Looks promising. I get a Gothic vibe from it. After recently re-playing Gothic 1 again, I'm thirsting for a new Gothic-like experience. (will replay G2 and G3 prior to the hopefully next Gothic game as well). I do liked Risen 1, although it didn't have the charm that Gothic had. Lousy story, no real rememberable character and uninteresting PC, but it was a band-aid for my Gothic itch. Risen 2 was just meh in my opinion. Finished it nonetheless, but I hated the setting and pretty much everything else about the game. World was boring and limited, Voodoo <> Musketeer thing was just plain uninteresting and poorly implemented. This looks awesome however. Hope they'll turn down alchemy tho. That breaks the games since its implementation in Gothic 2. I had like 55 strength in Risen 1, found a weapon that needed 100 strength quite early (which was one of the best, but very heavy so you couldn't wear it till end game normally). Once I learned alchemy, I immediately brew 11(!) +5 strength potions and voila: The game turned into a joke with 110 strength (doubly my base stats) and one of the best weapons in the game.
Will get the game a 100%. Huge fan of PB games.