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it does! although it's not a ton. It's more a matter of different playstyles than content. The faction-specific content is mostly confined to chapter 2, afterwards, it's pretty much all the same.

@marceltheshelly2030 oh great.i was just lookin for any reason to replay it,on my ps5🥰 i find it has so much in common with 'soulslike' games

@@franciscabdul2828 it does, although it's more forgiving I'd say

yeah, I think I know who you mean :D sometimes I genuinely needed help though

@@marceltheshelly2030 some tips when you strugling too much are nice, but "be carefull becouse there is hole and you can fall there" ehh :P

I'm not sure what you mean. Risen came out in 2009. It has since received one patch when THQ released it for the new consoles but apart from that nothing has changed.

Fair enough! I thought it was cool that the world changed in between chapters. Not sure if that is something that was also possible with a seamless open-world, perhaps the devs resources were limited in that regard.

Nope, somehow OBS refused to record it, so I cut it from the RUclips upload.

I hope so, too! I've got high hopes for the Gothic Remake after the gameplay trailer recently.

Despite Elex' reception apparently that game was their best selling game of all time though, which is crazy to think about. They/their publisher just messed up with Elex II. But even if Elex II had performed better financially I think Embracer would've still gotten rid of PB because of how long it would've taken them and how much money it would've cost to create another game.

sorry?

Why I'm here 😅

absolutely

I know :(

just a shame that we won't ever get an Elex III :(

@@marceltheshelly2030 fact but we will have a stff like it so it is wat it is and nice vid bro

@@blaster7468 you think there are going to be more games like Elex?

​@@marceltheshelly2030 Sure, without a doubt like thise games are the best Type for the long run just look at fallout 4 like yes you can go and kill and do some gofy ah stuf but from time to time you will find your self just crafting and taking your time at the base make new stufe and have some smothe good time and i can see the same thing in elex like yes open world looks good can craft some things exploer just walk and have a nice time .

@@blaster7468 I agree, but I feel like it's difficult to compare games like fallout to Piranha Bytes Games, they just feel very different in my own opinion

Thank you! Unfortunately I haven't finished the game, but I think I gave it a decent shot :D

@@marceltheshelly2030 I don't blame you, it's a pretty difficult game with not a lot of room for fuck ups. Even more so on Expert where they introduce more mission goals and loot requirements 😅🤣

@@mikehawk8984 yeah, although I think I've dropped the difficulty at one point later on, can't remember, lol

Apparently I can't read

Yeah, tbh it gives me hope that apparently they haven't been shut down yet, at least there's been no further news. So that makes me think that something is going on behind the scenes, fingers crossed!

Thanks for replying! What other games beyond PB do you enjoy?

@@binnocorp No worries! I mostly play other RPGs like the Elder Scrolls games, but also dabbled in Survival and Souls-Likes. I'm currently working on a review for Fable that I hope will be up at some point :D

Thank you! Yeah, overall Elex II was unfortunately a disappointment...

Agreed, me too!

fair enough, I don't think Elex is for everyone! I eventually got into it but it took me some time and Elex II was a bit disappointing. I'm kind of thinking that maybe if the company still exists they are negotiating something in the background, otherwise the studio may have been shut down already. As of right now it still exists, although I don't know in what form.

From what I read in the WOG forums, though mostly between the lines, is that the house they were all situated in, isn't being used as a workplace anymore. Like, it used to be so that you could them taking coffee breaks outside and what not. And that all doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

@@Jammet Interesting, I hadn't read that yet. I did know that they probably weren't working on anything anymore at the moment, though, and as long as the company officially still exits I'll naively remain hopeful :D

Thank you for your feedback! Yes, it's going to be a sad day when they announce that the studio is actually gone but who knows, I still have a tiny bit of hope left.

I see where you're coming from, a little more change would've been good but at the same time they shouldn't have changed too much either. It's a tricky one but their games are just special, there's nothing like them and it would be a shame if there aren't going to be any more of them.

Wow, thank you! This is very kind and valuable feedback. I agree with you, the gameplay side of things is definitely secondary to everything else I talk about in the video. I will try to go into more detail regarding the gameplay in future videos. Thanks again!

@@marceltheshelly2030 I'm glad I could encourage an up and coming creator. Just to add a bit more. If you don't want to even get into the gameplay, you can mention you won't get into that. My personal tastes prioritizes the story over the gameplay (which is why this game sounds interesting) but the gameplay is an important aspect. It's how the developers intend you to interact with the story.

@@fallenfriend2860 that's also a good point, thank you again!

I think I'm with you on this one. I loved Risen but I'm probably biased here because I grew up with it and every time I play it the Nostalgia hits hard.

Thank you! I've become very busy with other stuff but am currently working on a "Piranha Bytes News" video that will hopefully be out soon. Elex 2 is probably up next. I haven't played Risen 3 in ages but am currently replaying Risen 2, so will probably make a video about that in the future as well and then move on to Risen 3.

I agree, once you get used to the stamina system you can work with it, but for someone who isn't used to it, it can be tricky in the beginning. I also agree that the exploration is better than in Bethesda games and it's a shame that this game and other PB games are not better known for it. And finally, I also agree with your statement about Elex 2. It feels a little more linear, although I did like the added variety through the new factions. But I'll go into more detail in regards to that in another video :)

That's a tough one. Elex 2 is probably more accessible but it obviously contains spoilers for Elex. I'd probably recommend playing Elex first, but do it on the easy difficulty and see how you get on. If you like the setting but not the game you could just move on to Elex 2, as the gameplay is superior in my opinion.

Thank you! That means a lot :)

You're right, there is no active conflict between the factions going on in the background, but I'm not aware of other games where that was the case, at least not on an impressive scale and I don't think the developers had the resources for something like this. On top of that the aim of the game is to unite the factions against the Albs and I believe there was a truce at the time between the different factions, at least the Berserkers and Clerics. Despite this, there are actually battles between the Outlaws and Berserkers in which you can participate during the respective factions questlines and of course, there is a battle between the free factions and the Albs at the end, so the world isn't completely devoid of conflict. Nevertheless, I do believe it would've been cool to witness more of that with random patrols fighting each other, but as I said, I don't think that was a focus of the already overstretched developing team.

@@marceltheshelly2030 No offense but apologetics don't help make games better. Stating it "wasn't the focus" is the whole point. It was just lazy and/or under-developed. I can't actually think of any decent RPG where the game world is so painfully barren and lifeless and so utterly detached from lore. We can call it whatever we want, won't change that the gameplay is what it is and explains why it wasn't popular. All the nuts and bolts are already there. Technically they didn't have to do much at all. Add in AI that already exist label them as different factions and give them warfare AI. Anything would have been better than just leaving the word blank like they did.

@@surg23 I think for a team of 30 PB did a great job with the game and I love it's world, so in that sense I agree that there's no need for apologetics. Of course the game could've been better but I don't think there's any game I've ever played where I thought "this is perfect, they shouldn't have done anything differently". There's plenty to find in terms of lore and I think it's pretty well fleshed out, too, although it can't compare to something like The Elder Scrolls, Mass Effect or Dragon Age, but then again, I don't think it's fair to expect that. But it's okay to have different opinions so we can agree to disagree :)

It had the same gameplay feel that the Gothic games had, that's all that matters.

​@@marceltheshelly2030 I disagree about there being "plenty" to find, at least in contrast to typical RPG expectations. There aren't anywhere near enough places of interest, much less meaningful interactions to be had at the few that do exist. As a result it translates into a stale and anaemic gameplay loop of grinding critters and not much else. There's a chronic lack of diversity of gameplay due to no factional warfare and copy/paste mobs. It doesn't make for an exciting or stimulating RPG experience. Unique? perhaps, but that evidently wasn't enough to compensate for a lifeless world detached from lore in every way that matters. It's just a shockingly average game. So much potential wasted.

The second one I really enjoyed, too, but many people were disappointed by it, unfortunately.

I know what you mean, I'm German myself and have played most PB games in both German and English and most of the time they're definitely better in German. You're also right about the exploration, I still find it more fun than in most other Open-World RPGs, though.

Absolutely, I love it!

Haha, I'll take what I can get

Haha, I know what you mean :D I feel like PH has never been that great at making mage playthroughs fun, it just takes too long to get access to spells

Some might say it is more rewarding that way. But hey 🙂

@@humblehornet621 I just always found that by the time I get to be able to learn magic I was already so strong in other skills that there was no point in learning magic, so I didn't find it very rewarding :D

@@marceltheshelly2030 yeah, I get that. I think it is a tricky thing to balance as mages late game are beasts 🙂

@@humblehornet621 I need to reply the game as a mage, it's been ages! I recently did a Inquisition playthrough were I focused on fire magic though, that was fun.

As I said in the video I agree for the most part. Risen 2 I wasn't a big fan of on release but I haven't played through it in ages, so I'm not quite sure how I'd find it now. The same is true for Risen 3, although I seem to remember that I found it much more enjoyable than Risen 2. So it may still be worth giving it a shot if you like PB games!

I'm afraid I don't understand, haha

Yo, to generate chapters one needs to add timestamps to the description, i.e: 0:00 Spoilers 3:04 Start here to skip spoilers Interesting to hear you as a narrator (: maybe will give Risen a shot one day. Can't be worse than Gothic 3 ;P

@@korootz Thank you, that's super helpful! I'll put these in rn.

​@@korootzNothing is worse than Gothic 3 :P

I know, I'm sorry! I just wasn't feeling the game but still had a reasonably good time with it :)

thank you! I've actually played the first hour of Archolos, there's a video somewhere on the channel, too. I haven't gotten around to playing the rest of it though and haven't currently gotten any plans to. I do want to do another complete playthrough of Gothic I & II though and maybe even 3, although I liked that one the least. It's probably my least favourite Piranha Bytes Game. Maybe I can squeeze Archolos in there, somewhere :D

​@@marceltheshelly2030thanks for the reply. By the way, is there a reason you were playing archolos with disabled voice acting?

@@ЕдуардЛобанов-й6ш I think there was only Polish voice acting available at the time and I wanted to read out the lines in English instead, so that others can understand them, too

thank you! I tried hard to make the gameplay as pitiful as possible :)

@@marceltheshelly2030 ah I guess it all makes sense then, good job!

@@fajnymat1911 thank you!

I've got you brother

Thank you anyway, I'll probably do a second run soon anyway!

It's a great game!

Well, while I am German and can thus speak the language I've been living in English-speaking countries for 6 or 7 years and wanted to stream in English as well. The people who at that time watched my streams were (and mostly still are) predominantly English-Speaking as well or at least use the langauge online to communicate with others. So even though the German VO is much better than the English one that's why I chose English. And the English one does have a certain charm, I think, because it is as bad as it is :D

Thank you! I did finish Gothic II and 3 but haven't gotten around to uploading the full playthroughs to RUclips yet, unfortunately

Thank you! The games are quite different from each other, you're right about that but because they came out around the same time and Morrowind is known more widely I thought it was a good comparison. I still think Bethesda games are the only games comparable to Piranha Bytes Games but they still offer very different "flavours" in regards to Open-World RPGs and I think I mostly prefer PB over Bethesda. Anyways, thanks for watching the video, it means a lot!