Playing "Risen".
Calling it a wannabe Morrowind clone would give a pretty good snapshot of the game. But that would be selling it short.
It does look like morrowind (the swamps that I am currently in, look alot like the muddy starting area of Morrowind). And "Risen" even has a similar setup to the plot/story. Your just some un-named guy that got washed up onto an island during a storm.
One note worthy difference : You dont create your character. You play as the one and only main character, with no customization (your a bald british guy). Minus a bazillion points going into the game
The first thing that strikes me, is how hard the game is. Unless I am doing something wrong, this game is pretty brutal. Right from the beginning, monster are killing me with just a few blows. They are attacking and killing me, even before I find my first weapon.
Until I found my first shield, I took A LOT of damage.
I was actually chased around the starting area, by two beasts, as I looked for my first weapon (that an NPC had told me was on the beach some where).
It seems like im under-leveled. The game plays, like i'm level 1 and everything less is level 5. Most fights involve me hitting my enemy a dozen times (or more), before they can kill me with just 3 or 4 hits. There is no auto health recovery, and eating cooked food only recovers a little bit of health (thats right, you have to you have to kill animals, take their meat, cook it, then eat it. And that will award you a little bit of damage recovery).
I am not really sure what the story is about. Ive spent nearly all of my time in and around the bandit village, where no one is telling me anything of substance.
Im just trying to survive. The Beasts look like pathetic starter enemies (boars, bugs, and such) but they are kicking my ass up and down. I resorted to attacking them, then running back to the village, where the guards finish them off. Then I can loot the bodies.
Like I said, I am just concerned with surviving right now. Each encounter is life and death. I have died and/or restarted probably two dozen times, in three hours.
So while it may "look" like Morrowind, it is playing out like some sort of brutal forest survival game.
And Im kinda digging it. I have just gotten a new weapon, and I am fighting a bit better than I did. But it still seems like my enemies have an advantage over me.
