Risen, out 2 October!

boosfuk · 10 Oct 2009 at 17:51

C.Southern said:
Tried the demo and liked it. Only annoyance is the fact you can't change mouse sensitivity, it's a bit high for me, but still playable. Hopefully this will be added in a patch.

The way to do this is posted on most of the dedicated Risen forums, it can be changed via a config file edit.

Precizion · 10 Oct 2009 at 18:09

Camalot said:
I tried to play this demo but its a slide show lol

9fps on high
13fps on medium
19fps on low.

my X1800XT is showing its age i think, anyone play this on a 8800GT?

What res are you running at? Can get around 25-30fps on 1280x960 with most settings on high here with a crappy 3650 which is worse than a 8800GT.

danny_mac · 10 Oct 2009 at 19:28

This looks alrite, gonna get the demo now and give it a go, gotta beat watching x factor.

VeNT · 10 Oct 2009 at 19:30

played demo. combat system is SUCK.

arc@css · 11 Oct 2009 at 14:25

regulus said:
Demo aint launching (steam version) so for the moment I aint buying

Same here.

Snaggle · 11 Oct 2009 at 14:33

Ok just bought this and have went mage . Now when you arrive u do basic training . Killed the first 2 guys but just have the main guy left and i cant beat him . Im only lvl 2 15 str and staffs lvl 2 . Any tips clues. ?

Have done every possible quest etc inside to get more xp to lvl but im 200 short of lvl 3 . Also i was caught stealing by the blacksmith and he wont speak to me..Anyway to fix this ?

Ta

Persil

Dark_Angel · 11 Oct 2009 at 14:42

Might try out the demo, the screen shots seem to be interesting...

SkeeterUK · 11 Oct 2009 at 14:51

Teki187 said:
60 FPS constant everywhere, with forced improvements through Nvidia control panel.

You wont have aa unless u rename the exe to vanguard.

Camalot · 11 Oct 2009 at 14:54

Precizion said:
What res are you running at? Can get around 25-30fps on 1280x960 with most settings on high here with a crappy 3650 which is worse than a 8800GT.

1440x900,

Fisk · 11 Oct 2009 at 15:06

Persil said:
Ok just bought this and have went mage . Now when you arrive u do basic training . Killed the first 2 guys but just have the main guy left and i cant beat him . Im only lvl 2 15 str and staffs lvl 2 . Any tips clues. ?

Have done every possible quest etc inside to get more xp to lvl but im 200 short of lvl 3 . Also i was caught stealing by the blacksmith and he wont speak to me..Anyway to fix this ?

Ta

Persil

SPOILERS IF ANYONE DOESN'T WANT TO READ THEM

Get a 'jest' scroll and cast it on the blacksmith.

Go into the arena to start the fight, then leave it immediately. Go ask other novices about how to beat him, there should be one that will sell you both normal wine (get 2) and special 'mage wine' (I think he's round the back by the pigs). Follow the quest-line on from here, get the "worst sword in the world" from the smith when you can, then go talk to Aric again. If you follow the right dialogue choices you'll get to give him two bottles of normal wine, then the mage wine, and then swap his special sword for the 'worst' one. He should be much easier to beat now.

Level two does sound a bit low at this point in the game though. Did you do many quests in Harbour Town? You must have at least done the one for Belshwur (sp?) if you're becoming a mage (rather than a warrior of the order) and the others for the Order to be allowed to leave, but there are tons more around.

/SPOILERS

Snaggle · 11 Oct 2009 at 17:46

Fisk said:
SPOILERS IF ANYONE DOESN'T WANT TO READ THEM

Get a 'jest' scroll and cast it on the blacksmith.

Go into the arena to start the fight, then leave it immediately. Go ask other novices about how to beat him, there should be one that will sell you both normal wine (get 2) and special 'mage wine' (I think he's round the back by the pigs). Follow the quest-line on from here, get the "worst sword in the world" from the smith when you can, then go talk to Aric again. If you follow the right dialogue choices you'll get to give him two bottles of normal wine, then the mage wine, and then swap his special sword for the 'worst' one. He should be much easier to beat now.

Level two does sound a bit low at this point in the game though. Did you do many quests in Harbour Town? You must have at least done the one for Belshwur (sp?) if you're becoming a mage (rather than a warrior of the order) and the others for the Order to be allowed to leave, but there are tons more around.

/SPOILERS

Didnt go to harbour town.. went straight to the monastery . And have the special wine and 1 bottle of normal (never knew it was part of the quest ) but i got someone to swap his job (10 apples) so he aint there anymore to buy the wine

Also i have looked for said scroll but found none and doubt i can buy one Also i guess i cant do the "worst sword" unless i can speak to the blacksmith

Persil

drunkenmaster · 11 Oct 2009 at 21:06

Latest review, one of the only ones on the PC version and IGN gave it 8.6 or something, happened to spot it yesterday.

It is a quality game, I think they mentioned it crashing once/twice, I didn't get a single one and only one/two bugs throughout, the worst one being that misnamed guy at somestage for a quest is a bit poo.

Teki187 · 11 Oct 2009 at 22:42

SkeeterPSA said:
You wont have aa unless u rename the exe to vanguard.

Pretty sure i have AA on.

I've manually added the risen.exe to the nvidia panel.

And i'm playing it at 1920x1080

krooton · 12 Oct 2009 at 09:25

Help needed!

**SPOILER**

So my first run of the game will be a standard fighter role going the swamp route.

I've done pretty much every quest in the town (lvl 4 now I think), and all that is left is beating Brogan in the arena.

I have a strength of 20, Swords lvl 2, machete, normal shield, and the scroll of protection from the farmer.

I can't seem to win, no matter what I try, even when rinsing all my health potions.

Any tips?

Game runs smooth as maxxed out at 1920x1080

Teki187 · 12 Oct 2009 at 09:51

krooton said:
Help needed!

**SPOILER**

So my first run of the game will be a standard fighter role going the swamp route.

I've done pretty much every quest in the town (lvl 4 now I think), and all that is left is beating Brogan in the arena.

I have a strength of 20, Swords lvl 2, machete, normal shield, and the scroll of protection from the farmer.

I can't seem to win, no matter what I try, even when rinsing all my health potions.

Any tips?

Game runs smooth as maxxed out at 1920x1080

Little tip, there is a bug in the game where mobs dont defend and only single swipe attack when you get there backs against a wall

krooton · 12 Oct 2009 at 10:51

Teki187 said:
Little tip, there is a bug in the game where mobs dont defend and only single swipe attack when you get there backs against a wall

Noted! I just hope money is easier to come buy once I meet with the don, I want moar skillz0rz

Teki187 · 12 Oct 2009 at 10:58

krooton said:
Noted! I just hope money is easier to come buy once I meet with the don, I want moar skillz0rz

Best way to make money is to learn gutting and buying the items to get tropheys from your kills. This will add a much needed income, also dont be shy of stealing or pickpocketing, you don't have a moral compass in the game and most of the time if the NPC doesn't see you enter there house, you can plunder it dry.

krooton · 12 Oct 2009 at 11:13

Teki187 said:
Best way to make money is to learn gutting and buying the items to get tropheys from your kills. This will add a much needed income, also dont be shy of stealing or pickpocketing, you don't have a moral compass in the game and most of the time if the NPC doesn't see you enter there house, you can plunder it dry.

Yeah, got gutting and my skinning knife and rotworm tooth chisel, though am I correct in the feeling that mobs don't respawn?

Duouk2000 · 12 Oct 2009 at 12:00

Best way to make money is to just rob everyone blind

I just got promoted to Captain by the Don. Got new armour and made myself a nice obsidian ******* sword. I think the Horn Bow's gona take over as my main weapon now though, most creatures drop dead by the time they reach me.

drunkenmaster said:
The only real irritation is that its often faster to jump everywhere, rather than run, so I was a bunnyhopping fool for far too much of the game.

So true. I've just learnt scroll making and stocked up on a ton of speed scrolls to alleviate this. Teleport stones help as well when you eventually get hold of them.

Frenzy · 12 Oct 2009 at 12:06

I've been enjoying this game. I chose to go to the harbour town at the start and ive been doing quest after quest after quest. I think ive pretty much cleared them all out apart from visiting the guy to get my mage training.

I have too much money and not enough experience points! I just pickpocket and rob people blind without them realising

Combat can be a little annoying, im level 6ish and boars/bees/wolves just completely tear me apart :S I think the difficulty needs a little balancing...

The game itself runs extremely smoothly at 1920x1200 with 8xaa and max settings ingame. I'm on an ati 4890 with a core2duo o/c to 3.2ghz

Got a few qs tho if anyone can help.

Is it possible to get both mage training and fighting training?

Where on earth is the camp the don is in? I know its in a swamp and ive gone running through the wilderness but im unable to find it.

Can i keep the dons amulet without and negative side effects? Or is there a better neck piece further on in the game?