Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

[nzBrowncoat]

Originally Posted by Leggetron

This demo bored me to death, tbh. Could really do with that 1.9GB of bandwidth back too!

Yep, seemed very generic and empty.

[Ryzza]

http://au.ign.com/videos/2012/02/03/...g-video-review

9.0 from IGN Maybe the demo was a bad idea before release if it hasn't justified how good the game is. Might try demo again tonight and maybe i'll get a review copy. If nothing else i'll be playing Darkness II this week.

[Leggetron]

Looks like it's the only web review out atm, so sounds like a web exclusive review + IGN = take that 90 with a serious grain of salt.

Metacritic's also got the OXM (print) review score up - 80.

From that demo, I definitely know enough that this is a game that I personally shall give the old swerve. No amount of crunch-time tweaking could turn it around for me...

[captain x]

I need to run through it again to make sure I unlock the Mass Effect 3 weapon properly anyway.

[Ryzza]

it unlocks at the start doesn't it?

[that_black_guy]

^Some of it... other stuff doesn't unlock until you finish the 45 minute free run

[captain x]

Originally Posted by that_black_guy

^Some of it... other stuff doesn't unlock until you finish the 45 minute free run

...and watch the trailer at the end.

[that_black_guy]

And make sure you're online/connected to the EA servers when you're playing it, otherwise you won't unlock anything

[Ryzza]

just got xbox freeze now i have to start again RAGE!

[Innocent Dingo]

Joystik given this bad boy a five star review.....

[FaceAche]

It sounds a lot like Skyrim to me. I've still tons to do in Skyrim, so this might have to take a back seat until i can pick it up cheaply somewhere. But i have to admit, it does sound (and look) very nice indeed.

[nzBrowncoat]

Gametrailers...8.2

Going to wait for a Daily Deal later in the year. Geez, I still have to get Skyrim yet anyway.

[Tusock]

It's definitely getting some good scores.....

[Ryzza]

after playing the demo in its entirety i can say the combat is addictive.Not a buy i got no $ and no review copy by the looks of it.

[FaceAche]

GameSpot just gave this a 7.5, and man they are copping some flak over it. Seems Kevin VanOrd is a bit of a Skyrim fan, and this hasn't really gelled with him.

Sounds like Fable-on-Speed with a better combat system (like it's difficult to beat a one-button-bash-a-thon anyway!). I loved the open-worldness of Skyrim, and i'm enjoying Fallout 3.

Not sure i'll enjoy the style of Amalur's 'open world' - lots of separate areas, joined by corridors, with loading in-between each. To me, that seems a bit like the Borderlands style, which actually worked quite well.

So anyone played the actual finished game itself?