Graphics are nice and colorful, but seems kinda budget in the presentation department; dialog wheels, menus, text, etc. The player definitely controls a little unwieldy. It seems the demo might have been better served by dropping you somewhere in the story with a higher level character, especially given the talk about the games combat mechanics. I would have liked to see some "cooler shit" with regards to what my character can do with a sword. I still think that this type of colorful, stylized, RPG is more appealing for me than Skyrim, but then I'm someone who likes the Fable games.
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Kingdoms of Amalur demo impressions thread [Up On 360/Origin/Steam/U.S. PSN]
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The Mana Legend
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Well, I'm just basing it off from the fact that that's what everyone is comparing it to, and the trailer I saw of it a few months ago made it look exactly like that.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I didn't mean it like that! What I'm saying is this game hasn't gotten a lot of attention but I could see it exploding in popularity and ending up being quite successful. That would be pretty impressive for a western RPG that's part of a new IP in a post-Skyrim world.
masterkajo
Member
Never heard of the game before the ME3 crosspromotion and started to read up on it the last days. Looks awesome. Still waiting for the PC demo to come out and try it because my 360 is still at my brothers. I find it stupid though that according to the official FAQ I can't unlock the ME3 items when playing on PC (have to play on 360). Also I am confused about the bit that I have to play both demos to unlock an item (hope that is wrong because I don't plan on playing the ME3 demo in regards of spoilers).
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
If we're talking art style, it's reminiscent. The combat is almost exactly like God of War though. Weapons determining attacks, charge attacks, air juggles, trigger controlled magic attacks. You roll to dodge attacks and so forth.
If it works like it did in this demo, you get the unlock for seeing the title screen basically.
There are multiple item unlocks throughout the demo, some you only get for completing the demo, some you only get by obtaining multiple destines, etc.
Also you don't have to play the ME3 demo to unlock an item for both each demo has it's own items unlocks.
PSN needs to update now, but of course Sony will take it's sweet ass time on the one day I don't want them to.
powersurge
Member
I hope this is Crackdown all over again. Everyone buys/downloads the demo for the beta/goodies but it turns out to be a great game.
The Mana Legend
Banned
So we'll get Kingdom of Amalur 2 with not a single thing changed except with a zombie horde mode. Good to know.
Already wishing it had co-op actually.
Refreshment.01
Member
Fjordson, i think you can have a game that takes place in a sewer system and it can be called "open world". The size of the areas has nothing to do if it falls in the classification.
For example Halo: CE is not an open world game.
38 and Big Huge Games plans for the IP are pretty huge so I don't think you'll see that kind of issue from them.
Glad to see people are enjoying the demo, now hopefully the OT won't be ignored
The_Darkest_Red
Member
They're already working on an MMO.
Not near my 360 but after seeing the footage, it kinda reminds me of Fable & Too Human. Sounds like an odd combo but there is something about the graphical style that reminds me of those two games.
I love loot games so, unless something horrific happens between now and release, I will be playing it. By horrific I mean Diablo 3 coming out.
Any thoughts on the camera options? Some of the footage made it look a little erratic and a bit annoying to target enemies.
Oh and KoA:R 2 needs co-op.
I love loot games so, unless something horrific happens between now and release, I will be playing it. By horrific I mean Diablo 3 coming out.
Any thoughts on the camera options? Some of the footage made it look a little erratic and a bit annoying to target enemies.
Oh and KoA:R 2 needs co-op.
Net_Wrecker
Member
This game is fun to play. Went through the demo twice, once as a melee heavy longsword primary Conan-esque barbarian, then as a female rogue using the daggers, stealth attacks, bows, and magic. Would go back as a pure mage, but I doubt I'll even attempt that because the stealth and melee combat are too much fun. The lightning quick level 2 dagger charge up is so good for dealing with packs of enemies. Eff the range enemies though
Yeah, 90 minutes and I still want to keep going. I'm buying this. It's not going to be the be all end all super RPG, but there's no way I can't support an RPG that brings this type of combat to the table. Anyone who can't get into Bethesda games because of the weak combat should give this demo a spin.
Yeah, 90 minutes and I still want to keep going. I'm buying this. It's not going to be the be all end all super RPG, but there's no way I can't support an RPG that brings this type of combat to the table. Anyone who can't get into Bethesda games because of the weak combat should give this demo a spin.
ugh...why does everything have to go the way of an MMO?
Technically I think this was supposed to be an MMO that went the way of a single player game.
As someone that has enjoyed all the Fable games this sounds promising. I did get that vibe from the footage I have seen and was wondering if combat would be as easy or at least similar.
To be fair there are two Studios there is 38 which is the studio that Curt Shilling Founded. They were working on the MMO before Reckoning exsisted. Curt bought Big Huge games from THQ and they remade the game they were making for THQ to fit into 38's MMO. It's all actually an interesting story.
They already confirmed that they have plenty of plans for more Single player RPGs after Reckoning though so no worries on that front.
MMO is seperate. Big Huge Games makes the Single player RPG side, 38 is working on the MMO, but the MMO won't start being disussed until Reckoning has been out for abit.
I would like to know this as well. From the dev videos and other peoples impressions so far it seams that combat has much more depth than Fables. It seems to be more closely related to God of War than say Bayonetta.
To me it the combat feels a lot like fable (I played and enjoyed all 3... yes even the 3rd one
lol). Ranged and spells seem to autotarget too. There are huge skill trees for each class though, so combat probably gets deeper as you level up.Edit: I put points into dagger attacks, and there's charge for special attacks too like Fable.
Net_Wrecker
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It's a mix of Fable and God of War, but leans more on the God Of War side of the scale. I wouldn't compare it to Bayonetta as it's not nearly as fluid or cancel heavy enough to be in that class. The dodging, blocking, wind-up, and how you can get "locked" into animations are more reminiscent of God of War. There are even some button mash finishers. The auto-target magic, charge attacks, and ranged attacks are like Fable.
Thanks for the insight. How was the leveling? Were you able to play around with it much, did it allow you to respec if you wanted?
thetrin
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Good thing this game is not Fable or anything like it.
The combat is more like a character action game, mixed with the world and questing structure of Elder Scrolls meets WoW.
This is certainly not meant to be a sleight against your taste in games, but you are probably the only human being on planet earth who likes all three Fable games (or, really, any of them, for that matter)
Go the way of the MMO? The MMO was first.
Any word on the PC demo?
This is posted on Amazon.
Do we get anything in the full game for playing the Reckoning demo?
There are three unlocks earned in Reckoning for playing the Reckoning demo:
1. A Twist of Fate Card is earned after you have installed the Reckoning demo and linked your Origin account
2. The Twinned Souls Chakram is earned after you have installed the Reckoning demo and linked your Origin account
3. The Infernal Helm is earned after completing the Reckoning Mode Tutorial
Will I earn items in the Mass Effect 3 full game for playing the Reckoning demo?
There are two unlocks earned in Mass Effect 3 for playing the Reckoning demo:
1. The Reckoner Knight Armor is earned after you have installed the Reckoning demo and linked your Origin account
2. The Chakram Launcher is earned after completing the full Reckoning demo and seeing the call to action video in its entirety
Will I get items in Reckoning if I play the Mass Effect 3 demo?
Yes, you earn the Omniblade Daggers after installing the Mass Effect 3 demo and be linked to your Origin account
There are three unlocks earned in Reckoning for playing the Reckoning demo:
1. A Twist of Fate Card is earned after you have installed the Reckoning demo and linked your Origin account
2. The Twinned Souls Chakram is earned after you have installed the Reckoning demo and linked your Origin account
3. The Infernal Helm is earned after completing the Reckoning Mode Tutorial
Will I earn items in the Mass Effect 3 full game for playing the Reckoning demo?
There are two unlocks earned in Mass Effect 3 for playing the Reckoning demo:
1. The Reckoner Knight Armor is earned after you have installed the Reckoning demo and linked your Origin account
2. The Chakram Launcher is earned after completing the full Reckoning demo and seeing the call to action video in its entirety
Will I get items in Reckoning if I play the Mass Effect 3 demo?
Yes, you earn the Omniblade Daggers after installing the Mass Effect 3 demo and be linked to your Origin account
thanks. goddamn, I need to make an Origin account.
I had the same issue with the sound, but it only happened with two minor NPC's so it wasn't a big deal.
As for my thoughts of the game, I really enjoyed the demo.
It feels like they took the good parts from World of Warcraft (character progression, loot rewards, balanced classes) mixed it with a fighting game combat system and added a decent story to it.
I'm not sure if I'm getting it at release since my plate is full as it is, but I definitely want to play it at some point.
Yu Narukami
Member
Come on PSN!!
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
Devs said all 3 builds of the game were optimized for each system strengths. I am curious how well each one turns out. I hope lens of truth or digital foundry do a 3 system comparison.
Last Dev chat I listened to one of them was getting the PS3 build and the other was getting the PC build to play with a 360 controller.
That you get free stuff for playing a free demo? Bad news is subjective I guess.
ÈYeah man! That shit totally should have been EBGames pre-order bonus!
Gunmonkey36
Member
0.o that's rather harsh don't you think...
Seriously? Getting free extra content for downloading and playing a free demo is some sort of horrible industry practice? You don't need these items to complete the game.
I can name many things that are far more egregious publisher/marketing ploys.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
What part, the demo of a new, unproven IP or the free stuff.