Risen Risen series quickiespective ⛵‍☠️

[Maxie]

the most intelligent takes on gaming ever formulated on this website, whoever blocks these from front page is not only wrong, but also gay

 

[BruceVC]

I played all 3 Risen games and I enjoyed them, I liked the change of theme from PB with the pirate world and exploring the islands

Nice review by the way. I dont recall anything remotely racist about the games but I doubt I would notice it unless its very blatant. Living in SA you get so use to people playing the racism card you just start ignoring allegations or minor examples of ...what do they call it nowadays, "micro-aggression "

 

[adddeed]

Ive enjoyed every PB game ive tried (even Gothic 3) and consider them better RPGs than most other games out there.
Amongst strictly PB games id rate Risen series as a whole best, Elex series second and Gothic series last. Of the Gothic series tha best one is Gothic 1, and the 2 and 3 are my least favorite PB games.

 

[BruceVC]

Ive enjoyed every PB game ive tried (even Gothic 3) and consider them better RPGs than most other games out there.
Amongst strictly PB games id rate Risen series as a whole best, Elex series second and Gothic series last. Of the Gothic series tha best one is Gothic 1, and the 2 and 3 are my least favorite PB games.

Same as me, but I will add I have thoroughly enjoyed every PB game and Gothic 3 is my favorite Gothic

But ELEX 1 is my favorite PB game ....I cant wait to play ELEX 2

 

[koyota]

Picked it up.
Congrats Konjad, your friendly retrospective just made them another $2.

 

[JDR13]

Amongst strictly PB games id rate Risen series as a whole best, Elex series second and Gothic series last. Of the Gothic series tha best one is Gothic 1, and the 2 and 3 are my least favorite PB games.

I'm trying to wrap my head around how anyone could think Gothic 2 was one of their worst games.

 

[anvi]

I hate them all. If you dumb down an RPG into a single character at least give it some good combat. May as well play that shitty Ubisoft Mordor game.

 

[adddeed]

Amongst strictly PB games id rate Risen series as a whole best, Elex series second and Gothic series last. Of the Gothic series tha best one is Gothic 1, and the 2 and 3 are my least favorite PB games.

I'm trying to wrap my head around how anyone could think Gothic 2 was one of their worst games.

It was ok and still fun but Gothic 1 i think is much better.

 

[razvedchiki]

if i liked elex 1 will i like risen 3?

 

[adddeed]

Depends what you liked about Elex.

 

[Valloo]

I still think that going with pirate theme was a mistake even though I understand why they went into that direction. Voodoo, muskets and etc. felt really weird after generic (in good way) fantasy that was 1st one. But still I wonder if we'll ever get 4th game or if they're done with series.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Ive enjoyed every PB game ive tried (even Gothic 3) and consider them better RPGs than most other games out there.
Amongst strictly PB games id rate Risen series as a whole best, Elex series second and Gothic series last. Of the Gothic series tha best one is Gothic 1, and the 2 and 3 are my least favorite PB games.

The best PB game is Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos. And it was not even made by PB (but according to their design principles)

 

[JDR13]

if i liked elex 1 will i like risen 3?

Not necessarily. Piranha Bytes played it safe with Risen 3. Imo, it's a very average game. It doesn't really do anything bad, but it also doesn't do anything particularly good.

If you like PB's style overall but strongly prefer a pure fantasy setting, then you'll probably like it.

 

[razvedchiki]

it concludes the risen story line?

 

[JDR13]

it concludes the risen story line?

Correct

 

[Modron]

I don't even remember how Risen3 ends outside of the TPing sim boss fight.

 

[thesecret1]

Rised 1 feels like a pretty good Gothic clone that sadly has shit story and quests. Risen 2 still has shit story and quests, but is more lighthearted and slightly racist. Unfortunately, the gameplay is shit – "serviceable" is the best you can call it, and while you'll probably manage to keep playing until the end, there's nothing about it that's particularly memorable or that'd make you want to replay it. While there were some good ideas strewn about, they weren't enough to make up for the mediocre base. Risen 3 is so shit I just couldn't bear to play more than a couple hours of it.

 

[Pink Eye]

You put emotes on your thread title. What is this.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

You put emotes on your thread title. What is this.

It's magical

 

[Abu Antar]

Risen 1 is the best Risen by a long shot. It's not even close. On the other hand, Risen 2 deserves some love simply because...

 

[anvi]

Looks a bit like Fable. Needs more singing and songs and dancing with little gnomes and stuff.

 

[Tigranes]

In an alternative universe, we would have seen a crossover smash hit title that features all the joke sidekicks from reputable RPGs. Jaffar, HK-47, Boo, Divinity 2 Chicken Claw, etc. team up to SAVE THE WORLD.

 

[Cpt. Dallas]

There is a fix for the climbing bug in R1, by locking refresh rate in NV/AMD control panel for the risen exe. The hires texture mod isn't bad. I used the 1.3 community patch.

I haven't played 3 yet, but so far 1 and 2 are worth what I paid (unless you count Archolos, in which case, massive ripoff).

Edit: the R1 boss fight is cancer. Resorted to /minsky, ~, god and even the end cinematic is a letdown.

 

[Mitleser2020]

A Risen 2 video review/retrospective from 2022.

As a sequel to Risen 1, Risen 2 has some interesting new twists on the familiar formula, namely to do with the new pirate setting and an increased emphasis on the storytelling, but unfortunately several other aspects (ie, most of the gameplay systems) feel like a step backward from Risen 1. Overall, it's somewhat disappointing, because instead of simply improving and expanding on the success of the first game, they chose to change practically everything -- many things for the worse -- to the point that it doesn't even really feel like a sequel to Risen 1. Still, there's some redeeming quality in the main quest and the storytelling, so it's not wholly unpleasant to play -- it just feels like a mediocre, underwhelming, and sometimes frustrating follow-up to a modest classic.

 

[Konjad]

Looks a bit like Fable. Needs more singing and songs and dancing with little gnomes and stuff.

It's nowhere near fable. Fable is as railroaded, high fantasy and full of unfunny jokes as it can. Risen is mostly open world, fantasy but with a twist, and has good mix of jokes and more serious dialogues in Risen 1, while being full of jokes in Risen 2 but quite entertaining ones. Well, Risen 3 fails, so eh.