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Started by Garrett
Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:37
Risen (1) Comments
Author: Garrett
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:37
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:37
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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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Re: Risen (1) Comments
Author: Trimble Bracegirdle
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:25
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:25
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I found this confusing in Risen 1st & Risen 2 Dark Waters.
The game sort of throws many quests at the player with it unclear which
is essential to progressing in the main quest & which are optional side
quests.
I have played it by just trying not to be intimidated & muddled n plough on
with whatever
quests are easiest to hand.
Try checking a walkthrough perhaps;
http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/952152-risen
The official patch was 1.01
but there is an Unofficial Patch 1.3 here
http://www.atomicgamer.com/files/102021/risen-patch-1-3-unofficial
Which should cure many of the problem you are finding.
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Re: Risen (1) Comments
Author: Garrett
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:06
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:06
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On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:25:01 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
<no-spam@never.spam> wrote:
Q> I found this confusing in Risen 1st & Risen 2 Dark Waters.
Q> The game sort of throws many quests at the player with it unclear which
Q> is essential to progressing in the main quest & which are optional side
Q> quests.
Q>
Q> I have played it by just trying not to be intimidated & muddled n plough on
Q> with whatever
Q> quests are easiest to hand.
Q> Try checking a walkthrough perhaps;
Q>
Q> http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/952152-risen
Q>
Q> The official patch was 1.01
Q> but there is an Unofficial Patch 1.3 here
Q> http://www.atomicgamer.com/files/102021/risen-patch-1-3-unofficial
Q>
Q> Which should cure many of the problem you are finding.
Q>
Q> (\__/)
Q> (='.'=)
Q> (")_(") mouse (Pickled n Salted)
Reminder from my original post, I have the Steam version and will not
apply patches that do not come via Steam.
Also, the Unofficial Patch 1.3 site does not state *exactly* what the
patch fixes, just a generic 'fixes bugs.'
By the way, my Steam version = 1.0.28552.0, is this the patched 1.01?
That is what's so confusing about how some patches are applied, the
patch version not telling what the *game version* will be AFTER
applying a patch.
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Re: Risen (1) Comments
Author: Trimble Bracegirdle
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:31
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:31
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>>>"Also, the Unofficial Patch 1.3 site does not state *exactly* what the
patch fixes, just a generic 'fixes bugs.'">>>>>
Most of the changes are in the Unofficial Patch version 1.0 carried forward
& added to in 1.2 & 1.3
details here:
http://forum.dlh.net/thread;threadid__36069.html
Downloads:
http://www.patches-scrolls.com/risen.php
I assume if you wanted to install this to a Steam Version it & Steam would
work OK .
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Re: Risen (1) Comments
Author: johns
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 04:44
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 04:44
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I have the dvd version too, but also have Steam installed on my game box. Seems somebody out there pushed a lot of updates to my version, and now, I can mix quests all I want. Still, I always mark a quest, and only do the ones I have marked ( L-key ). No problem.
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