At the beginning of the development of Gothic 3, Piranha Bytes decided not to licence an existing engine, because none of those was able to render the world of Gothic 3 without loading screens. That's why they coded an engine by themself, called "Genome Engine". This multithread designed engine offers a great foresight, dynamic lighting (including self-shadowing), a dynamic weather system, depth of field, high quality reflections and bloom or rather HDR based on Pixel Shader 3.0 and DirectX 9. The vegetation rendering is provided by SpeedTree as well as Bink Video Techonology for video cutscenes, Ageia's PhysX physics engine for physic simulation and FMOD Sound System for sound playback.

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Gothic III

Gothic III Gothic III

Updated 1 year ago Released Oct 12, 2006 Single Player Role Playing

Orcs have enslaved the human race. You are one of the fortunate, still free to roam Myrtana. Liberty affords you the option to stay true to the throne...

Risen

Risen Risen

Updated 1 year ago Released Oct 2, 2009 Single Player Role Playing

Risen is a single-player fantasy-themed action role-playing game under development by the German company Piranha Bytes, and published by Deep Silver...

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SiPlus
SiPlus Nov 20 2010, 4:58am says:

Laggy even on Core 2 Duo E4600 and NVIDIA GTS 250.

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Cremat0r
Cremat0r Sep 16 2010, 3:27pm says:

Kinda laggy in Gothic 3, makes my PC feel rusty, but play this with a good Dual or Quad-core, and it'll be one of the most epic experiences!

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