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Risen

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4.4

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Risen
Description
A mysterious volcanic island. The heavy tremors on the island bode ill for its inhabitants. Ancient temples have risen from the ground recently, bizarre creatures are terrorizing the area. Fear and terror is spreading among the population. The end of all hope? A group of powerful men who call the...
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4.4/5

( 198 Reviews )

4.4

198 Reviews

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Product details
2009, Piranha Bytes, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows 7/8/10/11, Intel Pentium 4 or AMD CPU 2 GHz or equivalent, 4 GB RAM, 256 MB DirectX™ 9.0c co...
Time to beat
27.5 hMain
37 h Main + Sides
45.5 h Completionist
37 h All Styles
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Description
A mysterious volcanic island.
The heavy tremors on the island bode ill for its inhabitants. Ancient temples have risen from the ground recently, bizarre creatures are terrorizing the area. Fear and terror is spreading among the population.

The end of all hope?
A group of powerful men who call themselves "The Inquisitors" have taken it upon them-selves to put an end to these events. They send an expedition to this remote island, but a storm takes hold of the ship and destroys it at sea.

A hero will come.
As if by a miracle, you survive the shipwreck and are stranded on the volcanic island alone. You find yourself amidst a chaos of rebellion, tyranny, and mystic rituals. It is up to you to decide to which side the pendulum of fate will swing.

Delve into a gritty, raw, and atmospheric fantasy world in which every action has a consequence. In the epic world of Risen, filled with mysterious earthquakes, fearsome monsters, and unimaginable treasures, forge your path with the sword, learn the art of staff fighting, or become a powerful mage.
  • Alter the destiny of the island by the actions you take.
  • Countless side quests and creatures to discover.
  • Over 60 hours of Immersive open world gameplay.

© 2021 by THQ Nordic GmbH, Austria. Developed by Piranha Bytes. Risen is a registered trademark of THQ Nordic AB, Sweden. All other brands, product names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
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Time to beat
27.5 hMain
37 h Main + Sides
45.5 h Completionist
37 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2009-10-02T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
3.8 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Violence, Blood, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs)

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Posted on: August 6, 2022

Ra9000

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Review from view of Mage

I like playing RPG with mage characters and I have to mention, this is not good game if you want play as mage. I explain it later. [ + ] The game has feeling of old Gothic game. I like the world and exploration. The world is beautiful and event today it looks prety good. It has amtosphere and daycicles. Also characters and wild animals are sleeping when is night. Characters have few day stages like doing some work, then in evening go to somwhere (Pub or they are sitting, staying soemwhere) and then go to sleep. [ - ] If you want play game as mage, it is possible. But I think developers don't like this characters. You spend lot of time to get as mage, and using a crystal magic. And when you finally get it, you feel very poor even if your magic is on max level. [ - ] You cast and use only one combat spell during whole game ( if I not count another spells, like healing, levitate, etc...). You can choose one from three crystal magic with one combat spell. You can learn all three, but don't expect all them max. You can not combine them, while change from one to another take some time. (You can get a some one combat rune later in game, but this eat all your mana if you have enough). [ - ] Also you have very low mana for casting, and there is no auto regen. Only potions and sleeping can restore mana. And resources are very limited. Therefore if you fight with magic, you have to hit a enemy, when you miss, sometimes it means your death. (because low mana). [ + / - ] I think the game is designed good if you play as warrior, hunter or thief or something between. There are lot of thing to steal (locked chests, doors). Combat is litle strange but I think it has some kind of fun. You like it or hate it. Also game is designed not play as mage and this is as option for new gamplay. Because you need to know what to do and how to prepare. Unfortunately mage character is not interesting and not good as it should be.


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Posted on: July 19, 2020

Do not buy the gog version

Normaly the games are better than before, after gog turned games into win10 games. This time they did not very good work. I try to jump, game crashes. I try to climb, game crashes. In the middle of a fight game crashes. That is really bad work. Especially when you have to buy it for nearly 20 Euros. Back in the day on my win7 PC it worked fine. This is a not playable mess of a game. First time i want my money back from gog. DON´T BUY THIS CRAP.


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Posted on: September 30, 2024

1brendy2

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Posted on: September 16, 2021

alvira.f45

Games: 0 Reviews: 66

The continued decline of Piranha Bytes

Unlike Gothic 3, there is no "publisher rushed the release excuse" here. The only problem is that Risen isn't any better than that game.


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Posted on: April 21, 2023

Frantzen79

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Games: 108 Reviews: 22

Not for me

I didn't last long in this one. After 2 hours of play i was running round in circles, had no clue what to do and no one wanted to talk to me. When they did they told me to do random stuff that i got no direction to, had no clue where was and couldn't see on a map either. Also people would constantly send me in a direction where i couldn't do what they told me. I know some people love these games, but i get bored out of my wit, if i have to wander around aimlessly trying to figure out what the fudge to do. And then there is the combat... that was just horrible. The world, characters and story did absolutely nothing to draw me in either. I'm sure there is a decent game in there somewhere, but it is just not for my taste.


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