Risen 2 - First Impressions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- Talking about some of my initial experiences with the follow up to Risen in the second trilogy from Piranha Bytes.
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@Mortismal Gaming: Super important information for getting this game to 100% on the PC (I did it like a year ago): The game's cache is deleted everytime you exit the game. Unfortuntately, this resets the achievement progress. Several achievements like the ones for picking locks, digging treasures, finishing quests and most importantly killing enemies (2000 needed) have to occur in one sitting, for the respective achievement to pop. It is possible to reload a save in front of a dig site to farm the 50 chests, same goes for the other achievements. But you must not exit the game in between, otherwise you'll have to start from scratch. I needed like 4-5 hours to grind the achievement for 2000 kills, which was best done when you are really strong, using muskets on the stormisland. Good luck!
but what if game crashes? And where can I see the achievments when playing on GoG?
That explains why I never got those achievements. Good to know!
So basically not worth it.
Nice fact - The voice actress for Patty from Risen 1 was Lena Heady - Cercei from GOT :D
Your pace in engaging with different games, while 100% different one´s back to back is really insane. Keep up the great work, I know or can imagine that this whole youtube thing is about constantly feeding the platform vid´s to build engagement momentum and keep it up as high as possible.. but don´t burn yourself out or something like that!
I was about to write something similiar to what you have brought up... but found your comment and decided to give you like! KEEP UP THE GOD'S WORK MORTIS :D
lmao... this comment is on every video
One of the things I love about console gaming is that you never really need to worry about doing special stuff to get old games to run. It is either added to backwards compatibility and runs or it isn't on console.
Risen 2 was my favourite in the series for some reason, maybe because of the setting. Also Soundtrack 06 Outdoor piece of OST is one of my all time instrumental music tracks that I still listen from time to time
You can also get a parrot, or a monkey that can help you during exploration ;)
I'm glad you find this game interesting can't wait for the whole review. It was funny when you did the first impressions or risen 1 saying that you like the game hoping that the ending won't be disappointing
This game really scratched the pirate arpg itch that I had at the time. I enjoyed it.
A big difference to Gothic I + II and to a lesser degree Risen I is that you have a companion from the start, which lets you kill absolutely everything from the very start of the game. You also don't run into raptors or trolls early on and get eaten within seconds, because you thought exploring the forest at lvl 1 is a great idea.
Which ruins one of the biggest selling points that these game have to me. The world doesn't feel hostile and uncaring. It feels like a roller coaster ride.
Risen 2 was disappointing when compared to Risen 1 but it still delivered this specific Pyranha Bytes charme. Overall not bad.
Well, shiver me timbers! 'Ole Morty becoming from a scallywag to getting his sea legs, raising his Jolly Roger, sharpening his cutlass, cleaving scurvy dogs to the brisket, feeding the fish, and racking them dubloons. Avast Ye! Will Ole' Morty become a respected bucaneer, a true sea dog? Or will the landlubbers make him dance with Jack Ketch? For afterall, dead men tell no tales.
Translations:
Scallywag (inexperienced sailor) Getting Sea Legs (becoming acquainted with the sea), Scurvy Dog (insult), Cleaving to the Brisket (Cutting a Man in Half), Feeding the Fish (Killing people), Dubloon (Spanish Gold Coins), Avast Ye (Attention), Bucaneer (Raider), Sea Dog (old sailor), Landlubbers (people inexperienced at sea, insult),
Dance with Jack Ketch (hanged), Dead Men tell no Tales (pirate saying).
For some inexplicable reason I thought Risen 2 was Vendetta: Curse of the Raven’s Cry (which would actually be a banger video if you ever decided to achieve such a 100% feat.)
Anyways, I’ve been watching you for a few years now, and you’re absolutely such a welcome voice for this outrage bait platform!
I am actually really looking forward to this review, this game has been a major inspiration for me as a developer.
One thing I LOVE about Risen 2 is the strong identity it has. Not only are it’s characters memorable, but so are it’s locations.
I am actually developing a game heavily inspired by what Risen 2 did right, so I’d love for you to take a look after you’ve finished a play through so I can get some fresh insights into how the system could be improved through a different lens.
Right now I have a fully developed naval system & I am currently working on the open world & combat. So again, if you’re interested at all please get in touch!
Super happy you're reviewing this game. Am eager to hear your thoughts on the events at Maracai Bay. Don't want to spoil though.
Heyo Mortym! Love Piranha Bytes' games, especially Gothic 1&2, Risen 1, and Elex. Risen 2 is quite a bit different from Risen 1 in terms of gameplay, but I found it kinda fun even with the usually PB jank. If the devs had tightened up the combat a bit, it could have been a lot better.
It’s incredible what this series has Risen 2
I kind of want footage of you YEEETing coconuts in fights, going full Gilligan's Isle on them. Onward to 200k. All glory to the algorithm.
Risen 3 is my favorite, they took everything from 2 and just improved and expanded on it.
Chronicles of Myrtana please ;) I know you gonna love it
This game has a strange charm, it’s like any euro jank where you need to set your expectations to a certain level, but it’s gold at times
It's true everything you said but I still love it and I love the risen series, I managed to see the charm of all 3 games. Rise 1 I love it, risen 2 my fave, risen 3 second fave.
The first time I finished Risen 2, I started off by hacking my character using the console to abstract the rough build I had at the end of the first game. Doing that, I had alot of fun in the game, and find that this game had the best story in the trilogy. In your 100% I strongly recommend doing something like that on one or two of your playthroughs to compare the experience, given how much clunkier the game feels than the Gothic games prior to leveling.
That said. I found the parry system in Risen 1 immensely playable, and the melee in Risen 2 lacking without hacking this, so YMMV.
This MAY work as well for R3, but the games do not share a protagonist, so I did not do it there.
As always with this series I recommend comparing/contrasting dubs as well.
I just risen from bed to watch mort’s new video!
I personally enjoyed Risen 2. It felt to me that PB was kind of in a rutt of trying to recreate the same game over and over again, with Risen 1 being sort of in the uncanny valley of being Gothic while not being Gothic. Risen 2 was a brand new thing, new style, new setting. It was fresh. Of course if you're stuck in the past yourself, you won't like that (although to be fair there are more substantial criticisms of R2) but whether you felt the execution was well done or not, that attempt of growth and moving on was sorely needed.
It was decent, but it didn't grip me as much as Gothic 1+2 and Risen 1 did. In retrospect, I'm sad that it seems PB lost their courage to try something new and commit to it after Risen 2.
Gothic 3 tried something big and it was a mess that got backlash from the community.
Risen 1 was a step back, but more polished and generally liked.
Risen 2 innovated again, which wasn't well received, so Risen 3 changed the setting to be more like Gothic again. Elex 1 and 2 are also compromises. It's sci-fi, but with fantasy! It's still like Gothic and going back to the roots! They are hiding change like a disgusting pill in delicious food and the combination kind of makes me resent both a bit more each time.
I enjoyed Risen 2 way more thank I thought I would. I had heard the negative criticism so that is what I expected, but I found a game I really enjoyed. And I enjoyed Risen 3 as well.
@@NotCharAznable That's in the word "Euro Jank".
Video Quality looks really good 👍.
polarizing sums it up pretty well. risen 2 felt kind of weird, but i can't point my finger on the exact reason. it weren't the system changes though as i enjoyed risen 3, which had basically the same system as risen2.
After not playing CRPGs for so many years watching your vids, has gotten me wanting to play again so I bought a bunch lol. Picked up both Pillars games, Both Divinity, and Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous. In your opinion, which would you start with as a person getting back into the genre after around 15 years away? Thanks for your content, appreciate it
Divinity is the best place to start these days generally. Wasteland 3 as well.
Personally i would prefer pathfinder wrath more system wise. If you are an old head like i am rpg wise and more accustomed to gold box rpgs and ad&d and bg1 and bg2 i feel the system in pathfinder games is more familiar than both wasteland and divinity.
One small caveat though, the first few runs on pathfinder i am assuming you kinda stick to singleclassing just to get to know the system well. The customization options multiclass wise and level dipping for max munchkinning is making the system a lot more complex then the games of old.
@@MortismalGaming I started playing Divinity 1 last weekend so glad to hear this. I just got to the Cathedral area, very cool pacing for the game as a hobby player and so far really enjoying the story
I actually enjoyed Risen 2 the best out of the series.
Definitely a major shift from the first one though. Risen 1 is to games like Skyrim what Risen 2 is to maybe Dragon age.
People who love Mortym, don't forget to watch the video until the end and like it. It helps the algorithm and this dude really deserves it!
I played it a couple years ago. Nice game with a decent story and characters. Graphics still hold up surprisingly well when the HD texture pack mod is installed. Combat unfortunately really sucks, but the story kept me interested enough to finish the game.
As a wee lad I hated the change in setting. Medieval Europe ftw. But old man me wants to give this game another shot.
for me big pain was in limit in factions and choice between native magic and bigger guns (pirates should have both by default)
best scene 5:40
have you thought about ranking all piranha bytes games as soon as you've played them all? as a life time PB fan and someone who frequently thinks about this i, and i'm sure many others, would find that video very interesting.
Gun freaking op in this game.
Good show sir
Played through it last year. It's not a bad game to be honest, at least not as bad as critics make it out to be.
I would say that Risen 3 in my opinion is their best attempt to freshen up gothic gameplay. While Risen is mostly a Gothic game, Risen 2 felt not so polished, Risen 3 felt very good for me gameplay-wise. Story and locations were not so great though, but I enjoyed it a lot. Can't wait for your thoughts on it.
I have enjoyed Risen 3 more than Risen 2 for a lot of reason (even if also Risen 3 is a bit controversial), but despite i don't like it too much, it's an overall decent game. A decent game by PB is often a better RPG than other RPG, expecially some of the "ubisoft like" open world RPG.
I got it for like 3-6 euro a couple of weeks ago. Gonna be fun once i get to it. I have basically 0 knowledge of this game.
The 3rd game is 12 eur so I'll probably get that once i get some money.
The first games ps4 veesion is 26 euros. So buying that might be a long time away.
Ah, Risen 2. The Pirate exploration game that was completely overshadowed by Assassin's Creed 4.
This ones always seemed to be a bit of an unknown game
You the man.
This one actually looks quite good.
I really enjoyed all their previous games but Risen 2 seems to me to be the beginning of the end. The overall lack of polish and, more importantly, lack of ideas led to a simplified game that takes the worst aspects of Gothic 3 and combines them with a completely new level of bad in terms of writing, story, world design, quest design.
I just hate the combat and I believe that you will too once you reach the final boss. I would see it as acceptable if not for the animations - everything feels floaty, a bit unresponsive and animations lack weight.
But I agree that guns are fun adition and with that the game feels a bit like alpha build of Bloodborne.
PS: I played this on release, it is quite possible that the game has been patched up and improved heavily, as is often the case.
I feel like R2 and R3 melee combat was so bad I would rather focus on magic and firearms... didn't like enemies randomly dashing at me. And I've played Risen1 a bunch of times, don't remember such issues. At least gold is scarce, which is quite a rarity in RPGs.
The most disappointing thibg for was that on the back of the box it said "join one of three faction: pirates, inquisition or the natives"
The fixed faction choice is in my opion a pillar of the PB game and recent games try to be too loose with it
Yar har, fiddle de dee
Being a pirate is alright to be
Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free
Mortym is a pirate! :D
Risen 2 was so disappointing. After I beat Risen 1, I immediately bought 2 and 3, and was put off by the tonal changes. Never been able to play past the first few hours of 2 :(
Risen 2 is great, with all of its weird quirks and flaws. A true Euro-Jank good time.
When I saw the title I was hoping for a necromancer game lol. Maybe even a vampire game.
Not what I expected based on title lol
I wasn't crazy about this one, or the third one. I tried them both, several times, but they became tedious after a few hours.
Been meaning to check out this series...
Unrelated question: will you do a short impressions video on the recent Dungeons and Dragons movie? I personally enjoyed it a lot since it has a TON of references to DnD.
No I stick to video games, havent even watched it
This month i just start to play all games from Risen series.Literaly finish second risen 2 days ago, really good game. First one was good too, but in a different way. In first game you have more ways to approach the situations you have to deal with. In second one you have better characters , biger world and this pirate-like soul of the game.And the third one, oh boy. Risen 3 is just a mess in the beggining. I cant tell about whole game because i only played like 5-6 hours. But in the start it feels bad
Risen 3 suffers a lot because a large part of the game are the 3 main islands for the main factions, which are all the same difficulty... meaning you're going to be way overleveled for most of it and it's just one big chore to go through.
It' better than Risen 3 at least and it has better character progression than Risen 1
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Shoot!
Believe it or not I'm playing through 2 these days as well. It doesn't feel as good as Risen 1 so far and I'm not a big fan of the very bright sunny weather in the game by day as the brightness felt kinda high in comparison to 1 and 3.
I am also not very pleased with how they handled the Inquisition in 2 as since the get go, it feels they lost lots of the atmosphere they had in Risen 1
However, the story, interactions and skills are quite interesting so far especially skills like the monkey.
Some cool concepts there as well as some comedic encounters that gives this game its own charm so far for me.
I'm interested to see your final thoughts about it later on.
On a side off topic note, have you tried a mmorpg called Dungeons and Dragons online yet?
Its a somewhat old dnd dungeon crawler MMORPG with all the dnd stuff we are used to see in CRPGs (like damage in dice, DCs, skill checks, disarming traps and detecting hidden doors, etc).
Well except it has no evil alignments and has most focus on the dungeon crawl than roleplay and dialogue say like something a bit like Icewind Dale may be.
They're also giving away most of its quest packs for free these days till April the 23rd
Seeing as you seem to possibly love CRPGs the most, I thought I'd bring DDO up eventhough its an MMO.
As you have played through the games, I have a question. In any of the games, is there a level cap of any kind or can you max your character out?
@@Blasted2Oblivion I've finished 1 and 3 a good while back so about builds, I can't recall much but as far as I remember, Risen games, like gothic games, tend to encourage you to specialize in certain weapon roles rather than being all over the place.
For example, in Risen 1, I went as a melee inquisitor with staff and that's all I focused on. The staff levels as well as some stealth stuff like the sneak and pickpocket, etc
Generally, your faction plays a big role on which skills you can access and max easier too and that's even more in Risen 3 where I played as a demon hunter which were more of a warrior faction (felt a bit like playing a death knight of sorts). Generally, I tend to go for roguish or warrior classes in the Piranha Bytes games so I can't tell you much about magic.
Also, the thing with maxing is the piranha byte games tend to feel more limited in mobs and its exp than something like say Skyrim. While being open world and full of side quests and things to explore, the overall experience tends to feel more railed than a sandbox openworld experience so that in itself can be a limiting factor as by the time you finish the game, you'll most likely have only maxed only the skills you specialized in.
Also, worth noting that in Risen 1, melee specially the classic one handed and board has an advantage due to how the final boss fight works which is one of the biggest critiques against Risen 1
Interms of crafts, I tend to specialize in 1 which tends to be alchemy for the str potions or gutting animals for extra golds
On Risen 2, I'm going for a firearm inquisitor with stealth/thievery skills like pickpocket and the monkey.
@@ilovebiscuits7771 So I should pick a path and specialize in it. Thank you, I'll keep this all in mind.
My least favourite Piranha Bytes game but I hope you can enjoy it despite the gripes I have with the title.
In 2012 I didn't look at games very critically so I struggled to put into words what made me dislike this game so much but I guess it was the pirate theme and the fact the the islands were just boring to explore.
One of my least favourite piranha bytes games , yet I still finished it.
I liked Risen 1 and Risen 3 more.
i recommend to check known bugs first, otherwise its just a game of luck if you can play through a piranha bytes game
i thought risen 2 was way better than other pihranna games gameplay wise and gamewise
Risen II is what happens when you try to fix what was never broken to begin with.
I really enjoyed risen but 2 didn't really grab me.
Unfortunately it's pretty much impossible to 100% Risen 2 on Steam legitimately, because achievements are broken.
The actually broken ones were removed, but several of them require you to do everything in the same session but can be save scummed through
Nooooo don't destroy one of my favorite games😢😢
i dont like risen 2 and 3 bc is just a pirate fantasy game with too much pirates! i love gothic, liked risen 1 but those new not really my thing
I really enjoyed this game but the combat is hot garbage
I think I got bored w risen 2. It was way too linear