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US: 02 October 2009
EU: 02 October 2009
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Worthplaying: Risen (PC) Review
There's no real way around it: Risen has issues. While the characters are all wonderfully done and the world is appealing enough to immerse you in ...
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GameBanshee: Risen Review
7 days 23 hours ago | PC | Review |
Cyrus365
GameBanshee writes: "Risen is a game with an unusual history. Its developers, Piranha Bytes, split with their publisher JoWood Productions in ...
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DGS-Online: Risen Review
DGS-Online writes: "The first thing you think of games from the Gothic series, is a deep RPG with many quests and combat, and many opportuniti...
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The Forgotten Gems of 2009
Despite all of the delays, 2009 turned out to be a great year for video games. With the recent rush of AAA titles like Borderlands, Modern Warfare ...
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Eurogamer.it Review: Risen
27 days 13 hours ago | Multi | Review |
mezzo
Eurogamer.it: The announcement of Risen really caught us off guard. After all who would have imagined that after the bankruptcy Gothic 3, Piranha B...
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Square-Go: Risen Review
34 days 23 hours ago | Multi | Review |
Cyrus365
Square-Go writes: "In the poorly animated opening cinematic of Risen, you're on a ship destroyed by tempestuous seas, apparently created by ev...
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GameSquad: Risen Review
35 days 12 hours ago | Multi | Review |
BIoodmask
Fans of Risen will say that the game is a throwback to the old days when RPGs were hardcore, but hardcore doesn't always mean fun. RPGs have evolve...
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El33t Online: Risen Review
The environment, the combat, the story, they all have moments of being pretty good, yet feel incomplete and rushed. Given an extra year of developm...
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ComputerGames: Risen Review
ComputerGames writes: "Six years ago I had a unique experience. After a few adventures in Gothic 1 I had already caught the Gothic fever, but ...
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Gamernode: Risen Review
49 days 22 hours ago | PC | Review |
Cyrus365
Gamernode writes: "Releasing a title during the Fall quarter can be a daunting task, especially when your game is an RPG that will be competin...
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Blast: Risen Review
50 days 4 hours ago | PC | Review |
Cyrus365
Blast writes: "Your're a stowaway on a boat that has just been through a storm and an attack by a sea monster. Now you find yourself wa...
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GameOver: Risen (PC) Review
GameOver writes: "Risen is the latest computer role-playing game from German developer Piranha Bytes, which previously created the Gothic seri...
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Gameplay Monthly: Risen (PC) Review
Risen is the newest RPG by the German company Piranha Bytes. It shares many similarities with the company's previous titles, the Gothic series of g...
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GameFocus: Risen Review
52 days 2 hours ago | PC | Review |
Cyrus365
GameFocus writes: "An epic story in an authentic world hand-crafted with an eye for detail and populated by "real", plausible charac...
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Eurogamer: Risen Review
52 days 22 hours ago | PC | Review |
skynidas
Eurogamer writes: "Ironically, while the PC version inarguably shows up the flaws in the 360 effort all the more, it also fares far worse when...
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HookedGamers review: Risen
HookedGamers writes: "I have to admit that I feared we had seen the end of the Gothic franchise when Piranha Bytes and Jowood declared their d...
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Game-Debate: Risen Review
Game-Debate writes: "Risen is an action RPG in which the R you P is that of a stowaway on a ship who finds himself washed up on a beach after ...
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Gamer Limit Review: Risen (PC)
What do you get when you combine the depth of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion with the accessibility of Fable?
You get Piranha Bytes' new fanta...
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Action Trip: Risen Review
65 days 4 hours ago | PC | Review |
Cyrus365
Action Trip writes: "Piranha Bytes is one of those developers we like to hold in high regard no matter how many cock-ups they had over the yea...
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Games32: Risen Review
65 days 10 hours ago | PC | Review |
BIoodmask
Risen is the spiritual successor of Gothic, and is in many ways just like it. It can be extremely rewarding if you develop your character long enou...
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PC GameSpecial: Risen review
65 days 18 hours ago | PC | Review |
oMnii
PC GameSpecial writes: "In 2006, Gothic 3 appeared, the third part of a powerful series of traditional RPGs, but it was plagued by bugs. Publi...
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Crispy Gamer: Risen (PC) Review
Risen is more than just another European role-playing game. It is a thumb in the eye to publisher JoWooD -- which, in its infinite wisdom, decided ...
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College News reviews: Risen
68 days 23 hours ago | PC | Review |
tehk1w1
"Risen may not venture into any territory not already covered in past Gothic titles or other RPG's like Oblivion, but despite its flaws, it's ...