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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Twitter hashtag #KingdomsOfAmalur)

The good:
+ looks great
+ sounds good
+ great combat system, explosions, slowdowns, knockbacks
+ much fun with loot and blacksmithing
+ good map and minimap system
+ fast travel
+ save anytime

The annoying:
- lockpicking skill is a joke, skill level 2 is enough. Just guess out of four pick directions. Also, merchant skill is a joke.
- hard difficulty is easy with spells and chakrams, even without potions. It's just "who starts their attack first".
- loads of walking, borderline boring to me. Much "walk back out of the dungeon".
- too many NPCs with poor dialogue
- too many side quests, makes you become too high level for current area usually.
- some items are just too powerful, like "+19% damage" and "+1 to all sorcery abilities"
- combat system's "oh you missed your block or dodge, take 80% damage from enemy's combo chain" is not to everyone's liking. Self's combo chains are fun.
- the first 50 times a group of enemies ambushes you (burrowing etc.) is fun, but gets tiresome.
- enemy AI and their slowness to notice your approach. "I went behind a pillar to heal, and the minibossbattle ended because they lost sight of me."
- enemies become real predictable 20 hours in
- enemies respawn pretty quickly, as in "go back to dungeon right after having done it, first beasts have respawned"
- one potion takes as much space as one chest armor.
- had one crash and one "totally stuck in terrain" on the Xbox, and like 15 incidents of "camera goes under the world"
- too much placenames and people names. Other games did it better. "Oh, so Besin is a match for Calebus and some say he sits on the Calebas, you don't say?". Just shit writing.
- self's dialogue is limited to... "Yourname/thisvillage/The War/thisquest/yourfather/yoursister". Had such primitiveness back in Ultima IV, 1985!
- exploration is mostly for "more loot, more xp, more quicktravel destinations".
- no jumping down even if it's only 60cm (2 feet). But, can jump down 15 meters if it's a "jump spot"! (totally copied From Fable 2, as are dive spots)
- rated 18 and no sexuality, no relationships, no homosexuality. Sterile world.
- fighters guild and thieves camp storylines are boring (haven't found mages' Scholia Arcana yet)

Overall: loses to Skyrim, Dragon Age 1, Fable 2 and Mass Effects (mostly in dialogue and repetitiveness). Barely beats DA2 and Fable 3. 4.4 elven stars out of 5. Based on 26 hours of playing.

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Tomi Tapio K.
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Yeah I'm thomaskorat in Xbox Live.

"The Korat is one of the oldest stable cat breeds. Originating in Thailand, it is named after the Nakhon Ratchasima [Kho + rat] province." --wikipedia

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:iconcrocuta:
Thank you for the watch and the fave :D
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~TomiTapio Feb 26, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Already following you on Twitter, so I thought why not.

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:iconcrocuta:
Cool, I still appreciate it! :)
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=InayatShah Feb 21, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Thanks for the fav on [link] Dont Look Back
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*nanako87 Feb 20, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
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:iconmummeli:
Tavattoman hauskoja kuvia varsinkin oravista! Taidat olla "best friends" monien kurrejen kanssa, kun olet saanut noin mainioita tilannekuvia niistä vaikka ovat niin mahdottoman vikkeliä ;) Niistä kuvista saisi vaikka kirjan! Samoin tykkäsin kissakuvista, varsinkin siitä mököttävästa kisusta =D Onko se sinun oma kissa?
tuli hyvä mieli sun kuvista ja poiminkin "aika monta" kuvastooni, kiitos!
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~TomiTapio Jan 7, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Tiedän missä paikoissa nuo kesyt(hakevat kädestä) ja puolikesyt (odottavat parin metrin päässä) oravat ovat Helsingissä. Hauskoja veijareita. Se auttaa että järkkäri ottaa viisi kuvaa sekunnissa.
Ei oo omaa kattia, mutta Vallilassa, Toukolassa ja siirtolapuutarhoissa niitä (ja siilejä) tapaa.

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:iconmummeli:
hauskoja kuvia, tosiaan =D
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Thx for the :+fav:

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