A few more reviews are trickling in, and here are two specimens of the same:

Josh Knowles for Gaming Irresponsibly:
"Pros:
High difficulty yields satisfaction
Lots of adventure
Entertaining and immature dialog options
Flexible leveling options

Cons:
Character movement is weird
Controls are sluggish and sometimes unresponsive
Magic and factions have been streamlined to near irrelevance"

Liam Fisher for Awesome/10:
"Certain aspects of Risen have the potential to make it an exceptional game, while others are indicative of “just another RPG.” Dark Waters takes the best of pirate lore and a beautiful world and lays it on top of some fairly standard RPG systems. While it’s not exactly groundbreaking, it’s more than adequate if you’re looking for something to scratch that thieving, deceitful, greed-driven RPG itch."

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