» Sun Feb 23, 2014 12:51 am German magazine "http://www.pcgames.de/PC-Games-Brands-19921/News/PC-Games-3-14-mit-Exklusiv-Titelstory-Risen-3-Titan-Lords-Vollversion-Assassins-Creed-1110559/" is the first to reveal the next installment in the RISEN series, Risen 3: Titan Lords
http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2014/02/risen-3-titan-lords-first-screens.html
Here's some initial info from worldofplayers.de:
-There will be a prologue during which you can experiment with higher abilities. After that, you continue on level 1
-Blocks work against monsters
-At the beginning, you already have an evasion somersault and short range teleport to escape combat
-Big armours and swords as well as firefalls and lightning strikes
- Voodoo magic will probably also be available
-Unconscious enemies can be plundered
-There will be party members again who will help you in combat
-Combat system with four different actions and rudimentary combos
-The combat will be more "rudimentary", similar to Gothic 1 and 2
-There will be both muskets AND bows
-Roasting meat etc. will happen in a separate window again
-Swimming will be possible
-There will be climbing in certain places
-Primarily middle european but also mediterranean and tropical regions
-The world is modelled by hand
-Seperate loading zones like in R2. No free roaming with out loading screens
-Several factions (probably three) from which to choose
-Already known are the “guardians” which resemble the paladins from older games
-New enemy: The shadows (undead which rise from skull caves)
-At the beginning of the game, the main character’s soul will be devoured by a might shadow lord
-After that, he will have a soul value which can develop either towards human or demonic
-New hero, but the character from previous Risen games will still play a starring role however
-Food will still be swapped to “provisions”
-Quest related NPCs will be immortal
-Astral sight: the ocular will be used to see enemies flashing in red and detect chest loot and other stuff like this
-You find items belonging to dead people in the living world, return them in the world of the dead, and get bonuses, like loot locations
-You will meet with the inquisitor from R1 in the land of the dead
-You regain humanity by collecting "soul dust" in the world of the dead
What d'y'all think? As big a fan I was for the Gothics, I can't say this anymore about Risen. Especially Risen 2 felt so mediocre to me for a PB game. On the one hand I still wish them to restore the Gothic series to its pre-Arcania status, on the other hand as a responsible customer I feel it's my duty to tell them with my wallet that Dark Waters was too much a disappointment. Hmm...
