This game is getting dangerously close to my never being played pile. I played it for a few hours on release and thought it was pretty good but never got back to it.
Every time I think of playing it I ultimately end up playing something else. Also not sure that I like the pirate theme in the second one.
Risen 1 was an excellent game. It had a nice atmosphere, and the combat system was quite good. I am still baffled that Piranha Bytes abandoned the solid mechanics of Risen 1 in the sequels, and replaced them with rather mediocre alternatives. This is especially prevalent in the realm of combat, which saw the effective system of the first game wiped out in the sequels in favor of an awkward, abysmal replacement. It's almost as if the same people who designed Risen1 were cast aside and replaced. Very frustrating that they didn't keep what worked so well in the first game.
The first Risen imho was the best of the 3. Still, I enjoyed 2 & 3 though 3 was too long and too easy. It was a decent series but I'd like to see a faithful return to the Gothic series and a proper Gothic game.
I'm actually very happy that PB is making Elex. I loved the Gothic series and Risen 1, but I don't really have any desire for yet another medieval fantasy.
Ignore this man. That's crazy talk.
Ha, so you have no optimism for Elex, then? I think PB and lo sci-fi could be a very good match!
After risen 1 the series went rapidly downhill.