Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

[Setsuna]

Now I don't know about you guys, but fans of Skyrim/WoW/etc. would like this game that hits stores 2/7/2012.

-The Developer is Big Huge Games. Responsible for titles such as Rise of Nations and Age of Empires III. Not very popular games but I think this one is worth looking at.

-Published by Electronic Arts, so graphics will be top notch. It is single player RPG.

-Available on XBOX360, PS3, and PC.

Trailer here:

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[Bump]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

So are you seriously like almost level 30?

I played A LOT this weekend (several hours more than I usually would game) and I'm a few XP away from level EIGHT.

I've unlocked:

Spoiler!

Gorhart, House of Ballads, Shieldring Keep, and Didenhil and the 4 or so main areas around them.

This game must be truly huge.

no, level 9. Probably have 7 hours in this game

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Bump

no, level 9. Probably have 7 hours in this game

Yeah, duh. You get 3 points per level. So you're about the same level as me.

[The Franchise]

Im going the Jack of all Trades route

[htismaqe]

How is it working right now?

About the only complaint I have right now is that the game isn't creating as much tension as I would like. It's just incredibly easy, even on Hard difficulty.

It's further complicated by the fact that I discovered the healing potion recipe in about 30 seconds of experimenting with combinations (the reagents have "affinities" so it's not hard to figure out what to combine to get simple potions) and 1 point of Alchemy is all it takes to harvest a nearly unlimited supply of reagents to make health potions.

Also, some of the "big moments" I've had so far seem a little anti-climactic. I won't expound any further without spoiler tags but there just haven't been too many "now that was an accomplishment" moments.

[Huffmeister]

So what's the verdict? Better than Skyrim? Worse? About the same? Or too different to compare?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Huffmeister

So what's the verdict? Better than Skyrim? Worse? About the same? Or too different to compare?

Haven't played Skyrim but I am loving this game.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by Huffmeister

So what's the verdict? Better than Skyrim? Worse? About the same? Or too different to compare?

you can't really compare the 2. Skyrim is an EPIC adventure. KoA is a nice little change of pace and it's more casual I guess and the combat is kind of like a beat em up with cool abilities. It almost feels like a single player MMO in a way. It's easy, but I like it, it's enjoyable. I didn't even buy KoA, I just got it through gamefly, but I almost wish I did buy it just to support the dev.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

How is it working right now?

About the only complaint I have right now is that the game isn't creating as much tension as I would like. It's just incredibly easy, even on Hard difficulty.

It's further complicated by the fact that I discovered the healing potion recipe in about 30 seconds of experimenting with combinations (the reagents have "affinities" so it's not hard to figure out what to combine to get simple potions) and 1 point of Alchemy is all it takes to harvest a nearly unlimited supply of reagents to make health potions.

Also, some of the "big moments" I've had so far seem a little anti-climactic. I won't expound any further without spoiler tags but there just haven't been too many "now that was an accomplishment" moments.

if you want a challenge, I recommend Dark Souls, that's a hardcore RPG. If you haven't played it, it sounds like you'd like it. I haven't played it in months, I'm gonna get into again eventually.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Bump

you can't really compare the 2. Skyrim is an EPIC adventure. KoA is a nice little change of pace and it's more casual I guess and the combat is kind of like a beat em up with cool abilities. It almost feels like a single player MMO in a way. It's easy, but I like it, it's enjoyable. I didn't even buy KoA, I just got it through gamefly, but I almost wish I did buy it just to support the dev.

The comparison to an MMO is probably a good one - KoA has quest hubs, open yet linear areas, etc.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Bump

if you want a challenge, I recommend Dark Souls, that's a hardcore RPG. If you haven't played it, it sounds like you'd like it. I haven't played it in months, I'm gonna get into again eventually.

Yeah, the sequel is coming out soon. That's almost TOO hard.

[htismaqe]

I was trying to waste time last night instead of moving on to the next big quest since my oldest daughter likes to see the boss battles. I concocted a method to squeeze out an extra few skill points. Since you only get 1 per level, there's really not enough of them to go around if you're a hoarder like me. You need Detect Hidden to find loot spots, Alchemy to reliably harvest, Mercantile to earn max gold, and so on.

I don't really consider this a "cheat" since it's certainly not free (let's just say you could buy an entire suit of nice armor for what it costs). So here's what you need to do if you're trying to get as many of those precious skill points as you possibly can, here's a way:

Spoiler!

First, you need to make sure that you have AT LEAST 15,000 gold PER POINT you want to get. If you intend to get all 5, you need around 80,000 gold.

Most of you have probably already encountered the "Detect Hidden" trainer in the 1st town of Gorhart. For about 15K gold, he'll give you a point in "Detect Hidden". In addition to him, there's a "Persuasion" trainer in the House of Ballads, a "Blacksmithing" trainer in Shieldring Keep, and both "Stealth" and "Mercantile" trainers in Star Camp.

Now these trainers, on their surface, are very limited.

1. They can only train you if you have 3 points or less in "their" skill. If you have "Detect Hidden" of 4, the trainer can't help you.
2. They only train "their" skill - it's hard to justify spending 15K on Blacksmithing if you're a mage, for example.

There is a way for you to get 5 "free" skill points out that you can assign anywhere - to alchemy for instance.

First, visit a Faterweaver - either the one south of Didenhil or the one in the House of Ballads. Pay them to "reset" your character. You'll now only have points distributed in the skills you started with. Since none of them are above 2, you can now train with all 5 trainers freely.

Go ahead and visit all of the trainers and then GO BACK to the Fateweaver. Reset your skills again. Now the 5 points you got from training go back INTO YOUR POOL, allowing you to assign them wherever you want.

[Imon Yourside]

It gets a lot more interesting the further you get. It also shows this game to be rather lengthy i'm lvl 19 and it looks as if i'm not even halfway through. You kind of plod around doing the side quests up until about lvl 16 when it gets real and purposeful. I like this better than Skyrim because the combat is a LOT more interesting, haven't really got to the point where it isn't fun and don't think I will. Hopefully they will get an expansion going because this would be a great franchise. It reminds me of Oblivion and Mass Effect mixed together if that makes any sense.

[htismaqe]

By the way, there are people on the GameFAQs message board suggesting that this game could easily be 100 hours +. So it must be REALLY big.

[The Franchise]

Just an FYI if anyone hasn't seen it.....but if you're a Jack of All Trades character.....you get +1 to each skill point for your destiny card.

[The Franchise]

Does everyone just repair their own shit with the repair kits?