It's alright for what it is. The first few hours are fun, but then you realise everything just feels the same. I found myself just pushing through the bore, just so I could get through the story. After realising that, I just stopped playing in general. You might have more fun than I did but it just wasn't for me.

One of my favorite games of all time. That's not to say that it's a perfect game, far from it, but it connects with me in a way that few other games do. The aesthetic of High Fantasy in a magical world is prevalent in everything here, from the environments to the enemy designs to the story. The original team breathed life into Amalur, and THQ Nordic did a solid job taking up the torch.

Many of the game's issues stem from the sheer ambition of the developers. Forty plus zones to explore during the main quest, each with their own side quests and characters, along with faction specific quests? There is a massive amount of stuff here, and it will absolutely get repetitive for completionists. Even with a solid enemy variety and interesting lore/writing backing many the quests, that's a whole lot of content to dig through. Bugs exist plentifully and can be annoying, though many of the worst ones were polished out in the redone version. During my latest playthrough, I had no significant issues.

Despite the occasional grind while trying to get every quest done, I enjoyed myself. The combat has enough style to stay interesting, especially since you can change your build and playstyle easily to experiment with new things. Many of the characters are stock fantasy, but there's just enough twists on the typical formula that I actually enjoyed playing through more than one time. There's no karma system, and few major choices to justify immediate playthroughs, but I can't help but dive into the game a third time now. There's so much soul in this world, and the lore goes far deeper than it can ever realize in this game alone (It was planned for a series with an MMO to be made eventually, so they needed lots of lore).

Despite any issues I have with the game, I just get sucked into it every time I touch it. Dalentarth's skyscraper sized trees, the Summer Fae and their cyclical, alien method of thinking, the siege of an immense fortress city, it's just pure fantasy goodness. It's imagination brought to life, and I just adore the game. I want to go and fight the undead pirate Dead Kel, fake a spoiled nobleman's death to get him shipped off to the front lines, and have philosophical debates with rock giants (That involves beating each other half to death) in a floating city all over again. Even though the newest DLC content doesn't quite reach the heights of the rest of the game, there was still plenty to enjoy in it, and I'm glad to have more Amalur.

Highly recommend this game, flaws and all. Watch out for Niskaru.

This game deserves a sequel.