Worth it?

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

I am currently in an opportunity to nab this game at 5 dollars. I really really hated Risen 1, will I find any joy out of risen 2?

[Cross{x}Hair]

I watched 7 reviews and alot of feedback that ocured after the last major patch (added alot more combat options and animations) and decided to get it myself for $5. Looks bloody worth it to me:)

[Khorts Peevmen]

just give it a shot, 5$ is nothing for this awesome game, imho

[realist123]

I paid $9.99 for Risen 2, and I thought it was at least worth that. The graphics in Risen 2 are a lot better than Risen 1 throughout 99% of the game. I thought that is a large part of what makes Risen 2 entertaining the good to at times great graphics. I haven't finished Risen 1 yet but I also liked the humor in Risen 2 more. It took me under 40 Hrs, over 30 Hrs. to finish Risen 2 main quest. I thought it was a good time kill for me at the time.

I could advise you to get DCS A10C Warthog if you have a joystick, Crusader Kings II (especially fun with new update), or X3 bundle (only played an hour) all good games; the catch 22 is you would still probably want to own and play Risen 2 if you bought those other games and rightfully so.

Risen 2 has the occasional crocodile to battle. I definitely think Risen 2 is worth $9.99.

Did you make it to harbour town or the monestary in Risen 1? I thought the game picked up there. The graphics in Risen 1 although not that great, just above Morrowind's on Xbox, kinda started to grow on me after a while.

[Τhe Rolling Cheese Wheel]

Originally posted by realist123:

I paid $9.99 for Risen 2, and I thought it was at least worth that. The graphics in Risen 2 are a lot better than Risen 1 throughout 99% of the game. I thought that is a large part of what makes Risen 2 entertaining the good to at times great graphics. I haven't finished Risen 1 yet but I also liked the humor in Risen 2 more. It took me under 40 Hrs, over 30 Hrs. to finish Risen 2 main quest. I thought it was a good time kill for me at the time.

I could advise you to get DCS A10C Warthog if you have a joystick, Crusader Kings II, or X3 bundle (only played an hour) all good games; the catch 22 is you would still probably want to own and play Risen 2 if you bought those other games and rightfully so.

Risen 2 has the occasional crocodile to battle. I definitely think Risen 2 is worth $9.99.

Humor and graphics means very little to me, especially in an rpg. What I am looking for is solid gameplay, combat, and varied questing, most of which is completely absent in all these gameplay videos I've seen.

[realist123]

The graphics in Risen 2 are kinda artistic and wowed me a couple of times. I liked to be wowed by graphics occasionally, and they wowed me in not a generic, still very good, Skyrim kinda way--but in a special way. Occasionally the graphics looked almost kind-off photorealistic.

The enemies you battle have a nice difficulty. The gameplay, combat are alright, but not spectacular. I have a feeling you might not consider them solid because they are fairly simplistic. I thought they weren't crap though. I will admit Skyrim has better combat (better combat control options for the most part).

I thought the quests given were fairly entertaining. I was motivated to finish quests. I will admit I'm not a huge pirate fan but once I try a pirate game I am usually entertained. I thought the quests given were fairly entertaining, tied into the story, and for some reason I liked them more than generics Skyrim's quests. Matter of taste maybe. Overall I gave Risen 2 an 8.5/10, and I'd give Skyrim a 9.0/10.

[Eulisker]

I liked the first Risen a lot more so maybe this one is for you.

[Bimpy]

i loved this game but its combat isnt very good but i loved the story and the quests but the game dose take a while to get in to the real meat of the game but for 5$ i dont see why not

[Kwisatz]

If you (or anyone else who happens to come by) are looking for enjoyable combat and varied quests this game is certainly not for you. Those exact points are the weak spots of the game!

If you're looking for a masterly crafted world, sometimes nicely done characters (not the models, but the writing) and a unique (read: not TES) take on RPG, you might enjoy Risen 2. If you haven't played Risen 1, go play that as it's 100x better imo.