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Again

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Alright I wrote a review on it the first day I got it. Now that ive played it over a week its time to review it again.

Now the offline play to me feels lonesome and not fun without players. Then when you get online you find a farely small group of people on at anytime. This makes finding people really hard. Now the thing that sucks is its better to start a new story with people online so as you progress with them you can save your game for offline play ( and play any of the characters that were saved when you saved it ) or if you host it later. Now the big difficulty in this is you need a good friend to stay in the game with you. You find TONS of people who are sucha baby and leave just because they die a few times. So when people keep leaving your basecly playing alone throughout the game while people come and go. So guess what that means? it means if you don't have another character that played on it and saved on it for others to join and use to play with you then they have to start as lvl 1, making them die easier, not doing enough damage, and when more are playing the enemies get harder to kill. So basecly forget about playing with anyone in any mission lvls past the first 2 because it just makes it harder for you when there starting new.

Considering there is only 3 classes it gets boring VERY quick. As i said before the only diverse class ive found is the mage class and still agree with it. the other 2 is hack and slash and really lame. So give it about a week and your done with this game online and offline. I still recommend it as it is really entertaining at first and definetly recommend it if you have a good friend to play with so you know they wont be leaving and you can actually finish the game online.

Anyway its alright, im looking forward to the next one when theres more then 3 freekin classes.

Rala for President!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: March 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have thoroughly enjoyed this game. In fact, it is the first PS3 game that I have completely finished. Since I don't generally play RPGs, I can't compare it to Baldur's Gate, etc. But why waste your time comparing Dark Kingdom to PS2 games? This game, along with Resistance, and Ridge Racer, is an exciting introduction to the wonderful world of PS3. Here are two good reasons to buy it: stunning graphics and fun fighting. Hack-n-Slash has never been so beautiful!!! Going back to PS2 games after playing this is downright painful. Perhaps some of the previous reviewers should develop their character's magic powers a bit more; I really don't spend much time "hacking."

But yes, the storyline is a bit thin, the cut scenes are rudimentary, and camera angles are sometimes awkward. No doubt, the PS3 will someday have a ground-breaking RPG, but for now, Untold Legends: Dark Kindgom is a ton of fun.

A lot of fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Graphics are very good for this game, as well is the sound. This game is good fun especially when playing with 2+ people. You can play with 1 other person on the same system or more if you play online. I played this game by myself, with a friend, and online with 3 others. Playing alone can be tedious and tiresome. If I were to rate this game on solo alone, I would give it 2 stars. However, this game, (like many others), really shine in multiplayer mode.
My gripes for this game are really quite minor:
1-Each piece of armor does not have a unique graphic.
2-There are no new weapons that are obtainable...sure you can add orbs to your weapon to give it a different look...but that's not quite the same.
3-There are only 3 jobs to choose from...even Gauntlet, (from 20 years ago), had 4 choices.
If this is preview of the quality of PS3 games to come, we are in for a treat.

Not much for plot.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I enjoy RPG's and this game barely qualifies. The plot is really lacking. This game reminds me a lot of the arcade game Gauntlet. You walk through hacking what is in front of you... If the game didn't have a plot at all it would still be the same game. That being said, it does have some very nice graffix and I the game play proceeds pretty smoothly. If your looking for a game that challenges your mind as well as your ability to press buttons you may have to look elsewhere.

Dark Kingdom

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty decent, if you don't mind the old school graphics. The storyline in itself is interesting and you have to figure out things on your own in the game as well as fight while doing so. However, if you're looking for top notch graphics you're not going to get them in this game. But, if you're like me and grew up playing atari, then you won't mind the graphics.

The storyline is kind of slow, but it's still interesting. You will see blood in this game, and you will have to fight a lot. You can't run from some battles in this game.

Also, if you're a fan of the sixaxis controller, you're not going to be able to use it except for normal fighting. If you are wanting games where you can use the sixaxis controller for all it has to offer, then I suggest Heavenly Sword, Lair, or Harry Potter. I'm sure there are other games that will allow the use of the sixaxis, but I haven't purchased many games.

My Nephew Says It Is Great.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This was a gift for my nephew, and he reported it A-0ne in all respects. I'm not a gamer, but I trust him to be honest. He is 15 and wouldn't be able to hide behind good manners if he didn't really like it.

Here it goes

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well considering I have just goten the game the day I wrote this I won't be going into too much detail.

First off lets start with the gameplay
Its basecly pressing 2 buttons the entire way through constantly. Yes HACK n SLASH your way through this game.
Now its EXTREMELY lame without online play. Even with online play it gets quite boring. The only problem with online play is if the connection drops say goodbye to the progress youve goten.
It happened to me and I couldn't figure out anyway to get back and play my same character online. ( I don't even think it works offline either! ) It just saves the hosts character so when you load it you load the hosts character which is really stupid. I see no point in playing online when theres no way your going to find people to stick on the entire way through the game. Maybe you can someone start from the point but ive tried it and so far no good. Unless you want to start over and be the host every level and hope people join so they can lose their progress too.

The only diversity I found of the three characters you play ( warrior, scout, mage) is the mage. Considering you get pretty cool ownage spells and it makes it SLIGHTLY less hack n slash melee.

Basecly your a frekin moron if you get this game without online play. And hopefully there is a way to start from your character on the online games without being a host but Im not sure yet.
Anyway I give this 4 stars just because its an easy game to pick up and play as it really involves 2 buttons.

Mediocre at best

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Just too Hack and Slash for me. Camera angles are awkward at times. Plus I'm a xbox 360 lover, might have been better on xbox, I stll didn't like the game all that much though.

Pretty weak RPG that doesn't make good use of the PS3 hardware

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Dark Kingdom is a hack and slash RPG in the tradition of Baldur's Gate, but unfortunately the game suffers from so many drawbacks its difficult to compare it to that series in a favorable light. It's somewhat amusing to mindlessly hack away at hundreds of enemies, but it becomes tedious pretty fast and the gameplay and story do little to prop this title up.

Audience: I suppose this game is meant to appeal to fans of hack and slashers and capitalize on the fan base of games like Baldur's Gate. Dark Kingdom is an unoriginal game, and it's pretty easy to see it was modeled after Baldur's Gate and games like it.

Graphics: The graphics are okay, though I don't think they capitalized well on the PS3's power. Some of the cutscenes weren't even fully animated. The background of the levels is pretty bland and repetitive, and while there are plenty of special effects (especially while fighting using the mage), the animation falls short. I also noticed several glitches, where a character's sword would pass through another character but wouldn't show the impact, for example.

Gameplay: The hack and slash nature of this game makes combat an exercise in mashing buttons, but that's to be expected. This is a role playing game, so you can collect gear and increase your character's attributes as you level up. You can also collect 'essences' from fallen foes, some of which restore health and mana and some of which are used as a sort of currency to upgrade your gear and purchase powerups for your weapon. Beefing up a character is always fun, and Dark Kingdom was no exception, though the gear selection is pretty bland and should be considered standard fare for a game like this.

The storyline for Dark Kingdom is incredibly dull and uninteresting--a shame for an RPG. The dialog is pretty bad as well, and ranges from mildly corny to downright ludicrous.

Control: A lot of pressing the X and square buttons. It's pretty easy to control your character in this game, and it doesn't require much time to get the hang of. The camera, which swings wildly at time and often makes it difficult to see what's happening, makes this more difficult however.

Challenge: This game is not very difficult to master and, as far as I can tell, raising or lowering the difficulty just tweaks enemies' strength and doesn't do much to make the game itself more of a challenge.

Multiplayer: This game does have a 2 player coop mode, which is nice. You can also join in a group online, which I did not try.

This game is a good rental, and may be worth borrowing from someone. I personally wouldn't recommend buying it since the game is short and the replay value is probably very low. With only 3 classes to choose from (standard fare--warrior, mage, scout) it doesn't take long to expend the character possibilities (you can customize, of course, but not enough to make it worthwhile), and the world of Dark Kingdom is just not interesting enough to really get immersed in.

dark kingdom

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

just like everyone else complains the camara sucks on this game. other than that i love it. i havent finished it yet and i would play more but i have a one year old and its hard.

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