getting it day 1, the demo was pretty amazing and like others said that was my first reaction was how the combat was like fables except alot better and not all sluggy like fable's lol
The demo was good, but I kept thinking 'Fable' the whole way through.
Elderscrolls101
this game is better then fable and fable wasn't a bad game
Yeah, I liked Fable 2 well enough. Fable 3 was a bit of a downer, though. Kinda spoiled the Fable experience for me, but like I said, I'm still undecided. I'll probably just wait for reviews.
The demo was good, but I kept thinking 'Fable' the whole way through.
Narwhalist
this game is better then fable and fable wasn't a bad game
Yeah, I liked Fable 2 well enough. Fable 3 was a bit of a downer, though. Kinda spoiled the Fable experience for me, but like I said, I'm still undecided. I'll probably just wait for reviews.
play the demo....and that new fable game, fable the journey looks interesting...it uses kinect
It's on my 'To Buy' list, I'll be setting my pre-order on the 7th of next month. If the full game is as good as the demo then it should be well worth the money and last a good while.
Getting this on day 1. The demo was awesome. I did not like fable, but this game feels a lot better. Almost diablo-esque, but from a 3rd peson perspective instead of isometric. I may be way off, but it really seemed awesome.
I like all the references to Fable because I didn't get that feeling at all. Every time the conversation wheel came up, I was thinking "I wish I was playing as Commander Shepard instead." Lol. As for the gameplay, I also thought it was generic at best. It'll be something I pick up way down the road for cheap.
[QUOTE="Essian"]right now I'm debating getting this or FFXIII-2Elderscrolls101
you will probally get stuck trying to kill bosses in ffxiii 2 so koa will but alot more fun I actually just played the Demo of KoA aaaaannnnddddd... passing on them both and finally picking up Skyrim. Yeah... Demo did NOT impress me
[QUOTE="Elderscrolls101"][QUOTE="Essian"]right now I'm debating getting this or FFXIII-2Essian
you will probally get stuck trying to kill bosses in ffxiii 2 so koa will but alot more fun I actually just played the Demo of KoA aaaaannnnddddd... passing on them both and finally picking up Skyrim. Yeah... Demo did NOT impress me you don't have skyrim yet? dude!!!
I wanted to give KoA a chance so I played the demo pretty thoroughly.
Pros:
Good art style
Excellent optimization, runs butter smooth
Solid combat
Satisfying finishers (fate shift)
Plenty to loot
Good voice acting
Awesome boss fights/mini boss fights
Cons:
Although the art style might be strong, the graphics engine itself is outdated. (had settings on maxed, 1920x1200, it isn't a demanding game at all runs smooth as butter).
Texture pop-in. Texture pop-in. Texture pop-in. Textures pop in just a few feet from the character. I expect texture pop-in for grass and terrain from a distance but not THAT close. And it's very consistent at that. Especially the terrain.
Combat can be unresponsive when trying to use dodge or roll. There is a .5-1 second lag and half the time dodging doesn't even work
Character customization is horrible. They should have opted for an already-made Hero. It would have given the game a lot more personality.
Menu lag. I hate to use Fable 2 as a comparison, but KoA suffers the same menu lag, and unresponsiveness. For example, when you click on "inventory" near the top of the button line, it won't take you to inventory. You have to click near the bottom of it for it to flip the page.
User interface is clunky. Simple things like managing inventory - weapons and armor should have done without the clunky menu pages. Instead, they should have used a character page like in MMO's. Press "C" to pull up character inventory to easily equip items and loot.
Camera view is controlled by the game and not you (the adventurer. There is no point in a beautiful and robust world when you cannot even look at it in all it's glory. Not to mention, the fixed camera angle is annoying or FOV as you will. Maybe there will be a config fix for PC gamers? I doubt it though. This to me is the deal-breaker. I won't be buying it because of that. A third-person adventure game like this should let you pan out the camera and give you full control.
The Shield. I don't like the idea of using my shield as an afterthought. Shift to block. Why isn't my character equipped with the shield like In Zelda OoT, and then it blocks when you use block button?
Holding down X for fate shift, while you are combating enemies? This might work well with a control pad but a horrible idea in control scheme for Keyboard and Mouse. It should be a one button push. Plain and simple. Yes, I really want to hold down X, while I dodge and roll, and hack away at enemies. At this rate, my hands would be crippled.
The character sheathes its weapon by itself (automatically). I hate it. I want to be able to sheathe my own weapon at all times. Even when you're in combat, it sheathes the weapon! For example, you're fighting one mob on the other side of the area, and kill it. You run over to the other side to fight the other mob and while you ran over, he sheathed his weapon. If I want my weapons out, I should be able to do so.
Most NPC's look generic. Most dwarfs look the same. Most humans look the same, like they came out of a bad hercules cartoon.
This game isn't even better than Fable 1 The Lost Chapters. Not even close.
Note: Before you come at me all wrong, I think KoA is an okay game. Nowhere near brilliant or even great. It might be very good in the full game. My opinions are based solely on the DEMO, and demo alone. So do not take it further than that. I think the pros and cons I pointed out are fair and are some of the game's problems. The Fable 1 comparison might be a bit of a cheap shot, but I wanted to point out how a new modern day game in 2012 is barely better if not equal to a game that came out many years ago.
I wanted to give KoA a chance so I played the demo pretty thoroughly.
Pros:
Good art style
Excellent optimization, runs butter smooth
Solid combat
Satisfying finishers (fate shift)
Plenty to loot
Good voice acting
Awesome boss fights/mini boss fights
Cons:
Although the art style might be strong, the graphics engine itself is outdated. (had settings on maxed, 1920x1200, it isn't a demanding game at all runs smooth as butter).
Texture pop-in. Texture pop-in. Texture pop-in. Textures pop in just a few feet from the character. I expect texture pop-in for grass and terrain from a distance but not THAT close. And it's very consistent at that. Especially the terrain.
Combat can be unresponsive when trying to use dodge or roll. There is a .5-1 second lag and half the time dodging doesn't even work
Character customization is horrible. They should have opted for an already-made Hero. It would have given the game a lot more personality.
Menu lag. I hate to use Fable 2 as a comparison, but KoA suffers the same menu lag, and unresponsiveness. For example, when you click on "inventory" near the top of the button line, it won't take you to inventory. You have to click near the bottom of it for it to flip the page.
User interface is clunky. Simple things like managing inventory - weapons and armor should have done without the clunky menu pages. Instead, they should have used a character page like in MMO's. Press "C" to pull up character inventory to easily equip items and loot.
Camera view is controlled by the game and not you (the adventurer. There is no point in a beautiful and robust world when you cannot even look at it in all it's glory. Not to mention, the fixed camera angle is annoying or FOV as you will. Maybe there will be a config fix for PC gamers? I doubt it though. This to me is the deal-breaker. I won't be buying it because of that. A third-person adventure game like this should let you pan out the camera and give you full control.
The Shield. I don't like the idea of using my shield as an afterthought. Shift to block. Why isn't my character equipped with the shield like In Zelda OoT, and then it blocks when you use block button?
Holding down X for fate shift, while you are combating enemies? This might work well with a control pad but a horrible idea in control scheme for Keyboard and Mouse. It should be a one button push. Plain and simple. Yes, I really want to hold down X, while I dodge and roll, and hack away at enemies. At this rate, my hands would be crippled.
The character sheathes its weapon by itself (automatically). I hate it. I want to be able to sheathe my own weapon at all times. Even when you're in combat, it sheathes the weapon! For example, you're fighting one mob on the other side of the area, and kill it. You run over to the other side to fight the other mob and while you ran over, he sheathed his weapon. If I want my weapons out, I should be able to do so.
Most NPC's look generic. Most dwarfs look the same. Most humans look the same, like they came out of a bad hercules cartoon.
This game isn't even better than Fable 1 The Lost Chapters. Not even close.
Note: Before you come at me all wrong, I think KoA is an okay game. Nowhere near brilliant or even great. It might be very good in the full game. My opinions are based solely on the DEMO, and demo alone. So do not take it further than that. I think the pros and cons I pointed out are fair and are some of the game's problems. The Fable 1 comparison might be a bit of a cheap shot, but I wanted to point out how a new modern day game in 2012 is barely better if not equal to a game that came out many years ago.
Elann2008
Thats a pretty long post. Funny thing is, this is exactly how I felt about the demo. Exactly (aside from Fable comment, never played it). When did you learn to mind read? Quite scary how you basically typed what I was going to.
I wanted to give KoA a chance so I played the demo pretty thoroughly.
Pros:
Good art style Excellent optimization, runs butter smoothSolid combat Satisfying finishers (fate shift) Plenty to loot Good voice acting Awesome boss fights/mini boss fights
Cons:
Although the art style might be strong, the graphics engine itself is outdated. (had settings on maxed, 1920x1200, it isn't a demanding game at all runs smooth as butter).Texture pop-in. Texture pop-in. Texture pop-in. Textures pop in just a few feet from the character. I expect texture pop-in for grass and terrain from a distance but not THAT close. And it's very consistent at that. Especially the terrain. Combat can be unresponsive when trying to use dodge or roll. There is a .5-1 second lag and half the time dodging doesn't even work Character customization is horrible. They should have opted for an already-made Hero. It would have given the game a lot more personality. Menu lag. I hate to use Fable 2 as a comparison, but KoA suffers the same menu lag, and unresponsiveness. For example, when you click on "inventory" near the top of the button line, it won't take you to inventory. You have to click near the bottom of it for it to flip the page. User interface is clunky. Simple things like managing inventory - weapons and armor should have done without the clunky menu pages. Instead, they should have used a character page like in MMO's. Press "C" to pull up character inventory to easily equip items and loot. Camera view is controlled by the game and not you (the adventurer. There is no point in a beautiful and robust world when you cannot even look at it in all it's glory. Not to mention, the fixed camera angle is annoying or FOV as you will. Maybe there will be a config fix for PC gamers? I doubt it though. This to me is the deal-breaker. I won't be buying it because of that. A third-person adventure game like this should let you pan out the camera and give you full control. The Shield. I don't like the idea of using my shield as an afterthought. Shift to block. Why isn't my character equipped with the shield like In Zelda OoT, and then it blocks when you use block button? Holding down X for fate shift, while you are combating enemies? This might work well with a control pad but a horrible idea in control scheme for Keyboard and Mouse. It should be a one button push. Plain and simple. Yes, I really want to hold down X, while I dodge and roll, and hack away at enemies. At this rate, my hands would be crippled. The character sheathes its weapon by itself (automatically). I hate it. I want to be able to sheathe my own weapon at all times. Even when you're in combat, it sheathes the weapon! For example, you're fighting one mob on the other side of the area, and kill it. You run over to the other side to fight the other mob and while you ran over, he sheathed his weapon. If I want my weapons out, I should be able to do so. Most NPC's look generic. Most dwarfs look the same. Most humans look the same, like they came out of a bad hercules cartoon.
This game isn't even better than Fable 1 The Lost Chapters. Not even close.
Note: Before you come at me all wrong, I think KoA is an okay game. Nowhere near brilliant or even great. It might be very good in the full game. My opinions are based solely on the DEMO, and demo alone. So do not take it further than that. I think the pros and cons I pointed out are fair and are some of the game's problems. The Fable 1 comparison might be a bit of a cheap shot, but I wanted to point out how a new modern day game in 2012 is barely better if not equal to a game that came out many years ago.
Elann2008
its just a demo not the finished product...and I think the game is way better then fable...
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