7 out 10 for me. Game has plenty of charm, progression was rewarding, exploration felt great, until chapter 3 started... Everything that made 70% of the game amazing is thrown away in favor of fortress/tomb clearing

Amazing Chapter 1 and 2. The Bandit Camp, The Harbour Town and the Monostry feels Gothic, but than they piss it away after entering the Volcano with terrible mission design, unless you want to kill 500 Lizard Warriors

I really enjoyed playing Risen, especially as someone who has been a fan of the Gothic series since the beginning. I liked how the game was built to preserve many of the elements that made the older Gothic games special

The story in Risen has the intellectual depth of a frying pan somebody left out in the rain. Everyone talks like they were hit in the head with a shovel five minutes before the dialogue started. But, ... , the real

One of the best RPGs ever made. The map is very well designed and there's a lot to explore, tons of quests, and hardly any handholding. Your choices have real consequences e.g. siding with the bandits means you can't

Absolutely loved this game! I'm a big fan of Piranha Bytes games. The worse part of the game is the final boss (awful), otherwise this game was a blast to play/beat (I've also beat Elex 1+2).