Posted on: October 27, 2017

ResetButton

Gry: 23 Opinie: 1

Lots of Potential, Little Frustration

The designers of Risen put a lot of time and effort into making the Island (the setting of the game) feel lived in and 'real'. It feels like 'real' societies are forming in this place and it gives every little area a lot of character, which makes exploring them and talking to the people inhabiting them very enjoyable. The game tries to keep you out of menus as much as possible and really puts a lot of effort into having you actively listen to and read clues, and just generally being attentive. No hand-holding, this is how I like it. This need for attentiveness also extends into the combat system which I consider to be Risen's weak point. The actual mechanics themselves are interesting, and once you get a hang for them and figure out how to effectively level up skills (which is done through a very cool system) you'll have fun dodging and parrying attacks besides just mashing and dealing damage. The difficulty curve is pretty high here if you don't know what you are doing, but even when you do, every fight could potentially kill you if you aren't careful. This is awesome in theory, but the problem is that the game has some pacing issues. It likes throwing you into one fight after another sometimes, and having to be this focused at all times can get very tiring and eventually even frustrating. I've learned to Quick Save before and after every encounter, and I suggest you do the same. Once you have to get into a level that is all about just hitting levers and fighting monsters in-between those levers, you'll want to take a break from the game. Lastly, there's lots of glitches in this game which can both be exploited to your advantage, or serve as life-ending hazards if you don't save often. With that out of the way, I still recommend Risen to any Action Role-Playing fan. While there are flaws that can make the game frustrating, it is a very memorable and unique adventure. I beat it at around 12 hours, but there was lots more to do.

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Posted on: October 17, 2023

giuliom

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Gry: 106 Opinie: 4

A great RPG

This game has the usual flaws of Piranha Bytes games: - crafting is almost useless (but NWN is worst) - you MUST join a faction - the physic engine is not so good. Except for those little things, even from the beginning this game is a gem. - The gameplay experience is immersive - the music is hypnotic - it's playable on a GT 730. - the quests are cool and appropriate for the main plot. - the combat system makes you feel a real badass, totally unassisted fights: not like the Witcher and similar. It's an old game, but very enjoyable. In the past I would gave it a 5/5, but on ELEX 1 they did even better.

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Posted on: February 7, 2015

Matesalsa

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Gry: 118 Opinie: 20

Hardcore ARPG starring Sam Worthington

Personally never playied Piranha games before, so didn't know what to expect. The first impressions were in fact intimidating: My character (who is like Sam Worthington) was a weakling and everyone, literally everyone was faster and stronger than me. Then I realized I needed to slow down, check what I'm able to do, what quests can be done and with progression I return to explore and kill monsters. Patience is required for playing Risen. It is an open world game but strong monsters are like barriers which block your way. So do something else first. And you can and you need to do a lot to make your character powerful. The game lets you introduce to the world offering easier but mostly fun quests to give you the chance to level up. But not so fast: the levelling up costs a lot of money which you don't have, so what to do? I enjoyed how many skills you need to develop to play well the game. Pickpocketing, sneaking and picklocking are necessary to get gold. Alchemy is important to make healing and other potions, smeathing is good to forge weapons, better than your enemies have, and then fighting (or magic) skills to deal with the monsters. I enjoyed this kind of character development that you need to boost up all of the skills to get better. I loved the game's atmosphere: it was medieval, but caribbean as well. The npc-s were fun, you can have some hilarious dialogues with them. The side quests are mostly interesting, some of them are fetch quests though. And the best thing of all: exploration. In every corner you can find chests, loot, caves, other npc-s, even legendary weapon sets. You are on an island, which is not so big but carefully designed so it is fantastic to explore everything. Negatives? Tons of bugs and glitches sometimes in quests and in character's movement. Fighting is underwhelming first but gets better later, and the last chapter is about dungeon crawling which is a problem if you don't like excessive dungeons. But overall it is a solid 8/10.

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Posted on: June 25, 2018

OldOldGamer

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Gry: 1738 Opinie: 79

Nice gothic-style RPG

Rating: I would give a 3.5, but went for 4, as it one of very few games that is drawing me to finish it. The game play a LOT similar to Gothic 1, perhaps a bit too much. You are a no-one at the beginning (not even a name) and you have endure hours of humiliation from the game world: flee to most combat. Die-reload-retry until you better understand the combat system and grow the character stronger. Read some guide on how to build a decent character, as you can really make yourself for a frustrating experience, if you start spending skill points on non essential skills (aka strength). Aside combat, that is not overly nice, the most annoying things, not in particular order: * A lot of backtrack * Not much to do with money. Equipment is scarce and rarely useful. * Mage are heavily penalised * World is stiff: everyone is waiting for you to do their job. 60% of the time is just ludicrous (E.g. go searching for someone that is in the next room... voice distance). * No sense of urge * Unkillable NPC * Too many fetch quests. * Animal attack patterns. Anyway, is a solid RPG, that make itself play.

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Posted on: March 20, 2018

Spellsweaver

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Gry: 337 Opinie: 34

Perfectionist's heaven

There are many things about this game that deserve praise. I love the combat system, I enjoy the landscapes, I like the quests. But what matters for me is that this game, like literally every other Piranha Bytes' game, is a heaven for my inner perfectionist. The game rewards you for being a perfectionist, for picking up every single herb in a location, for doing every single quest, for killing every single monster. How so? Because your resourses in this game, unlike in many others, are limited. You can't keep walking around and farm until your character is strong enough to progress - you have limited opportunities and you are encouraged to use them, as the game is also quite demanding. Every coin counts, every treasure chest that you found matters, and what's important is that you can, if you wish so, actually pick up every single coin. And you can be sure, those coins won't remain unused in your pocket.

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