The Witcher 3

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Piranha is awesome, but Jowood ruined both game and company. Glad they managed to make Risen trilogy though, great games

Yes, but Gothic II was also published by JoWooD and it was a brillant game. Gothic I was published by ShoeBox. But Gothic III got ruined by JoWooD, because they forced Piranha to release an unfinished game. One month before release the game was in alpha and hadn't even a save option. It was just extremely buggy. But the latest "community patch 1.75.14" polished the game like it was completely new developed.

After the dispute between JoWooD and Piranha, both companies terminated the cooperation. Piranha was now in the hands of DeepSilver who publishes the Risen series. And JoWooD hired a new developer studio for a further Gothic installment (Arcania: Gothic 4).

But I think that not only JoWooD ruined the series. Piranha Bytes also don't have the qualities anymore they early had. They are now more mainstream oriented. Tutorials were added in, the story got neglected and important design qualities from the first two Gothics becomes completely waived. Risen 3 is still a good game, but by far not as good as the old games by Piranha. Risen 3 also had the worst beginning I ever saw in a game.
You could mean this is no more Piranha Bytes!

The team also suspended good old workers and engage a couple of new people. And money is more important than 15 years ago, so they decided to dull down their games to make it more accessible for the mainstream. The old Gothic fans are disappointed.

But nevertheless they probably are still the best developer for RPGs.
I sometimes have the feeling that only CD-Projekt becomes now a bit better, but let's wait what The Witcher 3 really brings.