leth
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Risen can be tough to get into, so here are some tips and useful info: (hopefully this will motivate more people to try this awesome game, and not be dissuaded by the negative reviews of the Xbox360 version, the PC version is NOT the same! )
GET THE PC VERSION!
1. If you are new to Gothic like game, at first, don't explore too much, set your goal to get into the Monastery ASAP. This way, you won't be frustrated with game mechanics that would be better explained @ the Monastery.
Also, wondering around too early will usually result in a lot of early deaths.
2. To folks with some issues with combat. Remember this is a PC game, you have the flexibility of binding macros to keys and buttons. Not that it is necessary but I find that binding "dodge left/right" to the "left/right scroll" of my mouse. It helps.
(Also, as posted in the impression thread, you can edit your keybindings, even those that were locked by the game.)
3. Read every book stands, and save your herbs, don't be too hasty to sell off anything you found. Some of them are used for various quests, some will trigger new dialog options. And there is a herb that can be used to make potions that permanently increase your stats.
4. Getting a magic character require that you save up as much Learning Points as possible. You will need a lot of them to learn spells.
Speaking of magic, I played around with them quite a bit, and yes they are all useful:
4. Arrows does more damage if they hit the head of a mob. And you can "cheese" some fights by climbing up to a high ledge and arrow down your opponent at your leisure. You will want to get many arrows as you can. (You should see the screenshots I have for killing certain mobs, they literally had arrows for hair. )
5. Gnomes may look cute, and harmless, but don't run into a group of them thinking that you can just walk over them. Their size make them harder to hit, and they KNOW HOW TO FIGHT, esp. in groups...
That is all I can think right now, feel free to add more.
Rant: Some of the reviews are really disappointing to read. Most of them for the Xbox360 version. Honestly, this just reaffirms my conviction to not get a console. Consoles seem to attract a very different type of audience, then "old farts" like me...
GET THE PC VERSION!
1. If you are new to Gothic like game, at first, don't explore too much, set your goal to get into the Monastery ASAP. This way, you won't be frustrated with game mechanics that would be better explained @ the Monastery.
Also, wondering around too early will usually result in a lot of early deaths.
2. To folks with some issues with combat. Remember this is a PC game, you have the flexibility of binding macros to keys and buttons. Not that it is necessary but I find that binding "dodge left/right" to the "left/right scroll" of my mouse. It helps.
(Also, as posted in the impression thread, you can edit your keybindings, even those that were locked by the game.)
3. Read every book stands, and save your herbs, don't be too hasty to sell off anything you found. Some of them are used for various quests, some will trigger new dialog options. And there is a herb that can be used to make potions that permanently increase your stats.
4. Getting a magic character require that you save up as much Learning Points as possible. You will need a lot of them to learn spells.
Speaking of magic, I played around with them quite a bit, and yes they are all useful:
There are 3 Crystal Magic types:
All the 3 types are missile based, and increasing the skills for them all results in missile speed and damage increase up to 100% dmg and speed increase.
But they have some important differences:
Fire Crystal: At rank 6 and 10 the area effect of the fire ball also increases. Great spell for getting the attention of a group of mobs, like gnomes.
Ice Crystal: At rank 6 and 10, the duration of the time that your target is frozen increases by your Ice Lance. This is actually pretty awesome, you can take down some pretty powerful mobs with this spell.
Magic Crystal: (this is the "magic darts" spell) This is the only magic that can be "spammed." Great for tight quarters.
Rune Magic is the other main category of magic. They can be scribed onto scrolls (Crystal Magics cannot) Every spell has its own Rune that you will need to cast it. To use it, you will need to rank up in your "Rune Magic Rank"
But you will need a LOT of wisdom to be able to rank up:
Wisdom requirements:
Rune magic 1 : 50 Wisdom + 5 wis for learning the rank
Rune Magic 2 : 100 Wisdom + 5 wis for learning the rank
Rune Magic 3 : 150 Wisdom + 5 wis for learning the rank
Rune Magic 4 : 200 Wisdom + 5 wis for learning the rank
Also, from the description of the "Unlocking" of Rune Magic ranks, the NPC made it seem like it would have something to do with openning magic Barriers, but I have not figured out how exactly to do that yet...
All the 3 types are missile based, and increasing the skills for them all results in missile speed and damage increase up to 100% dmg and speed increase.
But they have some important differences:
Fire Crystal: At rank 6 and 10 the area effect of the fire ball also increases. Great spell for getting the attention of a group of mobs, like gnomes.
Ice Crystal: At rank 6 and 10, the duration of the time that your target is frozen increases by your Ice Lance. This is actually pretty awesome, you can take down some pretty powerful mobs with this spell.
Magic Crystal: (this is the "magic darts" spell) This is the only magic that can be "spammed." Great for tight quarters.
Rune Magic is the other main category of magic. They can be scribed onto scrolls (Crystal Magics cannot) Every spell has its own Rune that you will need to cast it. To use it, you will need to rank up in your "Rune Magic Rank"
But you will need a LOT of wisdom to be able to rank up:
Wisdom requirements:
Rune magic 1 : 50 Wisdom + 5 wis for learning the rank
Rune Magic 2 : 100 Wisdom + 5 wis for learning the rank
Rune Magic 3 : 150 Wisdom + 5 wis for learning the rank
Rune Magic 4 : 200 Wisdom + 5 wis for learning the rank
Also, from the description of the "Unlocking" of Rune Magic ranks, the NPC made it seem like it would have something to do with openning magic Barriers, but I have not figured out how exactly to do that yet...
4. Arrows does more damage if they hit the head of a mob. And you can "cheese" some fights by climbing up to a high ledge and arrow down your opponent at your leisure. You will want to get many arrows as you can. (You should see the screenshots I have for killing certain mobs, they literally had arrows for hair. )
5. Gnomes may look cute, and harmless, but don't run into a group of them thinking that you can just walk over them. Their size make them harder to hit, and they KNOW HOW TO FIGHT, esp. in groups...
That is all I can think right now, feel free to add more.
Rant: Some of the reviews are really disappointing to read. Most of them for the Xbox360 version. Honestly, this just reaffirms my conviction to not get a console. Consoles seem to attract a very different type of audience, then "old farts" like me...
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