[Lucidx]

I'm not sure if much people have heard of it, but the video game Risen came out in the USA yesterday.

It's a 3rd person action/adventure RPG with amazing near photorealistic graphics that aparently aren't to hard on the system, I'm downloading the demo right now so I'll report on that after I try it.

This game was made by Deep Silver, which I guess is an offshoot of Piranha Bytes, the company that made the not so well know but nonetheless greatest games ever made Gothic 1&2 and the horrible video game Gothic 3.

(The real Piranha bytes made gothic 1, 2 and 3 and is working on a gothic for expected for release late this year or early 2010)

Risen takes place on some kind of tropical volcanic island. It probably has very similar gameplay to the gothic series.

I suck at writing previews based on hearsay, so just look at these links if your interested.

Official Risen News & Screenshots/Media:
http://risen.deepsil...n/news/news.php

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=9IFsIXGi9i4

Demo (Fileshack & File Planet):
http://www.fileshack...5356/Risen+Demo
http://www.fileplane...info/Risen-Demo

[Thor.]

Nice another rpg, just what i was looking for. It looks amazing to, i might pick it up. Man there are alot of good games coming out this year .

But the ratings for this game aren't all that good i am afriad, its sucks. I was hoping it was gevin a good rating..

I am still getting it though, better then Oblivion, polished maybe lol.

review

http://www.strategyi...sen/review.html

[The_Terminator]

Thats a review of the console version, and we all know console gamers don't appreciate good games.

According to Metacritic, its actually doing quite well, though I noticed a lack of any big names from the list of reviewers - so no Gamespot or IGN reviews yet.

[Lucidx]

you cannot listen to reviews by big companys on games made by Pirhana bytes and JoWood.
Gothic 1&2 in my opinion are the best games ever made, but for example ign rated them with a 4 out of 10.

I tryed the demo, the graphics are brilliant and i get a steady 30fps at max settings, as for everything else, i suggest you see for yourself.

[Herculine]

I tried to install the demo but it said there was a "catastrophic error". What's up with that?

[Lucidx]

I would say, If you are using vista you might need to turn off UAC. But if you can't figure out how to get it to work I suggest you try to get it from a different source.

[The Him]

At first, I thought it would kind of be my Oblivion kind of game successor. But their still too many limitations in roleplaying (like forging your character) and graphics aren't that nice BTW. It looks good, but I decided to keep the money for Dragon Age Origins, and further to come the Witcher. Maybe Gothic too.

[Lucidx]

I got Risen today and I'd call it a much more polished version of Gothic 3, it's FPS was a booming 35 with max graphics (And it is a very densely cluttered game, with alooooot of vegetation). I found that while the combat system is reminiscent of Gothic 3's combat system, Risen requires a lot more finesse and cunning while fighting, you need to train in the kind of weapon you plan on using alot and you need to make use of your own reflexes in order to fight a tough oponent.

Enemys that are not swinging a weapon at you (like animals) or short enemys (like gnomes) are much more difficult to block, Wolves and hit you full force enless you have a large sheild to block your legs, Gnomes can slice bellow your sheild and fight in large groups (much like goblins in Gothic 1&2)

There are alot of skills you can learn and train in such as Blacksmithing, Goldsmithing, Mining, cooking, rune making, scroll making, alchemy etc.
This game also has (IMO) good physics.

Risen also provides a frustrating sence of realism while exporing, mostly because at low levels, with no armor almost every creature you encounter can rip your head off in a second and the dence jungles are very hard to navigate through.

I highly suggest that if you have any interest in Risen, you try it. Because there are very mixed opinions about all Games from pyrhana bytes and It really depends on the person.

[overload1977]

http://uk.gamespot.c...isen/index.html

have a look at what people are saying about it.

yet to review it , note its only 1 player no online modes

[jim_uk]

I've been playing it for a few days now and it's very good, sadly some sites have reviewed the broken 360 version which is a shame. Other reviewers have marked it down because it doesn't hold your hand like Oblivion and you can't get through it by mashing buttons, one muppet even said this is Piranha Bytes first title.

Anyone who likes RPGs should give it a look, just don't go anywhere near the 360 version....