Risen Reviews

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Written by BuckGB on October 24th, 2009

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Risen is a real mixed bag. The combat system is clunky and tricky to master, the menus are buried in a heap of pointless control commands and the plot takes ages to get going - but once it does, you're in for a good ride. There's a lot to see and do on the island, even if the graphics are oddly inconsistent for a game with the Xbox's power behind it.

The developers had a good go with Risen, but it falls far short of the best games in this genre, being easily surpassed by the likes of Oblivion and Mass Effect for sheer polish and user-friendliness. If you're an RPG fan you might consider picking up Risen when it's come down in price - but make sure you get the PC version.

Regardless of its faults, I can offer Risen the highest praise any reviewer can bestow upon a game: I will happily continue playing it long after I've submitted the article.

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