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682 Comments

  • jch123

    Posted Mar 26, 2012 8:58 pm GMT

    Games like this should have Co-op.

  • lethal_intake

    Posted Mar 20, 2012 10:20 pm GMT

    The story telling aspect was a bit disappointing seeing that this is an rpg after all but the combat mechanics are really good... I quite enjoy leveling up, customizing the way I want to play through experimentation of the different abilities and skills, and looting unique weapons and armor sets... Thinking of buying the first dlc

  • Jd1680a

    Posted Mar 17, 2012 10:11 pm GMT

    Just finished this game, I could say it was enjoyable.

  • yomanjdf

    Posted Mar 17, 2012 4:57 am GMT

    it's like torchlight - gameplay awasome but no story

  • inb4uall

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 6:29 pm GMT

    @NicholasT33 nice opinion you have there. I hate skyrim's combat so for me this game wins by a landslide.

  • NicholasT33

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 11:48 am GMT

    Ok this game looks cool but Skyrim>KoAR still people.

  • JeKeJo posted Mar 13, 2012 5:35 am GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    JeKeJo

    Posted Mar 13, 2012 5:35 am GMT (hide)

    Really looking forward to playing this. Being a PS3 owner it'll be good to have an RPG that actually works, you know, as opposed to Skyrim.

  • HOSTEL_FEVER

    Posted Mar 10, 2012 1:09 pm GMT

    great RPG really loved it.

  • PhoenicianSon

    Posted Mar 9, 2012 7:27 pm GMT

    looks pretty incredible to me... is the software engine from Bathesda? with the limited video presentations that the publishers have released it would suggest that the platform may have been licensed by Bathesda. Very similar movement and controls with a different GUI. Definitely going to have to download this through Steam. I hope that the character development is as promising as it looks, which also seems to be similar to the grand scope that Skyrim offers.

  • Wastelander87

    Posted Mar 5, 2012 9:48 pm GMT

    Warning, this game may cause serious addiction.

  • Star_Gem

    Posted Mar 5, 2012 9:35 pm GMT

    @Humorguy_basic Games aren't called "action-rpg" just because they have combat, obviously. All of these games have combat systems. It's the "style" of said system that makes the difference.

    "Action-RPGs" are, at heart, action-based. You actively swing a melee weapon or shoot a missile one in real time, while moving, dodging, etc. From Diablo to Elder Scrolls, and now, apparently, Kingdoms of Amalur are examples of these, and they tend to be the most popular nowadays.

    Regular "RPGs" (or sometimes called "traditional" or "pure RPG") follow the original method that was born back when Dungeons & Dragons was popular, like, turn-based combat, full character creation (as opposed to pre-generated characters), and ability to go solo or in a party when tackling any quest. The original Fallout or Baldur's Gate are good examples of these.

    "Strategy-RPGs" are pure turn-based combat, with most of the other RPG elements thrown out the window. Characters are usually pre-generated, and the story develops with hardly any input from the player (so, mostly cutscenes, and the occasional multiple path choice). Final Fantasy Tactics, Fire Emblem or Record of Agarest War come to mind.

    Hope that helps.

  • nechiken

    Posted Mar 5, 2012 10:14 am GMT

    I agree that the story and side quests were rather poor, but the combat kept me going.

  • buccomatic

    Posted Mar 4, 2012 11:07 pm GMT

    KoA:R = best game since either red dead redemption or borderlands: game of the year edition. flat out awesome game.

  • pungkvisen posted Mar 4, 2012 2:41 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    pungkvisen

    Posted Mar 4, 2012 2:41 pm GMT (hide)

    Gamespot wtf is wrong with your reviews? You used to be the best site for reviewing games, but now your just too harsh on all the games. You jugde the games based on hype and popularity(take CoD for example). This is a great game that should easily get the same score as skyrim. Sure skyrim has better graphics than Reckoning, but Skyrim's gameplay quickly gets boring as hell.

  • akmex

    Posted Mar 4, 2012 10:42 am GMT

    It wasnt that bad. But the story could have been better..

  • Paoksis

    Posted Mar 3, 2012 5:48 pm GMT

    @Warningx13 indeed the game had many strong points, nice combat and really satisfying quests were part of it,but the game had also 2 main negatives...the first one is the bad to decent graphics,which personally its the last thing i care,but some people give a huge basis on that and second was the repeatitive encounters you had in the game as far as monsters are concerned which really made me feel uninterested....You travel from woods,to deserts,lakes and mountains yet every area has almost the same monsters with just upgraded stats...it felt really lame for me at least

  • Warningx13

    Posted Mar 3, 2012 8:32 am GMT

    Sounds amazing to me even with the review sounding not so hot, but its strong points really call to me so I'm gonna have to get this for sure.

  • Allicrombie Site moderator

    Posted Mar 2, 2012 10:26 am GMT

    still on the fence.

  • Cray-Z-Canuck

    Posted Mar 2, 2012 10:19 am GMT

    8.2/10 for me. I'm 30 hours in and the pluses for me are the fantastic and grand feel of the environment, interesting and rich art style, and combat. I am also enjoying the story, love the stealth element, and very much enjoy the character development. 90% of the side quests are redundant (the other 10% are quite interesting), however, so that's a minus (though still great and mindless fun), and I have the difficulty ramped up to hard because combat was getting too easy on normal. All in all exactly what I was looking for in a game. Something I could play for a couple hours and provided simple fun and entertainment without becoming way too addicting. I need to have a life after all, not like what Dark Souls did to me!

  • Goatlord6669

    Posted Mar 1, 2012 7:20 pm GMT

    The world is so F***** gorgeous and has a fresh variety of different hand crafted areas, the review straight up lies, Lamespot.

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