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[termokanden]

I agree about it being a good game. I have Risen as well (and was a big Gothic 2 fan also), and I'd say I enjoy Risen 2 more, but that's just me. There are a few not-so-polished elements (like quicksave and autosave making a new save every time with no limit, that kind of thing), but overall it's just a really enjoyable and a very detailed game that's just oozing atmosphere.

I have learned voodoo most recently in the game, and despite the bad things I've read in reviews about it, it's quite enjoyable (although I'm having a very hard time finding enough gold to train). I'm guessing some of the control complaints have to do with the xbox version, as you can keybind different main weapons easily on the PC (which is absolutely essential for voodoo, because you don't want to cast Fear and then whack them with a not-so-sharp scepter).

Modifié par termokanden, 29 avril 2012 - 09:50 .

[termokanden]

I've always thought PB games were more about exploration and atmosphere than plot anyway. But it's nice to see that the pirate theme works out relavitely well, and the English voice acting isn't horrible as I remember it from Gothic 2, where I actually laughed a few times because of the different accents. As a matter of fact, I think the voice acting works well so far.

Modifié par termokanden, 30 avril 2012 - 12:01 .

[Pedrak]

It's a fairly typical PB game, with a pleasant "old-school" feel to it and a nice fresh pirate setting (I, for one, am beginning to get tired of Tolkien-esque medieval fantasy). The use of party members is unusual for them but I welcome it.

Combat is challenging (I died more times in my first 5 hours of R2 than in my whole playthrough of DA2), character growth is very slow (of course, you don't just get a skill when levelling, you have to find a teacher for it and pay him), exploration is fun, (although the lack of swimming was a bad idea) and you better buy maps ASAP, no quest compass, graphics ok but animations are quite poor, voice acting is passable, there are often multiple quest solutions and overall it feels like a rough gem. Can't wait to get the cunning skill which lets you control a pet monkey that breaks into houses and steals stuff.

Worth playing.

Modifié par Pedrak, 30 avril 2012 - 03:04 .

[Kronner]

Just finished the game and I think this may be the best PB game yet. I love Gothic + Gothic 2 NoTR, but Risen 2 just surpassed them on my list.

[termokanden]

Hopefully there's a lot more gold in the game than what I've found so far. I feel very poor. Perhaps I should have bought some thieving skills after all.

[Kronner]

termokanden wrote...

Hopefully there's a lot more gold in the game than what I've found so far. I feel very poor. Perhaps I should have bought some thieving skills after all.

I ended the game with 19+k gold (though I do have the Treasure Island DLC), a ton of loot in inventory and I bought all the skills that were available to me.

Thieving skills are worth it for sure.


Unrelated, but I thought it was funny (saw this somewhere).

 

Modifié par Kronner, 30 avril 2012 - 05:42 .

[termokanden]

Obviously it was pirates.

Anyway just after making my previous post, I found 3 treasures and some other hidden stuff.

I'm liking voodoo so far. It sucks at first because you need to be at a specific Black Magic level to even use your scepters, and you don't start out with the Death Cult ghost either. But once you get to a decent level (and supplement with some jewelry), it starts to make sense. The story lines based around voodoo are fun too and you get to play other characters when you mind control them. Well, for a little while, but still.

I just realized I might be able to make two turkeys fight... Yep, needs to be done

Modifié par termokanden, 30 avril 2012 - 10:17 .

[Cyberarmy]

I finished the games with using dirty tricks mostly and some times Voodoo. Voodoo is a bit underused in combat me thinks and using parrots, salts, coconuts, fire oil was more entertaining.
But using voodoo dolls in quests to control low-lives was a blast

Potion making(ritual) was better then previos games, but still i used it only for upgrading my stats. At least we are not becoming an unstopable juggernaut this time.

There was enough Glory to raise my 4 main stats to 9. With +1 help from artifacts they become 10. And got enough  gold to train any skill ı can, after some treasure hunting you start to swim in gold.

While i love swashbuckling fighting style, i really miss dodging from first game. Parrying was good against humanoids but monsters gave me real trouble. Especially ghouls, guardians and that fatso at İsle of Thieves. He was harder then any other fight in game.(end boss was a joke...)


As a Gothic fan i really liked the game, there is  only one that thing bothered me. It seems there was less exploration. While there is 7 islands most of them are pretty straight forward and traps/puzzles in tombs were easy.

[Cyberarmy]

A dodge and parrying monster attacks...
Its a bit late for me(and my little zoo ) going to try muskets on my next playthrough.
But parrying monster attacks sounds like a bit overkill, dodge was enough IMHO(if it was like old versions)

And you are right, all of them bosses were cakewalk. Still remember killing undead dragon in 3 crossbow shots...
At least this one is humanoid and we can use every tactic in game. Attacking it with a coconut made my day
It was done in 4-5 ripostes

[csfteeeer]

I'm a few hours into it already.
It's exactly what i expected: a Piranha Bites game, i.e. a game that your brain knows has flaws, but your heart doesn't care.

[DragonRageGT]

R660 wrote...

Risen? People actually liked that? With it's static faces, senseless plot and weed smoking monks? I suppose there was the combat system... it wasn't very good but it was there.

Risen has one of the best Chapters 1 and 2 ever, of any RPG's. Rushed chapters 3 and 4 showed us that the Piranhas still couldn't take all the time they might want to finish their games properly. Still, it is a great game, with the worst final boss ever, well, if you don't consider Marauder Shields the final boss in ME3.

I've juist started Risen 2, with the latest patch, gladly, because the worst thing I read about it was the combat and the patch is supposed to fix it to a degree at least.

I haven't got far but it has that great PB games feeling and atmosphere all over it. I hope I can play it more because ME3 multiplayer is so addctive that I can't stop playing it, except for the past 3 weeks when I was away and with no internet!