Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

WarAdept · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:28 pm�� Post subject:

Unfortunately, I'm sort of bored of the game already. The story isn't interesting and is not presented in a captivating way at all (having ginormous black borders while speech is active is not good in this day and age, was acceptable back 20 years ago).

The combat unfortunately is very God of War esque, so it's mindless button mashing for most part. It's still very easy, even on the hardest difficulty. I've invested in just Blacksmithing and Sagecrafting, and it suffers exactly the same problem as Skyrim; the crafting professions are just too good.

I can play it in very short bursts, but I'm not likely to finish it. I played WoW for 5 years and enough was enough. This game was basically WoW in single player format and I don't think I can stomach anymore of it.

sithsylar · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:01 pm�� Post subject:

Exactly what happened with me WarAdept i first played it and was like holy shit this is awesome and slowly but surely it became overwhelming....

They also fucked the loot system where i was getting rares after rares so it became less fun...
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Luketheman5 · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:06 pm�� Post subject:

I guess I never played WoW before so maybe that's why I'm addicted
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emech · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:03 pm�� Post subject:

As much as I AM holding out for the inevitable price drop in 3 months time, part of me hopes it doesn't happen that quickly and the game becomes a sleeper hit so that it gives full return to the developers for trying a new IP......
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PixieGirl · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:07 am�� Post subject:

I'm quite liking it so far, not sure how long my enjoyment will last but we'll see. I like the combat. But the story I don't really care about, I'm more interested in leveling up my own character and I'm just skimming through dialogue. No voice acting for the main character is always very detrimental to me caring about a story.

Unlike Cyph I've experienced no bugs or crashes on the PC version and it seems well optimized, not that it looks good or anything but it performs as well as it should do, constant 60fps.
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sithsylar · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:09 am�� Post subject:

So i received a email from zavvi with a dlc code for this rod in this game. I really don't want it and im pretty sure its for the pc version so first come first serve

437R3-97G74-KH9FG-733Q4-Q92KZ

Enjoy
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Frozencry · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:19 pm�� Post subject:

I found the demo pretty damn boring. Feels pretty much like a single player WoW with Darksiders kind of combat and...eh, not keen on carrot on a stick style progression. It seems solid, but unremarkable as it seems to just grab elements from every RPG imaginable and mash it together without excelling at anything at all.

Can see why people dig it though.
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G3ck0 · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:29 pm�� Post subject:

The main thing that turned me off the demo was the "realistic movements". There was an obvious delay between moving the mouse, and your character turning, which was pretty jarring. I suppose it's something you'd get used to after a little while. Though Max Payne 3 will be similar, won't it?

Cyph · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:33 pm�� Post subject:

sithsylar · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:35 pm�� Post subject:

Hey Cyph i can say i have played it for 9 hours on my pc my graphic card is a GTX 580 and i have yet to experience a crash.....

My Graphics Driver version is 285.62
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Cyph · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:12 pm�� Post subject:

Hmm ATI 5870 here... maybe ATI related?

Frozencry · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:13 pm�� Post subject:

No crashes here, HD6990.

Uninstall drivers, use Driver Sweeper in safe mode, then reinstall brand new ones.
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Cyph · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:21 pm�� Post subject:

PixieGirl · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:39 pm�� Post subject:

560Ti heree
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Benza · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:14 pm�� Post subject:

so man, rareity of items is kind of useless in this game, I'm like level 13 and swimming in purpz allready. It's kind of ridiculous
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sithsylar · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:16 pm�� Post subject:

PixieGirl · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:22 pm�� Post subject:

I'm bored of it, anyone want my copy?
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sithsylar · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:23 pm�� Post subject:

sithsylar · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:32 pm�� Post subject:

IMHO what needs work:

Rare system to easy to get heaps of rares.

Profession system to me it seems very very unrewarding and i didn't really like it

Collecting system one button collection seems unrewarding to me.

Make the game harder.

hmm what else
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Luketheman5 · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:01 pm�� Post subject:

Harder?!?!? I'm getting swamped if it's like 6 onto one.

2 Crudlocks and I'm toast.
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Benza · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:06 am�� Post subject:

I'm on like 30 hours so far still really enjoying it.

So far I've only have two real issues with it.

Epics are useless. The amount of times I've found an absolute hardcore looking epic then realise it only does like half as much damage as my crafted sword is kind of retarded.

The Mini-map. The game would have been far better without one, I find myself playing by the mini map too often so I have to actually focus on not doing that.

I'm fucking loving the story though, other then the combat it's the one area that it really kicks the shit out of skyrim. I love the world, I love the concepts, the whole Songs of the Fae thing is a fucking head trip. The whole fateless person in a fate world is a great concept and I'm actually really interested to see where it goes.

I also love that you can fail. A quest giver for a quest in the spider town died so now that town is constantly trapped by spiders and I can't do anything. It actually makes me excited to replay the game again. Other then the two complaints I'm really enjoying this game.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is

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ExpertGamer · Status: Offline Joined: 14 Feb 2012 Posts: 2 $poons: 0.40

The game is epic!! way better than shitty skyrim

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Nietzsche · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:38 pm�� Post subject:

Nice post ExpertGamer.

First impression; my eyes! Really doesn't look good at all. Bit sad that a 10 dollar game (Orcs Must Die) looks better than a retail one. I don't get the comparison to Skyrim at all. Feels more like Borderlands with the quest hubs and areas. I suppose the very basic system stuff like Alchemy, Lockpicking and crime work the same way but the defining factor of Elder Scrolls is its openness which is missing from Reckoning. The combat is solid but it's not as good as character action games. Going back to my Borderlands comparison that too had sub-par shooting but it's two aces were co-op and it's loot. Reckoning doesn't handle loot all that well. Story wise it has some neat ideas but how they present them to you is horrible. Zero connection to any character so far as you don't hang around long enough. I know I'm coming down negative, but it's still a good game. Just don't expect to much.

Benza · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:46 pm�� Post subject:

Benza · Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:47 pm�� Post subject:

so anyone got any hints on how to get a full set of armour? I keep finding pieces and then can never find any more of em?
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