Sadly it was a let down, even with the tempered expectations I went in with, having already heard that it wasn’t a great game. And now I have to try and think of something to say about this mediocre and derivative game. I’ll never forget Risen 2 and I have very high hopes for the sequel that I will play one day, hopefully soon.ġ00% unlocked 9:24pm on the 25th of December 2017Ĭastlevania, conversely, was not great. I probably could have done without that, for reasons I’ve detailed in the past (see: InFamous), but overall it was a good list. The list was extensive and it involved playing through a few of the various outcomes the story branches off throughout the campaign. I genuinely enjoyed all 50+ hours I put into the two playthroughs I needed to obtain the Platinum trophy. There was so much effort and love put into this game that I feel bad even saying anything negative about it. The environment was an hodgepodge of assorted visual tricks to make the world appear closer to what was expected of a high budget 2012 game, but clearly with the resources of an independent developer. But, to me, that made the game more endearing. It had been released around the time that Skyrim came out, yet it looked and played closer to Morrowind. The game world is punishing, but it has a set of rules that are easy to follow once you know them.įrom a technical perspective it’s quite clear that Risen 2 did not have a large budget. Risen 2 does not hold your hand, it lets you explore wherever you would like from the start and also make irrevocable mistakes. But the story quickly pulls a similar maneuver to the first game, wherein you find yourself alone and unwanted on yet another island. The game starts off as a direct sequel to the first game which initially concerned me, since I was being introduced to characters the game expected me to know already. I was pleasantly surprised because they did both of those things. I picked up Risen 2 on PS3 hoping that it would have at least a hint of the integrity the first game showed, but also that they would improve on the technical issues that pushed me away from it. The game starts with your character marooned on an unknown island as the survivor of a shipwreck, and over the short time I played I genuinely felt lost, afraid and unwanted even by the “friendly” NPCs inhabiting the island. I didn’t get far into it, due to not being patient enough to deal with the very clunky combat, but from what I did play I really respected. I tried the first Risen on Steam a couple of years back, on a whim really. Risen 2 was the first and one of the best games I have played. During the time between, I did continue playing games with the intention of getting the Platinum trophy but I would wait until after December 1st to actually complete them. Although this works in almost all cases, you must levitate the object beneath the object you are standing on slowly, otherwise Amadeus will let go of it and send you falling toward the ground.After I got my 99th Platinum trophy I decided it would be a nice touch to bookend my journey by obtaining #100 a few months later, exactly eight years after my first Platinum trophy. This lets you levitate Amadeus and allows you to collect all of the experience orbs without needing to figure out how the puzzle is solved. Then you get on top of the two boxes or objects and levitate the lower box or object, not the one you are standing on. This works by conjuring two boxes, or using any two existing objects that are movable, and stacking one on top of the other. While Amadeus cannot levitate an object that he is standing on, he can levitate the object beneath the one he is standing on. Once Player 1 is across Player 2 and 3 can drop out then back in to teleport next to Player 1. If you are stuck somewhere in the game where you need to get everyone across a gap or up a seemingly insurmountable cliff, simply have Player 1 jump on top of an object and use the Wizard to fly the object where you need to go. When they drop back in they will spawn right next to Player 1. When playing in local multiplayer mode, Players 2 and 3 are able to drop in and out at will by hitting the start button and exiting the game.
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