Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

 Switch
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
Buy Now
Buy on
  1. 3DJuegos
    Mar 22, 2021
    Kingdoms of Amalur was once a great action RPG with a funny combat system, so it is great to play it on Nintendo Switch with Portable Mode. Despite of, there would have been great improvements in its graphics and gameplay mechanics. It is a correct port.

Awards & Rankings

82
#82 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2021

User Reviews

All reviews »
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 4 out of 27
  1. DizavidHZ
    Mar 29, 2021
    0
    How on Earth are people able to rate this game so highly? Not because it's bad, as it's actually quite good; I always felt KoA didn't get itsHow on Earth are people able to rate this game so highly? Not because it's bad, as it's actually quite good; I always felt KoA didn't get its fair shake. No, I'm curious how people are rating the Nintendo Switch version as anything but a zero, let alone 8, 9, and 10s, as the game is hopelessly bugged and broken.

    First off, a faction quest began dropping more crashes than it was loot. Specifically, certain dialogue breaks the game, as once you find a dialogue option that causes a crash, it always will, at the exact same time, on the exact same syllable spoken at the time. Then the final boss for that faction decided she stood no chance against me, and crashed the game anytime I try initiating the final dialogue she gives before her fight. You can't even skip through it; the crash comes almost immediately. This was highly aggravating, but it was a faction ie side quest. Plenty of more unbugged game to play.

    Then I decided to give a codex to an elven king. This is FAIRLY early in the main story. An entire cutscenes triggers, and crashes in the first spoken sentence. Again, it will crash at the EXACT same moment. In case you missed the key words MAIN STORY, let me reiterate that. This is the main story. The cutscene has a long, silent beginning so you CAN skip this one, at least. However I consider that even less of a fix than skipping the previous incident: at least that was something option. This is, ONE MORE TIME, main quest, ie they absolutely did not do any form of QA on this as it's kind of impossible to miss and it happens early in the main story. Or, much more likely, QA testers discovered it but were ignored bc quality is fine and dandy but ship dates pay bills.

    In all seriousness I have to assume other, more positive reviewers are just fans of the game as a whole and were optimistically showing it some love, as I cannot convince myself this is a rare, isolated case. I've found two other dialogue sections the crash happens on. That's just too many and too virulent to be rare. I do love this game and I hope the rereleases help give it the boost I always thought it deserved.

    However, as of the current date (3/29/2021), do NOT buy the Switch port. Not only is it basically unplayable outside of watching skipped scenes on Youtube as if you're playing off a scratched PS1 disc, but it's VERY obvious quality was either low on the list of goals or missing entirely. Buy another version, or better: Wait if you can. Make them actually bother to fix their mess before you pay them for the clean floors.    … Full Review »
  2. Shantum
    Mar 22, 2021
    2
    I would love to give thus game a high score because I was absolutely loving it for about 16 hours... until a Faction quest repeatedly causedI would love to give thus game a high score because I was absolutely loving it for about 16 hours... until a Faction quest repeatedly caused the game to crash... and then the story questioned broke in the same way, making it impossible to combine. I tried going back to earlier saves before those quests but got the same. Results. Patch the game!… Full Review »
  3. aleqhz
    Mar 20, 2021
    8
    Excellent game. Plays very similarly to the PC version, runs at 30FPS, very few FPS drops which are -for me at least- not very noticeable orExcellent game. Plays very similarly to the PC version, runs at 30FPS, very few FPS drops which are -for me at least- not very noticeable or bothering for a switch-port.
    About the game itself, great fantasy setting, awesome soundtrack and the battle system is fun.    … Full Review »
See all user reviews »