ElTerprise: I haven't played it myself but i know that it is from the developers of Gothic 1 and 2. IIIRC it's a spiritual successor to these games. i presume it's mostly like these games.
Tekkaman-James: I'm new to this world of PC gaming, so I'm not familiar with the
Gothic series. Thanks for the reply, though. I appreciate it.
Having played Gothic, I'd say on the one hand you should absolutely buy Risen and keep the sale train moving!
But more practically, it seems like their games show up on sale frequently, so I don't think you're missing much if you miss it this round. I'd also say the combat system probably isn't for everybody. Especially in the early going I believe they programmed it to be intentionally clunky, so that you'd "feel" the progression as you skill up. That may strike you as a cool design feature, or just needless frustration ;)