"== The single-player MMO World == Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning charms come from a single aspect of it's development: it was initially supposed to become a MMORPG. What's nice about KoA is that you can customize your character skills by choosing among a huge selection of different skills that are...

Limitless customization; Huge maps to explore; interesting characters; fluid combat

Easy quests; average - low graphics; non - Multiplayer

Let me begin this review with a disclaimer: I have put in over 60 hours into Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and I'm nowhere close to finishing the game . You can take away two things from that revelation- one, I'm a very OCD-type gamer when it comes to open-world RPGs (as in I want to discover...

Check back at 1:00pm PT for a gameplay livestream of Kingdoms of Amalur with the reviewers for GamesRadar and PlayStation the Official Magazine. When kings will be born, how they'll die, who they'll right and who they'll wrong, whether or not the chef's pastries will be burnt or come out...

Fluid combat; Skill and leveling systems; Interesting; unique world

Graphics look dated; Grindy MMO quests; Exploration isn't great

Great: Impressive efforts with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.

If anything, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a coming together of some very talented people. The lead creative designer of the game, Ken Rolston, has previously worked on the Elder Scrolls series, famed fantasy author R.A.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an epic, open-world role-playing game set in Amalur, a mysterious and magical new fantasy world created by New York Times best-selling author R. A. Salvatore, bringing a new level of intense action combat to the RPG genre.

The world of Amalur is changing.

+ Accessible and responsive combat; + Deep underlying system; + Sizeable adventure.

- Some technical issues on console; - Not the most engaging of stories.

"But is it as good as Skyrim?" Bethesda's monstrous RPG has a lot to answer for. It irrevocably raised our expectations for what RPGs can achieve, and Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning has suffered under the weight of countless comparisons over the last few weeks and months.

Compelling and versatile character creation, Phenomenal combat, Big; Huge.

Gutless; insipid fantasy setting; weak scripting, forgettable support characters; Useless stealth mechanics; Awkward menus/GUI

I seem to have this love/hate relationship with RPG adventure games. On one hand, they appeal to the anal retentiveness and control freak part of my personality.  I spend hours fine tuning items; tweaking the stats of my character; selling and resupplying items; and then comparing and contrasting...

I purchased this as I am a fan of RPGs. I really like this game, the graphics are beautiful, voice acting is good and storyline engaging. The battle system is a little disappointing as it quickly descends to button mashing but with RPGs the story is paramount and this is an engaging one in a...