Risen Reviews

The recent wave of Risen reviews has slowed to a trickle, with only three more critiques making their way to the ‘net so far this week.

The first is at ActionTrip with a score of 8.1/10:

It’s been too long since I last played a decent single-player RPG. In my haste to try out Risen, I started to play on the Xbox 360. Boy, was I shocked. Although I did have some fun with the game in general, I did notice that it has a lot more bugs, plus it looks awful – every so often downright ugly. So, do yourself a favor and check out this title on the PC and not on the Xbox 360.

The next one is at Button Masher with no score:

Biased by the facts that I am a real RPG junkie and absolutely loved the Gothic Series on the PC, I have really been enjoying Risen sans patch. Once the patch arrives I am sure I will be playing through again. Given the different factions, Risen is one of those games you could play through several times, and I probably will. Obvious comparisons will be with The Elder Scrolls IV:Oblivion and rightly so, but Risen is much more old school with many elements requiring a deeper input from the player. For example meat from a boar has to be cooked, but you need a frying pan and oven or fire. Done right the patch could help Risen surpass Oblivion in many ways but unfortunately I can see the same success for Risen. Hopefully the patch will be out before the NZ release but if it isn’t, I would recommend holding off playing Risen until it is patched. There is a genuinely fantastic RPG here but unfortunately due to its lack of graphical ‘˜wow’ and annoying bugs many people will be put off playing, and enjoying Risen. C’mon the patch!

And the last is at Game Observer with a score of 71/100:

There’s something rotten at the core of Risen. But, then again, the same can be said about cheese, and both are strangely addictive, the smell notwithstanding.