Risen 2: Dark Waters Preview, Video Interview and Walkthrough

We have some more coverage available for Piranha Bytes’ upcoming pirates-and-rum action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters, starting with a fairly brief written piece from NowGamer:

This being a Risen game, you’ll explore a living open world on each island you go to, and level up to unlock skills like musket-shooting, sword-fighting and all manner of dirty tricks, including throwing sand into enemies’ eyes.

You’ll also gather a crew of pirates to adventure with you based on decisions you make, and you’ll need all the help you can get to escape the authorities, battle other pirates and monsters, and see off a world-destroying magical threat.

While we quite like Risen 2’s whole Pirates Of The Caribbean meets world-saving high-fantasy vibe, it’s a little disappointing that pirate ships only transport you between islands and can’t be sailed.

Meanwhile GameTrailers is offering a video interview with what, to my knowledge, should be the first official console footage we have seen, and G4 is offering a video walkthrough of a quest, followed by some quick looks at the game’s combat system, magic and monkey stealth/scouting.