The game got a lot of hate back then and pretty much everyone thought that Risen 1 was much better. I thought the first one was better too, but this game also had its qualities. The pirate atmosphere came across very well and I thought some of the systems like the treasure hunt and the island system were actually quite cool. Unfortunately, the battle system was quite a step backwards and very monotonous and the story was also rather boring. Music was still pretty good but all in all I understand why the game wasn't liked that much.