Submitted 3 months ago by weeahnn@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://twistedvoxel.com/elex-3-canceled-developer-piranha-bytes-closed-down/
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10831301
Piranha Bytes’ upcoming science fantasy-themed action role-playing game, Elex 3, may have been canceled, and the studio possibly closed down.
Absolute shite news tbh, even if I wasn’t a fan of anything after Risen 1 it still sucks to see them go.
Saw the headline, wondered what had happened, and then saw that they were owned by Embracer. It's a shame to see them go. Gothic has been on my list of series to try for a while now and the Elex games looked interesting.
The good old embrace of death…
Well shit :( I really liked the Elex games, jank and all!
This hurts to read.
Their games were rough around the edges but sure as hell showed a lot of passion. The lore and attention to detail that went into their worlds were unparalleled, especially in the open world genre where lots of content is just generic copy-pasted fetch quests or mindlessly following the Ubisoft formula.
I never finished the first Elex (the combat was way too unforgiving imo; it took me like 5 minutes just to kill one of those river raptor looking things) but I loved the trailer for Elex 2. I thought it went really hard.
yeah, for me the games after Risen 1 were pretty meh for me. But the Gothic series was part of my childhood, with Gothic 1 being my first ever RPG. (probably one of the best games to start with)
Oh no. The Click4Gameplay guy had me excited about their games. youtube.com/@click4gameplay
avater@lemmy.world 3 months ago
oh no. As a german this is really hitting me. One of the last “legendary” game developers here, with a very particular style and history.
weeahnn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah, the Gothic series was, and still is one of my favorite game series ever made.
Keegen@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Unrelated to the article but did you try “The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos” already? It’s basically a spiritual successor to Gothic 2, using it’s engine but with a different main character and in a different part of Myrtana. It’s absolutely incredible and a must play for anyone who enjoyed Gothic 1 and 2.
Jumi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Hard to imagine that we had some great developers in this country once