Is it safe to watch, as in spoiler free concerning the first two games? Still haven't finished them
If the release date is correct the game should be nearly finished by now.
They don't seem too keen on releasing anything related to gameplay.. With the game almost finished you'd think they'd be more intersted in bigger coverage and hype so close to release, but no.. I guess they're aiming for an even bigger fail this time around.
When did they start work on Risen 3?
Has Risen become Deep Silver's corporate franchise and 'sausagised' every couple of years?
Hype might increase sales numbers but hype doesn't make a game good or bad…
Anyone who's buying the game is gonna look for a gameplay video anyways, not sure if a crappy youtube video from a random user will make them more eager to buy the game than if they instead see an nicely edited promo video that shows the best / strong parts of the graphics/game (if there even are any).
I think your right because I remember last year we had an interview I posted where PB basically said the game was in production for more than one year already.It's probably 'best of the rest', behind their AAA franchises Saint's Row, Metro and Dead Island.
Only PB and DS know when they started work on R3. My guess would be that pre-production had a 6-9 month overlap with R2 during which developers were moved over when their specific job on R2 was done. I don't really know it, though. Maybe I'm completely wrong.
True, although some at least have some decent pacing and editing, perhaps some story hooks, or even a tiny but good story. For example it was quite clear that SW:ToR trailers will have nothing to do with gameplay, but they were fun to watch.