Anyone here into R.A. Salvatore? a mighty impressive looking (and sounding) RPG

is headed our way on Feb 07th

http://www.gamespot.com/kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning/platform/pc/

dev-ed from a branch team that was a part of THQ but with quality of OTHER devs who worked on Morrowind and Oblivion. for those of you who dont know Salvatore, first, the man is a GENIUS as fantasy novels. i mean an ABSOLUTE....GENIUS!! (check some of the mans work and you will be blown away!!) anyway, with help from some of the devs from oblivion and morrowind and the company that was a part of THQ (BigHuge Games) this is, and im hoping, to be one super solid title to debut out very soon.

EDIT: i did not know that it was being Pub-ed by EA. gives me even more hope tha tthe game will bea a success...

Western devs can't build decent action combat engines. And I will keep saying this until one of them proves me wrong, so far none have. All the best action-adventure games which had "good" combat have all come from asian developers. Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Demon Souls/Dark Souls. The best the west have gotten to is God of War (which is hack n slash). When I hear of a RPG from the west concentrating on "Action-gameplay" I facepalm, likelyhoods are the gameplay will not be up there. Doesn't matter how good it looks if there''s no depth.

Western devs can't build decent action combat engines. And I will keep saying this until one of them proves me wrong, so far none have. All the best action-adventure games which had "good" combat have all come from asian developers. Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Demon Souls/Dark Souls. The best the west have gotten to is God of War (which is hack n slash). When I hear of a RPG from the west concentrating on "Action-gameplay" I facepalm, likelyhoods are the gameplay will not be up there. Doesn't matter how good it looks if there''s no depth.

ShimmerMan

Western devs can't build decent action combat engines. And I will keep saying this until one of them proves me wrong, so far none have. All the best action-adventure games which had "good" combat have all come from asian developers. Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Demon Souls/Dark Souls. The best the west have gotten to is God of War (which is hack n slash). When I hear of a RPG from the west concentrating on "Action-gameplay" I facepalm, likelyhoods are the gameplay will not be up there. Doesn't matter how good it looks if there''s no depth.

ShimmerMan

You're on crack. Western devs have made some of the best combat engines. Mount and Blade, Jedi Academy, Darksiders. And I'm actually pretty impressed by Amalur's after having played through the demo.

Oh, and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Can't believe I almost forgot that one.

EDIT 2: And there's Overgrowth, which is still in alpha but already has the best kung fu combat I've ever seen in a videogame.

Western devs can't build decent action combat engines. And I will keep saying this until one of them proves me wrong, so far none have. All the best action-adventure games which had "good" combat have all come from asian developers. Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Demon Souls/Dark Souls. The best the west have gotten to is God of War (which is hack n slash). When I hear of a RPG from the west concentrating on "Action-gameplay" I facepalm, likelyhoods are the gameplay will not be up there. Doesn't matter how good it looks if there''s no depth.

ShimmerMan

How is this much different to WoW? (Which I quite like btw). Looks like more of the same.Lamb_Jalfrezi

Western devs can't build decent action combat engines. And I will keep saying this until one of them proves me wrong, so far none have. All the best action-adventure games which had "good" combat have all come from asian developers. Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Demon Souls/Dark Souls. The best the west have gotten to is God of War (which is hack n slash). When I hear of a RPG from the west concentrating on "Action-gameplay" I facepalm, likelyhoods are the gameplay will not be up there. Doesn't matter how good it looks if there''s no depth.

The demo for this game is availabe on steam and other places. Try it. It looks great and plays well but I felt it lacks a certin somrthing, but im not sure what.

The demo for this game is availabe on steam and other places. Try it. It looks great and plays well but I felt it lacks a certin somrthing, but im not sure what.

Raxzor

You're on crack. Western devs have made some of the best combat engines. Mount and Blade, Jedi Academy, Darksiders. And I'm actually pretty impressed by Amalur's after having played through the demo.

Oh, and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Can't believe I almost forgot that one.

EDIT 2: And there's Overgrowth, which is still in alpha but already has the best kung fu combat I've ever seen in a videogame.

xLittlekillx

That's a joke list. Jedi Academy and Darksiders are hack n slash. Dark Messiah is the only good title, and the combat engine is still not as good as the titles I mentioned.

[QUOTE="xLittlekillx"]

You're on crack. Western devs have made some of the best combat engines. Mount and Blade, Jedi Academy, Darksiders. And I'm actually pretty impressed by Amalur's after having played through the demo.

Oh, and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Can't believe I almost forgot that one.

EDIT 2: And there's Overgrowth, which is still in alpha but already has the best kung fu combat I've ever seen in a videogame.

ShimmerMan

That's a joke list. Jedi Academy and Darksiders are hack n slash. Dark Messiah is the only good title, and the combat engine is still not as good as the titles I mentioned.

Whaaaat the heck are you talking about? Jedi academy has the best lightsaber combat in any star wars game to date, using a system of parries, blocking, precision swinging and different fighting stances. Dark Messiah is great, but M&B is great too. You weeaboos drive me nuts.

[QUOTE="xLittlekillx"]

You're on crack. Western devs have made some of the best combat engines. Mount and Blade, Jedi Academy, Darksiders. And I'm actually pretty impressed by Amalur's after having played through the demo.

Oh, and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Can't believe I almost forgot that one.

EDIT 2: And there's Overgrowth, which is still in alpha but already has the best kung fu combat I've ever seen in a videogame.

ShimmerMan

That's a joke list. Jedi Academy and Darksiders are hack n slash. Dark Messiah is the only good title, and the combat engine is still not as good as the titles I mentioned.

The demo for this game is availabe on steam and other places. Try it. It looks great and plays well but I felt it lacks a certin somrthing, but im not sure what.

Raxzor

Does anyone know what the DRM on this game is going to be? Since it's EA, are they going to require Origin, or is it only online activation? Can't find anything anywhere...ChiliDragon

The Steam version isn't being published by EA, but regardless I think there's online activation. I know on consoles they're using that one time use activation code thing again, because they don't care about killing gaming.

Does anyone know what the DRM on this game is going to be? Since it's EA, are they going to require Origin, or is it only online activation? Can't find anything anywhere...ChiliDragon

Origin account needed and online pass for additional content.

I was not that impressed with the demo... but I LOVE Salvatore's books and I did like Morrowind, so I preordered this (hey it comes out near my bday and I am a HUGE rpg fan).

The fighting REALLY impressed me but not much else did in the demo... then again I have disliked demos before and loved the final product. Its pretty much impossible to do a demo properly for a big long rpg.

I am not expecting the best rpg ever, but if I get a good story to go along with that fun combat I should be happy.

Does anyone know what the DRM on this game is going to be? Since it's EA, are they going to require Origin, or is it only online activation? Can't find anything anywhere...ChiliDragon

Again, the Steam version WILL NOT require Origin.

I was not that impressed with the demo... but I LOVE Salvatore's books and I did like Morrowind, so I preordered this (hey it comes out near my bday and I am a HUGE rpg fan).

The fighting REALLY impressed me but not much else did in the demo... then again I have disliked demos before and loved the final product. Its pretty much impossible to do a demo properly for a big long rpg.

I am not expecting the best rpg ever, but if I get a good story to go along with that fun combat I should be happy.

Im not a fan of his books, too much high fantasy for me, but i played the demo, and i think this game is going to be great.

I'm looking for someone from the US or UK to smuggle this game for me on Steam. Will PayPal in advance. It's too expensive here.

Sick of button mashing action RPGs. Not a fan of the childish WoW artstyle either.

When I first played the demo I was put off from the opening cavern sequence and I turned it off. Yesterday I played through the whole demo and I actually liked it. I don't see much of a comparison to WoW, especially not in the actual gameplay. WoW is like a point and click borefest, this actually has a pretty interesting combat system. I like the bright and vibrant art direction. The world seems fairly large.

I preordered it for xbox today, because I get the impression it's more of a console game than a PC rpg. I don't think it's a mindblowingly good game, but I think it will be fun enough for a playthrough.

I'm a huge fan of Salvatores books, i own first editions of all his Forgotten Realms books (some even signed :)

But this demo with his named slapped onto it? I didn't like it at all. It had nothing that peaked my interest in the slightest. A shame really. But of course, it's just a demo, and i'll continue to read reviews when the game is out.

[QUOTE="ShimmerMan"]

[QUOTE="xLittlekillx"]

You're on crack. Western devs have made some of the best combat engines. Mount and Blade, Jedi Academy, Darksiders. And I'm actually pretty impressed by Amalur's after having played through the demo.

Oh, and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Can't believe I almost forgot that one.

EDIT 2: And there's Overgrowth, which is still in alpha but already has the best kung fu combat I've ever seen in a videogame.

xLittlekillx

That's a joke list. Jedi Academy and Darksiders are hack n slash. Dark Messiah is the only good title, and the combat engine is still not as good as the titles I mentioned.

Whaaaat the heck are you talking about? Jedi academy has the best lightsaber combat in any star wars game to date, using a system of parries, blocking, precision swinging and different fighting stances. Dark Messiah is great, but M&B is great too. You weeaboos drive me nuts.

No offence but you don't know what you're talking about. It's just a fact that Japan are more astute when it comes to building fighting game combat engines, the same way the West are when it comes to First Person Shooters. It's nothing to do with being a "weebo" or not a weebo it's just the way it is. This is also the reason why 99% of the top competitive fighting games are asian made.. Steet fighter, Blazblue, Tekken, Virtua Fighter, King of Fighters, Arcana Hearts, Marvel vs Capcom etc. All made by the east, The west just doesn't have the same level of concept in game design when it comes to building action combat engines as the east.

Sick of button mashing action RPGs. Not a fan of the childish WoW artstyle either.

bussinrounds

i tried the demo. it...er...it didnt work. it failed to render any of the game (this is with updated drivers). it would render the character creation screen..that was about it. i hear the demo is a buggy mess mind and i didnt really look for a solution. ill keep an eye on it though.osan0

[QUOTE="xLittlekillx"]

[QUOTE="ShimmerMan"]

That's a joke list. Jedi Academy and Darksiders are hack n slash. Dark Messiah is the only good title, and the combat engine is still not as good as the titles I mentioned.

ShimmerMan

Whaaaat the heck are you talking about? Jedi academy has the best lightsaber combat in any star wars game to date, using a system of parries, blocking, precision swinging and different fighting stances. Dark Messiah is great, but M&B is great too. You weeaboos drive me nuts.

No offence but you don't know what you're talking about. It's just a fact that Japan are more astute when it comes to building fighting game combat engines, the same way the West are when it comes to First Person Shooters. It's nothing to do with being a "weebo" or not a weebo it's just the way it is. This is also the reason why 99% of the top competitive fighting games are asian made.. Steet fighter, Blazblue, Tekken, Virtua Fighter, King of Fighters, Arcana Hearts, Marvel vs Capcom etc. All made by the east, The west just doesn't have the same level of concept in game design when it comes to building action combat engines as the east.

Yeah, okay. But here are some things:

1. Why would you come into a topic about Kingdoms of Amalur talking about japanese extweme action games like devil may cry and ninja gaiden?

2. I have played a lot of those games, and Ninja Gaiden was the only one that really impressed me. Though I haven't tried bayonetta yet.

3. The best fighting game is Mortal Kombat 9, and that's western made.

4. I think you're racist.

I played the demo and wasn't overly impressed. The game wasn't terrible but it didn't excite me either. It's a bargain bin purchase for me.

Yeah, okay. But here are some things:

1. Why would you come into a topic about Kingdoms of Amalur talking about japanese extweme action games like devil may cry and ninja gaiden?

2. I have played a lot of those games, and Ninja Gaiden was the only one that really impressed me. Though I haven't tried bayonetta yet.

3. The best fighting game is Mortal Kombat 9, and that's western made.

4. I think you're racist.

xLittlekillx

Alright you keep spouting out the words "weebo" and "racist" over a difference of opinion on a "video-game genre". So I'm just going to take it you're either a little kid with no brains or a grown up with learning difficulties - or maybe both. Anyway I've concluded you're safe to ignore, have a nice day.

Plenty of western titles have great fighting systems. What you prefer is simply that...your own preference. xLittlekillx also made some perfectly valid points. You are the one getting all bent out of shape and making pretty heavy insults. If anyone is acting like a kid it's you.

Anyways this all really has pretty much nothing to do (or the games you mentioned) with Kingdom of Amular.

I played it, thought it was meh. I am getting kind of tired of all these action games pretending to be RPGs. Give me a good turn based battle system instead.

Good game for people who don't work at a Swedish Pizza Shack imo.

I played it, thought it was meh. I am getting kind of tired of all these action games pretending to be RPGs. Give me a good turn based battle system instead.

Maroxad

Again, the Steam version WILL NOT require Origin.

xLittlekillx

[QUOTE="xLittlekillx"]

Again, the Steam version WILL NOT require Origin.

ChiliDragon

I was interested until I watched the vid.

The graphics were too cartoonish for my tastes. Makes the whole thing seem kind of infantile.

I was interested until I watched the vid.

The graphics were too cartoonish for my tastes. Makes the whole thing seem kind of infantile.

bogaty

[QUOTE="bogaty"]

I was interested until I watched the vid.

The graphics were too cartoonish for my tastes. Makes the whole thing seem kind of infantile.

Makari

Why would I want to play the demo if I no longer have any interest in the title?