AC Revelations vs Kingdom of Amalur. Which is worth my money? PS3 > 360.

Hi, I asked this in PGD but since it is a ghost town no one answered. So I thought I would come here and get SW input on it. I know I am asking the impossible, but try to be honest please. The "PS3 > 360" just added it in to make it SW relevant.

Now I liked the demo for Amalur, I hear it is a very large RPG with lot's of content. It's also made from one of the designers of Morrowind which makes it a much more attractive choice in my eyes. However I hear the game is too easy and it takes forever to get from place to place because it's too large.

AC Revelations I hear mixed opinions on, some say it's good some say it sucks. I hear it's pretty short as well. The thing is though I'm getting AC3 day 1, so I thought I might have to play Revelations first to understand the story. I have all the other AC games (sold AC1, repititive piece of crap), and I think they are solid games.

I do not care about the online for either of these 2 games. I will get it for PS3 becauase it's my preferred platform, unless the 360 version has extra content, then I might consider getting it for my Xbox instead.

Thanks for your help! If this thread does not belong here I apologise to the mods.

PS3 >< 360Zero5000X

I'd say amalur.

While AC:revelations is great, it is what it is and that's just another Assassins creed game. You can get amalur which I easily poured 60+ hours into with one character alone and the DLC for like 50 bucks.

Kingdoms does have some very minor bugs, I only ran into two of them. Also it gets a little easy even on the hard setting.

But nonetheless it was a fun game a lot of question a lot of dungeons. It's a single player MMO basically with a decent store and some pretty good lore.

[QUOTE="Zero5000X"]PS3 >< 360parkurtommo

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I haven't played AC, but I did play Amalur. It was pretty good, but honestly, Dragon's Dogma was much better. The combat and fights were just epic. Watch some youtubes. Especially when climbing up big monsters like Shadow Colossus. The story wasn't much to write home about, but the gameplay more than made up for it. I did enjoy it more than Amalur. And the pawn system, recruiting other players characters, was a lot of fun.

Assassin's Creed has more polish, but Kingdoms of Amalur is more refershing. I'd go with KoA.

I heard it's a different character/story in ACIII so skipping revelations for story purposes wouldn't be that much of a loss. Also it's maybe the most criticized in the series. King_Dodongo

So is AC3 using a different main character than Desmond this time? I thought you were still tracing is ancestry to Connor. I was just worried that the story line wouldn't make sense if I skipped Revelations. I don't care about it's online, the online was not very good in Brotherhood.

I haven't played AC, but I did play Amalur. It was pretty good, but honestly, Dragon's Dogma was much better. The combat and fights were just epic. Watch some youtubes. Especially when climbing up big monsters like Shadow Colossus. The story wasn't much to write home about, but the gameplay more than made up for it. I did enjoy it more than Amalur. And the pawn system, recruiting other players characters, was a lot of fun.

ispeakfact

Hmm....Dragons Dogma, I heard of it but know next to nothing about it. Is it open world RPG like Amalur or is it chapter based? As long as the game play is good I don't really care, does it have replay value and good content? When it comes to RPGs that's usuall what I look for in them.

[QUOTE="King_Dodongo"]I heard it's a different character/story in ACIII so skipping revelations for story purposes wouldn't be that much of a loss. Also it's maybe the most criticized in the series. ShadowMoses900

So is AC3 using a different main character than Desmond this time? I thought you were still tracing is ancestry to Connor. I was just worried that the story line wouldn't make sense if I skipped Revelations. I don't care about it's online, the online was not very good in Brotherhood.

[QUOTE="King_Dodongo"]I heard it's a different character/story in ACIII so skipping revelations for story purposes wouldn't be that much of a loss. Also it's maybe the most criticized in the series. ShadowMoses900

So is AC3 using a different main character than Desmond this time? I thought you were still tracing is ancestry to Connor. I was just worried that the story line wouldn't make sense if I skipped Revelations. I don't care about it's online, the online was not very good in Brotherhood.

Kingdoms was fun and mindless. Probable should be able to pick it up for next to nothing right now too.

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

[QUOTE="King_Dodongo"]I heard it's a different character/story in ACIII so skipping revelations for story purposes wouldn't be that much of a loss. Also it's maybe the most criticized in the series. mems_1224

So is AC3 using a different main character than Desmond this time? I thought you were still tracing is ancestry to Connor. I was just worried that the story line wouldn't make sense if I skipped Revelations. I don't care about it's online, the online was not very good in Brotherhood.

Maybe....I still have to finish ME3 though, my backlog of games is rediculous. I also want to play through Batman Arkham City another time as well.

Kingdoms was fun and mindless. Probable should be able to pick it up for next to nothing right now too.

gensigns

However I hear the game is too easy and it takes forever to get from place to place because it's too large.

I do not care about the online for either of these 2 games.

ShadowMoses900

Reckoning has a fast travel option so once you've been to an area you can go their again instantly whenever you want and Reckoning also has no online features at all but it does have an online pass but that's only to give you a few more quests and some pimped out gear for low level.

I thought Revelations was alright but definetly prefer KOA: Reckoning, infact I think Reckoning is the best game released this year. However as someone already mentioned Dragon's Dogma is still worth checking out if your into open world rpg's, to me they're both great games but I found DD's world to be a bit drab and having to run back and forth and seeing the same monsters over and over got a tad repetitive. The combat in both KOA and DD is amazing and besides the massive available loot it's also what keeps me coming back to both.

Hi, I asked this in PGD but since it is a ghost town no one answered. So I thought I would come here and get SW input on it. I know I am asking the impossible, but try to be honest please. The "PS3 > 360" just added it in to make it SW relevant.

ShadowMoses900

Hi Shadow, i think you added 'AC Revelations vs Amalur', to make your PS3 > 360 thread relevant!

[QUOTE="ispeakfact"]

I haven't played AC, but I did play Amalur. It was pretty good, but honestly, Dragon's Dogma was much better. The combat and fights were just epic. Watch some youtubes. Especially when climbing up big monsters like Shadow Colossus. The story wasn't much to write home about, but the gameplay more than made up for it. I did enjoy it more than Amalur. And the pawn system, recruiting other players characters, was a lot of fun.

ShadowMoses900

Hmm....Dragons Dogma, I heard of it but know next to nothing about it. Is it open world RPG like Amalur or is it chapter based? As long as the game play is good I don't really care, does it have replay value and good content? When it comes to RPGs that's usuall what I look for in them.

:D

..but get the PS3 version.

:D

..but get the PS3 version.

OhSnapitz

Lol that was a good troll attempt. I do wish it was on PS3, one of the few 360 games I like. I am currently in the process of upgrading my PC for it. I could get it for my 360 but it isn't very reliable.

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

However I hear the game is too easy and it takes forever to get from place to place because it's too large.

I do not care about the online for either of these 2 games.

187umKILLAH

Reckoning has a fast travel option so once you've been to an area you can go their again instantly whenever you want and Reckoning also has no online features at all but it does have an online pass but that's only to give you a few more quests and some pimped out gear for low level.

I thought Revelations was alright but definetly prefer KOA: Reckoning, infact I think Reckoning is the best game released this year. However as someone already mentioned Dragon's Dogma is still worth checking out if your into open world rpg's, to me they're both great games but I found DD's world to be a bit drab and having to run back and forth and seeing the same monsters over and over got a tad repetitive. The combat in both KOA and DD is amazing and besides the massive available loot it's also what keeps me coming back to both.

The tower defense and first person segments of Revelations look dull and out of place.

[QUOTE="187umKILLAH"]

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

However I hear the game is too easy and it takes forever to get from place to place because it's too large.

I do not care about the online for either of these 2 games.

ShadowMoses900

Reckoning has a fast travel option so once you've been to an area you can go their again instantly whenever you want and Reckoning also has no online features at all but it does have an online pass but that's only to give you a few more quests and some pimped out gear for low level.

I thought Revelations was alright but definetly prefer KOA: Reckoning, infact I think Reckoning is the best game released this year. However as someone already mentioned Dragon's Dogma is still worth checking out if your into open world rpg's, to me they're both great games but I found DD's world to be a bit drab and having to run back and forth and seeing the same monsters over and over got a tad repetitive. The combat in both KOA and DD is amazing and besides the massive available loot it's also what keeps me coming back to both.

The tower defense and first person segments of Revelations look dull and out of place.

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

[QUOTE="ispeakfact"]

I haven't played AC, but I did play Amalur. It was pretty good, but honestly, Dragon's Dogma was much better. The combat and fights were just epic. Watch some youtubes. Especially when climbing up big monsters like Shadow Colossus. The story wasn't much to write home about, but the gameplay more than made up for it. I did enjoy it more than Amalur. And the pawn system, recruiting other players characters, was a lot of fun.

ispeakfact

Hmm....Dragons Dogma, I heard of it but know next to nothing about it. Is it open world RPG like Amalur or is it chapter based? As long as the game play is good I don't really care, does it have replay value and good content? When it comes to RPGs that's usuall what I look for in them.

[QUOTE="ispeakfact"][QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

Hmm....Dragons Dogma, I heard of it but know next to nothing about it. Is it open world RPG like Amalur or is it chapter based? As long as the game play is good I don't really care, does it have replay value and good content? When it comes to RPGs that's usuall what I look for in them.

mems_1224

Didn't you just get Darksiders and some other game that just came out like yesterday? You got a lot of games to play lol.

[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="ispeakfact"] Here just a quick peak. Lots of great vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn6Fkafhxbs It is open world. Not quite as open as Skyrim, but it does have the Skyrim feel. As far as combat goes, it blows away Skyrim combat. Amalur has good combat also, but DD is superior. Lots of skills, also hybrid classes, like combining a magic user and an archer. Plus climbing on big monsters like Shadow of the Colossus. It's tons of fun. And probably the best magic in any rpg game I've played, even though I played as a ranger, I did have two sorcerers in my party. ShadowMoses900

Didn't you just get Darksiders and some other game that just came out like yesterday? You got a lot of games to play lol.

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

[QUOTE="mems_1224"] dude, dragon's dogma makes such a horrible first impression. i just booted it up and it has the worst menu music i've ever heard :?mems_1224

Didn't you just get Darksiders and some other game that just came out like yesterday? You got a lot of games to play lol.

I wish I had more time to play games, but I have to pay for college with my summer job that has killed my social life. Once college starts back up I'll have way more time, and I don't like having too many games at once, I don't get to enjoy them as much. Plus I like to save my money.

Hi, I asked this in PGD but since it is a ghost town no one answered. So I thought I would come here and get SW input on it. I know I am asking the impossible, but try to be honest please. The "PS3 > 360" just added it in to make it SW relevant.

Now I liked the demo for Amalur, I hear it is a very large RPG with lot's of content. It's also made from one of the designers of Morrowind which makes it a much more attractive choice in my eyes. However I hear the game is too easy and it takes forever to get from place to place because it's too large.

AC Revelations I hear mixed opinions on, some say it's good some say it sucks. I hear it's pretty short as well. The thing is though I'm getting AC3 day 1, so I thought I might have to play Revelations first to understand the story. I have all the other AC games (sold AC1, repititive piece of crap), and I think they are solid games.

I do not care about the online for either of these 2 games. I will get it for PS3 becauase it's my preferred platform, unless the 360 version has extra content, then I might consider getting it for my Xbox instead.

Thanks for your help! If this thread does not belong here I apologise to the mods.

ShadowMoses900

[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

Didn't you just get Darksiders and some other game that just came out like yesterday? You got a lot of games to play lol.

ShadowMoses900

I wish I had more time to play games, but I have to pay for college with my summer job that has killed my social life. Once college starts back up I'll have way more time, and I don't like having too many games at once, I don't get to enjoy them as much. Plus I like to save my money.

[QUOTE="ispeakfact"][QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

Hmm....Dragons Dogma, I heard of it but know next to nothing about it. Is it open world RPG like Amalur or is it chapter based? As long as the game play is good I don't really care, does it have replay value and good content? When it comes to RPGs that's usuall what I look for in them.

mems_1224

KOA was a better game than AC revelations hands down. It will also last you much longer.

[QUOTE="parkurtommo"][QUOTE="Zero5000X"]PS3 >< 360Sun_Universe

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Amalur more content plus its a fresh take on RPG combat which is usually somewaht tedious.

I have to say, even though I havent played Amalur. Get Revelations. Desmond's story is advanced so significantly it's impossible to skip if you want to keep up to date with the storyline, as i assume you do. Get Revelations. It's the worst AC game yet, but it's still a decent game overall and you'll enjoy it.

Neither one. Both are very skippable. I love AC and I couldn't even finish Rev. So boring.

Go to Best Buy, buy the @Gamer magazine for $5 (if you don't already subscribe to it) and get a coupon inside for $30 off Amular, which makes the price $10.

For $60 Amular was a very good game with lots of content. For $10 it's a fricken steal. System doesn't matter, they play the same on both.

As a matter of fact get Amular for $10 ($15 total), and then walk over and grab Revelations for $20.

For $35 you get two really good games, and a pretty good gaming magazine.