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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Pre-load Available) [Download]

Platform : Windows 7 |
Rated: Mature
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3.0 3.0 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
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Download size: 7.4 GB
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  • 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.

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a single player Action Role-playing Game (RPG) set in the brand-new game fantasy universe of Amalur. The game features an expansive Open World game environment, the unique "Destinies" system that limits character development only by the combination of equipped spells and items carried, intuitive yet challenging combat, a robust crafting system and a range of special attacks. Additional features include: the written and design talents of R.A. Salvatore, Todd McFarlane and Ken Rolston; dramatic special and metered attacks; as well as multiple in-game races.

Amalur: a New RPG Realm with an Proven Pedigree

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning takes place in Amalur, an all-new game universe inhabited by various races of beings and filled with thousands of years of history. This deep fantasy based world is the brainchild of best-selling Fantasy and Science Fiction author R.A. Salvatore and the combined talents of Todd McFarlane, the creator of the Spawn series, Ken Rolston, the lead designer of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and the team at Big Huge Games. Reckoning bears the hallmarks of each of these visionaries, melding an epic, master-crafted storyline, rich graphics and heart-stopping animations, and compelling open-world exploration. In addition to being the setting for Reckoning, this rich world will also serve as a base for a future trans-media entertainment experience, including books, toys, comics, and a planned MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online RPG) video game yet be announced.

An all-new Action RPG adventure and universe.
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Gameplay

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a single player Action RPG that blends a new approach to character development with intuitive, yet challenging real-time combat. Characters enter the game as something of a blank slate after they are resurrected from death by the mysterious "Well of Souls" following a grand in-game conflict. Spurning the rigid character class systems commonly used in RPGs for the development of characters, the game instead focuses on player-shaped "destines" which hinge on the chosen combinations of abilities and equipped items and weapons attached to their character as the game progresses. With no traditional classes these are blended as the play wishes. This along with a large item inventory limit and a robust crafting system for creating new items, allows for a nearly limitless number of possible character paths, or destines.

Active combat plays a major role in the game as players explore the Open World environment of the game on quests that bring them into contact with all manner of creatures. Regardless of character paths, all characters have access to primary and secondary weapons as well as magic. Unique attacks are tied to your choice of weapons, armor and strategies. The game also features powerful slow-motion attack opportunities called "Fateshift Kills" triggered by specific situations and/or equipped items. These devastating attacks are measured out as players time moves to a separate "Fate Energy" power meter. Additional features include unscripted real-time battles against large-scale enemies, melee and ranged weapons and enemy tagging abilities for ranged or delayed attacks.

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Seamless melee & magic.
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System Requirements
Minimum Specifications: Recommended Specifications: OS: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP2 /Windows 7 SP1 Processor: Intel Core2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 2.2GHz or greater, AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (or equivalent) running at 2.6GHz or greater Intel Core 2 Quad (or equivalent) running at 2.4GHz or greater, AMD Phenom X4 (or equivalent) running at 2.6GHz or greater RAM: At least 1 GB for Windows XP, At least 2 GB for Windows Vista and Windows 7 At least 3 GB for Windows XP, At least 4 GB for Windows Vista and Windows 7 Hard Drive: 10.5 GB Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB or better, ATI Radeon HD3650 512MB or better, Supporting Pixel Shader 3.0, Minimum Resolution Supported is 1280x720 NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 1GB RAM or better, ATI Radeon HD4850 1GB RAM or better, Supporting Pixel Shader 3.0 Controls: Mouse, Keyboard, and Xbox360 controller Additional Info: DirectX 9.0 compatible; Requires Origin account for installation and activation

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Drew213
3.0 out of 5 stars Some were over the rainbow.......
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2012
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Great game, played through the main quest lines and had a good 100+ hours of game play; this is also taking into account I skipped the chat always. The game is great graphically it gets a 9 out of 10. Were it falls short is in the simple mechanics of games. No camera adjust, glitchy battles and to many wth is the camera man smoking. This along with the sheer depth a RPG should have. I hate to say it it but, when a lot of folks go to buy a game they instantly compare it to Elder Scrolls; even though the game is older than the last John Madden Title for PC. The game is for the candy straw crowd, the twitter junkies and the Facebook jockey. Eye candy with no jock strap to support the jewels of what should be an EPIC game. I would no waste the $60, and then the $5 for gear and now $10 for expansion, honestly. If I would not had bought it on Amazon I would feel slightly robbed. Some late game glitches along with no true in depth RPG story made my ending a shame. Had issues like most if you read the forums (which I RECOMMEND before you buy)had 4 game saves disappear, not a lvl 1 or 2 but after final battle and then some.

Its really a hyped up player made to just pwn all within its grasp at any given time, with no AI or Story line to stop you. If you want to pwn bad AI and walk around like you own, what is already yours anyway; then this game is for you! Another slap in the face was the announcement of the MMO version coming soon, with no patch in sight for the MULTITUDE of game balance, combat camera issues. Its a half gallon of cotton candy when you want to ride the Roller Coaster!
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anik
5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Game from Demo, and Installation process/Release Date
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2012
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I'm writing this review for two purposes.

The first is to rate my experience with the demo, which was excellent. The game is well-paced, immersive, very superbly drawn, and even in its incomplete form had extremely compelling gameplay. The Final Version promises to be improved from the already excellent demo, as the demo was apparently drawn from a non-complete version of the game.

The second purpose is to address the problems people are having with downloading and playing. Firstly, pre-order does not entitle you to run the game early, it only allows you download and ready the game for installation. Secondly, if you redeem the product keys within Origin itself, the game will automatically download and install without any issues. From there, it will not play until the release date checker indicates that the release date has come and gone. Unfortunately, this is a misleading situation, since Amazon also allows you to redundantly download the game through their servers. The far easier option is to simply allow Origin to run the entire process for you.

Upon purchase, Amazon will also indicate that you have unlimited downloads on any computers you own, since Origin is only required for first-run activation.

EDIT: I also should add that this pre-order activates at 3:00 AM on the East Coast. They wait until it's released across America for the pre-order release date check to work. It isn't great, but it's an EA flub that's not related to the game, so I haven't allowed it to affect my review (since it'll be moot at this time tomorrow, but might be useful to anyone checking out this page to pre-order and play at midnight).
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Nunya
1.0 out of 5 stars Origin punishes legitimate customers once again...
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2012
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I bought the game and downloaded it this morning. Got to the point where I had to create an account with Origin. When I tried to register the game it said there was an error and try again later. Exiting that screen killed the install and Amazon made me download it again for some reason. I contacted Origin to figure out what was going on while it downloaded MUCH more slowly this time and was told the code was good and they had an issue they were working on and to try again in a couple hours.

SIX HOURS LATER (THANKS AMAZON!) I tried to install again and was told the code was already used and the game wouldn't install. Upon contacting Origin I was told that the code was already registered to my account and I could log in and play. Except that the install wouldn't finish without the code working. They're advice? Just download it from Origin and install it that way. So now I'm downloading it for a third time.

In short, I don't recommend supporting any game company that uses Origin and makes legitimate customers jump through a million hoops while people who steal the game are probably already playing it. I got to spend the day downloading the game three times.

Frankly, at this point I'm so mad I hope the company goes bankrupt and they never make a game again and I will spit on their virtual grave.
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Jared Carlson
2.0 out of 5 stars I expected too much.
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2012
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I feel like I have been hoodwinked. I played the demo and found the graphics to be grainy and jerky, the npc conversations to be wooden and lacking any real personality. The lack of key binding and the obvious poor console porting to pc bothered me as well. I went on to the community forums about my concerns, and I was assured by a moderator that everything would look better and be polished on the retail release, and most importantly, I would be able to key bind.

I bought the retail version and mostly the grainy and choppy graphics were fixed, and it was beautiful to look at, and the combat was potentially smooth, except that you CAN NOT KEY BIND THE MOVEMENT OR ATTACKS THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT KEYBINDS YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO. They are liars and frauds.

The npc conversations in general have stayed wooden and the characters bland. Some npcs that have nothing to do with your story are more interesting than the main story
npcs. That chat boxes take you back to the 80s, and only certain cut scenes on the main story are any different. This is pathetic. I am an avid RA Salvatore fan and really had some hope for this game, but on a pc it is a bust. If I get around to getting an xbox controller for my pc, maybe ill come back to it, but basically I got ripped off for 51 bucks.
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