Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™

I can't recommend this game to anyone but those who would like to play what amounts to a conceptual clone of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Game has good voice acting, solid graphics, really freaking nice combat, but it feels dated with a big but railroaded open world, and the story is not only ridden with predictable clichés, it's also - quite frankly - boring, even with the game trying to throw half-naked elves at you to retain your attention. Game design would already felt safe and generic in 2012; nowadays, it's downright pre-historic. Pros: it's sort-of-Oblivion, only with way better combat and in proper 3rd person view. Cons: it's sort-of-Oblivion, but decades have passed and there's already a Oblivion remake out there.

Ellen was Right.

Sometimes a game can just feel bad? Soulless? Uh-oh stinky? This is that game. Tried multiple times to play and enjoy this game. It just isn't my thing, which is a shame. I wouldn't recommend it to a friend, but perhaps someone I don't like? Feels like a punishment.

Ellen was right this game is amazing. A hidden gem for sure.

This is some of the blandest, most uninspired pablum in the history of the artform. Kingdoms of Amalur is very, very far from good, but also, it isn't exactly bad either. It's just...profoundly forgettable. There is not a single remarkable facet at any point in this game. You are the Chosen One, sigh, travelling in a Tolkienesque blergh on a quest to snore. Take equal parts Gilgamesh and Grandpa Tolkien and scratch out the names of the characters. It's a shame it released well before the AI boom, because if it were AI then at least there would be an explanation for why the writing is so boring and derivative. The story is the kind of horrific nonsense you'd discipline out of a schoolchild, the art style is vapid, the grind is excruciating. I've played Kingdoms of Amalur, I've finished Kingdoms of Amalur, and yet I cannot remember a single detail about Kingdoms of Amalur. I can't remember a single character, I can't remember a single quest, I can't remember what the plot was. It is remarkable simply for how profoundly forgettable it is. I'd actually prefer Kingdoms of Amalur if it were terrible. Then, at least, it would have evoked some kind of emotion. But it does nothing. If KoA:R were a spice it would be chalk dust. Play, quite literally, anything else instead.

I discovered this game on my old X360. The artstyle immediatly caught my eye. It reminds me of my early days in World of Warcraft and let me tell you, this game gave me that same sense of wonder when I traveled the land. This game is a hidden gem of an rpg. I highly recommend to those that like similar titles like Skyrim, Witcher (Tho KoA doesn't have too much of a deep story).

This game is a old favorite it came out around the same time as skyrim so It kinda got over shadow but its filled with good content id recommend this game for anyone looking for nostalgia