I didn't play beta but this is what I read on official forum:
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Disappointing news about world interaction
Risen 2 previews are starting to show on websites and magazines, and I must admit I'm a bit concerned about some details.
First things first, it sounds like world interaction has been watered down in a fashion very close to The Witcher games.
No jump, no ability to climb everywhere, free camera in combat? These are changes that go in the very opposite direction of what I hoped, to be honest.
In fact, if anything, I was hoping for CD Projekt to take Risen as a model for their next games, not the other way around.
Being able to sneak, jump and climb anywhere, without invisible walls or unlikely architectural barriers, was for me a very big part of the immersion in Risen and in Gothic.
Then, no swimming. Seriously? You have the best possible setting to exploit underwater content in a very pertinent way and you cut out the ability to swim from the game? That sounds... disappointing.
I'm also quite disappointed with the new fast travel system. The old rune system worked very well in the previous games, it was a perfect balance between believable exploration and a way to speed up long travels; but now you are replacing it with a system inspired from TES series (click on places already explored in the map and travel to these locations) which is largely hated and a notorious immersion breaker. Was it necessary?
And last but not least... What's this thing with the new UI? Why according to a few videos around, opening a chest now loads a different screen? Why are you going from a comfortable grid inventory (Risen) to a typical, annoying console inventory based on menus?
I'm not going for a drama scene, and I won't deny I'm going to support this game anyway.
Also, I'm quite sure that even in the remote chance someone from Piranha Bytes would actually read this post and take note about my points, now it would be far too late to change anything... But I want to make clear that I'm not happy with these changes, and neither are any of the Risen fans I spoke with.
Please, don't water down what are your very strong points just for the sake of appealing... Who exactly? I'm not even sure."
Is it true or?