Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

Kingdoms of Amalur: Recoking is an Action RPG.

Story - The story is about a "hero" that dies and comes back to life through a thing called the "Well of Souls". Once you come out of the "Well of Souls" you learn that you have no fate, so you're able to decide your own fate.
Pretty much, there is a war called the "Crystal War" that's between Mortals (Us) vs Immortal (The Fae). The Fae used to be peaceful race untill they're king made them evil.

Combat - The combat is great in this game, the combat is more like Action-based like God of War or Devil May Cry. It's fast paced action, with alot of chain-combos. While, most fights are easy, I did have some trouble while trying to find the right weapon for me. Also, there's a move called "Fateshift" and it's pretty much were all the enemies are slowed down and you're weapons and skill get a buff, making you do more damage.

Graphics - The graphics are good, except the people could of had a tune-up, as the backround visuals are stunning compared to the people, the artstyle is more comic book, not real-style as in a game like Skyrim. The shadowing and lighting are also very good in this game, as well as the water effects.

Quests/Items - Their are many Side/Guild quests in this game, around 200+ to be exact. While, the guild quests do take a while, I found them quiet intresting as they each have a diffrent motive. For Example, The Travels revolved around sneaking and stealing, which is good, because my guy is a Rogue-Based character. Their are various items in the game, each color-coded depending on their rarity. The only problem about the items is that, your don't find very good items while in dungeons, the items im using right now, I bought. Also, alot of the items are similar, they may have diffrent stats, but most of the items im running into are clones and look the same.

Overall - This is a great game, I would reccomend it too anyone who likes fast-paced RPG's.

Verdict - I would give this a 8.5/9 out of

I am twelve hours into this game and i really dont want to stop.

THE STORY- I haven't beat it yet but what i have played it is intresting, this game if different in a way from other RPG's though. It's like your being read a very intresting story instead of a decent story which you can slightly change. The side quests DO GET REPETITIVE, but what RPG doesn't, i played them anyway becuase the rest of the game was great.

COMBAT- This is the selling point of this game. The closest thing i can compare it to is the god of war series. Its fluid, smooth and enjoyable.

CUSTOMIZATION- I've started this game 3 times and all the loot in the beggining is different. I'm pretty sure it has a random stat generator so that your loot is always different, and i love that.

GRAPHICS- This may be the worst part of the game. The graphics aren't superb and are similar to the Fable series. I personally liked them, I didnt love them but they where okay with me, just look at a screenshot and see if YOU like them.

THE WORLD- Ah Amalur, what a beatiful place. Skyrim is pretty much forest, or a snow forest, if your like me and wanted diversity then you will like this game.

Review- Great game, must buy!

PROS:
-Combat
-Amalur itself
- LOOT
- Interesting, new story

Cons:
-Outdated graphics
-Repeating side quests

Hope this helper, and remember this is just my view!