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Developed by German developer Pirahna Bytes, ''Risen'' is a third-person [[Western RPG]] released in 2009. It is '''very''' similar to the games of the ''[[Gothic]]'' series made by the developers before they left their former publisher and lost the rights to the franchises name. One of its signature elements is the combat system: You can parry weapons, dodge, and break the enemy's guard, similar to a fighting game. The game is somewhat similar in nature to that of ''[[Elder Scrolls|Oblivion]]'', but instead of everything being randomly generated (leaving you to the mercy of [[Dynamic Difficulty|level scaling]]), everything is hand-placed by the developers, and leveling is accomplished by paying trainers to slowly raise your stats. This approach in execution makes leveling up feel more like a real accomplishment rather than flipping a flag that gives you [[Possession Implies Mastery|instant mastery]] over all types of weapons, as is usual in this genre.
The sequel, titled ''Risen 2: Dark Waters'' continues a story from the first game with the same protagonist. This time he tries to stop Titan Lords from awakening Titans who lay the world to waste. It takes place in a tropical setting (read:[[Welcome to
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* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]: The only way to determine that a given enemy is way beyond your level is to start hacking away and monitor its healthbar. Unless it drops noticeably, you now have a life expectancy of about 1.2 seconds.
* [[Real Is Brown]]
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Sealed Good in
* [[Spikes of Doom]]: And you can't even tiptoe through them...
* [[Spiritual Sequel]]: ''Risen'' is essentially [[Gothic]] IV with all the names changed thanks to the developers getting [[Screwed
** There was no network Screw. At one point, Piranha Bytes and JoWood were practically the same company, but JoWood was unhappy at the bad release version of Gothic 3. They apparently decided to go their seperate ways at least politely, if not happily. The contract between them specified that JoWood had the rights to Gothic.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Anything beyond waist-deep water, and you either sink and wash over to the nearest shore, or get swallowed by a giant worm-thing and wash over to the nearest shore. Really more of a sandboxing mechanism.
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** Actually the ocular had to be removed (along with the hero eye) because of the curse that was on it, still when people comment about it they seem to think that is a sgn of a true badass rather than a handicap.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Guards almost always treat native slaves disparagingly.
* [[Fat Sweaty Southerner in
* [[Giant Squid]]: Kraken, first seen in the intro.
* [[Hollywood Voodoo]]: Played back and forth. It is predominantly a magic system (with voodoo dolls nonetheless) but characters explain that for the natives voodoo is a religious practice based on the worship of Tiwas (Titans) that are presented much like Loa.
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* [[Talk Like a Pirate]]: Pretty much averted in original, yet English version has its share of [[The West Country]] accents. Steelbeard also swears like expected from a stereotypical fantasy pirate.
* [[Pirate Parrot]]: You also can train one!
* [[Sealed Evil in
* Shout Out: Cassandra says that archivist's job is boring, but the [[The X
** The cutscene after {{spoiler|the Nameless Hero leaves the Isle of Thieves}} is a recreation of the opening scene from Roman Polanski's ''Pirates'' (1986).
** Take a stroll along a beach and you'll soon run into some [[Giant Enemy Crab|Giant Enemy Crabs]]. You can indeed flip them over (by kicking them) to [[Attack Its Weak Point|attack their weak points]] [[For Massive Damage
* [[Sword and Gun]]: It's a pirate game, after all. Many characters, including Nameless Hero uses such combination.
* [[The Underworld]]: Nameless Hero pays it a visit to find some clues.
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