[Nisarg]

This thread is to collect all news and previews about Risen 2 before its release in April. I have a feeling that we'll be getting a lot more in the next two months.

25 Jan 2012: Here's a video probably known to the German section.

And here's where I found it.

Oh, and wasn't there a Risen 2 fact sheet somewhere in the dark cellars of this forum?

Previously edited by foobar; 26.01.2012 at 14:37. Reason: Links removed - copyright violation

Previously edited by Nisarg; 22.02.2012. Reason: Link to legally released video added.

EDIT: Links to every single piece posted in this thread.

INTERVIEWS:

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HookedGamers talk to Björn Pankratz about Risen 2

RPGamer with Björn Pankratz

GameTrailers: Guts, Glory, and Grog Interview

GameBanshee speak to Björn Pankratz

GameZone video interview with Peter Brolly

GDC 2012: DLC and Companion Interview at GameTrailers

An interview with Pete Brolly

Gamingbolt interview with Björn Pankratz

PREVIEWS:

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Preview at Destructoid

Preview at IGN UK.

Xbox 360 preview at G4tv

GameTrailers: Animals Gone Wild Gameplay

Machinima Realm preview

Video Interview at GameSpot

OXM hands-on preview

GameBanshee links to previews.

GameBanshee Preview

Preview at Capsule Computers

Preview at Splitkick

DigitalNoob

More previews linked at GameBanshee

Risen 2 hands on at RPS

Yet more previews linked at GameBanshee

Preview in PCGZine issue 64

PCGamer

Two previews for the DLCeh!

Three videos at GameBanshee

Video Preview at Blistered Thumbs

4 New Videos combined together

More videos linked at GameBanshee

Preview at Beefjack

One hour demonstration of Risen 2 via GameTrailers on April 23rd

Preview at GameTrailers

Preview at Hooked Gamers

REVIEWS

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The Controller Online

Mash Those Buttons

IGN

Destructoid

VG Revolution

Gamekult (French)

JeuxVideo

GameBanshee

The Verge

RipTen

AtomicGamer

G4TV

Atomic MPC

RISEN2.COM

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The Sword Coast

Chickenosaurus Firebird

The tomb spider

Minecrawlers Ant Warriors on risen2.com

Venturo

Letter/Notes written by Carlos

MISC:

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Square Enix to publish Risen 2 in North America, Special Edition Announced, and a new DLC (Pirate's clothes) available to those who preorder the game from GameStop.

ESRB takes the red out of the Risen 2 cover

Low/Medium/High Graphics Comparison by golem.de (German)

Encyclopaedia Gnomenica

[Maladiq]

Yes there was, but I am not sure that video is... legal. Yet

[UrukGox]

looks good

[Drakenreiter]

Can't understand german, but the game seems to be just how I want it. Also, it looks incredibly good! I have some problems concerning the HUD (stuff like this really bothers me), but I think I'll ask about that in the questions thread.

[SacredGamer]

Can't say that video really got me excited for it.
Just doesn't have that same vibe Risen gave off sadly.

[Aetherian]

It looks ok, just would need to play it to find out if it has that PB touch like their previous games.

[foobar]

Sorry, guys. I had to remove the links because the video is a copyright violation. The GameStar video is usually only available to people who pay for it. It will be publicly released some time later. Apparently, someone put it on YouTube but it wasn't the GameStar.

[Nisarg]

Your edit of my first posts makes me look like a deliberate copyright violator!

But you missed the link on my last post in the Bug Me thread.

[foobar]

Your edit of my first posts makes me look like a deliberate copyright violator!

Well, what can I say? It's a natural talent of mine.

The fact that I neither warned you nor gave you an infraction shows that I did not think you did it on purpose.

[Nisarg]

HookedGamers talk to Björn Pankratz about Risen 2

[AshleyG]

Hmm this thread ain't very updated.
So:
- Harware requirements have been released.
- PB has anounced Risen: DW will have QTE's
- There'll be a 10 euros DLC free if you pre-order the game depending with who you pre-order (will it be in a collector edition?)

Well, so you might or you might not play the part of the game you maybe were looking forward to (resolution of Patty's quest).

Not much good news...

[Aetherian]

Hmm this thread ain't very updated.
So:
- Harware requirements have been released.
- PB has anounced Risen: DW will have QTE's
- There'll be a 10 euros DLC free if you pre-order the game depending with who you pre-order (will it be in a collector edition?)

Well, so you might or you might not play the part of the game you maybe were looking forward to (resolution of Patty's quest).

Not much good news...

I'm thinking I may pass and this one, I'll just have to load up my old PB games when the mood strikes. With Risen 2 being a Steam only release, and now with the other details coming out about it, I just get more and more pissed off. If I break my vow on not playing Steam games, it looks like it will be with Skyrim as there is plenty more support for it out there, and from what I've seen it looks like Bethesda learned some lessons from Oblivion and actually made a decent game.

[SlamDunk]

CE photo:

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[foobar]

Please keep in mind that we also have users with low-bandwidth connections. Do not directly post such large pictures. Instead, just give a link.

[SlamDunk]

People don't have time to wait a few seconds? What is this world coming to?

[Nisarg]

People don't have time to wait a few seconds? What is this world coming to?

It took me about 20 seconds to load the image completely. And anyone with a bad WiFi connection will find the image a royal pain in the butt to load.

[SlamDunk]

20 whole seconds?!?!?

I can feel your pain.

[foobar]

People don't have time to wait a few seconds?

Seconds? The picture has 5 MB. With a 64 kbit/s ISDN connection, you get 8 kB/s at best. It takes over 10 minutes to download 5 MB with such a connection.

And modem users have even lower bandwidth (~20 minutes or more).

[SlamDunk]

Yeah, yeah, yeah... I was just fooling around.

I'm aware of all of that, though the amount of actual 64 kbit/s ISDN lines must be something like 0.001% these days (if any) and since this is a gaming forum, I'd wager the minimum Internet speed gamers here have is enough to load a 5MB pic quickly enough.

To conclude: Yes, I should have posted the thumbnail version to begin with.

[Nisarg]

Actually, I think the filesize of the image is unjustifiably large. It should be half the file size, and the drop in quality would be virtually unnoticeable if it's size was about 1 MB.