To Risen 1: Solid game! Is now a bit dusty but I had about 30 hours good fun. Have all the "predecessor" gothic played 1-3 and Risen is in keeping with tradition, to part. 1 + 2 The graphics are still okay, the world is loving and credible designed. I as casual gamers will consistently taken by the quest line to the hand / no long search paths / fast learning the control / no elaborate hero micromanagement. Personally, I can also well get over it, that it was almost the identical game like Gothic 1 (3 fractions little story deviation dadruch low replayability, similar quests / enemy types, etc.). I have to say that the game as a magician is much lighter than for melee / archer.
Conclusion: nice entertainment for old school / casual gamers
Risen 2: In short a total disaster! Installation on Steam was not a problem. But when loading the PC crashes regularly! Blue screen - black window viewing - PC restart
Have beaten by me through various forums and now I know I probably among the poor people with AMD FX processor belong, for the game is not compatible. After 3 hours of intense search and various updates (Catalyst - card / DirectX / PhysX / Visual C ++) not a success. Also Steam Offline Mode does not help me. In several forums + on the AMD website (yes, there gabs even direct support entry only to Steam games ...) was that here probably only have a BIOS update (motherboard Gigabyte GA-990-FXA-UD3) success can. With all due respect, I am not a system admin and will dare with my gefählichen Halbwissen not highly risky BIOS update. The chance to scrap my PC is probably 10x greater than the after the game runs properly!
Conclusion: Although I bought the game in final patched version in the budget, I can not play it! The sheer number of calls for help in various forums (btw: Google is "Risen 2 not started" Place 4 on the hit list!) Tells me that I am not a regrettable individual case. Money spent on a product that I can not use !!!
Overall Conclusion: If you want to play Risen 1, necessarily buy a single version! From the Complete Edition I advise urgently!
Ps I'm going to report me for fun in support, let's see if I get ne answer ...