![]() ![]() All that rolling around during combat is horrible, but you get used to it, and after a while, you simply except it as part of the experience and something that has to be put up with to get to the stuff that the game does so much better. ![]() Sometimes it’s not even a good one, but it’s the kind that encourages you to not only forgive its inadequacies, but to a point, learn to live with them. Yes, the combat is far too reliant upon its dodge roll and there are still a number of glitches that serve to break the immersion of this otherwise all-encompassing experience, but it’s, well, it’s just rather charming. Still, despite being a somewhat visually dated affair, Risen 3: Titan Lords: Enhanced Edition somehow manages to provide its fair share of enjoyment thanks to its fantastic premise, its brilliant sense of place and its consistently engrossing atmosphere. ![]() You would think that an Enhanced Edition would have been a great opportunity to smooth out the originals rough edges (of which there are many), but beyond the aforementioned visual upgrade, Piranha Bytes have essentially released the same game, a game that simply can’t compete with the kind of competition available on the PS4 in 2015. Yes, the improved framerate does make the Enhanced Edition an eminently more playable experience, but the mission design, the animations, and perhaps more importantly, the rather wonky combat, have all gone utterly untouched. The visuals have certainly been upgraded, the once terrible framerate has been improved (although it still has its moments) and the bonus DLC missions do add plenty of additional content to an already content rich game, but sadly, none of the games’ gameplay or structural issues have been addressed in any way at all. Fundamentally, this is the exact same game that it was last year. In terms of actual improvements, well, there are actually very few. If anything, thanks to the subsequent releases of EA’s excellent, Dragon Age: Inquistion and the even better, Witcher 3 from CD Projekt RED, it could be argued that, despite the improvements, Risen 3: Titan Lords – Enhanced Edition actually feels like a weaker game 12 months on. It’s not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, but with little added beyond a new coat of paint and a handful of additional DLC missions, Risen 3: Titan Lords – Enhanced Edition remains a steadfastly second-tier RPG. Risen 3: Titan Lords was a decidedly mediocre RPG upon its initial release last year on the PS3, and while this might well be the Enhanced Edition of the same game, there is no getting around the fact that it remains an uncompromisingly mediocre RPG 12 months later on the PS4. ![]()
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