Risen 2: Dark Waters Reviews

the game crashed about 80% in and for whatever reason the last save game was an hour ago? no auto save no nothing. at the area were you have the ridiculous waste of time fetch ingredient quest on the isle of dead. Literally the worst part to have no save game available. ye im not gonna spend another hour searching for that stuff. Aside from that, if you want something like an old classic like gothic 1 or 2 forget it. this game is a joke, and a pretty bad one at that. Creative direction went completely down hill after gothic 3. The studio doesnt exist anymore anyways and its clear who is to blame. Dont waste your time.

Love this game It's much different comparing to Risen 1 because of the pirate theme. I was playing with polish dub and the way they talk reminds me of The Witcher and because of dub Jaffar is my idol. 9/10 game because of many bugs but the game itself except bosses is really good and I am leaving it installed on my PC maybe I will play later again.

More modern game mechanics than Risen 1: The ability to run (you could only cast a speed spell in R1) Can teleport (you had to find teleportation stones in R1) Smoother game play (high, stable framerates) Easier to see map quest markers (but could still have been better) You could argue that the story is better in R1 but R2 is far less frustrating to play than R1 Visual upgrades via mods make the game look very modern (not just reshades)

Ok so I picked this back up after taking a break, basically to only play kcd2. I've now come back to it and it's an interesting rpg. The combat has me so bored tho . But other parts of this game, like the world design, quest givers, characters, writing, pacing, writing, feel like something we find in good modern games still today. The way npcs 'If they see you', will follow you and attack you for entering their house. The dialog is entertaining and sometimes funny to listen to. Anyways that's all I'd wanted to say for now. If you want a pirate rpg it's pretty good.