14 DAY TRIAL // Piranha Bytes, developers of the first two Gothic games and the entire Risen series, has just released a new patch for the third installment in the franchise, Titan Lords.
Launched last year in August, Risen 3 wasn’t too well received by media and players due to its clunky combat and weak story. It appears that the game suffers from the same issues as the predecessor, which is probably one of the reasons it got bad ratings from the press.
Nevertheless, developers seem to be determined to squash as many of the bugs that have been affecting the game since its launch, as well as improve Risen 3 with new features and tweaks.
Patch 1.20 that has just gone live on Steam brings one new feature, some balancing adjustments and lots of bug fixes that address issues reported by players or found by developers.
The one feature implemented along with this patch is a new “Ultra” difficulty mode. In this mode the players aren’t invincible anymore while evading and there is a cooldown while using healing potions.
The new patch will be applied automatically when you open Steam
As mentioned earlier, the patch is also meant to add some balancing adjustments in final sea serpent fights and fix an exploit where Jaffar could multiply the value of collected gold pouches. You can also find below the full list of bug fixes included in the patch:
- Fixed issue where the player got stuck while jumping after climbing a ladder; - Fixed issue where the player was unable to find the shimmering pearl in collected shells for the “The Sign of the Ancients” quest; - Fixed crash when Jaffar tries to collect an item which is currently under telekinesis by the player; - New session: Fixed rarely occuring issue where corpses where removed from the world so that some quests couldn't be resolved (Honor the Dead, Lost in the forbidden valley,...); - New session: In some rare cases, there where issues with Zacharias teleport onto Skullisland. Zacharias will be teleported now correctly.
Keep in mind that the patch will download and install automatically when you open Steam if you have Risen 3 - Titan Lords installed on your PC.
For more details on the game you can check out our full Risen 3 - Titan Lords review.