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Topic: 38 Studios is Working on a Game, Apparently, Afterall (Kingdoms of Amular) (Read 322742 times)
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AutomaticZen
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Oddly enough, it reminds me of Fable.
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NiX
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Spells look awesome. Death Animations tell me there will be QTEs or something similar.
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Sky
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I'm also liking the spells. So many games just go for some lame little particle, it's nice to see some actual effects.
Though nobody has yet to touch Sacrifice's effects. C'mon, devs. Get your shit together.
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Nebu
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I'm also liking the spells. So many games just go for some lame little particle, it's nice to see some actual effects.
They look good solo... will suck if you can't turn them off in a raid situation. I'll probably throw some money at this when it releases. That buys me the right to bitch about it. |
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Rasix
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This is the single player game, hombre.
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Sky
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Fuck raids.
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Nebu
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This is the single player game, hombre.
I thought they were making an MMO. Shows you what I know. |
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Rasix
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This is the single player game, hombre.
I thought they were making an MMO. Shows you what I know. They are. They're releasing a single player game first. No if the mmo is using the game graphics engine or reusing assets, etc. |
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dusematic
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This game looks like soft-swirled poop in a used condom wrapped in a used diaper topped off with crème fraiche.
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Azazel
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Good to know the kinds of things you have experience with.  It does look like QTE-infested generic fantasy, though. Oh! I just remembered something amusing I read in GameInformer about this game recently. I'll transcribe it into this thread later on. |
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Lucas
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Total graphic and content overhaul of the official website: http://www.reckoningthegame.com/Map of the game and new info about the game races; also, among other things, if you haven't watched it before, there is a nice gameplay walkthrough in the videos section, shown at Pax East (the "real deal" starts with part 2). |
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Looked much better this time around at the e3 presentation. The only thing which spoiled it a bit for me was the Two Steps From Hell soundtrack, but that's just because i've spent last couple of weeks listening to their stuff.
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Morfiend
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Kurt if you are here, for the love of god, the name is horrible. I mean really really bad. Kingdoms of Amular: Reckoning KAR ...  |
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HaemishM
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Reminds me a great deal of Fable.
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Soln
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Lucas
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Game Walkthrough by Lead Designer Ian Frazier, recorded during E3: http://live-event.ea.com/e3/chat/reckoningBtw, just a tidbit of info: Frazier has been a long time Ultima series fan (and quite well known in the community); he was the project director of the Ultima V remake, "Lazarus" then moved to Iron Lore as a programmer (or designer, can't remember) for Titan Quest. I must say I'm quite impressed with this game: it might be a real sleeper hit (and as it stands now, I'm looking forward more to Amalur, rather than Skyrim, maybe because of the "shiny new" factor, of course). |
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Murgos
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I'm pretty impressed actually. It's like Elder Scrolls had sex with Fable and produced an offspring that was raised by WoW. |
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Mrbloodworth
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That combat system better translate to the MMO version.
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Lantyssa
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The crafting, too.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Lucas
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Lucas
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PalmTrees
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They've announced a release date and some pre-order items. http://www.ea.com/reckoning/pc * North America - February 7, 2012 * Europe - February 10, 2012 You get armor sets, weapons and reagent locating dowsing rod. |
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Tannhauser
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Looks pretty cool. Spell effects are great, combat looks engaging, crafting and dialog wheels? Yes please. Looks like Fable and Dragon Age were the main inspirations. Even has that "Sell All Junk" button.
Honestly looking more forward to this than Skyrim. Skyrim looks amazing, but I feel like it's Oblivion, which I got bored of.
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JWIV
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Looks pretty cool. Spell effects are great, combat looks engaging, crafting and dialog wheels? Yes please. Looks like Fable and Dragon Age were the main inspirations. Even has that "Sell All Junk" button.
Honestly looking more forward to this than Skyrim. Skyrim looks amazing, but I feel like it's Oblivion, which I got bored of.
These days Bethesda makes beautiful environments which sucker everyone in. The characters tend to look like burn victims, and the plot (or what passes for it) should be burned. So yah, I'm taking a pass on Skyrim as well. |
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tgr
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1) It's EA.
2) That slight pause after every hit annoyed me just watching it, and the action-ness of the rest of it didn't win me over.
3) It's EA.
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Lucas
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Yep, count me in among those who are looking forward to this more than Skyrim.
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NiX
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1) It's EA.
2) That slight pause after every hit annoyed me just watching it, and the action-ness of the rest of it didn't win me over.
3) It's EA.
Having a hard time getting the point of 1 and 3. They're just publishing. |
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tgr
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Having a hard time getting the point of 1 and 3. They're just publishing. I'm merely bitter and putting them in the same bracket as ubisoft etc. I'm curious, though, is the slight pause something which has been pioneered in some other game? If so, did it enhance the feel of the gameplay when actually playing it, vs just watching it? |
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NiX
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I think it depends. Videos are never a good indication of anything because it's hard to tell what the input to action time is and whether or not it's bad design or emphasis on something. For example, a lot of videos of Dead Island make the combat look clunky and slow, but when you play you can tell it was a design choice to emphasize the weight and impact of your hits.
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Hawkbit
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This launches on Feb 7. Demo for all three platforms is supposed to launch tomorrow. FAQEDIT: derp, days of the week confused. |
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Paelos
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So I checked out the "What is this all about" FAQ page:
Reckoning is an epic... (ok right out of the box, you're already cliche. Epic gets overused. ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Give me any other adjective so I don't think you're full of shit.)
Ken Rolston served as the lead designer of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (and left right before they created their best version, Skyrim)
Reckoning will offer unrivaled RPG action combat (so not button mashing MMOG normal mode BS?)
Reckoning includes hundreds of quests, characters, creatures, weapons and spells (pretty much a given for an RPG one would think)
More details about the game will be revealed over the coming weeks and months. (The game releases in a month and all I have in the FAQ is that it's a Salvatore game with "unrivaled combat?")
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Rendakor
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I'm reserving judgment until I try the demo.
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Stormwaltz
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I've met Ken Rolston a couple of times, and I liked him a lot. He positively *boils* with ideas and enthusiasm - his energy fills the room. It's only when he doesn't have a "Better Half" creative partner to reign in his excesses that he gets into trouble.
The biggest reservations I have for this game are Salvatore's fiction and McFarlane's designs. Historically, neither have impressed me - they've specialized in material for, shall we say, a "young adult male" mentality. I'm going to wait for the reviews and word of mouth.
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Hawkbit
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It's on my very short list for this half of the year. Unless the demo is utterly terrible, I'll likely buy it. I'm kind of a sucker for new world lore in a fantasy setting. I'm glad they're doing a demo so I can see how poorly it will run on my PC.
Origin not required, either. An Origin account is required for the demo freebies, but that's all.
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