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I have the Risen DVD version, but because of trouble with the DVD
security and reading the DVD I downloaded the Steam version. Therefore
I've decided to post a new comments on the game.


GAME:

I do like Risen but it is the most complex and frustrating
RPG/Adventure game I've played.

It is much, much too easy to 'break' a quest just by doing things in
the wrong order.  The game is open-world but Deepsilver did not think
about in the open-world environment a player could do quests in an
unexpected order.

At present there are quests that you must do step-C before step-D, or
to do separate quest first, but ALLOWS a player to do step-D first or
not even do a required separate quest.

Many other games have linked quests, but they do not allow players to
even start a quest if another quest is required first, AND do not
allow player to do a quest-step if another is required first (some
give you a message like 'You need to see NPC-name).

Example:  I cannot complete the quest "Test of the Masters" because I
cannot talk to a specific NPC.  There are other players that have this
problem with this quest (found via forums).  There are other quests
that can get broken.


SETTINGS:

(My Rig = WinXP SP3, GeForce 7900GS 250mb)

Got Risen to run very stable and with good video by changing some
settings as suggested by several WEB sites.

1)  [Options][Performance] Turn OFF Depth of Field

2)  [Options][Performance] Set Anisotropic to 2X
    (default is 8X) which improved stability

3)  Using "nVidia Inspector" [Risen] enabled Antialiasing
    (this really improved video)

	Antialiasing - Gamma correction = ON
	Antialiasing - Line gamma = Enabled
	Antialiasing - Mode = Override any application setting
	Antialiasing - Setting = 2x (2x Multisampling)
	Antialiasing - Transparency Multisampling = Enabled





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