I did not compare their games to either dragons dogma or dark souls. I do not expect that kinda of a game from PB, it doesn't fit in their games. Also who cares about angryjoe.
All i said is that their combat systems are pretty mediocre and clunky. Risen had a pretty terrible parry or block if you had a shield but no dodge or roll or anything else.
Risen 2 had a roll which i found laughable and Risen 3 implemented roll which again was not all that great as it didn't seem "meaningful".
I think their games are usually pretty interesting and deep but a third-person RPG where you'll spend a lot of the time fighting should at least have a good combat system.
So you've only played the Risen series then? I don't think most people would agree that the combat in Risen 1 was mediocre. I think the melee combat in particular is exceptional.
The combat in Risen 2&3 definitely took a step backwards though. I'm not sure why PB decided to change it the way they did, but I suspect they wanted to simplify it for the mainstream crown and make the games easier overall.