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Product Features

Platform: PC
  • Game is divided into 4 chapters and lets you decide which side you will join
  • Spells can be cast either through a scroll or a rune (30 different spells)
  • Full world streaming support - No loading of screens
  • With each level, the character learns and improves his skills

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  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • ASIN: B002C0VNQQ
  • Item Weight: 8.3 ounces
  • Media: DVD-ROM
  • Release Date: September 28, 2009
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,292 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes


Product Description

Platform: PC

A sweeping story captivates players from the start! An epic story in an authentic world hand-crafted with an eye for detail and populated by "real", plausible characters. A Mysterious Volcanic Island The heavy tremors on the island bode ill for its inhabitants. Ancient temples have risen from the ground recently, bizarre creatures are terrorising the area. Fear and terror is spreading among the population. The End of All Hope? A group of powerful men who call themselves "The Inquisitors" have taken it upon them-selves to put an end to these events. They send an exhibition to this remote island, but a storm takes hold of the ship and destroys it at sea. A Hero Will Come As if by a miracle, the player survives the shipwreck and is stranded on the volcanic island alone. He finds himself amidst a chaos of rebellion, tyranny and mystic rituals. He must now decide to which side the pendulum of fate will swing.

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84 of 87 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC
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I'll admit it, I expected this game to be a bust. After the travesty that was Gothic 3, I had little hope for any product Piranha Bytes put out. But I was dead wrong. This game is vastly superior to Gothic 3, and is comparable to the original two Gothic games, which is just about the highest praise that it could be given. It is a shame that Piranha Bytes did such a horrendous job with Gothic 3 and lost the right to the Gothic franchise to Jowood (their publisher), but it seems that the kick in the pants put them back on the right track.

Just to set the record straight, this game is nothing but a shameless rip-off of the previous Gothic games. And I mean shameless. The world looks exactly the same, the enemies are all the same, the towns look the same, the atmosphere is the same, etc. The scavengers are back as "sea vultures," the goblins are back as gnomes, the bloodflies are back as "grave moths," the boars are back, the pickable plants are all back, the dock in town was lifted right out of Gothic 2, the chapter system is in place again, etc. There are three camps once again, and they are the same three camps; the rogues who live in a swamp, the town who works for the Order, and the monastery. The Risen title is in the same distinctive font as the previous Gothic titles. There's even an abandoned lighthouse manned by a fellow named Jack again, for goodness' sake! Either the developers are completely out of ideas and recycled everything from their previous games or (as I think more likely) this was originally meant to be a sequel to the Gothic series, but when they lost the rights they just changed the names around. I can't stress enough how similar this is to Gothic, which in my mind is a very good thing, as I rank Gothic 1 and 2 among the greatest games ever created.

As far as gameplay goes, it is relatively smooth. There are some bugs (such as randomly teleporting to the roof of a house when you attempt to sneak in the doorway, or getting stuck in zoomed-in mode after using the crossbow zoom function), but they aren't game-breaking and are quite rare. The combat is something of a cross between Gothic 2 and Gothic 3 combat. It's a lot of button mashing until you get the hang of it, but once you do it has the rhythmic quality present in Gothic 2 that I loved. Your character has the unfortunate tendency to continue to attack after you stop hitting the buttons, which leads to opening yourself up for an enemy attack or smashing one of your allies in the face, which is very annoying, though it doesn't happen all the time. It is certainly better that the atrocious combat system from Gothic 3. And, unlike previous Gothic games, you can block animals, which is handy. Combat certainly isn't easy, though. I frequently have to flee from opponents too strong for me to face, and I get beat up or die constantly. There's none of that pansy scaled leveling that many other RPGs have, where your enemies strength is relative to your own so that you can do anything at any time. In this game you just can't go to certain areas until you are a high enough level, and there are some enemies you just have to flee from until you level up enough to take them on. I like that in a game; I don't want things handed to me. There's a certain degree of satisfaction when you can finally stand and face the ghoul you've been fleeing from the past ten hours of gameplay.

The world itself is very large, though smaller than previous Gothic games. I'd say it's about the same size as the Gothic 2 main area (not including the Gothic 1 area you fight the dragons in or the Night of the Raven expansion area), and it takes forever to explore. Like in previous Gothic games, exploring is rewarded, and you'll find all sorts of interesting and useful things in random locations in the wild. The world looks like Gothic 2 created using the Gothic 3 engine. While it looks very pleasant, it also looks outdated. It certainly isn't as pretty as other current games. However, in an RPG people are looking for content more that graphical superiority, and Risen's defects are more than outweighed by its strengths. The storyline is good, though it will be the massive amount of characters and sidequests that really get your attention. There are an incredible number of unique characters who all play some part in some quest or another (and from what I can tell they all have their own voice actors, unlike the previous Gothic games where you could tell several characters were voiced by the same person). The sheer scope of the game world is incredible. It's a bit shorter than previous Gothic games, which took a good 50+ hours to finish. This one takes around 30 hours, but it has a very high replay value since the entire game will be different depending on which camp you join. If this game is at all successful, I expect to see an expansion similar to Night of the Raven being released, as it could be very easily fit in to pad out the game length.

This is one of the best RPGs I've ever played, and while it isn't quite as good as the original Gothic games, it comes closer than any other RPGs I've played. Piranha Bytes clearly hasn't lost their touch. The few small problems (a few bugs, twitchy camera, etc.) are no more than minor annoyances. I only wish they hadn't messed up Gothic 3, so that we could be playing this game with all the original Gothic characters.
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44 of 48 people found the following review helpful
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This game's world--settlements, forests, swamps, caves, and ruins--gets right everything that the "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion", "Fallout 3", "Knights of the Old Republic", "Fable", "Mass Effect", "Neverwinter Nights" and so many other role-playing games in recent memory get wrong.

Every nook and cranny in "Risen" is uniquely designed and fun to explore, while still fitting into the larger shapes and patterns of the world. The entire game is a SINGLE three dimensional space to explore and conquer, there are no loading screens that transport you into separate "cave" or "dungeon" or "building interior" universes.

Every townsperson or monster or treasure chest or lockpick combination was created and placed to test your skill, not to waste your time. The complex interlinking of characters and quests require that the player pay attention and make choices with incomplete knowledge and only her own moral compass as a guide, not simply to choose "good, evil, neutral" responses by rote in order to dress up their character the way they want.

This was the sort of RPG I imagined a 3D engine would make possible back when I was playing "Quest for Glory" or "Baldur's Gate" and it has finally arrived. Do not miss it!
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39 of 44 people found the following review helpful
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If you are a fan of Gothic 2 this is pretty much a must buy. Others might want to grab the demo, which is now available to see if they like the gameplay. The only minimal disappointments are a somewhat smaller world to explore versus Gothic 2 and a more twitch-based melee combat than I personally would like. The graphics are pretty enough, but it will remind you of a game dating from pre Half-Life 2 generation of games. Character animations are a little wooden and some environment textures are more blurry than they really should be in this day and age. But I am being picky! It really is a god sent game for those of us who like "deep" crpg's and a fairly open world to explore. Just like Gothic 2, you will be asked to join a faction and at that point some quests are locked out until you replay the game and join a different faction. So far, it is easily a B+ game.

Folks who want games just like Oblivion or Fallout 3 should really download the demo since this game is hard: there's no baby-step leveling and super-easy combat here :) If you go up against a bigger creature while exploring, there is no auto-leveling, and you will die instantly. Kill a character before talking to him and you potentially lock yourself out of a quest forever. That's the type of rpg game this is and I wish there were games like this out there.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
My first "Gothic"-esque experience
Before playing Risen, I had never heard of the Gothic series. I had just finished playing Dark Souls, loved it, and was looking for another hardcore RPG experience. Read more
Published 2 months ago by A. Martishius
Great game
enjoying playing this one. good story line and ability to run around. there really do need to be more games like this out there.
Published 2 months ago by A. B.
This is a hidden gem in a sea of craptastic games
If you are looking for a rpg that is old school enough to punish you for not paying attention while new school enough to reward you with a voice acted story, look no further. Read more
Published 2 months ago by CymTyr
If you liked Gothic
I've gotten further in this game and it has turned into a real grind. The first two chapters are enjoyable enough. Third chapter started dungeon crawling. Read more
Published 3 months ago by JimBob911
Long, nothing Earth shattering. Bugged I think, can't finish.
Graphics are good.
Price is great.
Dialog is average.
Music is average.
Quests are better than average but hard to follow sometimes. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Kevin Meade
great game
The best thing about this game is that it takes awhile to beat, so you really feel like you get your money's worth. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Karie L. Kelliher
Unable to Activate
Nevermind what I said, apparently it is fixed now. Something was wrong with the activation server. I was told they shut it down permanently but that was false activation. Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. Minier
Won't Activate -- Terrible Customer Service from Deep Silver
I really don't like giving negative reviews, but Deep Silver needs to get it together. I was looking forward to playing this game, but it wouldn't activate. Read more
Published 5 months ago by J.H.
Risen
The game relies too much on quests, instead of combat. My preference in RPG games is for perhaps 65-70 percent combat, and 30-35 percent quests. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Carmac
Risen
In many ways Risen is a reworking of the game Gothic 2. It has been several years since I played that game but I remember it crashed a lot. Read more
Published 7 months ago by James Hunt
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