The Wombat Writes: After a successful debut on the PC, Piranha Bytes open ended RPG Risen has arrived on the Xbox 360. Casting the player in the shoes of a shipwrecked stowaway washed up on the shores of a mysterious island, Risen provides players with an engaging role-playing experience with hours of quests available. Unfortunately, the game squanders its considerable potential by featuring nearly as many technical issues as adventures.
Here's why Risen might be one of the best RPGs you probably haven't played. We'll consider various aspects of Risen and discuss its strengths.
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."
I agree with this review. I played Risen on the X360 last year and had a fun time with the game. Though I admit that the graphics were pretty poor and there were some minor bugs.
Risen on the PC is far more better.
Risen is also far better than Mass Effect 2 a real RPG is Risen.
360 should just stick with beta testing for the PS3
Looks like another great 360 exclusive. Although I tried it on PC already and thought it was only ok.
Still, quantity>quality so let's just have more like this eh?
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bu but the wrpg is better than j-rpgs... bahahah