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[Net_Wrecker]

Either a glitch or your controller. Didn't happen to me.

Can't be my controller because I'm not sprinting everywhere (which is on A), and it doesn't happen until I hit a dialogue box. Just my luck.

I like it aside from that.

EDIT: The audio seems to be messed up, period. The music plays for like 5 seconds and just stops, and enemy/attack sounds are buggy as well. Hopefully restarting the demo eliminates these random issues and this isn't a sign of things to come.

 

[Cheech]

OK, ok. If I can play the PC version with a 360 controller, I'm in. Anyone know?

 

[Aeana]

OK, ok. If I can play the PC version with a 360 controller, I'm in. Anyone know?

You can.

 

[Fjordson]

OK, ok. If I can play the PC version with a 360 controller, I'm in. Anyone know?

You can. UI automatically supports it as well.

 

[Rokam]

You can. UI automatically supports it as well.

Believe Schilling said it was his preferred method for playing the game as well.

 

[SalomonA]

So im guessing its only Origin on PC?

 

[Nista]

So im guessing its only Origin on PC?

It should be on Steam as well by release.

 

[chris-013]

I read they try to make a deal with steam too.

 

[Hasemo]

So im guessing its only Origin on PC?

Seems so, yeah.

Uh, the PC demo is not here yet and the official site died.

 

[CecilRousso]

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The world looks great. I love it. Super colourful, lots of nice ambient sounds, animals running around, etc. It's actually a lot more open than I thought it would be so that's nice. I was expecting it to be as "open" as Fable, but areas seem way, way bigger than that. Definitely some exploration to be had. Though when I first stepped outside I did run into a few small barriers that were kind of jarring. After playing so much Skyrim, it was weird to not be able to bypass a knee-high fence, or hop down into a river, but you sorta stop running into that once you get a feel for how they've laid out the world.

Not open world? Thats a shame.

 

[glaurung]

Not open world? Thats a shame.

No open world, but from the game play videos and developer diaries I have seen, some of those areas as quite large.

 

[AgentOtaku]

Not open world? Thats a shame.

Why?

Open-world doesn't automatically translate to winning formula. A guided experience can be just as good. See 3D Zeldas or Fable series. Mountains are nice and all but if they serve no purpose, I don't care that I can run all the way up them.

 

[ToyMachine228]

So how does the crossover thing with ME3 work? Do I need to keep the demo on my HD until ME3 comes out or what?

 

[SLV]

Seams interesting, looking forward to the demo !

 

[glaurung]

So how does the crossover thing with ME3 work? Do I need to keep the demo on my HD until ME3 comes out or what?

Considering how these things have worked before (DA2 etc), your unlocked stuff is connected to your EA account.

http://social.bioware.com/user_entitlements.php

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Not open world? Thats a shame.

It's open world, but in a very constructed way. Not Elder Scrolls style. There are clearly defined paths, and invisible walls to keep you from jumping off or over certain areas. Think Fable but on a bigger scale and without the jank.

 

[antispin]

how much longer for psn? i don't want to connect and update my 360 for this

 

[CecilRousso]

Why?

Open-world doesn't automatically translate to winning formula. A guided experience can be just as good. See 3D Zeldas or Fable series. Mountains are nice and all but if they serve no purpose, I don't care that I can run all the way up them.

Considering Ken Rolstons involvment and what I had seen in preview movies I expected it to be open world. Not that every game I play has to be that way, but I always find attempts at making good open world to be more interesting then closed off ones. It really does quite a lot for the immersion for me.

Not a complete deal breaker, but a dissapointment.

 

[Macstorm]

It's open world, but in a very constructed way. Not Elder Scrolls style. There are clearly defined paths, and invisible walls to keep you from jumping off or over certain areas. Think Fable but on a bigger scale and without the jank.

Exactly, it has zones, but is still fully exploration at any time.

 

[Nista]

Exactly, it has zones, but is still fully exploration at any time.

I'd rather have zones with a high level of detail and reduced loading times, than a fully open world and all the LOD and streaming nightmares that involves on current consoles.

Maybe with the next gen boxes when they finally put in a decent amount of memory we can have both pretty vistas and freedom without compromise.

PSN and PC demos should be out later today.

 

[Macstorm]

I'd rather have zones with a high level of detail and reduced loading times, than a fully open world and all the LOD and streaming nightmares that involves on current consoles.

Maybe with the next gen boxes when they finally put in a decent amount of memory we can have both pretty vistas and freedom without compromise.

PSN and PC demos should be out later today.

The zones are seamless, it's just not open as in "you can jump up a mountain" open.

 

[Interfectum]

does this game have moral choices?

 

[subversus]

Seems so, yeah.

it's not

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Oh snap, you can skip the entire Well of Souls part after quitting out and restarting the demo. And it auto levels you and gives you all the armor you would've found in there.

Bravo, game. Bra-vo.

 

[Fjordson]

Not open world? Thats a shame.

I dunno, I'd still call this open-world. These are seriously big zones.

 

[subversus]

does this game have moral choices?

to buy or not to buy!

 

[Ricker]

Demo is awesome,game will be awesome,I'm at the part where you have 45 minutes to do what you please...magic combat is great,dagger stealth kills are good,quick,roll,block attack gameplay,I love the art style,beautiful colors and wide open area's so far...I unlocked all the stuff that will be available from a chest once the regular game hits in February,can't wait...off to my 45 minutes of extra play.

 

[Khezu]

I wonder how old this build is if such an obvious sound bug is in.

Also forgot how completely lame MS was with holding back demos for silver members, want to try it so bad.

 

[Fjordson]

I wonder how old this build is if such an obvious sound bug is in.

Oh there is a bug? Thought it might be my aging headphones. Whenever a would be loud sound came in the audio crackles pretty badly. Never heard the problem before playing the demo so I guess that makes sense. Had the audio cutout a few times as well for a second or two.

 

[BrettWeir]

From their Facebook page:

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Just a quick heads-up that our sites our temporarily down due to high traffic. We are working on a fix! Thank you for your patience.

 

[Vargavinter]

I just played it for a bit and i liked it a lot, It's a must buy for me. I even decided to not play the demo trough since I want to experience all first when I actually got the game in hand. I hope there will be some kind of collectors edition for us in the EU, anyone got any info on that?

 

[AEREC]

Only played about 10 minutes of it and skippe all the cutscenes....I got a feeling this is gonna be a good game.

If it's available on Steam, Ill get the PC version...otherwise Im getting the 360 version.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Does the PS3 demo come out today?

 

[glaurung]

If it's available on Steam, Ill get the PC version...

This one is an EA game, proudly pushed toward you via their sewage pump system, also known as Origin.

PS3 for me.

 

[Nabs]

This one is an EA game, proudly pushed toward you via their sewage pump system, also known as Origin.

PS3 for me.

It's going to be on Steam. It's glitched and listed in my library right now.

 

[Screaming_Gremlin]

People were saying that it has shown up in the Steam registry, so it seems pretty likely it will be there.

 

[glaurung]

It's going to be on Steam. It's glitched and listed in my library right now.

Wow, apologies in that case.

It does show up on Origin too. Maybe EA has learned from their disasters with Crysis?

 

[Klyka]

It's got nothing to do with EA.
The Amalur devs managed to broker their own deal regarding Steam.
The game doesn't require Origin unless you actually buy it on the Origin store (which makes sense, huh?).

 

[piratepwnsninja]

Wow, apologies in that case.

It does show up on Origin too. Maybe EA has learned from their disasters with Crysis?

More that its an EA partners game and not a full EA funded one. Also, Curt Schilling went to bat (har, har) with EA to get it on Steam too.

*Beaten!

 

[KKRT00]

If it's available on Steam, Ill get the PC version...otherwise Im getting the 360 version.

Wont be on Steam at launch from what i heard.

Second part of sentence wont understand, how can anyone would want to take worst and probably more expensive version just because its not on their favorite shop?. Cant You just buy it at retail on PC?

It's got nothing to do with EA.
The Amalur devs managed to broker their own deal regarding Steam.
The game doesn't require Origin unless you actually buy it on the Origin store (which makes sense, huh?).

Like every other EA game except for BF 3.

 

[V_Arnold]

I liked what I have seen.
I have been waiting for a game that can deliver a "casual", "enjoyable" and quality fantasy+rpg setting to the HUGE crowd without bringing with it a lot of frustration - and after believeing that Dragon Age 2 was supposed to do the same, only it failed and it was a wrong project to mess with - this is it! This game will be able to entertain millions out there. Some of those will look for deeper/similar experiences, and that will help the genre to stay alive.

This is a good game.

 

[WanderingWind]

Wow. Just finished a playthrough of the demo. It's not Elder Scrolls open, but it's pretty close to it.

But even a semi-open world RPG with fantastic combat (this is some God of War type combat in an RPG) and a beautiful art design (OMG COLORS!!!!) is better than a dozen Elder Scrolls clones.

The controls are pitch perfect, the loading is a non-factor and the classes actually play quite a bit differently so far. I'm loving the mage class.

Pretty stoked to be picking this up, now. The initial videos made it look like reheated junk but I'm a believer now.

 

[Klyka]

Wont be on Steam at launch from what i heard.

Second part of sentence wont understand, how can anyone would want to take worst and probably more expensive version just because its not on their favorite shop?. Cant You just buy it at retail on PC?


Like every other EA game except for BF 3.

Mass Effect 3 is Origin only.

 

[AEREC]

Wont be on Steam at launch from what i heard.

If thats the case...360 version at launch and Steam version during the next holiday sale.

 

[KKRT00]

Mass Effect 3 is Origin only.

It isnt out yet and activating a game once via one additional system is hardly a problem.

 

[Keavy_Rain]

to buy or not to buy!

Buy is the only choice, sir.

The only issue I have is it comes out the same day as the new Van Halen album. Do I dare wait an hour to play Reckoning, or do I shelve the album I've waited 28 years for, or do I listen to the album while playing Reckoning?

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

I can feel the hype building just from being in this thread...

Do we have a sleeper hit on our hands here, fellow GAFers?

 

[Maffis]

I can feel the hype building just from being in this thread...

Do we have a sleeper hit on our hands here, fellow GAFers?

Nope.

It was bound to be a success from the get go!

 

[The Mana Legend]

Was never a big fan of Fable's combat or world, so this has me a little worried. But I'm currently downloading the demo to see if it's better.

 

[WanderingWind]

Was never a big fan of Fable's combat or world, so this has me a little worried. But I'm currently downloading the demo to see if it's better.

It's nothing like Fable.