with the speed you're pumping these out, we're eventually gonna get: "Real Life - Review after 100%" anytime now.

The joke about the removal of magic reminds me of the Shadow Broker DLC in Mass Effect 2. While holding down a position to protect a door hacking device, Shepard comments "Remember when you could just slap Omni-gel on everything?" Liara responded "A lot of people were upset about that security upgrade." I just got a chuckle out of that.

It's kind of hard to articulate, but part of me wishes that they pivoted and did more games like this. Like, this game has one of the best art directions of Piranha games, and with little more open world it could become something magical.

I played it at release. I remember I went full on maxed Vodoo. After maxing it out I then put 3 points in muskets and it was better to use that because it made game so much easier.

Hi Mortym! Happy Easter to all those who celebrate! I personally found Risen 2 pretty fun. Like I said in your first impressions vid of this game, if PB had tightened up the combat a bit, it would have been even better. Also, I like the art and graphics, and the idea of voodoo as magic was pretty unique.

I remember picking up this game when I was in highschool without any expectations, and it was a really nice surprise. It filled the void that Skyrim left in me after doing almost everything that was available. Although Risen has a lot of issues, I think is an very fun rpg.

I loved your detailed take on this game, very enjoyable! I recently picked up a special edition of this game for the Xbox 360 & am now anxious to play it.

Damn youre fast! Watched first impressions like two days ago. Thanks for the hard work, risen 2 is only piranha bytes game i didnt play.

I applaud your timing of releasing a review of Risen 2 on Easter. Excellent troll job. 👏👏👏

3:40 I am kinda glad to hear that I was not the only one with these exact issues.

great vid. Some propisition of games to do review: TwoWorlds 1 & 2, vendetta: curse of raven's cry (speaking about risen 2)

Mortym, keep pumping these out man. Great stuff.

It's a shame how as time goes on, older games become harder to run, feels like this game could really benefit from a remaster, if not a downright remake, cuz honestly? We don't have enough pirate themed games out there! Great 100% review as usual!

Your channel is so cool. I love everything you do here.

You are a god among men. To not only beat, but 100% a game in less than a week is crazy. Still, keep up the good work! My biggest issue with this game is that every time you save, it generates a new file, taking up hard drive space, so if you don't overwrite older states or delete them, you'll have them taking up more gigabytes than the core game itself.

THANK YOU for including Steam Deck support in your videos.

Piranha Bytes makes me feel like.......home. Jank or not.

I played this game at release and it was a huge departure from Risen 1 for me. I enjoyed parts of Risen 2 and the whole "pirate theme" did worn out it's welcome towards the end, but I did have a good time with it. I still wanted Piranha Bytes to go back to Risen 1/Gothic style of games instead, because those are the ones I enjoyed the most but with Elex 1-2 and Risen 2-3 I don't know if that's going to happen.

I haven't played Risen 1, but played all other Pyrhana Bytes games. And Risen 2 is right below Gothic 2 for me, so almost a favorite of the bunch. Sad to see you mention the forgettableness of the companion characters, as I actually liked most of them. Patty, Bones, the "second" Steelbeard and the auri culci guy in particular :) That made the final scene super impactful and emotional, especially when Jaffar gets the hat

Happy to see you cover Piranha bytes games

Are you considering to cover Arcania? It's a game I haven't played and I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on it. Afterall we're supposed to get a remake of Gothic somewhere in the future.

Just found your channel and subscribed.😀😀😊😊

Wondering, does the GOG variant of Risen 2 crash as well - their versions are usually more patched.

Risen 2 & 3 were just plain fun imo (everything else aside). I don't remember it crashing that much back in the day, it's prolly just not well adapted to modern systems.

As a German and a huge PB fan, I must say that Risen 2 was a one-time playthrough for me. Risen 3 I didnt even finish. Only R1 has kind of a replay value. Otherwise I am a Gothic child 🙏💪

really nice and objective review

Haven't watched the review yet but I remember from my time 100%-ing the game that achievements would reset after restarting the game and that being a huge pain in the buttocks. I was literally grinding out that one achievement where you have to kill a thousand (or more?) monsters and the game crashed right before I was there, I was never so mad at trying to 100% a video game. Can't wait to watch your review with that in mind. EDIT: Fun fact. The DLCs in Risen 2 were in the main game and owning the actual DLC only activated them. I owned all DLCs thanks to the collectors edition, but the people who only bought the main game back in the day quickly found out that by using the ingame cheating menu you could just unlock the DLCs with cheats. Probably also the reason why cheat consoles were missing in subsequent Piranha Bytes games lol

166 + K !!!! Another great review ! Good job brother !!

Would be cool to see a video of your process recording a video and script etc.

Yeah I agree with your opinion on this game, I kinda glad, that you enjoyed it for the most part, will wait for the third game)

I think it's necessary to limit the FPS either by turning on VSync or setting max FPS to 60 or 120, to avoid crashes.

This one and R3 blend into my mind I forgot which was which until your review(you will see when you play 3 or like I called it 2.5). I don't remember lots of crashing but it was either this one or maybe R3 where when I got it the day it came out on steam back in the day it would not run on my brand new computer. I had to go into my bios and turn off half my cores to get it to run and this was day one of its release. Which is funny because on both Risen 1 and Gothic 3 my computer had a hard time running and it was a bit choppy and hella buggy\crashy. The things I put up with in PB games because I love them is kind of ridiculous(I could probably list a whole page of them).

is there any chance for a chronicles of myrtana archolos review? just finished it the other day and would love too see your opinion on it

I believe this was the first game I personally 100% on steam, the last achievement to open locked chests I believe, was a nightmare... kept reloading near 2 boxes for an hour but this is why I kind of have a more personal connection to this game, it wasn't as satisfying as risen 1 because they changed it dramatically but I think it was a bit better than risen 3 (waiting for that video as well)

Looks pretty refreshing for a PB game. I'm kind of burned out on the Gothic formula right now, but this looks different enough.

Hey Mortium! While I hate to tell you what to do with your channel I do have a few suggestions for some games you might like to check out that I have been playing recently that might feel your speed. Serpent in the Staglands is a very flawed CRPG that I put up with because I liked the atomosphere and ended up really enjoying Everspace 2 - arcadey space sim meets RPG. not a roguelike like the first game. Chronicon - The BEST diablo style ARPG that isnt grim dawn. it feels great to do 500k damage per attack at later levels and watch the screen become a EDM light show concert lol -------- now were gonna get into some early access titles that I usually wouldnt ask you to potentially cover BUT IMO these are really worth keeping an eye on or even playing now. Death Trash - Weird action rpg/Crpg hybrid that feels truly fresh. Dread Delusion - open world first person rpg. Some people say it has morrowind vibes but IMO its even weirder. ********The Doors of Trithius********* Lastly is a game I truly want to gush over and profess my love for. its a bit different since its a traditional roguelike similar to ToME - BUT it has a save system, open world, quest, multiple build options, crafting, housing, combat and non combat skills, and great loot. It is called The Doors of Trithius. Mortium, I truly believe this game is something special and will go down as a classic in the coming years. It gets regular updates and is probably the only early access game I tell people is worth playing mid developemnt. Usualy i check out early access games once and put em down until the final release. Not The Doors of Trithius. I come back to this game CONSTANTLY because of all the build options and updates.

Hey Morti thanks for the review like always! have you tried the Realms Of Arcadia remakes?

I guess Easter is a great day to review a game called “Risen”.

I am a huge fan of piranha bytes games. Gothic 2 was my first RPG and I fell in love with it immediately. I adore Risen 1 and got Risen 2 on release but somehow I couldn't get into it at the time. I only played 2 hours or so and it was only years later that I played through the game and liked it quite a bit, I would still say it's my least favourite of the Risen titles. Looking forward to hear your opinion on Risen 3. To me it feels like a mix between Risen 1 and Risen 2 and though it is fairly easy I still like it quite a bit.

Thank you

Looking forward to the "ranking all piranhabytes games" video once you've reviewed risen 3. pretty sure, from the sound of your reviews, i'm guessing elex 1 will be #1, unless risen 3 is the absolute killer game.

Hey man, love your stuff, if I could throw in a bit of feedback. It'd be very cool if you noted a couple of achievements you found interesting/noteworthy, I'd really love that.

Damn what a great review

I like this. Thank you

Risen 3 is hella fun but after 40 hours of doing stuff before continuing the story I came across a game breaking bug where the game thinks you're in the tutorial again and you cannot progress. So be careful for that

They had pirates in Gothic's 2 expansion, Night of the Raven.

Just wondering about the tech problem's you had. Maybe it is a steam Problem i purchased the gog version and had no problems at all. And of course i love you're Review stuff thanks for the hard work :)

Will you try the funny Two Worlds game one day?

Have you ever played Darkest Dungeon? I would love to see a review from you.

They should have just dropped the Risen title If they were going full "pirates of the Khoribbean". (Now I'm tempted to try the licenced PIC CRPS to see how they compare.) Any plans for ArcaniA: Gothic 4?

Sir, What did you think of the minigames in Risen 2? I.e. drinking and, I believe, shooting? Also for your Risen 3 review, go for Magic. Hilarity! Kind regards

The pirate theme was the attraction to this game for me.

Strange, I played steam version last year and didn't have any crash, and played streamed into my notebook too

Another one! You are a machine sir! Praise the Omnissiah!

Good show sir

25:10 Hey, this kinda mirrors my feelings on AI: Somnium Files

My experience with Risen 2 was that it was brutal when you are alone and super easy if you have a companion with you

The crashes you reported are interesting. I played the entire Risen series six months ago, and I had no crash whatsoever. Maybe those crashes you encountered are related to the resolution you played on. I did notice in the video there are some cut off value in the character screen. But perhaps it somehow shows different when playing with high resolution. But nonetheless, this is not an excuse for Piranha Bytes if they give the player the option to use those resolutions. I really enjoyed the game, but I have to say, I'm not the biggest fan of all this pirate related stuff. So, it was never such a big deal for me. Just a fun game to play, and definitely not one of my favourite games.

Man i remember pre ordering this game back in a day becouse i was masive fan of PB and beeing confused for what it was

Pls review iron danger

I would suggest Vampire Survivors for you. I think it wouldn't be hard to 100% as I have done it and it was surprisingly fun game.

Would be better as a stand-alone game,reminds me of Dragon Age 2 being a sequel to DA:Origins

1:29 suffers the tedium so we don't have to. Onward to 200k. All glory to the algorithm.

Can you play this one without playing Risen 1? Considering it is so different to R1 would I have a better time going straight to R2?

Just finished the second one and yeaa its kinda a letdown after the first one, but i do like the story and the little twists it had. You really dont see that kind of story telling from PB in any other of their games. They are more straight-forward, no plot-twists really. Shame about magic though, it would be fun if they made it as stupidly strong as firearms, that would make a great second playthrough. Time to start 3rd one :D

so in summary it's the less piranha bytes of their games ?

As you said Risen 2 is a really good game, but very disappointed sequel. I finished all Risen games few weeks ago and I didn't have almost any technical issues with them. Only few crashes. I played Steam version with graphics mods. In general Risen 2 is probably my favourite one. I love the atmosphere, art direction, even melee combat system I enjoyed a lot.

26 minutes for R2? Let's do this!

This game has been in my Steam Library since 2013. I have no idea how it got here. But my dumbass was probably really stoned and thought it was Sacred 2

no mages.... i see why many ppl didn't like it ^^

Does it need any mods or can you just play it after you buy it from steam

Avast Ye Landlubbers! Mortismal has become a true sea dog (100% achievements). We Scallywags only need to know in what island Ole' Morty has buried his dubloons & his pieces of eight. Ahoy Morty, better spill the secret or we will make you Dance the Hempen Jig. Dont be a biscuit eater. Do that and we will be merry we swear mon Capitan, we wont hornswaggle you, run a rig or make you walk the plank, on our bucaneer's honor! We only need our fair share, our hardearned bounty and again dont worry, we wont cleave you to the brisket. X_X (I had too much fun). Morty did you like the setting? Were you inspired? What about the music? I guarantee Risen 3 will be an enjoyable experience, just what you expected from Helix etc.

Two Worlds. Fable. Dragons Dogma. Gothic wrapped into one with a Pirates of the Caribbean time frame.

please review risen 3 as well :)

Mini Games. Compared to Risen 3, you had to decrease the difficulty in order to win all the mini games once. Without decreasing the difficulty they were almost impossible to finish.

Just finished this and RE4 remake back to back on series X. I liked Risen 2 way more 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

YOU'RE DONE ALREADY?!? Bruh this man's built different.

Are you going to play Arcania?

Perhaps the human companions are pretty generic and bland, Jaffar deserves 30 seconds of a review time. He is great. F*ck yes!

I love this game 😅

What monitor do you use? I see the game is in 4K?

Looks... okay. Besides the somewhat interesting pirate theming, seems to miss most of the Piranha Bytes hardcore "magic". Perhaps R2 was made for people new to the RPG genre?

Reviewing a game named Risen on the day we celebrate the resurrection. That can't be just a coincidence.

I have to admit that Risen 2 was why I never played Risen 3. I was pretty much disappointed and from what little I saw from Risen 3, I felt like it wouldn't be much better. Shame, because I did enjoy Risen 1.

You remind me of the Game what game? The game with the power what power? Power of voodoo who do? You do do what? Remind me of the game

Risen 2 is a tough one. I adore pirates and anything pirate themed will have me willing to give it a shot at the least. But as you point out its a bad sequel. This would have been a fine standalone game, but as a sequel to Risen its like........why build all that stuff up only to knock it down with the next one? At least with Gothic they iterated on what came before and they felt like genuine progressions. Risen 2 feels more like a spin off set in the same world than a direct sequel. I still like it but it just........feels like a wasted opportunity to build on the foundations they had already established.

Dead State when?

I don't remember it being particularly buggy, could it be new hardware trying to cope with old games? Three is great. I love the way you take a look at these older games that would have been my first games when they were released...rose tinted glasses? I'm playing a newish game that kinda harks back to older isometric games, Shadows Awakening, I think it's pretty awesome and incredibly underrated, but it's great to see that these kind of games are still being made...and very well. Beamdog have done sterling work on Baldurs, Icewind and NWN to bring them to a new audience. Thanks for these great reviews! ❤

I was really disappointed whit R2 at time of release. I was expecting better version of R1 which was great successor to Gothic series with its factions and atmosphere and we got cartoony pirates and natives. Same with R3 but there were no expectations whatsoever.

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Hey! Risen 2 is a bad sequel? I dissagree. Risen 2 is a great sequel to Gothic 2, the self-citing, that make people theory-craft about Risen being veiled-sequel of Gothic series, is a huge thing, that make this game and this theme work. Also, theme is fixed in the sequel, making Risen a good trilogy, like the Gothic was. God knows I hate pirates and everything related to them, and I love monastery from Risen 1, but this game made melee great, and is so related to Gothic 2, that i can't hate theme changing. Risen 2 is a good sequel if you count Gothic series (not as a direct sequel but as veiled sequel with self-citing)

we need more 3rd person pirate rpgs.

Nice video the only game I 100% is red dead redemption 1

This looks like a better pirate game then skull and bones.

I think Risen 2's combat was a big step backwards. Risen 1 had imo perfect timings. They weren't too fast. After a couple hours you got a hang of it. It felt more like a first person game to me while in Risen 2 every movement felt clunky and disconnected. I mean it was basically just button mashing. Left click left click left click until the enemy is dead. You could never do that in R1. Dodging/parrying and timing was mandatory.

You should like Risen 3 more as some of the issues present here have been addressed. Some. Still, I found it had a deeper story and was a more involving game than this one.

Risen 2 really feels like someone ran a published D&D campaign (Risen 1) and then completely went off the rails once the campaign ended and they had to do their own thing.

I agree that it's a bad sequel, but I loved this game as I'm not a massive fan of the first one and definitely not a fan of this developers usual output.

lol he is risen

2 was my least favourite of the trilogy. I loved 3, and had a good time with 1.