The game stops responding right after I equip the bow during the tutorial. The image and all effects stop running and my avatar and the gnome disappear. I can rotate the camera around but the image is static. The sound also seems to loop at this point. And since quick-save doesn't work then quick load doesn't either.

I've tried 3 times and the game stops responding at the samt ime. each time.

Originally posted by stealthbr

Well, I just played Kingdoms of Amalur and I was honestly not very enticed by it. Certainly, the game is well made, is artistically pleasing to the eye, and has a rather involving combat system, but it simply did not excite me. Character building definitely looks fun, with the ability to mix and match abilties to create a very personalized hero, but several aspects of the game seemed very reminiscent to Fable. With that said, I can most certainly assert that I will not be purchasing this game.

I feel the same way.  The story also seems like it could be interesting, but like you said as well as several others its just too meh.  And then there is the matter of the suppossed open world ~ what total BS...its nothing but linear pathways between semi-open playfields.  Not being able to jump and being forced to runaround everything because you can't step or drop off even a 1ft step is annoying.

I mean in all honesty I would still like to play it someday, but even at the $47.99 pre-order from Newegg, I feel thats still too much.  I'll probably wait a year and get it for $20 or less from a Steam holiday sale or whatever...hehe

And yeah I did recently get back into Skyrim after having been waiting to play the last 2 months for mods to make certain things better ~ for example the UI and other minor features.  Skyrim is heavily influencing this decision for sure, cause man did Bethesda do it right again...the best RPG in the recent years I say and the creation kit is still not released so the modders can really make it shine ever more!  Can't wait, but I can for Amalur...

Pretty fun game, originally wanted to play the demo for the free Mass Effect 3 stuff, but ended up enjoying the game. Reminded me a lot of Fable, which was a game i really enjoyed, will eventually pick this game up later on.

the demo is fun, i really liked it. But i didnt find the Open world too open, it felt more like the good old linear God of War with some extra space to walk around. Also not being able to jump at all (just a sad attempt to jump off from some specific spots) made me sad. I decided to wait until some holyday deal that the price tag is reduced. Ill definitely get it, but not for 60$

Originally posted by Khrymson

 

Well, I would like to play it, but fuck Origin and fuck EA...they're not getting their grimey little fingers inside my PC! 

 

Oh crap, does Amalur require Origin to play like Mass Effect 3 will?  As in the one time activation BS?  If it does then fuck you again EA...

Cry more.

i only get a black screen, and a flickering menu when i hit esc.  I guess i'll screw with it tomorrow or something... to tired now.

meh, is there any good mmorpg out that isnt asian? gettin real tired of these things.

Originally posted by Fuggly

meh, is there any good mmorpg out that isnt asian? gettin real tired of these things.

this is far from Asian

So I played it.

First off since people seem to be comfused. This is not an MMORPG, and we aren't even sure they are using this engine for the Amalur MMORPG.

I didn't see it on Stream so I downloaded Origin, yuck.

The demo is time limited not area limited so that sucks.

The graphics look great, the gameplay is really fun, pretty standard RPG fare otherwise but it's hard to know because after the timer started I felt kind of rushed and didn't explore like I normally would have.

Somethings that stuck out that I didn't like besides Origin and the time limited demo. You can't control the zoom for the camera which in third person games really irritates the heck out of me.

Also there is no jumping. The space bar makes you "dodge" which is basically a rolling avoidance maneuver. I kind of get why they did it, but they are sure to catch flak for it, especially if this is the engine they are going to make the MMOG with...

There aren't nearly enough graphics options for the PC version.

Tthe menus were clearly designed to accommodate console controllers, which makes them awkward to navigate with mouse and keyboard. This somewhat translates into the mouse control for combat, but it reminds me a bit of DCUO in that regard.

It runs well on fairly low end PCs apparently because after I tried it on my regular gaming PC I tried it on my old PC and it played fine. It is a Core2 2.4, Windows XP3, 4GB RAM, and an overclocked 8800GTS at 1920x1080. 

Originally posted by tollbooth

i only get a black screen, and a flickering menu when i hit esc.  I guess i'll screw with it tomorrow or something... to tired now.

Disable Post Processing in the graphics options. This should do the tricks

Aged graphics , no zoom , console style controls , constrained world

VS

Great story , kick ass combat , random loot , complex character development

Not as good as it could be. But surely a game well worth playing.

With this , Skyrim , FNV - i barely will have time for MMORPGs

I guess single player games win this year...

Well until GW2 that is...

Originally posted by stealthbr

Well, I just played Kingdoms of Amalur and I was honestly not very enticed by it. Certainly, the game is well made, is artistically pleasing to the eye, and has a rather involving combat system, but it simply did not excite me. Character building definitely looks fun, with the ability to mix and match abilties to create a very personalized hero, but several aspects of the game seemed very reminiscent to Fable. With that said, I can most certainly assert that I will not be purchasing this game.

 

Agree 100%.  I never cared for Fable and I found myself bored to tears in this demo.  Really hope the MMO is a different beast from the single player game.

Originally posted by rojo6934

the demo is fun, i really liked it. But i didnt find the Open world too open, it felt more like the good old linear God of War with some extra space to walk around. Also not being able to jump at all (just a sad attempt to jump off from some specific spots) made me sad. I decided to wait until some holyday deal that the price tag is reduced. Ill definitely get it, but not for 60$

Exactly my feelings. It's a decent effort, and one I will certainly play in the future, but not right now.

To be fair to this though, I don't buy any game at launch these day except MMOs... and the last MMO I bought was Aion so thats hardly been a regular thing. I haven't even played Skyrim yet lol.

Far better to wait a year or whatever for the GOTY edition + a Steam sale. In these days of over the top DLC I wait... I hate buying games piece by piece and I feel no need to be part of the latest hype zerg. There are lots of games to keep me in fun while new titles 'mature' :)

Originally posted by Darkholme

The demo is time limited not area limited so that sucks.

Its area limited too.  Once you get through the conversation with the fatereaderwhateverguy, and you get the "you now have 45min of freedom to explore" popup, you can then only go about 2 playfields east, where you become blocked by a shiney forcefield-thingie that says you need the full version to proceed.

Originally posted by Fuggly

meh, is there any good mmorpg out that isnt asian? gettin real tired of these things.

wrong thread, pal

Nowhere near on quality level of Skyrim (what RPG is?), but pretty decend game overal. Nice world design and combat. Main thing that annoys me is invisible walls

Originally posted by Dony07

@Zippy It is more or should i say a lot more.

This game is awesome best graphics ever and the best combat system.

Very fun to play and i think by far Kingdoms of Amalur > SWTOR on all aspects.

BTW this is a definite pre-order for me.

 

Best graphics ever? Don't think so, I got WoW GFX vibes from the get go.

Remember they will be releasing MOD TOOLS for the PC version. So there is also that to look forward too.

well alot of good things in this demo, even though the game froze on a convo right after escaping the tower...reading this thread over all should hope they get most of these issues fixed before release

freeish char creation, is great, break crates and barrels to find stuff seems to never get old to me, did quite enjoy the tutorial part which pretty much is what I got to try in this run through, nice action though hate the camera control, especially in afew cases when trying to use the bow

hopefully it open up alot more though, the little I saw of the area out of the tower it looked like it would continue with the tunnel experience, also very easy inside the tower, didnt use a single potion...but well is just the tutorial part of the game, so hardly anything to judge by, also didnt care much for the art style

not a certain buy but probably will anyway if Im not busy with any other game....also would like to support this way of bring in money to invest in a MMO, the funding for MMOs should be solid, so if you can make a solid single player game experience is both great to get you into the universe of your MMO, and to ensure you dont have to rush out an unfinished product....or maybe tell you to drop the project if sales goes bad I guess ;P

looks to be a very nice little action RPG over all, their MMO need to be very diffrent from this to ensure a sale to me though, and ofc had a little giggle over the conversation wheel ;)

Ok, to be fair I thought I would update my opinion of this demo.  I HATE it on the PC, due to the camera and controls but LOVE it on the PS3.  This game is made for consoles, hands down.  I'll be playing it on the PS3 come launch.