Indeed. It baffles me. I still get bouts of incoherent rage and frustrated head-desking by just thinking about the boars and wolves of Gothic 3. So, come Risen and I'm playing it and I see the first wild boar. I'm eyeing the beast with trepidation and pondering if PB had changed their über-boars into something more "sensible". POW! GORE! MAIM! AIEEAAARGHHHT! Hmm, I guess not.I'm guessing one of Piranha Byte's lead designers was maimed by a wild boar and now considers them to be the most deadly critter this side of the gates of Hell. I would give them even odds against a rabid elephant in all the PB games I've played.
Be that as it may, still I would NOT want them to make their games easier. No! C'mon, it's good to give players some challenge and make them pay attention, instead of just making use of mindless clicking of the Awesome Button(tm).