07-13-2013, 01:04 AM
I was bored last week and while looking for a game to play I decided to check to see if Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was on sale. I had always wanted to check it out and after looking on steam found that, wonder to behold, I had already purchased it! Woot. So I've been playing this for a bit and if you can pick this game up over the next week for a good sale price it is worth the buy in. (Look for a price of around 10-15$.)
The downsides: This is a console-ass-console game. The UI is waaaay too large, the camera is too close, and the FOV is tight. None of these are adjustable.
The upsides: None of this really gets in the way. It is minorly frustrating at times, but doesn't get in the way of gameplay as this game is not all that challenging. The game plays a lot like a mix between a single player WoW and a more action based Skyrim. It's also fairly good looking (despite the fact that 50% of your screen is often taken up by your character and buff effects. HA!)
I'm not too far in at the moment but after starting on 'Normal' difficulty and finding it to be no challenge I upped it to 'Hard'. It's still a breeze but a fun diversion here and there to run through some quests while stabbing, lightning bolting, and ducking and dodging around enemies.
The downsides: This is a console-ass-console game. The UI is waaaay too large, the camera is too close, and the FOV is tight. None of these are adjustable.
The upsides: None of this really gets in the way. It is minorly frustrating at times, but doesn't get in the way of gameplay as this game is not all that challenging. The game plays a lot like a mix between a single player WoW and a more action based Skyrim. It's also fairly good looking (despite the fact that 50% of your screen is often taken up by your character and buff effects. HA!)
I'm not too far in at the moment but after starting on 'Normal' difficulty and finding it to be no challenge I upped it to 'Hard'. It's still a breeze but a fun diversion here and there to run through some quests while stabbing, lightning bolting, and ducking and dodging around enemies.