Risen

Decent Old School RPG - Runs well, fun, immersive and has a lot of content.

User Rating: 8.5 | Risen PC

By Frenzal69 | Review Date: October 14, 2009

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 loot hungry or person who likes to rush a game. You really have to talk to everyone, explore everything and pick everything up.

The combat is simple but still quite difficult if you don't have knowledge of the way your enemy attacks. The Graphics are quite good, but lack of built in anti-liaising really hurts the image quality. There is a decent amount of content to keep you happy for many hours, Ive played around the 30 hour mark and have only completed 1 of the 4 chapters.

This game is for people who enjoyed old school RPGs really, or anyone who is open minded enough to play a game that has relatively outdated game play but a decent story.

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