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Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning Demo
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I second this.kiri2tsubasa said:
It feels like what the Fable series should have been after the first game.
See, demos are good, I've never heard of this game before today, an hour with a demo and they've got my purchase.
SCIENCE!
Well I just finished a playthrough and so far it was pretty fun. I enjoy the aesthetics and the game play for the most part, very fast, fluent, and yet still strategic. Can't say much for the story yet but I'll do another playthrough for that as my first was just to get a feel for the gameplay.
I do have a few issues though:
The UI and navigating it is kind of cumbersome; it's not awful but it could have been better laid out than it was. I am mainly talking about the UI when looking through armor, skills, ect... The combat UI is fine as far as I'm concerned. I just wish the menus were laid out a little better, nothing mods can't fix though.
I'm playing on the PC so I get hot keys for the skills (1-0 keys), but I do wish you could use your scroll wheel to quickly scroll through your abilities for quicker use instead of tapping 1-0. Not a deal breaker, just a small improvement that would make combat ever more fluent. Again, nothing mods probably couldn't fix.
And perhaps I am just spoiled by the Witcher 2s combat, but I liked how in W2, if you were within certain range of your target, you would do a lunge towards them when you attack. It makes it so you aren't just hitting air if you are just 3 feet out of range of the opponent. Maybe there is a skill later on that lets you do so, but it would be a nice feature to have from the get go, small feature that can greatly improve things.
Most complaints are just minor things that can be fixed with patches and mods; nothing that is deal breaking so far. I'll do a few more runs through the demo, but so far I had fun and it left a positive impression on me. I'll wait for some reviews before I go out and buy it though, but it will remain on the "To Buy" list.
I do have a few issues though:
The UI and navigating it is kind of cumbersome; it's not awful but it could have been better laid out than it was. I am mainly talking about the UI when looking through armor, skills, ect... The combat UI is fine as far as I'm concerned. I just wish the menus were laid out a little better, nothing mods can't fix though.
I'm playing on the PC so I get hot keys for the skills (1-0 keys), but I do wish you could use your scroll wheel to quickly scroll through your abilities for quicker use instead of tapping 1-0. Not a deal breaker, just a small improvement that would make combat ever more fluent. Again, nothing mods probably couldn't fix.
And perhaps I am just spoiled by the Witcher 2s combat, but I liked how in W2, if you were within certain range of your target, you would do a lunge towards them when you attack. It makes it so you aren't just hitting air if you are just 3 feet out of range of the opponent. Maybe there is a skill later on that lets you do so, but it would be a nice feature to have from the get go, small feature that can greatly improve things.
Most complaints are just minor things that can be fixed with patches and mods; nothing that is deal breaking so far. I'll do a few more runs through the demo, but so far I had fun and it left a positive impression on me. I'll wait for some reviews before I go out and buy it though, but it will remain on the "To Buy" list.
Where did you get your demo? The in game visuals are just broken in the version I got on Steam and Origin? Perhaps there is some trick I'm missing?-Seraph- said:
I was playing it on steam, worked perfectly fine for me....well...when I exited the demo my computer BSOD, but I won't hold that against the game just yet. For all I know it could have been random chance.TheSapphireKnight said:
Be sure you meet the tech specs, and try verifying the integrity of game cache to to mitigate any tech issues. Also update drivers blah blah blah.
I definitely shouldn't have any trouble running it, And everything else seems to be functioning properly in terms of sound and the menu. But all I get is the HUD, a glitched out quest update and when I go into the menu once I exit out it stays on screen even though the audio cues and minimap indicate I am moving around so I dunno.-Seraph- said:
I got the Demo like 5 hours ago, it lets you play the prologue and gives you 45 minutes to play around in the starting area, got to try out the combat which is good albeit a bit button-mashy early on(I did look at the combo page for all the weapons and I do see some variety in combos), I decided to roll a jack of all trades character and I was having alot of fun, the destiny system seems pretty cool, I'm definitely going to buy it when it comes out.
In terms of bugs I had a few, mostly visual, one group of boggarts had a really odd bug when I killed them with my bow, did it to like 50 of them, but only that group of 5 or so bugged out, I also had some issues with the Textures on the weapons & on some of the terrain (It looked really pixelated), but these are probably not going to be in the final version so aside from those I didn't have any real issues, as I said before I'm getting it ASAP.
Also I have to agree with people comparing this to fable, this is pretty much the Fable 1 style of combat that I was hoping the other game would have, it's combat has alot in common with DMC/GoW if I might be honest, what with the timing-based combos and what not. Frankly I think Big Huge Games has made a game that I might put in my top 5 for 2012
In terms of bugs I had a few, mostly visual, one group of boggarts had a really odd bug when I killed them with my bow, did it to like 50 of them, but only that group of 5 or so bugged out, I also had some issues with the Textures on the weapons & on some of the terrain (It looked really pixelated), but these are probably not going to be in the final version so aside from those I didn't have any real issues, as I said before I'm getting it ASAP.
Also I have to agree with people comparing this to fable, this is pretty much the Fable 1 style of combat that I was hoping the other game would have, it's combat has alot in common with DMC/GoW if I might be honest, what with the timing-based combos and what not. Frankly I think Big Huge Games has made a game that I might put in my top 5 for 2012
So apparently it's currently a Gold Exclusive on x-box Live. How long do those last? I HATE it when they do that. Gold shouldn't affect access to demos or DLC. I have no use for it as far as multiplayer is concerned.
usually a week, although I do have to agree that limiting access to Demos/DLC for the first week is dumb, money is money (for DLC anyway) regardless of whether or not I'm subscribed to Xbox Live.darkcalling said:
I personally think the title sounds fine, if I just heard Mass Effect on it's own with no info beyond the title my reaction would have been, "is that some sort of physics puzzle game?"illas said:
Just finished playing through it. It was a blast! The fighting was really fun and it looks really nice. I like the style and atmosphere of it all. Story is interesting so far. I don't like the word "Fae", though. It's not threatening in the slightest, but I'm not one to nitpick.
They just need to iron out a few sound and camera kinks and I had an issue where the dialogue would immediate skip on it's own-- But other than that, it's shaping up to be an awesome title. I'll definitely pick it up come release day.
They just need to iron out a few sound and camera kinks and I had an issue where the dialogue would immediate skip on it's own-- But other than that, it's shaping up to be an awesome title. I'll definitely pick it up come release day.
That's exactly what I thought. As I murdered guard after guard in that first small village, it was like a reunion. A tear came from my eye and I said, "Fable! You're back! You're really back!"Daystar Clarion said:
So yeah. It's a lot like the original Fable, but you can make an actual Rogue build as well.
I'd say it lasts about an hour and a half. It was longer for me because I took it really slowly in the first part (where you basically just have to escape a dungeon while becoming acquainted with the controls. It took me about 45 minutes for that first part, and then they allowed another 45 minutes of exploration.DazZ. said:
Turn off post-processing in the graphics options in the main menu and it should run fine.TheSapphireKnight said: