DRM free games and just released a huge AAA title without ANY DRM or anti-tamper technology.
I have a couple of friends who were only pirating their games, and let me tell you, when Witcher 3 got released it was the first time i have seen them go to a store and actually buy a game.

I dont think your opinion matters to anyone... The success of The Witcher 3 speaks for itself, Millions of players are enjoying this game, including the old RPG veterans, who grew up with D&D and later TES:Arena and Daggerfalls.