Comments on: The Risen Report #6: Grinderman

By: Tuco

Tuco — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:55:08 +0000

So fucking wrong.

By: MacQ

MacQ — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:30:29 +0000

This is a forgotten issue I guess. :(

By: KyoPewz

KyoPewz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:17:40 +0000

Giddy with excitement for the next installment of this, but I should point out that being a jack of all trades is kinda bad, you won’t be able to become a omnipotent superman on hulkroids in this game, even when completely specialized as a Fighter ( From Bandit Camp ) the enemies towards the end could 3 hit me, and I LOVED it. Your character is only human after all, the armor you wear reduces their damage by quite a lot, which is what it should do, but you’re still deadsies if you let your guard down. If you focus on one type of combat, you will learn better ways to defend yourself or attack, helping your survivability immensely, while still relying on your own skill to survive.

And I also feel I should tell you and any others who might read this about something I wish I knew my first play through, something the game neglects to tell you in so many words, get ready for a massive knowledge bomb.

If you time your attacks, instead of mass clicking, you will hit about TWICE AS FAST. :OOOOOO. Clicking right when your previous attack lands is the way to do it.

Hope you read this and hope theres another one coming soon, Risen is a really great game, even though it has it’s technical flaws

By: Alec Meer

Alec Meer — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:02:18 +0000

There will be, at the least, a conclusion, but the Christmas glut of games has me stalled for the time being. Probably some time next month.

By: Clay

Clay — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:55:11 +0000

Also hoping for more posts in this series should you want to continue it.

By: MacQ

MacQ — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:25:26 +0000

Awaiting continuation. Please. :D

By: Bronte

Bronte — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:44:01 +0000

Alec, are you done with it, or will we see #7 sometime soon?

By: tycho

tycho — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:41:03 +0000

Melee is really easy once you hit 200 strength and have the charge attack – then, you let them wail on fred while you lunge into them – I take off more than 1/2 of a lizard man elite’s health with one blow using a certain 80dmg sword.

Also, as has been said before – melee becomes ultra easy once you have fred – you just let them beat on him while you flank – fight is over before you know it.

I really like the combat in this game, as well as the difficulty curve – it’s hard in just the right amounts for the right amount of time to feel like you earned your combat prowess.

By: Jotunheim

Jotunheim — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:43:03 +0000

Great reports! It’s a real blast reading about your time in Risen, as I can relate with it all..
I liked the game myself, but still there are some minor details I could mention about Risen, things that made me curse and curse and curse and did I mention curse? but i won’t, cause I was pleasantly surprised with the whole thing.
Looking forward to reading the next tale;)

By: Huggster

Huggster — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:32:31 +0000

Melee is basically a pain in the arse later so I just ended up using Counjure Skeleton all the time. the later “swordsmen” i found too hard without this.

The town, monastery and outside is great, dungeons are mixed bag – quite atmospheric at times.
I wanted another town.

By: Alec Meer

Alec Meer — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:43:44 +0000

And in terms of time, which can be the real killer.

By: Schmitzkater

Schmitzkater — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:36:39 +0000

To be quite honest I never really understood what all that quickloading in Alec’s post was about.

Though I do have to quickload occasionally after an enemy to hard for me to tackle has killed me, I surely didn’t have to load 10 times or even more just for one fight?

Although Splinter Cell has planted quicksaving firmly into my brain in Risen and the Gothic games rarely do I have to reload more than once or twice per hour. I’m not trying to sound cool by saying that but rather wondering why so many people actually seem to have such a hard time during combat?