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The minds of New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston have combined to create Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a new role-playing game set in a world worth saving. Build the character you've always wanted and continuously evolve it to your style of play with the revolutionary Destiny system. Choose your path and battle through a master-crafted universe featuring some of the most intense, responsive, and customizable RPG combat ever.
A Massive World to Explore, Filled with Epic Fiction and Rich Storytelling
- Uncover the secrets of Amalur in hundreds of hours of immersive gameplay, from the vibrant city of Rathir to the vast region of Dalentarth to the grim dungeons of the Brigand Hall Caverns.
- Rescue a world torn apart by a vicious war and control the keys to immortality as the first warrior ever to be resurrected from the grips of death. Turn your lack of a destiny to your advantage and harness fate as a weapon.
- Explore deep levels of lore in a universe steeped in 10,000 years of fiction created by New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore.
- Customize your play in a dynamic combat system that delivers some of the most intense and responsive action ever seen in an RPG.
- Seamlessly integrate magical and melee attacks as you take on scores of enemies in grand fight sequences and finish them off with brutal Fateshift kills.
- Build the character you've always wanted with the revolutionary new Destiny system that allows you to continuously evolve your character class to your style of play.
- Create and modify your hero with millions of combinations of skills, abilities, weapons and pieces of armor.
COMMENTS
Be part of the huge game that bankrupted Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling's 38 STUDIOS: "On March 10, 2012, it was projected by NPD that the game sold over 330,000 physical copies in the U.S. and Curt Schilling later tweeted that it has sold 1.2 million by the 90-day mark. Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee has said that the game was a failure as it needed to sell over 3 million copies to break even."
- $6 USD is about $6.90 in AUD.
- US address required for Amazon. You know the drill. I had no trouble entering the supplied key into Origin client.
- Yes, it's Origin. If you want the Steam version, it's currently on sale there for $17.99 USD for us (70% discounted). It's your decision if the $12 saving is worth it to put up with Origin.
- That's right: Steam sells this game for $20 USD locally and $60 USD for Aussie users. (Blame the publishers, not Valve. Maybe the bankruptcy administrator figured it was one way to pay back the creditors?) If you absolutely must have the Steam version and can arrange for a U.S. pal to gift it to you, it's currently $6 USD locally on Steam.
LINKS
- Official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lhzDkaKi1w
- More videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/ReckoningTheGame/videos
- Metacritic: 81% critics (25), 64% users (859)
- Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdoms_of_Amalur:_Reckoning
Dafuq? This guy knows videogames?
http://cbsboston.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/lincoln-chafee.…
When Lincoln Chafee from Rhode Island weighs in on your commercial success in the video-game industry, you know you're screwed.