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action role-playing game
Risen 2: Dark Waters
By Piranha Bytes, released 1 Jan 2012
- Microsoft Windows
- PlayStation 3
What it is
Risen 2: Dark Waters is an action role-playing game from Piranha Bytes, released in 2012. Several years after Risen, titans have ravaged the world and creatures from the sea have disrupted seafaring. The hero, now part of the Inquisition, sets out to find a way to stop them, following rumors that pirates in the southern islands know how. The game uses a pirate-focused setting across themed island locations. Challenges allow multiple approaches, and decisions can open paths, features and skills. Its interactive world also has a day-and-night cycle that affects aspects of play. Risen 2: Dark Waters is listed for Windows and PlayStation 3; its Steam platform listing is Windows. Steam features include single-player, achievements, trading cards, stats, Family Sharing and partial controller support. THQ Nordic is the publisher.
What players like, and what they don't
- Multiple approaches to challenges are described.
- Choices can unlock paths and skills.
- The world has a day-and-night cycle.
- Steam achievements and trading cards are listed.
- Steam lists only partial controller support.
- Steam platform listing is Windows only.
Who it suits
Suited to players seeking a single-player RPG with a pirate setting, island locations and choices that can open different paths and skills.
Risen 2: Dark Waters sets its RPG story amid sea creatures, pirates and a world damaged by titans. Its listed platforms include Windows and PlayStation 3, with partial controller support on Steam.
