{"id":3878,"date":"2017-10-31T06:10:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T06:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2020-09-07T00:26:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T00:26:40","slug":"risen-3-titan-lords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/risen-3-titan-lords\/","title":{"rendered":"Risen 3: Titan Lords"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honestly, though I know it’s not quite fair, I feel like I got ripped off by paying $6 for this game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Visually speaking it’s on par with Arcania<\/a> (despite being released 4 years<\/em> after) while the combat, though not as clunky as Risen 2<\/a>‘s, brings to mind the first Witcher<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If the above weren’t bad enough it suffers severely from a limited progression system, a general lack of combat variety, and several painfully gimmicky set-piece battles (naval combat & the Ore Titan). Consider that the very first tutorial fight is almost identical to the penultimate boss battle, and then take into account that even at 180 Slashing with the best Slashing weapon (or 180 Crystal Magic with an Elemental Attack spell) the weakest enemies in the game<\/em> take 2 normal hits to kill. There is little sense of progression and you never feel truly powerful even with maxed-out stats.<\/p>\n

That’s not to say the game is hard… because it’s not. While your damage is fairly anemic, it’s pretty easy to become effectively invincible with high enough resistances. So all in all the game ends up being the worst of both worlds; people who want a challenge will dislike it because it’s practically impossible to die, while people who want to play powerful characters will also dislike it because the combat is awkward and enemies just never die fast enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honestly, though I know it’s not quite fair, I feel like I got ripped off by paying $6 for this game. Visually speaking it’s on par with Arcania (despite being released 4 years after) while the combat, though not as clunky as Risen 2‘s, brings to mind the first Witcher. If the above weren’t bad enough it suffers severely from a limited progression system, a general lack of combat variety, and several painfully gimmicky set-piece battles (naval combat & the Ore Titan). Consider that the very first tutorial fight is almost identical to the penultimate boss battle, and then take into account that even at 180 Slashing with the best Slashing weapon (or 180 Crystal Magic with an Elemental Attack spell) the weakest enemies in the game take 2 normal hits to kill. There is little sense of progression and you never feel truly powerful even with maxed-out stats. That’s not to say the game is hard… because it’s not. While your damage is fairly anemic, it’s pretty easy to become effectively invincible with high enough resistances. So all in all the game ends up being the worst of both worlds; people who want a challenge will dislike it because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,7],"tags":[477,28,121,473],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc","category-video-game-related","tag-exploration","tag-fantasy","tag-rpg","tag-third-person-perspective"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t