Scott at The Controller Online writes: "I know that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was released the week before Valentines Day but you’ll still be playing it this coming Tuesday, so you may as well go out and buy some apology flowers now. EA and Big Huge games took the “think, therefore I am” approach when telling us all about Reckoning. They’ve acted, from the start, like this was already a blockbuster game from a blockbuster franchise despite it being a new game from a new franchise. Was this confidence in what they knew to be a superior product or simply cockiness? As it turns out, it was Confidence as Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is one of the best RPGs I’ve ever played."
Do you remember the good old days, when video games put fast hack-and-slashing combat sequences and extensive levelling systems first and a deep narrative with memorable characters second? BigHuge Games certainly banked on gamers holding some kind of nostalgia for those titles of yore with their fantasy RPG Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning.
This is hilarious that i would see an article after I went and re-bought the game and playing it all week! I love the QTEs in this game its satisfying, the combat is fluid where you can switch from weapons to magic so easily, the weapons, armor, quests, character customizations, lore, world, voice acting, are all great this game has almost everything you'd need and want from an RPG!
I really wish there was going to be a KoAR 2!
COG writes - The games of the last generation were amazing and the COGconnected team decided to get together to countdown their favorites. The countdown inches to number 6 and the games are starting to get good... real good.
The journey comes to an end.
Would LOVE to see a sequel to this brilliant game. Wouldn't mind a remake for current gen systems either.
Last I heard this studio went out of business so I would think a remaster is pretty unlikely.
I think EA owns the rights to it now. I loved the game as well. A rare gem overlooked.
Went into a cave for a mission...Mission glitches and I can't start the mission or exit the cave...Auto save and manual saves are within the cave....I messed up so bad I quit. Really good game though.
such a great game, shame about the studio.
to produce something of that quality as their first title, just imagine what they could have done with more experience.
The game is generic and pretty boring and lame……………..
You dont know rpgs
29hrs in lvl 16 sorceress. It's awesome!
I just wouldnt recommend this to completionists. It has sooooo many quests it's beyond my comprehension! Lol
I'm not even 2 quests in on the main story!!!
-and it seems some quests give you no xp.
I wish I knew which ones were money/item reward only.
I'm sitting at home with a broken leg and I can't seem to put the game down. I really don't care what the story is about I'm having tons of fun just going on random side quest. Sure the game isn't perfect, but am I having fun? Absolutely.
I've been playing this game on my PS3 and Skyrim on my PC. I'm enjoying both games considerably and very much on the fence about which is better.
Those who are calling it generic really don't seem to know what makes a good RPG. While I wouldn't call either the perfect RPG, both are very decent games and both are much better than linear garbage like the Witcher and Two Worlds. Boy I hated the Witcher games, they were horrible and I didn't like Fable III much better. Skyrim and Amalur are the first couple of computer style rpgs to come along in a while that I have really been enjoying.