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Hello guys, it's Z the Wolf here. Welcome to my review of "Risen".
"Risen" is an open world action RPG. It was developed by Piranha Bytes and published
by Deep Silver in 2009.
We don't really learn anything about the character we get to play as.
The intro to the game shows us that we are a castaway from a ship that sank under quite unusual circumstances.
And that is how the story begins. We wake up on a beach of an unknown island.
Slowly all the problems that the island has to deal with become our problems as well.
The story isn't too original, but it's not really all that bad either. Let me just say it's ok- no more, no less.
And pretty much the same goes for side quests.
The story is quite linear. The most important choice is whether we want to join with the bandits or the inquisition.
But mostly it affects what skills we will be possibly able to develop.
And the skill development of our character is quite nice in this game. There are various kinds of weapons,
magic and also there is alchemy, prospecting, crafting and stuff like that.
Long-ranged weapons like crossbows and bows exist in "Risen" as well.
Each time we level up we get skill points. We use them to upgrade our skills, but we can only do that with help of
NPC teachers.
My favourite part of the whole game is combat mechanics.
Simply this game isn't about just clicking left mouse button to kill the monsters. You need to learn how to fight.
At first we can't really do any complicated combos. We need to upgrade our character's skill at using a weapon.
The graphics, as you see, are pretty good. Not really outstanding but they are okay.
And same goes for soundtrack. It's not really amazing, but it's not really bad either.
The whole island we get to explore is just as about the size it should be. It's neither oversized nor too small. And of course
And of course we will get to see ruins and caves as well.
There is a nice variety of enemies we will face through the game.
My final score for "Risen" is 8.5/10. It's a really good action RPG. The gameplay is just amazing. Main story as well as side quests
could have been better. But in my opinion the overall gameplay and amazing combat make up for it.
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