I didn’t get caught up in the hype around Risen much, and you can imagine that when i tried it a few hours ago, i went in with little in terms of expectations. Pirahna Byte’s previous project, Gothic 3, left me quite uneasy and holding a very broken and unpolished game. Instead, we now have Risen, the spiritual successor of the Gothic series, taken in a similar setting, but with a different style. The game is very much reminiscent of our 2001/2003 favorite RPG, with familiar controls, dialogue system and general gameplay, but really touched up and having all the elements sprinkled nicely around making this a delicious treat. I’m not meaning to make this a review, but i’ll just say that i’m quite impressed and hoping to get many hours of fun out of it.