German based magazine Videogameszone reviewed Risen for Xbox 360. From the translated text: "In our test Risen awarded for the Xbox 360 we initially no contest. As Publisher Koch Media announces that appears in the first four weeks after release to remove a patch for download, the graphical shortcomings of the game is. So far, the game jerky and contains many pop-ups. The previously announced patch to fix these problems appear. As long as you read here at least our videogameszone.de playful comment on the Xbox 360 version to Risen."
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I played it a bit, but it's one of those games I just forgot about. Same with the two worlds games, gothic 3 and Arcania: Gothic 4. It sounds and looks nice (for the time) but it just doesn't scratch that itch quite right.
Idk why but I usually like their games , risens, elex etc. I've only played risen 2 risen 3, elex and elex 2. I'm gonna get the risen 1 at some point
Their games have a certain level of jank and wouldn’t hurt to be more difficult but I still had a good time with Two Worlds 2 and would have bought a 3.
Shit elex took me a minute to stop being killed but once I learned a few tricks , etc I was doing good
Paul writes: "Risen is a game from 2009, in all its faded glory, but yet, there is something about the world that will keep you trying."
These games "look" good from video clips/screenshots, but apparently they're pretty buggy and gameplay is wonky.. like developers had a great concept but with the scope, it was hard to deliver.. and that's for 3 games..
WTMG's Aaron Price: "The long and short of it is that Risen is a fun action-adventure RPG. It is very rough around the edges, not to the extent of some other games in the genre that came out around the same time (looking at you, Two Worlds), but it has charm. If you’re a fan of Oblivion, or Skyrim, and want to see another game that has a similar style, this might be a good pickup.
Risen 2 is still available for digital download meaning you can easily get lost in this world but hours upon hours if you found yourself enjoying it. I don’t personally find this re-release to be a massive improvement over the original, as little to nothing in it has been actually revamped, but it’s still great to see the game get a release on more consoles than just the Xbox, or even just a way to experience the start of the series if you maybe played the sequel on PS3."
Uhh, someone please fix the description:
REPORT: Very poor biased description. NO WHERE in the article does it mention FRAMERATE ISSUES, CLIPPING PROBLEMS, LAGS, OR HUGE LOADING TIMES.
Please make the description accurately reflect the article.
That german site gave it an 8 and I don't think they mentioned the flaws you so merrily listed....
I have had zero problems with this game sounds like someone doesnt know what there talking about
i dont have any problems with this game