The Best PC Game of April 2012: Risen 2: Dark Waters

Details: Created on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 01:00 AM PDT; Written by King Mika

I have two sleeper hits to choose from (Legend of Grimrock and Risen 2: Dark Waters) for the best Windows PC game of April 2012!

Game: Legend of Grimrock

Published By: Almost Human
Developed By: Almost Human

Genera(s): Adventure, Indie, RPG

Release Date: April 11, 2012

Key Game Features:

Old-school dungeon crawling gameplay with stunning modern 3D graphics.
A wide variety of weapons and spells.
Thousands of squares, riddled with hidden switches, pressure plates, sliding walls, floating crystals, forgotten altars, trapdoors, and more.

Trailer:

Editors Opinions: Dungeon crawling titles are making a comeback, and Legend of Grimrock leads the way! If you're planning on purchasing this game -- purcahse it GOG.com where you can score the following bonus content:

7 wallpapers.
Map.
Main music theme.
12 avatars.
2 dev team photos.
6 design sketches.
34 artworks.

Game: Risen 2: Dark Waters

Published By: Deep Silver
Developed By: Piranha Bytes

Genera(s): Action, RPG

Release Date: April 27, 2012

Key Game Features:

A huge variety of themed island locales.
Shape the game world based on their own decisions.
highly interactive environment.

Trailer:

Editors Opinions: The first Risen was fantastic. That game featured a cool island to explore, with plenty of quests, and a decent amount of skills to learn. Risen 2 : Dark Waters improves upon that game, with more of everything! Sadly, most RPG fans ignored the first Risen, and will most likely ignore this sequel. Don't make that mistake!

The Winner: At a mere $15, Legend of Grimrock is a freaking bargin! But I'm more of an open world gamer... so I'm going to give this award to Risen 2: Dark Waters.