Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo launched

[James]

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo launched

Available now on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360

[OmegaFenix]

I thought it was available on the 17th already?! Thats when I downloaded it.

[Lycanthrope]

I thought it was available on the 17th already?! Thats when I downloaded it.

Same.

Played it; not sure how I feel about it.

It looks like it has a lot of promise, combat is incredible fun but the dialogue puts me to sleep.

Also, for the artist who came up with the dark graphical world of Spawn, it's very, very colourful. Reminds me a lot of Blizzard's art-style used in WoW, Starcraft, etc. VERY colourful.

[OmegaFenix]

Same.

Played it; not sure how I feel about it.

It looks like it has a lot of promise, combat is incredible fun but the dialogue puts me to sleep.

Also, for the artist who came up with the dark graphical world of Spawn, it's very, very colourful. Reminds me a lot of Blizzard's art-style used in WoW, Starcraft, etc. VERY colourful.

I liked it, played like Fable but without all the broken promises. The fact that Salvatore is involved drew me in, I love his Forgotten Realms novels.

[czc]

Same.

Played it; not sure how I feel about it.

It looks like it has a lot of promise, combat is incredible fun but the dialogue puts me to sleep.

Also, for the artist who came up with the dark graphical world of Spawn, it's very, very colourful. Reminds me a lot of Blizzard's art-style used in WoW, Starcraft, etc. VERY colourful.

I liked it, played like Fable but without all the broken promises. The fact that Salvatore is involved drew me in, I love his Forgotten Realms novels.

Whats up with the dialogue?

[OmegaFenix]

Whats up with the dialogue?

Nothing, its spoken so its not like you have to read it, the dialogue system feels similar to ME, I didn't find it boring but it is high fantasy.

[Isengard]

I'm going to download the demo tonight on both Steam and PSN. I'll see first of all which platform I prefer and then whether or not the game is good enough to be worth purchasing.

[Dragonic]

I have downloaded it at home so waiting to go home.... but I also have it on my work laptop... gave it a bash this morning just to see how it looks and feels, but quit after I killed 2 giant rats coz... I'm at work and there's HR behind me :P(sigh IT and HR in one office, not awesome)
So far it's looking very good but need to give it a proper play to decide.

[Deceptor]

The PS3 demo has some sound issues, but overall I really enjoyed the demo.

[xeyne]

I d/l it for Xbox (might try it on PC just for comparison sakes) but I enjoyed the game very much. Not sure what the bugs are, that are being referred to, but I haven't experience much/any from what I played

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The thing that did have me a little annoyed was the EA part of it. As soon as it started up there was the "Connecting to EA Servers" part and I was like, "WTF for? o_O". This is a single.player.game. Why must I connect to a server. Does it mean if I'm offline I can't play? Then there was that sign up part, which I know is skippable but why; all I want is to switch on, put disc in, play. No need to still sign in if it's not a multiplayer game and what not. I don't know how many other games have this in them, but for me it's just a little sucky. I know, I know...First World Problems, but why?
Then there was the "You have 45 minutes left of play". D= Why?!?!?! Even though it's a demo, it's an RPG demo. Why can't I play it as much as want? The game isn't even out yet, what am I supposed to do now EA? Why are you messing with my feelings this T_T
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It's is a very kewl game. It doesn't have the complexity of the more advanced RPG's but its simplistic nature makes it quick to understand. That being said, it doesn't mean your character will be very linear. You can choose gender, race (with racial bonuses) and class. The class system is limited to 3 basic classes but you don't have to stick just one. From just the demo, I can't say much how it flesh out, but I hope the finished product is what I perceive it be