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HoloDust on 17 February 2016
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Chazore said:
HoloDust said:

If you're reffering to Angry Joe - yeah...he's kinda laughing stock among PB fans, he couldn't play Risen games if his life depended on it (though he claimed he's a Gothic fan). As I said, Risen 1 was quite good game, Risen 2/3 were ok, but nowhere near good as Gothic.

Well I did also watch other players but it's not like the series is highly acclaimed to say the ES series =P, there has to be a reason as to why they didn't sell/performace/look as good as hoped.

True, Risen is not as good as PB's earlier work...though, if you liked Gothic, Risen 1 is something that you should like, but 2/3 were different and not as stellar.

As for acclaim and sales - western open-world action-RPGs were never really something that was really mainstream...apart from TES where Bethesda almost consistently dumbed down every new iteration to make it more appealing to general gaming population (and the sad fact is that TES has been in free fall when it comes to quality from Morrowind onward), and that's about all that average Joe knows of the genre.

Anyway, I'm hoping to see someone, if not PB, making another splash in genre similar to one they made with Gothics - sure, there was Witcher 3, but honestly, for every step forward it took, it also took one step back...let's say my hopes are not very high, but I'm still somewhat optimistic.