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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Coming soon

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I liked the demo, solid graphics, loved the fate system. Felt a lot like dragon age in the conversations and character builds.

Dont know if its just me, but the combat felt like a dungeon crawler a little bit. Spam left click like mad, with a little right click mixed in.

Im not sure if ive ever complained about this before in any game, but there were too many damned crafting nodes. I picked probably 3-4 times as many nodes, as i did engage in battles.

Stole something in some guys basement, fought a few guards, when i got upstairs, the whole town was now enemies. I hope thats not permananent lol.

I had a problem with the angry mobs too. I accidentally hit one of the prison guards and went to jail rather than pay the fine. I decided to break out and picked the lock. Both guards saw me and attacked. I made it out and every time I went into town everyone attacked. No option to go back to jail, no dialogue option at all that I could see. I could not figure out a way to de-aggro them. I ended up killing them all. Got some sweet gear but that would suck if it were to happen in the middle of a real game and you wanted to get quests from the guys you just slaughtered.

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Ars Review: Great Action Game in an Empty, Fortgettable World.
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Will read more reviews and gameplay on this, maybe for the summer sale?

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The game sucks. It has that World Of Warcraft feel to it. Just wasted $50...
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That is really sad to hear, what you didnt like?

Did you try the demo before?

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Did you get it? What are your thoughts?

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Saw this pimped via day[9] on reddit.

Game looks pretty interesting but designed for consoles.
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reply to Krisnatharok
Yes I love it

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the fight mechanics is nice, active blocking, the fate system and when you craft some things you get to name them, that is a plus for me, still gonna wait for sale on it but i will pick it up.
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Most reviews say the fighting is top notch but the world and story is meh. I will probably pass; if I'm not interested in the story I'll lose interest and won't put in the tens of hours to complete the game. Story is not always paramount for me, but for RPGs (my favorite genre) it's a must. Do you guys playing like the story/world? I wasn't sold in the demo.

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I take back what I said. I am actually really enjoying this game. Keep in mind its more action then anything and definitely is made to be played with a controller. Its still a very entertaining game.

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Can I just say this game is severely underrated here at DSLR. Like others have mentioned it feels similar to a dungeon crawler, but its ACTION PACKED. Its an absolute blast going through the dungeons and collecting loot. The loot is great too as you constantly pick up new and cool things. I can honestly say I am having more fun with this game then I have with skyrim. As others have mentioned the story seems kind of blah but some of the quests have a pretty good story. What keeps you coming back is not only the loot, but the whole environment is gorgeous. Every dungeon looks different and almost mystical. The creatures throughout the game are also pretty cool looking.

As I said previously you should deffintely pick up an xbox controller for this game. It just feels more natural then a keyboard/mouse as its a 3rd person game. It handles well with a game controller.

Also some may consider this game a port, but it runs GREAT on the pc with a constant 60fps with vsync on. It also looks beautiful compared to consoles with everything turned up. Also loading times are almost instant. Another plus is I didn't see any of the issues that I had seen with the demo.

Also might want to take note that if you buy from steam from what I heard the money goes to the developer and is published by them vs if you buy elsewhere which some money will go to EA.

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