![]() ![]() Risen 3 continues this style, and with many of the same characters returning from the second. While the original game was set on one island, Risen 2 added the pirate theme and expanded its exploration to multiple islands. In Risen 3, players star as the nameless adventurer from the first two games. ![]() ![]() The question remains, is this version the best console edition? Now we have the PS4 enhanced edition that includes all the DLC and improved textures and effects. ![]() The PC version was obviously the default choice for platform preference, but the console versions unfortunately had extremely bad technical issues. It just goes to show, looks aren’t everything.Risen 3 released last year on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Whilst it’s every bit as technically backwards as its predecessor, on measure, Risen 3 is a bit better overall. All things considered though, it’s a very moreish sea quest. With fewer technical issues, it could well have been a top game, and there’s no question, the sheer amount of baggage will likely taint the experience for many experiencing it on PlayStation 3. Whilst it’s now a sad inevitability that chunks are left off for further exploitation as DLC, few could begrudge the helping R3 presents, with well over one hundred quests to tackle and thirty to forty hours of play in here, easily. Risen 3: Titan Lords ’ strongest suit is in the excellent value it represents in terms of content. The biggest step forward is in the portrayal of the nameless main protagonist, who, both in terms of delivery and consistency of volume, is better served than in Risen 2. There are no Oscar-worthy performances on the voicing front, but it’s all pretty acceptable. The music is partially-recycled but delivers a suitably nautical flavour, ramping up in times of excitement and settling in at a gentle, ominous thrum during expositions into the wild. Thanks to the oft-amusing dialogues, the markedly varied means by which you can develop your pirate, and the dubious benefits of intimidating characters for extra goodies, you’ll find there’s decent incentive to experience the satisfaction of a ‘good’ playthrough and the unrestrained glee of a ‘bad guy’ run. Like Fallout, but with slightly less focus on the consequence of small interactions, Risen 3 rewards different approaches to tackling errands. It affords the freedom to develop a number of attributes that cover combat, magic, cunning, influence and pickpocketing skills, among others. The character development system remains unchanged that’s one area where Risen has been completely sound. Once again, there’s a ‘point of no return’ moment where you’re asked to join a faction three different sects all of whom bestow upon your character a slightly different means of magic, as well as their own relatively comprehensive list of quests to tackle a little past the halfway point. Progression appears fractionally better structured than its predecessor, and ever so slightly more rewarding. This is Risen 3 at its best you’re never left short of avenues to pursue, and it recognises the joy of chasing up a little morsel, no matter how small, if there’s a prospect of something special at the end of it. Even seemingly innocuous caves and cubbyholes may house clues to legendary treasures, mythical beasts or one of a seemingly endless strand of hints or clues that set you on your way on another quest. Risen 3 doesn’t just use scenery to fill space (though there is plenty of that, of course) it’s half-a-dozen or so islands are a treasure hunter’s dream, positively crammed with as much looting, scavenging and brawling as you could ever reasonably expect to find in a video game. Like with Shadow Man though, if you can look past its admittedly-considerable running issues, there’s an awful lot to enjoy. Vast swathes of pop-up for example, as enemies, monuments, forestry and frankly, just about everything else blinks into view, as if the result of some perpetually botched magic trick. It looks ten years older than its 2014 release date (and perhaps even that’s being kind), and whilst its aged appearance isn’t for retro kicks, some of R3’s ailments are fondly reminiscent of the struggles we routinely used to endure in the early days of the original PlayStation. It’s probably best to get the worst out the way to begin with, so let’s cut to the chase: Risen 3 looks abysmal on PS3, and runs even worse. On a technical level, it’s an absolute calamity, but if you’ve the resolve to look beyond its myriad quibbles, there’s a rich, sizable and rewarding nautical journey to busy yourself with. An adventure that sets its stall somewhere between the piratey high-seas of Assassin’s Creed: IV: Black Flag and the free-roam, diplomacy or action role-playing of the Fallout games, Piranha Bytes’ tale is one of pronounced peaks and troughs. Risen 3 is a rare entity, a rough diamond in the truest sense. ![]()
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