VideoGamer: Risen Review

As an Xbox 360 RPG, even as an Xbox 360 fantasy RPG, it’s so unpolished, so devoid of the oomph demanded by current gen games, so inaccessible and needlessly punishing, that it’s offensive. The issue is not time: Great role-playing games are always huge time sinks, and Risen is no different – it’ll easily last you 60 hours. The issue is enjoyment. If Piranha Bytes hadn’t designed Risen while giving accessibility the finger, then it would have had a chance of being a slow burning but absorbing RPG. As it is though, it’s impossible to recommend. You’re better off playing through Bethesda’s Oblivion, even if it’s for the 50th time.