Risen firstlook on IGN.com

[doberlec]

Hi guys,

I wanted to point out that there is also now a small firstlook on IGN about Risen fresh from the GDC in San Francisco. Before you head over there for a quick read I would like to say that some information in the article seemingly got lost in translation - so they mistook the unique dungeons for randomly generated ones. Which is kind of a nice compliment, but the dungeons are not randomly generated in Risen. But anyway, its a good start for the GDC :)

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/966/966062p1.html

P.s. Oh yeah and the Xbox 360 is not exactly the lead platform of the project, but I think that is something you already know :)

[Powaz]

Great, doberlec. Thanks a lot. ;)


P.s. Oh yeah and the Xbox 360 is not exactly the lead platform of the project, but I think that is something you already know :)

Sure. :p

All in all it's a "so so" article.

[catalinux]

Thanks for sharing this! I believe this is the first English preview. The already-known facts.

[Kostaz]

It was about time a big-time site like IGN posted something about Risen,hope the game will get popular,the article isn't really good thought just look at the ridiculous picture comments.

[Dykunas]

All in all it's a "so so" article.

What do you expect from an xbox journo.... Professional gaming journalism is non existant these days when most reviews for "AAA" titles look more like advertisement slogans, rather then real reviews.

[Akaji]

I really hate Ign, everyone knows that you cant trust authors from Ign. How can they make so many mistakes, Xbox360 is leading platform for Risen, ridiculous. Im a console player myself, only playing Pb games on Pc, but im following Pb games on the Pc, im pretty glad about this fact.
So whats wrong with Ign? Its also bad that they shift all attention to the Xbox360 in this article, Risen is a Pc game. Xbox360 will be just a port. Somehow im tired of lame sites, translation problems etc.
Also about the new video of Risen, in the german Forum Michael Rüve said, that the wild boars hadnt an animation implemented. So everything is not final. (I know wrong Thread, i guess you all still understand :)
I write this to prevent more rumors like the Ign site did. Man, this article hurts Risens reputation.
On the other hand, why should they wrote about the Xbox360 as a leading platform in the first place? Is DS following a double tracked strategy? This would be so bad, even the audience are console gamers, they should claim, that the Pc is the lead plattform.
And what the hell is Wizardbox? They wrote Pb and Wizardbox are the developers, insane. Maybe they meant Wizardbox is a publisher for english speaking countries? Well, havent heard of Wizardbox before.

P.S.: I havent watched the new Risen video myself, wont watch it, dont wish to see the landscapes yet, only during my own playing expierence. The wild boar thing lead in the german forum to discussion too and M. Rüve commented, so that you know too.

[Powaz]

Wizardbox is probably the team porting Risen to Xbox360.

[rotator]

Terrible article. May I assume the author had never ever heard about the Gothic franchise? :rolleyes:

[catalinux]

wizarbox (http://www.wizarbox.com/) (not wizardbox) is a French company which has as partners (http://www.wizarbox.com/company/partners.php) jowood and koch media (deep silver is part of koch media) and had already created his first own game about a teenage 17 years old blond american girl!

maybe wizarbox will port Risen to console?:dnuhr:

this trailer (http://www.wizarbox.com/res/video/soblonde.flv) reminds me a lot of Risen =))

[Kreydon]

they mistook the unique dungeons for randomly generated ones. Which is kind of a nice compliment, but the dungeons are not randomly generated in Risen.
You call that a compliment?
"Your dungeons look like they were thrown together by an algorithm."
"I spent many hours designing them, but thanks."

[Raul48]

You call that a compliment?

I assume that was irony.

[Jammer]

You mean sarcasm :)

[Maladiq]

I assume that was irony.


You mean sarcasm :)

Yep, it was a big debate with Alanis' song Ironic, as gramatically it was incorrect to name those situations "ironic"

[mkreku]

wizarbox (http://www.wizarbox.com/) (not wizardbox) is a French company which has as partners (http://www.wizarbox.com/company/partners.php) jowood and koch media (deep silver is part of koch media) and had already created his first own game about a teenage 17 years old blond american girl!

maybe wizarbox will port Risen to console?:dnuhr:

this trailer (http://www.wizarbox.com/res/video/soblonde.flv) reminds me a lot of Risen =))

Hey, don't dis it! My mom LOVED that game :D