Risen 2: Dark Waters
Piranha Bytes · 2012 · RPG, Pirates, Open World, Adventure, Third Person
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About Risen 2: Dark Waters
Hunt down sea creatures and uncover pirate secrets across exotic islands as an Inquisition member in this dark fantasy RPG set years after the original Risen. Shape your adventure through meaningful choices and player-driven approaches to combat and exploration in a richly interactive world with a full day-night cycle.
With an all-new pirate-based theme, Risen 2: Dark Waters aims to combine the most loved classic RPG gameplay mechanics of the original Risen with a fresh theme and setting on a huge variety of themed island locales. A third-person role-playing game set in a dark and gritty universe, Risen 2: Dark Waters maintains the most immersive features of the original Risen, with multiple approaches to every challenge allowing players to shape the game world based on their own decisions. These choices will serve to unlock new paths, features and additional skills for the character. Together with a highly interactive environment and a full day/night-cycle affecting countless aspects of the game world, Risen 2 will be set in the most immersive RPG game world so far.
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What Steam players say
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I've given Risen 2 more chances than almost any other game. First on physical discs, then on GOG, and now on Steam. The platform was never the problem, the game itself was. For a long time, I kept trying to convince myself that I liked it because I have so much respect for Piranha Bytes. They created some of my favorite RPGs of all time: Gothic 1 and 2, as well as Risen 1 and ELEX to some lesser extent. I wanted to believe that Risen 2 was better than I remembered, but after several attempts, I have to admit that it simply isn't. I've come to accept that even the developers I admire can fail, and they deserve the same honest, unbiased criticism as anyone else. My biggest issue isn't the shift from a generic fantasy setting to a pirate theme. In fact, I think giving each of their franchises its own identity was the right decision. The Gothic series already filled the classic fantasy role. The real problem is that most of the criticism you'll find in other reviews is justified and despite multiple playthrough attempts over the years, my opinion hasn't changed. In the end, there are simply too many better games to spend quality time, rather than forcing myself to enjoy one that n…
started the game in 2012...crashed in the first 20 minutes started the game 14 years later...game crashed in the first minutes will try in 6 years
crashes a lot
fantastic story
bruh
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