Why You Should Play Risen | 13 Years Later Retrospective
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0:00 Hello there my RPG lovers :)
0:05 Piranha Bytes loves RPG Trilogies
1:04 A brand new IP
2:48 Stranded and nameless
4:32 The Island of "Faranga"?
5:51 Two major factions
7:32 Chapters & The Story
9:53 In the beginning...
11:30 The Quest Design
12:20 Twins everywhere
13:06 The dialogue
14:06 The Visuals
17:52 The Gameplay
22:26 The Combat
29:00 Some gameplay problems
30:01 Itemisation & Acrobatics
32:13 Why Risen feels unfinished?
33:39 Spoiler-free thoughts
34:09 END GAME SPOILERS
36:54 Some more critique
37:38 Music & Sound
39:21 The Xbox 360 port
41:26 Outro - เกม
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What's your opinion about Risen 1 guys?
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Risen doesn't QUITE reach the heights of the classics that are Gothic 1 and 2, but I think it's a very good game nonetheless. In fact I liked it so much back in the day (when it was released during a very painful RPG drought) that I even played through the entire game on the horrible 360 port because my shitty laptop couldn't handle it. It does degrade in quality in the last chapters, but that's only a fairly small portion of your time on the island.
+ Best melee combat PB has ever made
- Faction are not interesting enough
- Second half is just fight against lizardmans
? You can get overpower like getting Don to train you to sword level 9 before join any faction
I recently played a couple months ago for the first time, it was a fantastic game they dont make them like they used to
I think it has the best Combat System of all PB games and its my favourite PB-World to explore. This Island is so beautifully crafted. I dont mind the hackn slash part in the end as I'm also used to ARPGs.
It only went downhill from here for PB. Elex is almost unplayable to me.
Let this games live is my opinion !
Around 10 years ago I started the Risen wiki. Nice to see how it evolved over the years
One of the best RPG I've played, one of the very rare ones I've replayed. The real, in your face, "from zero to hero" formula.
somebody should show this guy gothic
@@erko948 Played it. Risen 1 is what's closest to it in that sense.
@@PaStef37 yeah i figured. it was a “joke”
It's the second best after Gothic 2.
Have you played dragon age origins?
Despite its flaws, Risen contains some of the finest _dungeons_ ever designed by Piranha Bytes.
And I thought temple of adanos and sleeper temple is better
@@mynameisstepon7860 don't forget the Orc Cemetery!
Gothic 1 and 2 had great dungeons that were environmentally well designed. They look like what you'd expect a crypt to look like.
The monastery introduction, training with staves and magic, solving the murder mystery are the most memorable moments in the game.
That was my favorite too. Great atmosphere and location. Kingdom Come Deliverance had a similar part but this did it way better.
I love the first 2-3 chapters, murder in monastery, getting to town and many great little side quests, awesome soundtrack, great combat....but then it become only Lizard slicer simulator, many of that great things left and in the end it was really hard to finish the game
Typical PB. Great 2/3 of the game and then last 3rd is just killing huge amount of mobs...
I have this gripe with many games. They start out with a nice balance of exploring, fighting, talking. But in the end they becoe too combat heavy. And my biggest pet pieve is a final boss that's a huge difficculty spike and has like 3 forms.
@@shady8910 I never finished Gothic 1 and 2 becouse of that, I did hate last dungeons in both games. Same with Risen. Fucking lizards
@@wd2729 there are ways around it. It's been around 2 years since my last playthrough but I remember toeing the line with each faction up until about the end of the 2nd chapter or so. Learned alchemy and swordfighting, so I crafted a ton of strength potions, dumped my learning points into swordfighting at harbour town, and the lizards were annoying but certainly manageable.
This game was so good when i first played it as a teen. Story, combat, map, enjoyed it all.
I really liked risen.
It was like playing Gothic 2 but with a coat of paint.
That was all I needed, back then
30:40 There are actually 2 more helmets you can buy throughout the game: The leather helmet (seems a little ridiculous) and the helmet of the city guard. The only trader who sells them though is the weapons' trader in the harbor city by the Don's house. That's why you might not have found them yet.
There is also a third helmet (the Warrior's Helmet). It gets sold by the smith in the volcano keep, during the final chapter of the game. Its very easy to miss, since that smith is only useful for Staff users.
I really like this channel. Your honest reviews of these old gems really feels fresh. Keep it going!
I was waiting for that video 🙏🏻
24:13 you missed a king's crown! Awesome video as always, keep up the good work!!!!
Awesome Video C4G (as always)
Great Job :)
risen 1 is one of my favourite games of all time. i play it once every 1 or 2 years to this day. the atmosphere is amazing. everything is great.
Same here, I play it often, finished as archer, fire mage, sword and shield. Probably will try again with 2h axe and other mage types, also with the monastery stick.
Mnogo je cudno videti Baku Praseta ovde, pogotovu sa obzirom na to sta se trenutno desava sa njim i masnokosim. Super video, igrao sam Risen davno kao klinac. Dobio si sub od mene!
Great timing, just started playing it the other day!
I absolutely love this game and it is one of my favourites of all time. Although I agree that later parts of the game feels little bit unfinished, but eveything else is great and all other problems are minor and forgivable. I got goosebumps everytime I hear that ingenious OST and almost cry in nostalgia when I feel the overall atmosphere of the game.
By the way - the combat system is unforgettable - that almost instant reaction on players intentions.!
Piranha Bytes is a legend and their games are one of the reasons I love RPGs nearly 20 years.
Thank you for your work and for sharing this great retrospective :)
Its incredible how much work you put into your videos, really enjoying it.
Risen 1 is amazing i have finished it so often, lots of nostalgia involved. You brought back some great feelings with your retrospective. Greetings.
Did that much time have passed that we are now dissecting Risen 1 as a classic?
I still remember poring over teaser screenshots of Gothic III and just being amazed at the leap of graphics (compared to G1 and G2).
The music in Risen 1 is great!
I used to have a job that started at 11 AM, so I spent many mornings playing Risen before work. The music and general atmosphere of the Harbour Town was a great way to start the day!
had the whole series in my steam library but never played after the starting area finished it a few months ago got to say by far the best in the series, yeah the combat is not that great but the world building the quest everything just clicks, loved the vibe of harbor town, love your videos man keep it up.
36:30 The holy flame springs from the imprisoned fire titan in the volcano temple.
I'm at 2:44 and I'm really digging what I'm seeing xD you earn a sub ! Let's watch it all!
Really enjoyed Risen and Risen 2 also! Right now I'm in the middle of Elex 2 and I've had great time with it. PB RPGs really hit me
My favorite from PB. I love this game. Such a great inspiration for my work.
At Risen 2 you see the shift of quality of Piranha Bytes. During Risen 1 Michael Hoge was in charge of the game who was deeply involved with the creation of the Gothic games. After Risen he left and Björn Pankratz got in charge who had a much smaller position during the development of the Gothic games, which was more involved with the marketing.
thats explains a lot, sad that risen 2 and 3 had to be such shit games
My most fav piranha game. And my first rpg. Oni love to this day.
okay well, thank you for reminding me that this game existed.
I remember trying to play the xbox 360 version when I was a teenager and my stepdad had the game, I got trapped in the monastery and didn't have the patience to get out of it despite loving the game until that point.
As a relatively young adult now, I'm hoping to actually get into the game more and enjoy it for what it actually is. Thanks again!
36:30 the Holy Flame is something that probalbly was lost in translation. Never played Risen in english but in german (spoilers I guess)
is part of the fire Titan and the main reason why other Titans didn't attack or come close to Faranga since Titans don't want to get close to each other for some reason Ursegor never explained that part though.
Besides of the "final helmet" there are another two more in the game, if I'm not remember bad, one of them was in a tower with skeletons and you can get it during the "Patroclos" mission and the other one is in Harbor Town and you can buy it but only during chapter 3 or 4.
Was about to comment that - one you can find where you said, one you can buy in Harbor Town in Chapter 2 and one in Volcano Keep in Chapter 3. The ones that you can buy look really cool as well.
@@Jedrex899 yeah, actually I feel like He miss some aspects of the game Wich make it even better, not only the detail of the helmets. He forgot to mention that there are a lot of small secret areas where you only can access using the levitation scroll and other secret areas in the woods behind the trees, actually I completed this game a lot of times and in every gameplay I always discover something new.
I managed to turn off this "film grain" effect you are talking about at 17:20, easiest way to do it is set shadow quality to "low", otherwise there is a particular option in config files which is causing that. I believe it was: ScreenSpaceAmbientOcclison="false" or SoftShadows="false"
I loved the first half of this game, sadly it becomes empty later on. The combat was great, they nailed it, even though I have some criticism about the super speed of animations, most of times is unpredictable, like almost instant. I wish this game was longer and with more content, I simply lose my interest trough half of it, because once you done the quests, youre all done
I find the emptiness and poor late game a huge problem with nearly all PB's games. It's something they've never really learned how to fix
@@anduril38 I think gothic 2 barelly suffer with this, the world keeps interesting until the very end
@@anduril38 Well I think that while making the first 2-3 acts of a game they still have a lot of energy and the deadlines are far away, while during the later acts they are just trying to finish the project before running out of time and money. But on the other hand a game with a strong beginning will get more people into it than one that only really gets good after 20+ hours.
Fun fact : Lena Heady (Cerci Lannester) is voicing Patty in this game
To this day, my review quote remains on the Steam store page for the game, and at the time I had quite a few comments deriding this opinion. But it's nice to see that the game aged so well.
Even if it does require a few tweaks and fixes to get it running properly at this point...
I love every minute in Risen1.Sure it got old and looks outdate but it can captured what i love in Gothic series, the musics ,the environment.It feels dark,dirty,bloody,dangerous and hard combat.Only thing i feel disappoint is the lastboss is so easy.
The parry mechanic quickly became my best friend as soon as the Saurians started pouring out of the ruins. The quick change to extremely agressive combat style they exhibit usually means a lot of deaths if you are not familiar with them. Unless you are fighting a leader, a successful parry will almost always let you land a free hit. If you pull off a successful parry at the second last blow in your combo, you can squeeze in an even more powerful blow.
I absolutely LOVE the vertical world and the atmosphere thats so dense you can almost grab it. Just like Gothic 1 💪🙏
Good work boss 🙌
- That was such an awesome game, I went full mage with that fast mana gun skill and had so much fun in it.
I hope you make a retrospective on Risen 2 and 3. I have seen that they go in a different direction from Risen 1 so I would like to hear what you think about those games
Edit: Nevermind just hit the end of the video lol
I remember watching my dad play this game and had no idea what was going on except him fighting with a stick.... good memories.
Risen is indeed a good game. It's a solid playthough that indeed made me wish there was more too it but I liked it for what it was.
32:05 Alchemy is super useful. You can brew permanent stat potions. There are 20 hero crowns so it's like +100 attribute points of your choice. You should definitely invest in lvl 3 alchemy :)
I love this game. Risen 2 was very meh, Risen 3 was great IMO, but the first one is just the best. From a technical point of view it's probably best PB game. Loved the combat system, quests (monastery FTW), magic (I generally do not play as mages, but here it is so fun to use), soundtrack (so calm and mysterious)... I've replayed it many times, beaten - 4 times (last one just two weeks ago) and I'll probably never stop doing so. Amazing title.
BTW great content man! I've been watching you for a couple of months and I'm always happy to see new vid. Keep it up!
Giving Elex another chance right now, and beginning to enjoy it. First Risen is fantastic, music and atmosphere is great.
man, you are a legend
I love Piranha Bytes games; especially the ELEX series. I never beat Risen, but loved what I played originally, so I’m super excited to see a Remaster coming next month which I’ll be buying for sure and playing the heck out of… 😊
Same here for the Risen remaster! Hope it will be fixed without the original X Box issues... i never really got into Elex but I played a lot of Gothic when I was younger and it was awesome for its time
@@marchcavrecs6933 yea I need to play Gothic one day. 🤘
I did enjoy ELEX quite a bit - only played the first one. I felt like there were some pacing and/or balancing issues in the beginning, it felt a bit hard to me to really get going. But once you grasped the game it quickly changed and I quite enjoyed it. There was also kind of the "obvious" choice for your faction that was close to where you start the game, but you had the option to explore much further into the world to join other factions, which could be more of a challenge. Quite interesting overall in my opinion.
@@maxmustermann3938 ELEX 2 was Amazing. Highly recommend playing it friend. 🤘
This game is coming out on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch next year. It’ll be the perfect time to play this!
What are your favorite Rpgs outside of pranha bytes games? im curious to know
Hyped! I’ll be buying it to play on PlayStation 5 due in part to your objective review.
I really want a remaster version, a chapter 5 and respawn enemies for RISEN 1.
This game was so good after of course GOTHIC 1 and 2. 🙂
Looks like you might be getting your wish!
@@TheSSBrolli Is Risen 1 getting a remaster or what??? 😕
Just got the Risen Trilogy on Steam. I already have the games physically on Xbox 360, but haven't really given it the time yet. Very excited to check these games out!
Also, I wonder what the Risen Remaster will be like...
I only have fond memories of Risen 1.
It's been a long time, I only remember getting pissed off -once; mastering the combat in the very first part of the game, after that.... the experience was amazing !
This reminds to go back play again, I remember finish with the bandits, I will try the inquisition path. Ca I do the city quests as an inquisition?
The texture issue mentioned in 39:55 has nothing to do with texture resolution, but rather with texture mapping. They probably simplified the mesh without updating texture mapping to accomodate for that.
My second go to after Gothic 2 + the addon. Man I got so many good memories about those two games.
How do you go back and find all those one liners from gameplay? Good memory?
Amazing work, love your content!
It's pretty easy to recognize the dialogue segments by the audio peaks, that helps a lot. But yea, I always remember some specific, goofy dialogue lines by npcs, and there is plenty of that in Risen games, lol.
playing this on pc for the first time after playing pretty much all pb games on console. this is amazing wow like a whole new game!
One of my favorite rpgs ever, I comeback to play this every year or 2 again. It is my 2nd favorite PB game after Gothic 2 :)
I played last year's for 2 playthroughs, still want to go 2 more. Felt like a second gothic 1, and hit all the nostalgia buttons.
19:34: Telekinesis is not necessary to get through the tunnel. You can just wait for the trap to come down, and when it goes up again quickly go through (I think you don't even need sprinting). The winches can also be triggered by bows/crossbows, so once again, telekinesis is not necessary for them. You are correct about the needed transformation and levitation spells though.
Thank you again for great video. I played Risen 1 when it comes out and it was good, just like you say, quite like Gothic series, but I lost interest pretty soon, so maybe it is time to revisit now ...
My one critique is this video makes it sound like there are only two factions to join, but there are actually three. The bandits in the swamp, the inquisition in harbor town, or the fire monks in the monastery. The fire monks versus inquisition make for very different character builds, with the monks being more pure caster and the inquisition being a caster-melee hybrid.
I think I started this game 3x but I need to go back and beat it now!
15:32 "Such a great atmosphere" said walking through brothel. Well, can't argue with that
Just finished Elex 2. About to start Risen...do you recommend and mods? Visual or community patches?
Gothic 1 was pretty much my introduction to rpg style games, it set the baseline standards for me. I liked it a lot. Gothic 2 was better i suppose but my PC couldn't handle it at the time so i played it at a friend thus my whole experience lacked because i couldn't sink in so many hours as i liked. G3 was weird and had to install community patches to make it playable. It and "Pirates of the Carribean" game, the one based on Sea Dogs game were the two game i remember fiddling the most as both were vastly improved by the community. Maybe that bother made me hate now any game that relies on mods to fulfill its potential. I expect that initiative from the developer not years after launch from people that don't really get payed for their work but just love the game. I think it's not too much to ask from a dev to love their game at least as much as its community.
Risen 1 is the best in the series, the followers kind of suck. From Risen 1 and Gothic 1 i really started to expect other rpg's to give a similar experience regarding skill development. I like that the character learns skills it is seen in the ease and speed of the action and the changing animation from novice to expert. The only other game i can think now that kind of touches on this aspect is Fable 1 where your character with a low strength drags a big heavy sword and can't swing or barely swings it around but with investment in strength he can t swing it around like it would be a toothpick. Those aspects make the immersion for me. The little things count and when you have many of those in different systems the whole world seem alive.
If i remember correctly in Risen 1 i first encountered the best shield combat systems too. I always wandered after this game why don't other devs just take the system approach from this game to apply it in to them. I remember saying that the graphics are enough, you don't need photo realism, just take the core systems, add some more on top from you and present whatever story you desire. You don't need to reinvent the wheel, just improve on it. It didn't quite happen then but it also kind of did where standards of the industry adopted some Ubisoft approaches like towers and some pretty bad Rockstar approaches, the ones regarding monetization shark cards and whatnot while kind of ignoring the ones regarding product quality. So in the end it did happen just in a very different and bad way. I guess, be careful what you wish for.
3:03 The NA version on XBOX 360 was improved over the EU release. I still play it every so often on console.
I've beaten Risen 1 a few times over the years. I definitely enjoy it similarly to Gothic 1. It's a shame about Risen 2, which I feel may be Piranha Bytes' weakest game.
I had not remembered how yellow the game looked until I watched this video. Definitely some questionable graphical design decisions.
It's been years, but I remember feeling like enemies always attacked way too suddenly in Risen 1, which made it really hard to properly time counters and the like. This led to me abusing the lunge attack and dodging backwards, over and over again.
However, when comparing the combat to Risen 2, Risen 1's is an absolute masterpiece.
Whatever my complaints, I really liked the system of gradually learning new combat maneuvers as you increase in skill. I feel like it's a refinement of the weapon skill system in Gothic 1 and 2 and wish other games would adopt the same idea.
There are helmets other than the endgame helmet, but they're quite limited.
The final boss wasn't awful as far as boss fights go, but IMO the biggest failing was that your character build has absolutely no bearing on how you fight it. You ALWAYS use the Titan Armor and ALWAYS use that Hammer to hit the boss until you win, focusing completely on platforming to win.
You can change colour settings in game main menu
@@karimghazal1531 I'll be sure to check that next time I play.
I don't know what they were thinking with that last boss fight/design. Does he even attack?
it's really odd that you enjoy gothic 1 more than gothic 2 considering that gothic 2 is a game the action of which mainly unfolds in a harbor town, just like in risen 1
@@gegi4577 True, Risen does have that similarity to Gothic 2.
The atmosphere of Gothic 1 is always what did it for me, so while I like both of the original Gothic games, I prefer 1.
If I remember correctly there was a levitate spell (playing as a mage) which I often overused simply gliding over the landscape (cliffs too). Ah, good times... And the guy voicing the hero is Sam Worthington of Avatar fame.
Underrated advice xD
Sam Worthington!!!!!! I always knew there was something familiar to his voice. His is voice is so likable
I'd love for PB to go back and add some QOL updates to their older games (controller support, modern resolution and ultrawide support etc). I never really played Gothic 1 and each time I'm tempted I need to do so much patching etc to get it working (but looking pretty damn good)
Well, there's a gothic 1 remake in the works (with for honour style combat)
i loved risen and the atmosphere
Risen 1 is my favorite Piranha Bites game. I love everything about it.
I'm so happy this game got a much needed patch and controller support.
I like the athmosphere in Risen1, especially in Harbor Town.
In risen, from the very beginning before you've even started to play, your very presence on the island is criminal and most quest hub npcs makes it abundantly clear to you that you are a useless, intrusive waste of space.
A big recurring theme in this game is that endings are incredibly gratifying. The ending of the garbage, tedious, poorly designed quest chains feel so incredible because it means the quest chain is finally over. The ending of the prisons this game calls quest hubs when you escape these dog shit places is such a great high. The ending of the game when you close it is downright therapeutic. It's all so amazing. It's kind of reminiscent of Getting Over It fans who absolutely hate the entire game, but then swear by it being the best game ever when they finally finish it because they're so gratified by it's ending. If the whole design of a game is to be gratified by it's ending because of what a horrible experience it was, it's a completely dogshit game, but it'll have some really die hard fans.
If you compare this with an actually well designed game like Fable, the comparison is night and day. I would run through Greatwood just for fun because of the fun feel of the movement and combat. The quests were amazing. When you step into the arena, you don't want it to end. You're thrilled and, even as it's happening, you almost feel a tinge of regret that you'll never experience it for the first time again. Silver keys, demon doors, bar games, it was all so full and vibrant. Not to mention the fact that you actually feel like a part of the world that isn't an intrusive criminal piece of shit (and the ONLY intrusive criminal piece of shit, as literally everyone else on this island is already situated for better or worse - you're the only new arrival on a locked down island). In fable, not only do you have lots of options of houses to buy, but you're basically the most important and valuable person wherever you go. It's an amazing feeling, and it's exactly what an RPG is supposed to deliver.
Man, risen is dogshit.
I was today years old when I found out the Inquisitor was voiced by Andy Serkis, Don Esteban was voiced by John Rhys Davies, and Patty was voiced by Lena Headey (Cercei Lannister). Some serious heavy hitters were a part of the voice cast.
I knew Don Esteban was voiced by one of the greatest actors ever, especially in narrating type movie, by just hearing is deep and glorious voice. But i thought it was Christopher - Count Dooku or the bad white wizard in lord of the rings.
I really enjoy this game, I just love the artstyle, atmosphere and music, especially in the bandic camp and haven city and it has the best combat of PB games thus far still. Probably played through it 5-6 times at this point, even did a max exp / 100% cleanup run and managed to get to Lv33 an the end. (34 with tons of sharktails)
But what I think this game really lacks is an addon in the style of NotR put in the mid-game, would have probably fixed the sudden lack of content in the later chapters and I kinda feel like Risen 1 originally was intetned to have an addon but for whatever reason just scrapped that and moved on.
*RISEN 4 LIFE*
My favorite role playing game of all time.
the name of the island was never mentioned in risen 1
at the start of risen risen 2 Patty refers to the event of risen 1 in a dialog option and that's were we learn the name of the island
As someone who only ever got the chance to play Risen on the Xbox 360, I still really adored it. Yeah it had problems, but when it came to quality RPG worlds for the console, there just weren't many that could compete, outside of the elder scrolls and dragon age.
Fantastic my first pb game now I'm fun played it 2018
I only discovered piranha bytes games some months ago when I bought Elex 2. This game absolutely blew my mind as I usually don't enjoy rpgs. After that I moved on to Elex 1 (had a blast there as well) and with some hesitation started risen 1 some days ago (cuz it looked very old and outdated). Risen 1 has me hooked atm. Even though it looks and plays outdated, it was a one of a kind experience no rpg was able to offer me. I enjoyed Risen 1 much, much more than triple A rpgs like witcher 3 or skyrim.
Last PB game that i finished. Liked the combat though it was rough around the edges.
I'm really unsure if I should start in Piranha Bytes games with this game or Elex I. Both seems to be really good entrypoints.
Give Elex a chance. Risen has a middle age fantasy setting and Elex a post apocalypse fantasy one. Both games working with more or less the same mechanics.
Ok, that Geralt joke was pretty good :)
This Game is truly a Masterpiece. I Play it every Year, and i Love it. Send you all Love from Germany ❤️
Risen and gothic 3 will always be in my top games of all time
Risen was one of my first RPGs I played as a kid (still remembering getting my mohter to buy it at the store and then excitedly stuyding the manual on our car ride home. :D), so the nostalgia levels are obviously through the roof for me but I still objectively think this is a pretty good game, especially for its time.
- The exploration is pretty nice and actually rewarding because you get scrolls, potions, gold, powerful alchemy ingredients for permanent stat buffs that really make you strong.
- The story, quests and characters are... okay. Some parts are great, others more meh...
- What I really like in the game is the combat system though. Once you get the hang of the controls, got some combos and know the enemies' moveset it's quite fast complex, and almost rhythmic. Some enemies you can only attack once before they retaliate, some you can sort of stagger with a combo if I recall, some enemies usually do a full combo so you can decide whether to block/dodge all of it or try to interrupt their combo by dodging inbetween the right attacks (but not between any attacks because some attacks have better tracking/reach) and so on. Makes you fight almost all enemies in a slightly different way and the quick movements and attacks make it quite exciting and fast-paced.
Or you invest all your points into the magic missile crystal as a mage/inquisitor and just bust out the magic gatling gun to mow down everything that moves. :D
Risen 2 and 3 might be more "modern" and maybe the characters/story is a bit better but their new engine and combat system lost everything that hooked me in this game, so I still consider Risen 1 the best of the series.
Lol i was just thinking about wanting to play this game again 😁
Still one of my favourite eurojank rpgs
While in the grand scheme of things I prefer the thrid game (less piratey and with better maps design than the second one), first one is superb as well. Exploration in PB games is amazing and Risen 1 has stellar map design. I loved randomly stumbling upon Lord Patroscon at some point and how some dungeons are connected. I'd say it is the best introduction to PB games - not as dated as Gothic games, but preserving their best qualities.
I wish Lord Patroscun would have got some nasty evil skeleton voice lines upon meeting him. Clearly, an iconic enemy in the game
I'm finishing it for the 3rd time in a ROW in last weeks ;D
I've returned to Risen 1 after few years of no playing it and damn, it's so enjoyable!
And people! try out build with a Crossbow as a main weapon!
I just recently played and beat this on Xbox series x of course it was the 360 version but I am really freaking excited how I did not know but they are releasing this for PlayStation 4 on January 24th oh how I wish I would have known this I loved it
I wanna play one game like skyrim or something like this game on xbox 360, do u recommend me this one on xbox 360? Or another similar
RIsen was one of the games that defined my childhood, a shame the rest of the series and elex isnt so great. Still PB was my childhood studio.
Alright y'all, I have some combat tips.
• If you wanna use your first preset strike over and over again but very quickly. You strike first, block second and strike again, and if you time these two core moves you can strike very quickly with the same strike.
• If you wanna strike faster with your entire preset, you time the strike button once a strike has ended, your strikes will become very quick.
• if you have to fight with your fists, you can spam block, strike, block strike, or dodge left and right after every punch, you confuse the enemy AI when you do this and you can interrupt their strikes no matter how fast or what weapon they're using.
• if you're out numbered by two people, force them or manipulate them into lining up, and you can go for a strike that hits both of them. And or spam block, strike.
• If you're out numbered by three people, fight like Muhammad Ali, circle, strike, dodge and repeat.
• Collect every "conjure skeleton" spell, because if you're having to fight four people, you're definitely going to need them.
• if all you have is a sword, a staff and or an axe, and you're fighting a wolf or a stingrat dodge after every strike, because you can't block their attacks unless you have a shield to dual wield.
• if it's a wildboar you just dodge and strike because they can break your block.
• let's be real here, ghouls sound like honey badgers and don't give a flying FUCK if you're blocking don't try to run because they'll catch your ass. So really how you fight them is you need a conjure skeleton spell and shoot them in the back.
*LOVE* this game so much, it was the *first rpg game* I ever played and it's probably the reason why I like rpg games so much, too bad that the sequels ruined the story and the vibe, they should honestly unmake them and create a different continuation or remaster the first game ^w^
this game was amazing
25:25 Play Axe... it's literally the first you learn :) That makes axes the BEST weapon!
We are waiting for Risen2 and 3 now!