Game Review - Kingdom of Amalur Reckoning

Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning is one of the best RPG games that has came out in the past 5 years. The combat is seamless and varied depending on if you are a Rogue, Mage, Or Warrior. All 3 classes are worlds apart in play style and how you approach combat.

                                                                        The Mage

The mage is a ranged specialist that isn't limited to just tossing around spells although there are some extremely powerful ones that lay waste to any fools that are in your way. The use of chakrams and staves conserves mana and allows the grouping of enemies so spells will hit all of them. My one gripe would be that staves use a percent of mana to hurl bolts of energy at enemies, this goes through mana quickly at the beginning and felt kinda useless to me.

                                                                       The Rogue

The rogue is a standard stealthy bastard that focuses on sneaking up on enemies and disemboweling them before they notice you there. The best part about the rogue is the bow talents and upgrades, I could use just a bow the whole game and be happy as hell because of how smooth it feels using it. The faeblades seem a little off but are good when surrounded. Overall the bow outshines everything else in this tree.

                                                                      The Fighter

The fighter is the up close and personal sword swinger thats really fun to play. It allows for blocking more than any other tree and can hit multiple targets with the quake spell to demolish those in your path. Although it is limited to short range with melee weapons it does have decent reach with the huge greatswords that you swing around killing indiscriminately.

The crafting in KoA is amazing and blacksmithing can get you top tier gear way before you find it out in the wilderness or on vendors. You can dismantle lower end steel gear and craft it into fine steel gear if you are lucky enough to get the right components, and with high enough blacksmithing you can even use gems as a component.

Overall KoA is one of the best games for combat and story, it offers countless hours of fun and dungeon diving. It embodies the soul of an RPG with smoothness that is rarely seen in the market today.

Overall Rating 5/5

Game Review - Borderlands

Borderlands is a first person shooter with a western fling and was released in Ocober 2009. It is completely enthralling and entertaining game that will cause you to waste countless hours of your life trying to max out all four character classes. Guns are the bread and butter of this game with a randomizer that allows guns to spawn with random attributes and elements attached to them. It was created by gearbox and published by 2k games and has been one of the most popular shooters since release partially because of its focus on fun and one of a kind graphic schemes.

There is the hunter Mordecai, a sniper and revolver specialist that relies on his trusty pet bloodwing to swoop in and attack from on high. Best known for the leather mask and bowie knife that he carries, Mordecai likes to attack from far away and have people dead before even reaching him.

Lilith the Siren is the only female playable character and has plenty of attitude to make up for it. She specializes in getting close and personal with her phasewalk ability allowing her to shift plains and cause damage upon leaving and entering plains. She is also an elemental specialist and can move quickly while in phasewalk allowing easy sneaking in or running away.

Brick is just as his name sounds. Something you beat the shit out of someone with, preferably right upside the head. His berserker mode allows him to attack with bare fists while using the right and left triggers, Xbox360. He also specializes in things that go boom oh yea this big boy is and explosives expert also.

Finally comes Roland, the gunslinging down and dirty soldier that every games has to have. Specializing in combat rifles and shotguns he can dish out pain near and far away. He also has an automated turret that can be deployed and used as a portable shield while it dishes out damages to those in front of it.


Overall Borderlands focuses on having a good time and shooting at anything that moves, which is why it works so well and has been so popular.


Score 5/5 A perfect score