First Risen 2: Dark Waters details emerge

Risen 2: Dark Waters is in development and the first bits of info involving the game has emerged thanks to a user who has a copy of PCGames magazine being kind enough to share it.

Here’s the whole thing, courtesy of GAF:

Story

• You are again the same nameless heroes of Risen
• He is now living in a small harbour village called “Caldera”
• You are now wearing the Ocular of the inquisitor (story relation not known yet)
• The game is now spread about multiple islands
• There is still the inquisition located on one of the islands
• The story is more complex and will have different consequences depending on your choices
• You will meet familiar faces like Carlos, Gregorius Steelbeard

Setting

• Pirate setting
• It’s no longer on Faranga from Risen
• You can travel to different islands by ship (if you can have an own ship is not known yet)
• In the sea lives different sea monsters who attack ships
• It will also have an fast travel system on the islands
• The islands will have different climate zones with different settings and monsters
• Guns,canons and othe fire weapons in the game
• There is still magic
• Skill system same as Risen
• Should feel more realistic than Risen (for example chests who are empty or have rubble in it, but to every chest is a story)
• The world is bigger as in Risen
• Side quests should be more complex than in Risen

Graphic / Technic

• Animation is now motion captured
• NPCs and monsters more detailed
• Bump mapping, realisitc relatime clouds instead of a skybox
• More realisitc faces
• No loading times on the islands and invisible walls only short loading by changing the island
• NPCs talking with each other (for example you can hear a conversation between too NPCs when the treasurer leave his treasure)
• Every NPC has a daily routine like in Risen
• In the night different monsters than on the day like in Risen

Monsters

• There will be Gnomes again
• Minecrawler
• Some familiar and some completly new monsters
• Also normal animals like apes,boars,… depending on the climate zone

Risen 2 is far into development and is around 80% complete. Piranha are doing voice recording for the game right now.

You can check out the first screenshots from the game over here.

Risen 2 is in development for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.