Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 22nd, 2009, 05:52
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,500
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Forum: Risen
October 19th, 2009, 20:11
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Replies: 11
Views: 759
If you think face cloning is bad, listen to the…
If you think face cloning is bad, listen to the game's voice-overs sometime. You'll hear less than 6 males, and probably 2 females for all of the game's NPCs. Even Oblivion (which is criticized for…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 17th, 2009, 21:45
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,094
Sword & Board (shield) has far more utility than…
Sword & Board (shield) has far more utility than a staff in Risen, sad but true. There are no staffs with stats that equal a comparable combo of sword/shield, at least not that I've found. Add to…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 16th, 2009, 00:54
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Replies: 9
Views: 621
Sorry, had a busy day today. :D
I put all…
Sorry, had a busy day today. :D
I put all 52 or so saves in a zip for download. You can backup any of your saves you might want to keep, clear the backup directory, and then put these in there. …
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 15th, 2009, 04:11
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Replies: 9
Views: 621
I've got 60 separate saves covering all of…
I've got 60 separate saves covering all of Chapter 1, and the character has a Mage recommendation, and the ability to volunteer to the Order (Order 4/4). I also have earlier saves all the way from…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 15th, 2009, 04:06
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,131
One comment regarding money: if you plan on…
One comment regarding money: if you plan on going the Mage route, save up and don't squander it. Training your skills up at the start of Chapter 2 is a serious drain on LP and gold. True, it is a…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 15th, 2009, 04:01
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,094
I was under the assumption that mages also had…
I was under the assumption that mages also had training limitations on things like swords. i.e. they can't max them to 10, along with some other select weapon types. Read that in the forums here,…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 14th, 2009, 23:25
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,131
Have to agree there JDR.
Had they made it a…
Have to agree there JDR.
Had they made it a first tier Rune, at least you'd have to expend resources of some type to use it. As it is, you find a ring, and put it on/take it off at will. …
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 14th, 2009, 22:17
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,131
I'm playing through as a (semi) pure mage this…
I'm playing through as a (semi) pure mage this time, and said Yes to Lockpicking and Alchemy, and No to pickpocket and gut animals.
Since you can train your mage to cast spells purely from the…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 14th, 2009, 21:01
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Replies: 29
Views: 9,439
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Forum: Risen
October 14th, 2009, 20:31
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,096
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Forum: Risen
October 14th, 2009, 01:28
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Replies: 67
Views: 17,383
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Forum: Risen
October 14th, 2009, 01:25
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Replies: 85
Views: 8,669
Sorry MOP, but if you're calling Morrowind a…
Sorry MOP, but if you're calling Morrowind a shallow, cookie-cutter game, then you just invalidated every opinion you've ever given about RPG games. Morrowind is akin to games like Daggerfall,…
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Forum: Risen
October 13th, 2009, 22:17
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,813
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 22:00
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,077
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 21:48
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Replies: 7
Views: 769
Are you certain that quest rewards aren't…
Are you certain that quest rewards aren't variable based upon the amount of total XP you've gained up until that point? i.e. if you are 1 level higher than you were in the last game, perhaps the XP…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 21:44
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Replies: 1
Views: 382
Leveling - From Casual to Completionist
Posting this just as much for discussion as to satisfy a curiosity I have about the game's chapters, and how fast the player progresses.
I've seen other people post that they were afraid they'd…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 21:25
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Replies: 9
Views: 628
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 07:30
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,750
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 02:10
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Replies: 43
Views: 28,878
Actually, this second playthough Zloth, I was…
Actually, this second playthough Zloth, I was able (due to avoiding quest bugs) to finish all of the Bandit camp quests. Once I got inside The Don's area and talked to the NPCs in there, I got a…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 02:04
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Replies: 6
Views: 531
Not a bad tip Maylander. Here's mine, also…
Not a bad tip Maylander. Here's mine, also requires a shield:
Get in close to your opponent, practically on top of them if possible while blocking. Start circle strafing them in one direction…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 01:56
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,097
That was what I gathered reading several other…
That was what I gathered reading several other posts on the topic of smithing, and the reason I didn't train it myself. Were I playing a more melee-oriented char, I would definitely pick it up. …
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 01:54
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,603
Don't say you didn't ask…
I've been "gaming"…
Don't say you didn't ask…
I've been "gaming" since Pong came out on the very first consoles, when I was around 8 years old. That was around 1976, before the internet even existed, before moon…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 01:22
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,603
Risen's engine is much more stable than a game's…
Risen's engine is much more stable than a game's like Fallout, but the number of bugs associated with quests at the game's launch is much higher than Fallout's was. Point in case - the "main" quest…
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Forum: Risen Spoilers
October 13th, 2009, 01:11
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Replies: 43
Views: 28,878
I believe I read somewhere when first doing…
I believe I read somewhere when first doing research on the game, the classes available, combat techniques, etc.. that "pure mages" were the only ones able to cast spells like Levitation, directly…
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