How do you actually use the monkey?

Saltydoghaydenzam posted...
Thanks for all the replies. Can use the monkey now lol.

As for Groupersoups comment, I'm somewhat inclined to agree with him. It's an odd design choice to not include any sort of instructions for the monkey. From what I remember, it doesn't even say anything on the skills screen. Also, for moves like the parry, it gives you in-game instructions on how to use it. it's just a bit inconsistent.

You...
What have you DONE? Agreeing with him will only make it worse! T_T

I've heard that alot of european game companies, especially those making RPGs tend to hardly hold the players hand. It's noticeable if you go compare Risen 2 to something like Skyrim. I study game design and I guess most of it has been geared towards western audiences. I mean, its usually expected for mechanics like this to have some tutorial in games these days.

Do I misread this somehow or are you implying European gamers don't belong into the whole 'western audience' category? ^^
On another note: eastern European companies/game developers sometimes don't even include a manual and expect the players to discover everything for themselves, which can be quite interesting and very rewarding, but also frustrating at times.
But yes, overall you're right with the hand-holding, most Europeans I know (which is quite a lot actually) don't like to be spoon-fed every little piece of information by a game, as it completely destroys any sense of achievement.

A lot of Risen 2's design choices are at odds with what I learn, and seem bad to me. That said, I still found it as - if not more - enjoyable than Skyrim, Dragon Age, or Witcher 2.

If you haven't played Gothic 1-3 already, you should absolutely do so, since they're the predecessors for the Risen series and very similar and quite honestly a lot better but way harder sometimes, at least up until the point where you can totally break the game by summoning 20 stone golems and 150 skeletons to fight for you, if you so desire. Just once or twice though, after that all your scrolls are gone ;P

What I really wanted to say about the last part is this though: Risen 2 had a lot to live up to over here in Europe, since Gothic was more widespread here than anywhere else in the beginning, so they used tried and true elements that were well received in the previous games (apart from the monster stunlock thing, we had that in Gothic 3 and NOBODY was happy about it, believe me...)

Long story short: I write way too much when I'm tired... Risen 2 could be better but it's still a good game imho, it could be far worse, look at Gothic 3 right after launch. THAT was freaking horrible and the buggiest game I've ever played >_>
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