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Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Leaked via Microsoft Store (Coming August 11th) [Achievement List Leaked as well]
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I'm excited. Based on SpongeBob, Destroy All Humans and Saints Row 3, I think THQ Nordic gets my benefit of the doubt in terms of remakes or remasters for a while. Most of them have looked very impressive
This game had potential to be so much more, R.A Salvatore's writing was excellent but I think it was limited to the Lore Stones and some of the background plot. Also the character and art design was Todd McFarlane outside of promotional material and some in-game static imagery didn't really translate too well to the character models.
The more interesting thing is Ken Rolston who was the lead designer for both Morrowind and Oblivion which after that left Bethesda to be the lead design for Kingdoms of Amalur.
I think Rolston leaving Bethesda was one of the biggest contributing factors on why Skyrim had less emphasis on RPG mechanics and stat building, which made the combat and mechanics suffer somewhat.
I wonder if he involved at all in any sort of supervisory role for the Amalur remaster.
This game should have been WAY worse than it was. Salvatore + Schilling + McFarlane came together in this WTF smush of names with no apparent reason to coalesce. But the resulting game was actually pretty decent. The big problem was that Dark Souls and Skyrim each blew up in late 2011. Amalur hewed too closely to the old action-adventuring guard when it launched a few months later in February 2012, and nobody was hungry to regress with Amalur's formula at the time.
If this actually includes serious QoL tweaks, I might dive back in.
If this actually includes serious QoL tweaks, I might dive back in.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Guys. Guys. This is awesome. I love Kingdoms of Amalur. It took me in and gave me shelter after Skyrim turned out to be a bald-faced lie.
So excited.
Guys. Guys. This is awesome. I love Kingdoms of Amalur. It took me in and gave me shelter after Skyrim turned out to be a bald-faced lie.
So excited.
I don't see the similarity at all.
It's a single player WoW. I loved it.
Nice! Day one for me.
I haven't played it since its original release, but what QoL tweaks are you thinking of? I've seen others say the same.
I haven't played it since its original release, but what QoL tweaks are you thinking of? I've seen others say the same.
Pretty excited for this one, only played an hour or 2 before, always wanted to get back into it but didn't want to turn ps3 on
I really enjoyed the combat in this game. Was playing it a lot but dropped it once I heard it was acquired by THQ. I really want to play a remaster, but it's THQ so.....
the crafting system is the first thing that comes to mind. it was worthless for too much of the game's opening stretch, is what I noted from the review I wrote a zillion years ago. any other QoL changes would likely be a response to general adventure gaming improvements over past 8 years.
I remember briefly playing this, and finding it to be a lot of fun, but ultimately never got into it, probably because I had too much to play.
Definitely going to check it out again.
Definitely going to check it out again.
Ah, interesting. Yeah, releasing a game with mechanics that were dated eight years ago might be tough for the general audience. I guess we'll see what the official announcement says, but I'm willing to bet this is "just" a graphical / performance remaster.
I'm down, I was playing the BC version recently. I will definitely be supporting this the combat was a lot of fun and the crafting was dumb easy. Always reminded me of an offline World of Warcraft
There is one particular quest I remember about this game. At the end of said quest you can side with the "villain" and become her lover. Which of course I did since I do not remember any game letting me do that before. Was funny the reaction of all the other NPCs.
Nope. I'd be down for this if it wasn't THQ Noridic who'd get my money. I was actually interested until I saw THQ Nordic.
There's too many games, and too little time. I'd rather not give my money to them.
There's too many games, and too little time. I'd rather not give my money to them.
Thq gonna remaster every ip they have? Spongebob this month, destroy all humans next, and then Amalur the month after that.
Like, Kingdoms of Amalur hit the note that the never released Fable 2 PC port would have hit.
It's so fucking good. I will stan shit until I die.
It's so fucking good. I will stan shit until I die.
I remember really liking this game last gen but...
Pretty much, yeah.
Pretty much, yeah.
I don't know who was actually wanting a remaster of this tbh. I remember sinking a bit of time into it originally and feeling like the 20th hour felt almost identical to the first 20 minutues.
Same shallow fetch quests over and over. Same basic combat. It honestly felt like playing an MMO that had has its online functionality turned off. Lol.
Same shallow fetch quests over and over. Same basic combat. It honestly felt like playing an MMO that had has its online functionality turned off. Lol.
I expect Nintendo Switch's bad luck to continue and miss this game. It's third party future is pretty much unpredictable right now.
I put 50 hours into this game. I don't remember much, but I remember enjoying it. It's a really generic fantasy game in every sense of the word, but it was nonetheless a really fun game with good combat iirc.
Can't say I saw this coming. Now I'm starting to regret just recently playing through it...
Well either way, if it's priced not too high, I'll get it at launch. I'd love to see a sequel.
Wait, people don't like the titles for the Darksiders games? I thought they were pretty fun and creative.
Well either way, if it's priced not too high, I'll get it at launch. I'd love to see a sequel.
Wait, people don't like the titles for the Darksiders games? I thought they were pretty fun and creative.
Hopefully, they patch the bugs in this game.
There are two bugs that I can recall that are game breakers.
One is a quest called "Her Righteous Fury". It's possible to bug this quest out that you cannot complete the quest (which disables your fast travel system).
The only bug I recall was in the Teeth DLC where you have to escape after beating the boss. I had to fight the boss three times before I could successfully escape.
There are two bugs that I can recall that are game breakers.
One is a quest called "Her Righteous Fury". It's possible to bug this quest out that you cannot complete the quest (which disables your fast travel system).
The only bug I recall was in the Teeth DLC where you have to escape after beating the boss. I had to fight the boss three times before I could successfully escape.
I always wanted to play this. Maybe the time has finally come. I heart the quests are extremely MMO-like, is this true?
You're not entirely wrong. It does have infinitely better combat than MMO though :P
I had my fingers and toes crossed that the the belated PC port of Fable Anniversary would prove to be a wink and a nod that a PC port of Fable 2 was finally in the works. Zero chance of it happening now that xCloud is a thing, but better something than nothing, I suppose.
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We are officially in that era of remasters that even the B-games that nobody ever want to play again gets remastered.
Speak for yourself. I have long wanted this to be ported to current gen consoles.
The original release bored me to tears after 10 hours of questing. Nice first impression, but boy did it turn stale fast.
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