Just got Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning...

Goodbye life, it's been real...

I don't think I will, I've thought about it. But I don't have time for another time sink RPG right now.

I'll probably get it eventually but no time soon.

I'm getting it later, traded a bunch of games in last night and pre-ordered and paid for it. I'm picking it up later

the demo was pretty cool, but it was KoA:R or Skyrim, so Skyrim won.

i'm still interested in it, but i don't have time for two huge RPG games at once

I picked my copy up a little while ago.

The combat is fun but the story is bland as can be. Actually, the combat is really the only fun/exemplary thing about this game. Loot isn't bad either.

This was an over-hyped game... especially on GFAQs. It isn't on the same level of disappointment that Brink was but it really isn't everything it was supposed to be.

Still hate the fucking menu system... *sigh* it will do exactly what I bought it for though. Keep me occupied until ME3.

^ the GFQ forum is FULL of fanboys. its really annoying to read.

yeah, it is. I liked the demo, and probably will occupy my time for a while

They spaz out about the game getting 7's and 8's. Sorry, but this game is NOT 9/10 material and it sure as hell is not a 10/10. It's mediocre at best. 7 or 8 is more than fair. 7 if you're just in it for RPG play because the story is really plain and blah. 8 if you don't care that the story is bland and you like loot games.

I give this game a 8.5/9. I like the story, I love the combat, and I really love the art direction of the game. It's high fantasy, of course it's going to be cliche, jeez.

Twilight Sparkula wrote:I give this game a 8.5/9. I like the story, I love the combat, and I really love the art direction of the game. It's high fantasy, of course it's going to be cliche, jeez.

I'm familiar with Salvatore's writing from reading his books when I was younger. I knew this wasn't going to be anything new or awesome. I'm just saying that objectively, the story is bland. If it had a great story I would say a 8.5 is a fair score. Some of the mechanics and such in this game hold it back though.

Frost: Loot games can be fun but I have acid flashbacks of Diablo 2. I played that game so much that I can't stand loot games because they get "grindy" and repetitive... boring basically, at least to me.

Did I mention I hate the menus in this game yet?

VictimOfNada wrote:

Twilight Sparkula wrote:I give this game a 8.5/9. I like the story, I love the combat, and I really love the art direction of the game. It's high fantasy, of course it's going to be cliche, jeez.

I'm familiar with Salvatore's writing from reading his books when I was younger. I knew this wasn't going to be anything new or awesome. I'm just saying that objectively, the story is bland. If it had a great story I would say a 8.5 is a fair score. Some of the mechanics and such in this game hold it back though.

Frost: Loot games can be fun but I have acid flashbacks of Diablo 2. I played that game so much that I can't stand loot games because they get "grindy" and repetitive... boring basically, at least to me.

Did I mention I hate the menus in this game yet?

If play enough fantasy games, or read alot of fantasy novels, the stories eventually become cliche. It's another fantasy story, I'm not sure why people are constantly surprised that the stories never really change.

PS: the menu's piss me off too

I also thought they were going to fix picking locks for the final release. It is horrible.

VictimOfNada wrote:I also thought they were going to fix picking locks for the final release. It is horrible.

i hated the lockpicking in the demo. it felt like a massive placeholder, there was no animation for breaking the lockpicks and it seemed really jerky or slow compared to the Fallou and Skyrim lockpicking.

VictimOfNada wrote:

Twilight Sparkula wrote:I give this game a 8.5/9. I like the story, I love the combat, and I really love the art direction of the game. It's high fantasy, of course it's going to be cliche, jeez.

I'm familiar with Salvatore's writing from reading his books when I was younger. I knew this wasn't going to be anything new or awesome. I'm just saying that objectively, the story is bland. If it had a great story I would say a 8.5 is a fair score. Some of the mechanics and such in this game hold it back though.

Frost: Loot games can be fun but I have acid flashbacks of Diablo 2. I played that game so much that I can't stand loot games because they get "grindy" and repetitive... boring basically, at least to me.

Did I mention I hate the menus in this game yet?

damn that sucks man.The game had been on my radar to check out,but honestly I couldn't even watch much gameplay without getting bored......Very few games now days even interest me anymore so I'm probably too cyincal on stuff

but,yea...I had a feeling the game was really over hyped

i didn't know this game existed until this topic, looks pretty good though.

JrTapia1991 wrote:

VictimOfNada wrote:

Twilight Sparkula wrote:I give this game a 8.5/9. I like the story, I love the combat, and I really love the art direction of the game. It's high fantasy, of course it's going to be cliche, jeez.

I'm familiar with Salvatore's writing from reading his books when I was younger. I knew this wasn't going to be anything new or awesome. I'm just saying that objectively, the story is bland. If it had a great story I would say a 8.5 is a fair score. Some of the mechanics and such in this game hold it back though.

Frost: Loot games can be fun but I have acid flashbacks of Diablo 2. I played that game so much that I can't stand loot games because they get "grindy" and repetitive... boring basically, at least to me.

Did I mention I hate the menus in this game yet?

damn that sucks man.The game had been on my radar to check out,but honestly I couldn't even watch much gameplay without getting bored......Very few games now days even interest me anymore so I'm probably too cyincal on stuff

but,yea...I had a feeling the game was really over hyped

... Why don't you download the demo and formulate your own opinion instead of piggybacking someone elses? Not trying to be rude, but come on...

I've been meaning to

but stuff off XBL downloads sooooooooooo god awfully slow for me =/ =/ =/

I know it's not my internet,stuff downloads fast on my laptop....but damn MS....get some better faster servers for XBL >___> you'd figure with all the profit they make off the subscription prices they could if they wanted to...

JrTapia1991 wrote:I've been meaning to

but stuff off XBL downloads sooooooooooo god awfully slow for me =/ =/ =/

I know it's not my internet,stuff downloads fast on my laptop....but damn MS....get some better faster servers for XBL >___> you'd figure with all the profit they make off the subscription prices they could if they wanted to...

Yeah, Microsoft servers are pretty awful. Valve needs to make a console based around the Steam service. Oh man, I would so buy that.

that would be so awesome man....any steam game could be optimized to run on it....no system requirements to worry about....and maybe the option to upgrade it yourself if you chose to....use any usb controller or keyboard and mouse....plus the cheap steam sales.....

*drool*

I remember I downloaded Half Life 2 off steam ,it was about 5gb...took like an hour,and that was back when I had shitty 3.0mb speed centurylink internet

for xbox live,it takes well over about 2 hours or so just to download something like DLC that's 400mb and that's with my 10mb speed now....I shiver at thinking of downloading stuff on XBL with that old 3mb connection >__>

Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz wrote:

VictimOfNada wrote:I also thought they were going to fix picking locks for the final release. It is horrible.

i hated the lockpicking in the demo. it felt like a massive placeholder, there was no animation for breaking the lockpicks and it seemed really jerky or slow compared to the Fallou and Skyrim lockpicking.

Exactly how I felt about it.

Don't get me wrong guys, the game isn't all bad. It just isn't the game everyone thought it was going to be. I expected it to fall short and just wanted an action RPG fix.

I think I will troll GFAQs while my wife plays Dragon Age 2.

it seems cool man,I'll get it one day for sure...

eh honestly,lately I play games more for gameplay than even story...didn't care for Skyrims character and story much at all...I guess I just like the feeling of satisfaction of getting stronger,finding cool loot,cool world to explore...

the review said the gameplay is really cool,no bugs really,solid framerate,and cool customization..but said the story is generic,but that doesn't bother me really.I have more fun killing monsters than worrying about the story too much,really.

I found the combat pretty lacking in Skyrim,KOA seems like much more fun and engaging