Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

So Day9 was talking about this on his stream the other night saying that he will pretty much be putting Starcraft 2 on hold when Kingdoms of Amalur is released. I had heard of the game but me being me, immediately lost interest when I saw it was single player only, however.....

I have looked into it and tbh, it looks really good. Most review sites have said it is similar in style to Skyrim, but unlike Skyrim, the combat system doesn't make you want to cut yourself. They have said that the combat is as fast paced as God Of War, which has some pretty damn fast combat, so I am almost tempted to try this game out purely because of that statement, just to see how good the combat really is.

I can only hope that it doesn't have a terrible console ported UI designed by a retard like Skyrim had, because like Skyrim, the game is coming out on both XBOX360 and PS3, so there is a good chance the PC version will feel cheap, like most ports do these days.

The game is released on all platforms on the 9th of February, Steam is doing pre-order deals for those of you who like hats.

Official Site: http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1216517p1.html

Random reviews;

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/121/1216517p1.html
http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox-360/s...mon-but-combat-aint-one-of-them-rolston-says/
http://www.gamezone.com/news/kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-has-around-130-dungeons

Alaisy - As the resident RPG guy of the guild, what do you make of this ?

You think its worth it ?

Merketh - Yea I found that interesting too, but tbh, it will end up being an uninspired WoW clone if they do go ahead with it. That seems to be the running theme these days.

Balmung - 9th Feb on all platforms. Already available on Steam.

Played the demo on PS3 and on the PC via Steam (finding it on Origin is as much of a ball ache as actually using Origin). I must say apart from some coding issues that are apparent in the demo (which are fixed in the release client) as the code for the demo is 3 months old already, I had a blast, the story is nice, the combat is fast paced -a la 'God of War' and the skill system was intriguing enough that I spent most of my free-play fiddling with it and actually had to play through the demo again just to explore more.

All I can suggest is to download and have a play of the demo, at the end of the day if you play through it all, you'll use about 2 hours of your life and steam should download it very quickly (not a giant download) and you'll earn rewards for the retail game and Mass Effect 3 as well. I enjoyed myself and pre-ordered!

One thing to note if you purchase a digital copy from anywhere other than Steam (GreenMan Gaming, GoG, Origin etc) you will be required to register the game via Origin, if you buy a retail disc or the Steam digital version you will not only get extra goodies but you will not have to register it via Origin (for all the EA haters out there).

You bought that for DD didnt you ?

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Hey nerien, I know your a zelda fan. Have you tried the dolphin emu? It seems my nephew has become a gaming snob like his uncle. His friends all own 360s so he won't play his Wii now as its not cool.

He will play a pc though as everthing looks better. So does the emu work well enough to play zelda so he's not embarrassed in front of his mates? Also I get kudos for being a cool uncle.

I generally take most threads sideways. He has my old comp which is

Q6600 @ 3ghZ
4gbs RAM
4850 gfx

He already has all the Wii equipment. I just wondered if he could use a 360 controller?