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Risen

by Piranha Bytes

  • Released Oct 2, 2009
  • $14.99
  • 1 h to beat
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Xbox 360

89%positive reviews

9,685 positive1,216 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Old-style hardcore RPG feel

  • Good atmosphere and exploration

Cons

  • Dull NPCs and weak later chapters

  • Annoying old-fashioned mechanics

Mixed

  • Some call it the successor to Gothic, others find it hard going

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD CPU 2 GHz or equivalent

Memory: 4 GB RAM

Graphics: 256 MB DirectX™ 9.0c compatible graphics card (nVidia® GeForce® 7900/ATI Radeon™ X1800 or better)

DirectX: Version 9.0c

Storage: 5 GB available space

Sound Card: DirectX compatible

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This RPG from Piranha Bytes bring us in a long unblievble adventure on the island of Faranga. Take control of the Nameless Hero, create his place in the game's world through your decisions and actions e save the world from the Titan's wrath.

Ratings

  • 77IGDB players188 ratings
  • 81Critics2 reviews
  • 79Overall190 scores

Time to beat

  • 1 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 40 hStory and extraswith side content

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Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Dutch
English
French
German
Russian
Italian
Polish
Spanish (Spain)

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