What Gamespot Users have to say about Risen
- Rating:1
Boring and outdated usability disaster. The game did not advanced much since the previous games.
The graphics did not advanced a bit. Usability problems are everywhere in the game. You should only pay for this game if you really like to play the old outdate games with only a few spells, primitive graphics, small ... Read Full Review
3 of 39 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.5
Decent Old School RPG - Runs well, fun, immersive and has a lot of content.
I was surprised but this game is actually quite good. Its basically the spiritual successor to the Gothic games. It runs light years better than Gothic 3, which ran on the same engine by the way. This game is not for the... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful - Rating:5
Risen is like a bad 1990s RPG with a low-budget wannabe face-lift
I bought this game based on all the positive reviews here. However, as soon as the actual gameplay started, I knew something was wrong....terribly wrong. Since visuals are the first things players see, lets start ther... Read Full Review
5 of 22 users found the following review helpful - Rating:3
this game is bad, broken, outdated, and the only thing it does well is to piss you off.
right... this game is bad not empire earth 3 bad, but pretty close. looks : the game looks 4 years old, animation (especialy the whole jumping and falling bits) is super bad. voice acting is terrible (they us... Read Full Review
12 of 40 users found the following review helpful - Rating:5
Very old engine equals bad graphics. Storyline not obvious
There has been quite some time that a new RPG has not been released for the PC so I was anxious to get my hands on any one. So I decided to play Risen. Graphics: 3/10 Unfortunately Piranha decided to use the old eng... Read Full Review
3 of 21 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.5
Compares to the Mainstream juggernauts in more ways than one
Risen is one of those games that you find out of luck and have to really decide for yourself whether or not you like it. This is simply because the game is not very well known, so the best possible way to find out if you... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful - Rating:7
Decent game but in three phrases:Frustrating combat,Lack of choices aesthetic or otherwise and a bad journal interface.
I have never written a review before but this game has compelled me to do so. It is a game that is actually fairly decent and such a letdown based on how good it could have been. Most of the game is fairly engaging in ch... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful - Rating:7.5
I believe I've seen this somewhere...
Risen is a game that I got unintentionally - I never heard of it before, but because I'm looking for something new and this came up. From the first steps when washed ashore I noted that I've been here already. Maybe ... Read Full Review
3 of 7 users found the following review helpful - Rating:7
Lots of potential but fails in balance
Okay, so when I first started playing this my thoughts were 'Wow what great graphics' 'Pretty neat features' 'I wonder whats in that cave...' 'Pretty decent story line' But looking past the graphics I see an unbal... Read Full Review
2 of 5 users found the following review helpful - Rating:8.5
Risen is Gothic in a new jacket. Great world/level design and relatively good polish for a "Gothic" game.
Piranha Bytes, developer of the Gothic series split up with publisher JoWood, who apparently kept the Gothic licence, or maybe they're both feel 3 Gothic games are enough. Risen nevertheless copies the old formula to ... Read Full Review
4 of 5 users found the following review helpful
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