ELEX Pre-Release Thread

[Orobis]

Yea armor looks should be important to any cRPG fan. They can add a lot to the atmosphere and is a good/fun visual representation of your character's progression. Hell when i used to play WoW a decade ago it was easily 50% fashion show, couldn't wait to get high enough lvl for shoulder armor.

 

[Jaesun]

Joined: Aug 8, 2015

 

[vonAchdorf]

They'll be at E3 next week, but I don't expect groundbreaking revelations.

 

[Orobis]

Joined: Aug 8, 2015

Ahh my cherry has been broken, thanks.

 

[Eirikur]

The armor talk reminded me of Thorus.

Gothic 1: Thorus is hired to guard a gate. We kill his leader, and possibly him.
Gothic 2: Thorus is hired to guard another gate. We kill his leader, and possibly him.
Gothic 3: Thorus is hired to guard another gate. We kill his leader, and possibly him.

The man is more consistent than Jack the lighthouse keeper.

 

[Zombra]

Anyone who derides the importance of playing Barbies in a video game can never be my friend.

 

[hello friend]

when i used to play WoW a decade ago it was easily 50% fashion show, couldn't wait to get high enough lvl for shoulder armor.

This is the kind of stuff he's talking about

 

[Orobis]

when i used to play WoW a decade ago it was easily 50% fashion show, couldn't wait to get high enough lvl for shoulder armor.

This is the kind of stuff he's talking about

Yea it's kinda embarrassing i'l admit but i never played alliance, i took great pleasure in slaughtering nightelves on mass, the death scream and animation they had was fucking orgasmic. I always hated elves in rpg's with a passion.

 

[vmar]

Night Elves and Gnomes had the best death noises

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I always hated elves

Well that's some at least.

 

[Junmarko]

What did Bjorn Pankratz have to say about a new Gothic game or Gothic remaster?



All they would need to do is take the same approach that Gearbox took with Homeworld Remastered Collection - which is probably the best remaster I've seen.

 

[Hobo Elf]

Damn Gothic armor was cool looking. That picture above makes me want to replay Gothic as Old Camp and Sect Camp member. New Camp was most appealing to me philosophically, but their armor was kinda meh compared to the other two.

Really? I thought the Merc Armor was badass.

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Yeah lets replay a whole game bcause of....armor.

The thing is, in Gothic games (and by extension in your beloved Risen), armor wasn't just armor. It wasn't just some equipment loot you found by the bagful everywhere you went. No, it was earned by joining some faction, usually through a rigorous and lengthy process, and then that armor matched other members of that faction, and made you feel like you belong. The armor was also an expression of your progression within the faction, as more advanced suits were reserved for higher ranking members. So it has much more significance in those games than any others.

Night Elves and Gnomes had the best death noises

Conversely, I played mostly Alliance, and a lot of gnome mages, and I can only imagine how horrifying it was for those giant tauren and orcs and trolls to be slaughtered by a tiny gnome.

All they would need to do is take the same approach that Gearbox took with Homeworld Remastered Collection - which is probably the best remaster I've seen.

Not sure about Gothic 1/2 remaster, better graphics wouldn't hurt and interface standardization for all you slackers who can't get used to their original controls, but they are great either way. What I would kill for is if they "remastered" Gothic 3 by swapping out its shit combat for G1/2's.

Really? I thought the Merc Armor was badass.

It wasn't horrible or anything, but not nearly as good as the other two. The sleeveless thing looked kinda bad, and the bluish color, and just the overall design. Sect armor looked like some kind of a bad-ass samurai-monk combination, and the old camp armor looked awesome in a standard medieval armor type of way.

 

[Junmarko]

Not sure about Gothic 1/2 remaster, better graphics wouldn't hurt and interface standardization for all you slackers who can't get used to their original controls, but they are great either way

I had no problem with the controls in Gothic 1. The UI could use a revamp though, make the inventory a grid instead of a single column perhaps...

What I would kill for is if they "remastered" Gothic 3 by swapping out its shit combat for G1/2's.

The combat is your only complaint about Gothic 3, that's it?

 

[Curious_Tongue]

 

[adddeed]

The thing is, in Gothic games (and by extension in your beloved Risen), armor wasn't just armor. It wasn't just some equipment loot you found by the bagful everywhere you went. No, it was earned by joining some faction, usually through a rigorous and lengthy process, and then that armor matched other members of that faction, and made you feel like you belong. The armor was also an expression of your progression within the faction, as more advanced suits were reserved for higher ranking members. So it has much more significance in those games than any others.
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True

 

[undecaf]

What did Bjorn Pankratz have to say about a new Gothic game or Gothic remaster?

What'd be the point of a new Gothic anyway whent it'd only be another Risen without pirates?

 

[Brancaleone]

Gaze into the abyss ...

Ah no, no.

The last thing I want is to have that kind of abyss gazing into me.

 

[Orobis]

What I would kill for is if they "remastered" Gothic 3 by swapping out its shit combat for G1/2's.

Gothic 3 is completely broken, not just the combat. The whole game needs to be remade with a new engine.

 

[Kahr]

Gothic 3 is completely broken, not just the combat. The whole game needs to be remade with a new engine.

What has the engine to do with that? Risen 1 has the same engine and works just fine.

 

[Orobis]

Gothic 3 is completely broken, not just the combat. The whole game needs to be remade with a new engine.

What has the engine to do with that? Risen 1 has the same engine and works just fine.

That was the same engine? damn. didn't know that. Risen 1 and Gothic 3 was like night and day to me.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Pretty sure Risen 1 used a different engine from Gothic 3.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Pretty sure Risen 1 used a different engine from Gothic 3.

Definitely the same engine, I remember it being mentioned in an interview somewhere.

 

[Orobis]

This is from wiki: Gothic 3 is powered by a custom engine called Genome. For Risen it just says: Internal development by Piranha Bytes. From the brief google search i can't seem to find anything that says Gothic 3 and Risen used the same engine.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

This is from wiki: Gothic 3 is powered by a custom engine called Genome. For Risen it just says: Internal development by Piranha Bytes. From the brief google search i can't seem to find anything that says Gothic 3 and Risen used the same engine.

Your google-fu is weak: http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/3d-engine-genome