I tried to tell you guys before, the combat in Risen is pretty much poop for the first 3/4 of the game. It's only when you get the combat skill up to the highest level does it start to get kind of decent.
who to believe
A lot of wrpg fans say Risen is top-quality wrpg like the Witcher. Great combat, great world to explore, good challenge, good graphics/voice work.
Yet a lot of wrpg fans say the game sucks, or is good early on and then gets boring or is boring early on and then gets good after 20 hours.
There apparently is no consensus on this game! ^^;
-Graphics are pretty good
-Voice work is decent, not great
-Island has some interesting secret places to find, but is fairly small and not particularly varied
-Combat is really meh, until you get the last level of the [sword] combat skill and it start to finally become bareable
The main draw here is that it has a good number of quests and sidequests that are reasonably well done, but it's NOT a great WRPG.