![]() Except you can’t defuse the bomb until you kill the enemies guarding it. The boarders would bring over gunpowder bombs, which I had around 40 seconds to defuse. To be fair, there aren’t piles of dark fantasy games clogging GameStops like modern shooters in the Call of Duty heyday, but when each game is around 60 hours long, the setting feels tattered after playing just one title. Are you sick of dark fantasy stories where the world is on the brink of annihilation because of demonic/supernatural forces to which the hero is mysteriously tied? I know I am! The archetypical hero’s journey is not inherently a bad story to tell, but Risen 3 feels almost painfully familiar - apart from the fact that you play an undead hero. This may be due to the blindingly dull story, which is a rare mix of embarrassing and baffling. ![]() In most cases, two great tastes taste great together, but there’s an incongruity here that proves insurmountable. But the more time I spent chatting up the Pirate Admiral (seriously) about teaming up with the Demon Hunters, the more everything began to fall apart. It’s a neat concept in theory, and there was a short period where I was kind of digging it. Risen 3 is a unique example of non-modern anachronisms, with pirates and mages living together in an era that feels unstuck from time. The aesthetic elements of Black Flag (sea shanties, every noun capitalized, charming dialogue delivered well) helped build a sense of place and time. ![]() But, alas, we live in a post- Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag world. I will certainly say that much for Risen 3: there are pirates and there was nothing particularly wrong in that department. ![]()
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