Originally Posted by JDR13 
Perhaps it looks less expensive because it is. PB didn't have a huge budget for Risen, and I think they did a great job with the visuals. PB games have always been more about artistic style and atmosphere rather than mind blowing graphics. Gothic 3 was the exception, and ironically their worst game.
Heh… it seems that when I mention 'artistic style' I'm referring to something a bit more extreme that most people do.
I'm actually talking about something like
this or
this.
Oh well… I lost interest in Risen too soon (temporarily most likely)… it's back to adventures for the time being for me (I had to expect that after daring to play Dreamfall - great great
great half-"game". I'll give Overclocked a chance now instead)