Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

1. CMPN

   Feb 7, 2012

   10

   Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning delivers exactly what it promises: a pitch-perfect fantasy RPG, with visceral, intuitive gameplay that is easyKingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning delivers exactly what it promises: a pitch-perfect fantasy RPG, with visceral, intuitive gameplay that is easy to pick up, difficult to master, wildly flexible and just plain fun, in a way that has yet to be seen in the genre. The world is accessible and vast, offering genre fans plenty to sink their teeth into. One gets the sense that they are watching an entire world unfold before them, one rich with history and lore and life. Amalur opens itself up to the player in a way that is both familiar and refreshing, then empowers the player to do incredible things. 38 Studios and Big Huge Games have created a world worth saving, and they have given us some pretty damn cool tools with which to get the job done.… Expand

   • 52 of 94 users found this helpful
2. Drogden1

   Feb 12, 2012

   10

   This game is great. The storyline is way better then Skyrim. The combat is better then Skyrim. The only thing Skyrim has on this game isThis game is great. The storyline is way better then Skyrim. The combat is better then Skyrim. The only thing Skyrim has on this game is Graphics. Which I could care less about. I'm looking for a game worth playing and This game was well worth it, Pros- Storyline, Combat, The World.
   
   Cons- Graphics, Your char does get over powered, and Hard mode is to easy.
   
   Worth playing!… Expand

   • 4 of 12 users found this helpful
4. twinki

   Feb 8, 2012

   9

   This game is far better than what i though firstt!
   The combat system is really dynamic and it's lots of fun figuring out different combos andThis game is far better than what i though firstt!
   The combat system is really dynamic and it's lots of fun figuring out different combos and stuff! it might not be as much of an "rpg" as lets say skyrim but the gameplay is IMO miles better. dont know why this got rated this low..… Expand

   • 16 of 27 users found this helpful
5. GFierce

   Feb 21, 2012

   8

   Overall a good game but lost focus in story and quest fairly quickly. Only other problem is controls are more tailored to the console andOverall a good game but lost focus in story and quest fairly quickly. Only other problem is controls are more tailored to the console and plays much better with a controller. Otherwise good game and would recommended to anyone who enjoys action RPG's or good long stories in their games.… Expand

   • 2 of 7 users found this helpful
6. G-man

   Feb 17, 2012

   7

   I played only the demo version, but this game does not swill worthy of the true fans of the RPG-genre, but for the efforts and for theI played only the demo version, but this game does not swill worthy of the true fans of the RPG-genre, but for the efforts and for the development of the world put the game 7.… Expand

   • 2 of 14 users found this helpful
7. Gothic90

   May 17, 2012

   6

   A solid 6 in my eyes, *slightly* above average.
   Combat is fun and worth studying for many other game developers. It became too easy down theA solid 6 in my eyes, *slightly* above average.
   Combat is fun and worth studying for many other game developers. It became too easy down the road, but fortunately, moddability somewhat saved it.… Expand

   • 2 of 3 users found this helpful
8. traumabug

   Sep 27, 2016

   0

   This is the absolute worst game I have played so far in my life. I want to be entirely clear: I got this game as a gift from a friend, and IThis is the absolute worst game I have played so far in my life. I want to be entirely clear: I got this game as a gift from a friend, and I really WANTED to like it. I went in with optimism, prepared to look on the bright side and try to see whatever my friend saw in this game that she liked. But I found absolutely nothing of any redeeming quality whatsoever; This is one of the few games where I absolutely DREADED having to play it - and after I stopped playing, I would literally have more fun sitting in my chair, doing nothing, than I had playing the game that session.
   
   "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning" is a tiresome slog of a game. It's colours are so bright and garish that it never failed to give me a headache. Every environment was essentially a room or a hallway, with some trees and water, surrounded on all sides by blatantly artificial impassable cliff faces. Every environment was like that, a field, or a swamp, or a forest, sunken into some kind of canyon, for no goddamn reason but to railroad the player, and to make sure they can only go in the direction that the devs point them. It looks ugly and incompetent, and reeks of the worst fantasy-flavoured corridor shooters that the mid-to-late aughts could spit out.
   
   The NPCs are bland, boring and empty, and come equipped with obnoxious, bright red exclamation points that hover over their heads to single them out as quest-givers, shattering any immersion the player could have had, and singing from the hilltops KoA:R's legacy as a failed MMORPG, repackaged as a single player game. The combat is dull and terribly easy; I was able to get through it by literally just mashing the attack button and nothing else through every random encounter - encounters, by the way, with the same three cookie-cutter enemies, repeated ad nauseam through the whole length of the game.
   
   The story and lore and writing is patched together out of the same generic, warmed-over Tolkienisms and power fantasies that plague the rest of the fantasy genre, coupled with some pseudo-philosophical tripe about the player character being able to "choose their own destiny" and being "free from the shackles of fate." Why? Don't ask why. The game holds no answer for you; The only conceivable answer is simply because you are the player character, and the player character has to have super powers, right?
   
   I can't stress this enough: I can see absolutely no reason why any person on this sordid Earth would ever, ever enjoy "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning." Please take my advice, that no matter what you enjoy, or what kind of person you are, and no matter how masochistic your tendencies, there is absolutely no reason to ever purchase this game. It has nothing for you. You deserve **** better.… Expand

   • 2 of 26 users found this helpful

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