Risen: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors

Year of release : 2009
Genre: RPG / 3D
Developer : Pluto 13
Publisher : Deep Silver
Publisher in Russia : ND Games

System requirements for maximum rendering quality recommended by the gameGPU website :

Minimum

Operating system : Windows XP SP 3, Vista®, Windows 7 Processor : Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz RAM : 2 GB  Video card: DirectX®9 compatible video adapter with 256 MB RAM Radeon HD 4650 or GeForce 9600 GSO DirectX: DirectX®9 Winchester: 4 GB free space

Effective

Operating system : Windows XP SP 3, Vista®, Windows 7 Processor : Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz RAM : 2 GB Video card: DirectX®9 compatible video adapter with 512 MB RAM Radeon HD 3870 or GeForce 9800 GT DirectX: DirectX®9 Winchester: 4 GB free space

Optimal

Operating system : Windows XP SP 3, Vista®, Windows 7 Processor : Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz RAM : 3 GB  Video card: DirectX®9 compatible video card with 1024 MB RAM Radeon HD 5750 or GeForce GTX 260 DirectX: DirectX®9 Winchester: 4  GB free space

Risen is a new

game from the creators of the amazing Gothic RPG series, Piranha Bytes, developed in all the traditions of the games of this company. Her vocation is to become the heir to the game that has become a legend - Gothic. Although the game describes a completely new story, we still recognize the same 1st Gothic, in the world in which we lived and still live. Add. information:

Features of the game:
• The game will be from a third person in full traditions of role-playing games. The hero will be predetermined. The game will have a developed system of skills and characteristics, as well as an interesting non-linear plot. There will be no such races as orcs, elves, etc. Some of the animals will be in fantasy style, some will be invented by Piranhas especially for the game. The player will be free to choose his path in several factions.
There will be no familiar Gods, instead of them there will be some unknown force in the game.
• World. The new world, which the hero is to discover, is a fairly large island, full of life and mysteries, hidden mysteries and secrets. Not at all as huge as in Gothic 3, it is more similar to the world of the 1st, or even the 2nd Gothic. The island is full of surprises and dangers, as well as exciting and interesting tasks that can be completed in many ways.
The beautiful and diverse landscape will make traveling around the island enjoyable and even more enticing. Enormous dungeons, luxurious fortresses, dangerous swamps and living forests. All this awaits us in the world of Risen.
• Characters. In the new game we will see a large number of individuals. A well-developed intellect will allow the player to produce various plot combinations. The inhabitants of the island will no longer be mere space-filling manikins. The island lives and each character is a unique character and appearance.
• Plot. The plot of the game will be built according to the type of "branched linearity". And it will be a large ball of threads, which the player will have to unravel. The choice in each situation will affect the entire subsequent course of events.

Overview: Playability

Well, finally, a new RPG from the Pirania Byts studio has seen the light of day. After the failures of the last part of Gothic, the developers decided to come close to creating a quality project, and we can say that they succeeded. The game came out entertaining and exciting, filled with a realistic lively atmosphere of a fairy-tale world. The developers decided to abandon the huge spaces in favor of a not very large, but well-made environment.

Most of the game's components are taken from Gothic 3 and some users may assume that this is some kind of clone of it, but in fact it is a completely independent and high-quality project. The plot of the game at first raises a vague doubt that we have already seen this somewhere, but then it gradually enters its game channel. The game world, its atmosphere and mysteries cause irrepressible gaming interest - for which the developers are honored and praised.

Review: Game Graphics

Being the spiritual heir to Gothic, the game also received its graphics engine in addition, but more improved and modernized. Of course I would like to see more recent ideas, but as they say, we have what we have. Character models, trees and landscape are not made at such a high level by modern standards, but the detailing of buildings and the textures themselves is done at the proper level.

The processing of light and illumination, as well as the detailing of fogs and haze, are praiseworthy. In general, the game came out graphically at the proper level, which, coupled with a good game plot, makes it a good choice for gamers.

Review: Resource intensity of the game

Well, in principle, what we were going to and finally reached. In general, the game runs pretty fast on almost all maps, even at high resolution. For a comfortable game, you will need a Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz processor.

But even if you do not have the opportunity to play on advanced modern hardware, then a single-core processor of the Conroe 2.0 GHz level will be enough, but there will be a tolerable decrease in performance and temporary slowdown.

Testing was carried out by the Fraps program by fixing the average number of frames in the most resource-intensive part of the game. All video cards were tested at maximum graphics quality. We tested video cards of the lower price segment at a resolution of 1024x768, we tested video cards of the middle price range at a resolution of 1280x1024, and video cards of the upper price range were tested at a resolution of 1680x1050.

Testing at maximum Low End quality settings at a resolution of 1024x768

None of the cards from the lower segment could reach the coveted 25 frames... 

Testing at the maximum quality settings Midle End at a resolution of 1280x1024

Here we observe that more than half of the participants feel quite comfortable. Owners of video cards of the 8800 level and higher will be able to play without brakes.


Testing at maximum High End quality settings at a resolution of 1680x1050

Here we see that absolutely all video cards showed an acceptable level of frame transfer. Today's single-chip leaders 5870 and 5850 show unparalleled performance against competitors. From the graphs above, it can be seen that the game runs a little faster on Radeon cards.