Risen

A boring RPG with poor value.

User Rating: 3.5 | Risen PC

By naughtygames | Review Date: October 7, 2009

To play Risen, you need a lot of patience. You need to ignore these facts:

* Menus are cheap, user-notifications and control hints are completely absent making the game a "guess the button" adventure rather than a wholesome RPG.

* The enemies are nonsensical to the story-setting.

* The storyline is mildly interesting, though derivative.

* Severe glitches -- running through walls, passing "checkpoints" and progressing the story along despite missing critical items.

* Graphics are dated by three years. Character animations are poor.

* Control and camera is akward and unfriendly making for some very difficult adventures...

The problems pile up. However, if there was a comparison drawn between Risen and The Witcher Enhanced (PC) -- I would easily go with Risen, as it fails less miserably as a poorly developed RPG.

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