Kingdom of Amalur : Reckoned

[sarahtasher]

Ok, the source will not be very popular, but the source does not change the content.

http://deadspin.com/curt-schilling-3...ion-1786819304

[Netherspark]

Still haven't gotten through the first half hour of that game. The moment I got asked to fetch a potion from some wizard in a forest my soul died of boredom..

[May90]

One of the most underrated games ever, IMO. Not that it is particularly spectacular, but, goddammit, it got much less attention than it deserved... The lore was pretty awesomemazing!

[Selastan]

Honestly I think everyone on this forum should at least check a review for this game. It's like a single player WoW with it's quest system. Does a pretty good job of making you feel like a badass, the sound of your massive crystal hammer smashing through a horde of skeletons is pretty satisfying.

[ShuaVerde]

OP, why did you link to an article about Curt Schilling?

[Independent voter]

A lot of people said Kingdom of Amalur was a pretty good game, not the best game in the world but they thought it was worth the money they paid. I couldn't play it cause I was busy at the time.

Curt Schilling ran a game studio at one time.

[sarahtasher]

OP, why did you link to an article about Curt Schilling?

Uh, because Curt Schilling ran this company (hence the name-38)

The title thread is a pun : it was Amalur : Reckoning now it have ben Reckoned

[ShuaVerde]

Ahh, I learned something new today. I had no idea Curt Schilling had anything to do with the game. Shame we'll never see a sequel.

[Selastan]

Ahh, I learned something new today. I had no idea Curt Schilling had anything to do with the game. Shame we'll never see a sequel.

Well, not from the same studio. Someone with enough money and faith could purchase the IP and develop a sequel.

[Raptor With a Saber]

Still haven't gotten through the first half hour of that game. The moment I got asked to fetch a potion from some wizard in a forest my soul died of boredom..

I tried too so hard get into the game but idk what it is i just cant stand about it.

[Selastan]

I tried too so hard get into the game but idk what it is i just cant stand about it.

I would say my biggest gripe was that they took the power fantasy a little too far. At some point in the game I felt unstoppable. I was so strong by the end I could flat out ignore most of the final boss' mechanics, and I took out more than a quarter of her health with single hits if I actually timed it right.

[Edge-]

Ahh, I learned something new today. I had no idea Curt Schilling had anything to do with the game. Shame we'll never see a sequel.

I'm pissed we'll never see the MMO. There's some leaked pre-alpha footage that looks alright, and honestly I really wanted to see how the MMO would turn out. He was (is?) a massive EQ fanboy, so I wanted to see what a studio under him could churn out.

[Raptor With a Saber]

I would say my biggest gripe was that they took the power fantasy a little too far. At some point in the game I felt unstoppable. I was so strong by the end I could flat out ignore most of the final boss' mechanics, and I took out more than a quarter of her health with single hits if I actually timed it right.

Wow... yeah i always hate that that you gotta gimp your self to actually not OP everything at end game. Now i'm even less interested in finishing it

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I'm pissed we'll never see the MMO. There's some leaked pre-alpha footage that looks alright, and honestly I really wanted to see how the MMO would turn out. He was (is?) a massive EQ fanboy, so I wanted to see what a studio under him could churn out.

I could see an mmo of it working that would be fun with a super fantasy land being coop

[sarahtasher]

While no one contest that Amalur was a decent game, the whole affair was about the 75 million loan from the taxpayers (it goes without saying that ''new IP from a new company with no ''star'' developper that must be profitable with the first release-I think they mentionned one, if not two million, copies sold for being in the black'' was a foregone conclusion...)

[Milchshake]

I played KoA, it was fun and breezy. One of the many guilty pleasures of a Steam Winter Sale.

Another guilty pleasure of mine. Watching a hardcore libertarian-bro like Curt Schilling take-in millions of public welfare, and still fail. Too bad libertarians lack the irony or empathy to truly appreciate it.

[Witchblade77]

when I played trial for it, prior to ME3 release, i couldn't get into it at all. pretty much left it running after a bit of time, solely to unlock that armor you got as a tie in promotion. fast forward couple of years, the whole deal (DLC's included) is on sale on steam for something like $7, so i figure, why the heck not. I actualy spend far more hours on it than I did Skyrim. its not the most amazing game in a world, but it IMO its far better than most people think.

but.. unfortunately, it got sunk and so did the studio with it. which is a shame on many levels :/

[Nihilist74]

KoA was a game with a lot of potential but didn't pan out. The game had great art. The combat to it was ok. I loved that the world in KoA is like and mmo world. The control scheme for it is awkward. Would have been a more fun game if it had the same control schemes as wow with cool downs and abilities. The story of the games wasn't that interesting.