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Kuje
Great Reader
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 Posted - 25 Sep 2010 : 01:20:07
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I was browsing the new games listed on EBgames and saw this new xbox RPG, which has a release date of next September.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Reckoning combines visceral third person action combat with deep exploration, expansive character development, and immersive storytelling in a high fantasy universe. Gamers mysteriously rise from the dead and are thrust into a bloody conflict between multiple races, factions, and alliances as they vie for the secrets of immortality and the ancient magic that threatens to destroy the world.
* Intense third person action combat
o Legendary creator of SPAWN Todd McFarlane brings his award-winning artistic vision to Reckoning with uniquely visceral combat and brutal finishing moves, all in his trademark style.
* Expansive character development and open world exploration
o In Reckoning, world-renowned game designer Ken Rolston delivers the open-world exploration, vast narrative, and character customization he’s famous for, including hybrid character classes that reward player choice at every turn.
* Immersive epic storytelling
o New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore created a massive world for Reckoning, immersing players in a vast fantasy universe where unique magic allows them to alter the very fabric of fate.
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For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Edited by - Kuje on 25 Sep 2010 01:20:45
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 25 Sep 2010 : 02:15:12
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I was really only ever of fan of McFarlane's run on Amazing Spider-Man. I've not had any particular interest in his work elsewhere.
Still, it sounds like a title that I'd like to keep an eye on. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 27 Sep 2010 : 00:02:22
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Originally posted by The Sage
I was really only ever of fan of McFarlane's run on Amazing Spider-Man. I've not had any particular interest in his work elsewhere.
Still, it sounds like a title that I'd like to keep an eye on.
I've liked some of his action figures.  |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 06 Jun 2011 : 22:33:24
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They showed a preview of this today at E3. It looks wicked!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhoJ3NcoqO4 |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Daviot
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 06 Jun 2011 : 23:52:55
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They showed a preview of this today at E3. It looks wicked!
The architecture reminds of me Guild Wars and Fable, while the gameplay is giving me Oblivion-meets-Fable vibes. Looks interesting, though. |
One usually has far more to fear from the soft-spoken wizard with a blade and well-worn boots than from the boisterous one in the ivory tower.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jun 2011 : 15:46:29
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| Looks like it might be a fun game. Hope the storyline is interesting... |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2011 : 15:23:13
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| Seems interesting but i generally prefer PS3 games. Way better graphics. |
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Kno
Senior Scribe
452 Posts |
Posted - 24 Feb 2012 : 16:33:16
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| Necromancy, today I started this game. The game has a fun gameplay, a lot in common with Skyrim, and Salvatore created an interesting fey world. |
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 24 Feb 2012 : 17:43:23
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| Salvatore? RA? and McFarlane? That sounds like a winner. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
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Posted - 24 Feb 2012 : 17:49:58
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| I enjoyed the bit of this game that I got to see my friend play. Will go in the queue of "to-buy-when-the-price-drops" game titles along with Arkham City. 5-month-olds take a lot of attention—I think I have played all of 12 hours of video games since he was born. So there is no point in paying two to three times as much for a game that I will not have time to play. =) |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 25 Feb 2012 : 01:30:02
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| This has been my game of choice lately and I'm addicted to it. :) I've put in almost 100 hours into it and I'm STILL not near the end of the main story line. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 25 Feb 2012 : 02:02:33
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I haven't even had a chance to pick up a copy. They sold out pretty quickly here, and the store where I reserved my pre-order copy at, accidentally sold it to another customer. So I have to wait for the next shipment.  |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 25 Feb 2012 : 03:56:38
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Originally posted by The Sage
I haven't even had a chance to pick up a copy. They sold out pretty quickly here, and the store where I reserved my pre-order copy at, accidentally sold it to another customer. So I have to wait for the next shipment.
I hope they're hooking you up with a discount or some free swag... |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 25 Feb 2012 : 05:45:43
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Originally posted by The Sage
I haven't even had a chance to pick up a copy. They sold out pretty quickly here, and the store where I reserved my pre-order copy at, accidentally sold it to another customer. So I have to wait for the next shipment.
I hope they're hooking you up with a discount or some free swag...
Oh, yes, I made sure of that. So I'm to receive a twenty-five-to-thirty percent discount on my next games-related purchase. |
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 25 Feb 2012 : 06:26:59
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Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 25 Feb 2012 : 07:09:26
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Well, having a retail and commercialism lawyer in the family helps as well.
She made it clear what my rights were with regard to the pre-order I initially made with the store. |
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Jakk
Great Reader
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Posted - 26 Feb 2012 : 05:43:14
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Well, having a retail and commercialism lawyer in the family helps as well.
She made it clear what my rights were with regard to the pre-order I initially made with the store.
I, too, have a lawyer in the family; they're a group of professionals that it's far better to know than to need... but if you do need one, it's good to know one. |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 28 Feb 2012 : 02:54:03
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Oh Sage, that's crappy that they did that. :( Bah.
And well, I finished the game and the ending..... was disappointing. The end boss looked fantastic but the fight.... it was pretty easy. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 29 Feb 2012 : 01:19:01
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How many hours, in total, did it take you to complete the game, Kuje?
About 85 hours but I skipped some of the tasks, which were optional "quests" that you really didn't need to do, or you could do over and over if you needed money, which I never needed. There's about three of them I could go back and do, if I felt like looking for the missing scrolls, or the like. And I skipped some of the arena quests cause they were just annoying me but I did half of them. Plus some of them were set up so that you needed a melee character or the like and that bugged me a bit cause my char was a magic user and if you used magic, the bout in the arena failed.
Kinda lame. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 29 Feb 2012 : 01:45:10
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| I am very surprised this thread didn't get a "What does this have to do with the Realms?" warning? My thread about a Skyrim question got heat after just a few posts. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 29 Feb 2012 : 02:14:40
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I am very surprised this thread didn't get a "What does this have to do with the Realms?" warning? My thread about a Skyrim question got heat after just a few posts.
Well, to be honest, I think it got some slack because R.A is involved and you know, he does write one of the most popular FR series. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 29 Feb 2012 : 03:07:45
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I am very surprised this thread didn't get a "What does this have to do with the Realms?" warning? My thread about a Skyrim question got heat after just a few posts.
Salvatore's involvement makes it easier to class this discussion as "loosely Realms-related," as Kuje notes.
And it's been my experience that most CRPG's -- both D&D and non-D&D -- tend to offer curious points for discussion at Candlekeep anyway, which is largely why these kinds of scrolls are allowed. |
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Marc
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 05 Mar 2012 : 09:39:34
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I tried the game and was quickly bored, even more than in Skyrim the same dungeons repeat endlessly.
You have fae in the desert, expected genies. |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 07 Mar 2012 : 17:00:38
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| I've heard mixed reviews on this one. I guess I will pass until it's in the bargain bin. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 07 Mar 2012 : 17:12:38
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I tried the game and was quickly bored, even more than in Skyrim the same dungeons repeat endlessly.
You have fae in the desert, expected genies.
How did you get bored with Skyrim? |
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Light
Learned Scribe
Australia
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Posted - 07 Mar 2012 : 17:55:40
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Originally posted by Marc
I tried the game and was quickly bored, even more than in Skyrim the same dungeons repeat endlessly.
You have fae in the desert, expected genies.
How did you get bored with Skyrim?
I believe you could assume the "the same dungeons repeat endlessly" part. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Mar 2012 : 20:02:00
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Marc
I tried the game and was quickly bored, even more than in Skyrim the same dungeons repeat endlessly.
You have fae in the desert, expected genies.
How did you get bored with Skyrim?
I believe you could assume the "the same dungeons repeat endlessly" part.
Must be a different version of the Skyrim i am playing. I see tons of different dungeons, and if any "repeating" is going on then it is minor. |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 08 Mar 2012 : 14:58:13
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| I hear that this world has a lot of fey, but I don't have time even for Mass Effect |
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Light
Learned Scribe
Australia
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Posted - 09 Mar 2012 : 05:01:21
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Light
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Marc
I tried the game and was quickly bored, even more than in Skyrim the same dungeons repeat endlessly.
You have fae in the desert, expected genies.
How did you get bored with Skyrim?
I believe you could assume the "the same dungeons repeat endlessly" part.
Must be a different version of the Skyrim i am playing. I see tons of different dungeons, and if any "repeating" is going on then it is minor.
Well I can't put in any opinions of my own as I have yet to play it. I am concentrating on finishing Morrowind before hitting up Oblivion and finally Skyrim.
EDIT: I never understood why they called it "Oblivion". I mean it should have been called "Cyrodiil". Then again, "Arena" doesn't conform to the naming conventions either. |
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