Risen 2: Dark Waters

Risen 2 just about avoids becoming a disaster, but it's a game very badly in need of editing - if it were somehow possible to release a director's cut that lost some of the bloat, rebalanced the combat and made the stealth and conversation skills more...

Risen 2: Dark Waters delivers does a decent job of creating a pirate-fantasy adventure, but it feels flat at times and has trouble overcoming some of the more annoying RPG...

Gears of War mastermind Cliff Bleszinski once said that "if you're going to make a shooter, you better make sure that those 30 seconds that you do over and over again are more fun than anything else in the game." As it happens, Risen 2 isn't a...

It is at this point that I must confess I never played the original Risen. That said, when I heard there was a single player game that involved pirates and Cthulhu sea monsters, I was rather keen on reviewing Risen 2 : Dark Waters. To be honest, my...

I do wonder if that ‘2’ in the title is meant to be said as ‘to’, like in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. So, “Risen To Dark Waters”. Sounds cool either way, but it still doesn’t change the fact that Risen isn’t the most highly regarded RPG around –...

I'm just not sure about Risen 2. There's no denying that its heart is most definitely in the right place: from the wonderfully large islands you get to explore, the range of skills and special talents to learn, and an overarching plot which takes more...

The original Risen was a curious little beast. In a genre so used to empowering the player, letting one live out heroic fantasies in a world full of treasure, choice, and magnificent deeds, Risen was quite prepared to strip you of your dignity, kick...

With Risen 2 Piranha Bytes continues to demonstrate skill at crafting big, believable worlds. Dark Waters is at times beautiful, offering a finely detailed set of islands to explore on your quest to become a notorious pirate captain and vanquish an...