I love the way this game looks and even now, it holds up pretty well. The game world was actually created by a renowned fantasy author which is cool. While the story did not win me over, the world of Amalur and the characters who in habitat it certainly did. Many of the side-quests are fetch quests or helping out an NPC and these actually flesh out the world a bit and I found them to be rewarding not just for getting loot and XP, but for making me get more invested in the world of Amalur. You have many different main quests that you have to do, but there is a ton of side content such as quests, fights, and things to find in the game. It is just so much fun to play, that you will find yourself never running away from a fight. You have a decent variety of attacks and there is a pretty full-on skill tree too which comes into play as you learn new and special abilities. It just feels so good the way you can hack and slash away with your melee attacks. This game has some of the most satisfying combat of any RPG that I have played. Where Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning makes up for the less than engaging story is with the combat. What is here is ok, but it is far from great. The story gets a bit long-winded and your character's motivations are never really that great at driving things forward. This land is driven by destiny and fate, but you are the fateless, a character who has no fate or destiny and this makes you very special. The world of Amalur is fantastic and almost like a character in its own right. I know in an RPG story is important, but I felt that the plot here kind of just scrapes by. Strangely, the plot is probably the weakest aspect of this game.

You have a choice of four different races and eventually, you will get to pick from one of three available classes too. You Are The FatelessĪs you would expect in an RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has you creating your character. During this time, we gamers were a bit spoiled when it came to RPGs that were made by Western developers and I feel that this one is truly great and well worthy of your time, especially if you love fantasy.

The version I am talking about today is the original 2012 release which I feel holds up very well to this day. If you are looking for a really solid RPG, you cannot go wrong with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

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