Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

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6.9

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  1. wafer123
    Sep 18, 2020
    4
    Played for a few hours and found it slow and boring and the gfx are basically a mobile game level, played it on ea play, do not buy it
  2. Hexen-Slayer
    Sep 9, 2020
    3
    KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RE-RECKONING is not really a remaster, but just a slightly polished reissue, and at $40 (or $55 for a special edition) a seriously over-priced one.
    I wasn't really impressed with the classic edition when it came out in 2012 either, despite some big names like R.A. Salvatore being involved, the world was just way too bright and colorful for my taste, monsters looked    KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RE-RECKONING is not really a remaster, but just a slightly polished reissue, and at $40 (or $55 for a special edition) a seriously over-priced one.
    I wasn't really impressed with the classic edition when it came out in 2012 either, despite some big names like R.A. Salvatore being involved, the world was just way too bright and colorful for my taste, monsters looked rather cuddly and not scary, it felt more like a Zelda game (I prefer "dark" fantasy).
    This reissue (it's too little to be called a remaster!) polishes some textures and adds a bit of lighting here and there, but it still looks like a product of the last decade: the game world is mostly empty, some textures are rather blurry, and the terrible PC controls and inventory management have not been touched at all, it was clearly designed with consoles in mind and then lazily ported over. The inventory system is complete garbage and combos in combat are atrocious to execute with mouse & keyboard that it's actually easier to just left-click your enemies to death DIABLO-style. And that's a pity, because combat really is KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING 's strong suit.
    Unlike THE WITCHER 3 and DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN 2, owners of the classic edition do NOT receive a free upgrade to the new version, they do get a 50% discount (at the moment), which still is too much.
    The classic edition was average at best. this "reissue" is below average" it looks very outdated, controls are terrible and quite frankly if you own the classic edition there really is NO reason to purchase this game again: that bit of extra polish could have been done in a mod (I'm not into the modding scene, it might already have been done, check nexus).
    If you don't own classic edition you might want to pass this one by as well, there are far better RPG options out there, some of which a lot cheaper by now!    … Expand
  3. Syrona7
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    No changes to the terrible kb&mouse controls. No rebinding of certain keys. Same as in the original.
    There are no significant improvements over the original game.

    This version is a cashgrab, don't spend your money on it.
  4. Infearno666
    Sep 12, 2020
    4
    The same bugs and the same horrendous loading times even with a 2 SSD RAID 0 drive. All you get are better shadows and the ability to downscale, things most people could manage with ENB, SweetFX and their graphics card drivers. As a game, it's still fun if dated and has a decent story but if you've played the original the save your money.
  5. at_hansvehof
    Sep 9, 2020
    9
    Ofcourse, if you pay the full price for this remaster, ps4 and xbox users may be very disappointed to receive an overly outdated game. However, if you pay the 16,- for an update in steam... it really is a no brainer. This is why I’d give a 9 for the pc version.. I’d give a 7 (it is fun after all) for the PS and Xbox version.
  6. Fyend
    Sep 12, 2020
    3
    They really didn't do much in this port. If you have the "old" version you're not missing out.
  7. ciccio80_1980
    Sep 9, 2020
    10
    Anyone who has not had the pleasure of encountering THQ Nordic's current intellectual property on their path is strongly advised to purchase it without reserve.
    I spent about thirty hours in the game, but at the time it took me more than a hundred to finish the game on PC: it is certainly a long-lived title that allows you to have fun for a long time.
    - Immense, multifaceted and deep -    Anyone who has not had the pleasure of encountering THQ Nordic's current intellectual property on their path is strongly advised to purchase it without reserve.
    I spent about thirty hours in the game, but at the time it took me more than a hundred to finish the game on PC: it is certainly a long-lived title that allows you to have fun for a long time.
    - Immense, multifaceted and deep
    - Combat System still at the forefront
    - 60 fps that make everyone happy
    - A new expansion is coming 2021
    voto : 10    … Expand
  8. LordSaygan
    Sep 17, 2020
    8
    The patch 1.05 have patched every problem I had in the games as so, now it's a masterpiece that could have used a bit more love!
  9. Steyraus
    Sep 9, 2020
    10
    THQ seemingly did everything right with this re release. They didnt call it a "Remaster or Remake" to manage expectations, They didnt charge full price. They kept the art and assets the same to be true to the original. They got the maximum performance for every console including 60 FPS. AND YET THERE IS STILL "OFF COURSE" OUTRAGE!!!!! Modern gaming consumers man!, its just a cycle ofTHQ seemingly did everything right with this re release. They didnt call it a "Remaster or Remake" to manage expectations, They didnt charge full price. They kept the art and assets the same to be true to the original. They got the maximum performance for every console including 60 FPS. AND YET THERE IS STILL "OFF COURSE" OUTRAGE!!!!! Modern gaming consumers man!, its just a cycle of outrage instigated on You Tube Spreed to the Audience then to Twitter and back to another You
    Tube video, just a cycle of people looking to create or be out raged, This is why we cant have nice things.
    This re release was made for consoles the PC game all ways looked good because games scale with PC hardware, so you wont see much difference. On PS3 and 360 this game was 720p at 30FPS, you can now play it at true 4K 60 fps on the 1X and 1440p 60FPS on PS4 pro and 1080P 60 FPS on base consoles, this is a massive upgrade, IF you cant understand those number than you wont understand just how amazing they are.
    Yes the art and assets are the same, thankfully because the character models in the original game are more attractive than the character models in modern games made today, thanks to political pandering. Yes the animation looks dated but this isnt a full priced release and re animating 1000s of characters would have made the project way to costly to risk.
    Its meant as a performance upgrade so modern console gamers can experience this amazing game. After the cry baby reception that the game has received for not completely over hauling everything, and them not spending 500 m on this risky project dont expect many more of histories hidden gems to be brought to the new platforms. Its just to much of a risk with today's entitled modern You Tuber community and their hungry for out rage audience.
    Overall still a masterpeice, runs great on console NOW.    … Expand
  10. jeffkren
    Jul 31, 2022
    0
    Boring trash with the worst control system of any console port I've seen in a long time, impossible to get into.
  11. Honeybadgers
    Oct 26, 2020
    3
    Let me preface my poor review with this recommendation - If (and only if) you haven't played it yet, when this game is under $5, buy it and have a good time. But $40, no way. Noooooooo way.

    I beat this game about five years ago when the steam controller came out. By then, the game cost me $2 on steam. There's a reason it came out and immediately faded into the background - it was    Let me preface my poor review with this recommendation - If (and only if) you haven't played it yet, when this game is under $5, buy it and have a good time. But $40, no way. Noooooooo way.

    I beat this game about five years ago when the steam controller came out.

    By then, the game cost me $2 on steam. There's a reason it came out and immediately faded into the background - it was derivative, boring, and dense in all the wrong ways with only the combat BARELY holding it up. It was derivative even immediately following release. 2012 wasn't exactly an easy year for a bland game to come out, Journey, mass effect 3, far cry 3, the walking dead, borderlands 2, dishonored, diablo 3, FTL. Skyrim and dark souls had come out the year before.

    Fast forward to today, and we get... The same game... But wait, I get a loyalty discount of 50%! So I have to pay ten times what I paid for the original for a game that needed a whole lot more than a graphical overhaul (which It honestly didn't need, the art is practically the only part of the game that has aged well)

    You can get it to work with a steam controller, and it works pretty well (it's how I beat the game the first time) But the steam controller is discontinued. Damnit (double damnit since mine finally bit the dust after years of loyal service and I want another)

    The people calling it "lore rich" are also the type who might think my biochemistry textbook is "lore rich" because they can't understand 90% of the words that are simply overcomplicated ways of saying something we already know and recognize. An elf is an elf. Not a fae or whatnot. It has all the tolkein-esque tropes (not a bad thing) but just scratches off the words you know and writes new ones on in crayon. So you wind up barely understanding the concepts at all, and the game now has to go into absolutely EXCRUCIATING detail explaining the things that you would otherwise already know. So the game is just a plot dump. Constantly. Every single character tells you their boring life story that does nothing to flesh out the feel of the world (which is sparse at best) or develop their characters since random NPC's are utterly meaningless in this game.

    The combat is the ONLY part of this game that has aged with a modicum of decency (the art and sound is fine too, but those can't hold up this kind of game on their own, only enhance it. see World of Warcraft for that - old ass art and music but ties the gameplay and world together stunningly) and it too is feeling archaic and dated. The skill system is very nice and I like the theoretical versatility, but all it boils down to is what button you're mashing. The combos are okay, but don't tie together at all, and in a post-dark-souls world, lacks the weight and punch that we'd expect, nor does it have the over the top DMC style that the other camp of action games has. So it feels really, really clunks. Which is a shame, because this could have been a gold star selling point if they took a little time and polished it up to a mirror shine, because the core pieces are present.

    And none of the non combat gameplay has been improved. This game suffers HUGELY by being open world. If it was a linear fantasy action game, the smallish studio behind it could have had a potential smash hit. But they were chasing the "open world" trend at the time that just did this game no favors. Load times are inexcusable and unimproved from the original. The art direction gets really bland once you're away from the main set pieces. Monsters are forgettable. Quests are just the veeeery worst kind of "go to X kill Y of Z" I highly recommend you don't touch more than 1 in 10 of the side quests you get. Only do the ones that sound super fun.

    Final boss battle is a QTE, but a pretty genuinely awesome spectacle nonetheless. I didn't feel super cheated because of how fun it was to watch, but it could have been a top ten boss battle of all time if they'd have actually let you fight that amazing monstrosity they created.

    And lastly, the game has this really unpleasant feeling of claustrophobia because of one critical, instantly-fixable issue that they didn't touch: the camera is angled ever so slightly down. Not enough that it jumps out, but you'll start to feel kind of "closed in" like a PS2 game trying to save Vram. And then you look around and slightly pan up and WOW the game opens up. But it auto-pans down, so you can't just KEEP it at the angle that lets things feel big and airy. Would be so easy to fix and do so much to improve the game.

    So, yeah, I had fun with it for $2. I'd have had fun for $5. But it's not worth replaying. Or repaying.    … Expand
  12. AJCk19
    Nov 18, 2022
    8
    Despite any glitches or any quality of life issues. This game could easily be a 10 out of 10, if it had some sort of multiplayer component. However, I did enjoy the single player experience. Hopefully this game is saved, and we get a sequel with multiplayer or even MMO.
  13. jseph1234
    Apr 29, 2023
    10
    I LOVE This Game. It is a Triple AAA High Fantasy Game with Dialogue Choice, All of things you expect in a Fantasy RPG and First-Class Story Written by R. A. Salvatore

    Definitely a Great Buy!
  14. wolfaust
    Jul 14, 2021
    9
    There are too many things to say about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, but Re-Reckoning is a new way to play a classic leading role-playing game back in 2012. There are lots of opportunities in the game which you can delve into. Hundreds of hours of stories, quests, dungeons and much more.

    If you are familiar with classic Reckoning, and if you played it like you are living in Amalur, you    There are too many things to say about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, but Re-Reckoning is a new way to play a classic leading role-playing game back in 2012. There are lots of opportunities in the game which you can delve into. Hundreds of hours of stories, quests, dungeons and much more.

    If you are familiar with classic Reckoning, and if you played it like you are living in Amalur, you should play Re-Reckoning, too. I read a lot of comments about the game, which they are saying they didn't even improve the graphics. Then I tried it, found out that these comments are not real. There is an improvement in the graphics. Really.

    And, come on, R.A. Salvatore, Ken Rolston, Grant Kirkhope, Todd McFarlane... These persons should remind you something; you played games, listen to tracks, read comics and stories which they created before! And the dev team are doing a really good job with Re-Reckoning.

    Combat, Fateshifting and Reckoning Mode still works amazingly nowadays, and Re-Reckoning shows this approach of role-playing games doesn't die. It also has really different character development phases which you may not experience before if you haven't played it yet. There are Destinies, you can choose Might, Finesse or Sorcery. However, you can go hybrid, too, and all of these Destinies you choose, while you are developing your character, will provide you with bonuses. And more, and more...

    Go, and give it a shot. Trust me, this will be the best money spent.

    Note: Killing a Niskaru still easier than a Sprite. Damn those Sprites, I hate them!    … Expand
  15. Chuckwalsh
    Apr 16, 2022
    9
    Just to reference, I'm three play sessions in, just finishing up the third, I'm 9 hours into the game currently. I'm loving it honestly, the gameplay is fun and the graphics are pretty good honestly.
  16. Geralt123
    Apr 17, 2023
    7
    Overall I had some fun with the game, but it is really enough for me to do only some side quests. It is a good game, no more and no less.

    Pros - Nice art style - Combat is satisfying, especially in mid game and end game - Badass skills - Overall story is ok but not the greatest in the world. - Fast Travel - Quick save and quick load work very well - Good skill system - Variety    Overall I had some fun with the game, but it is really enough for me to do only some side quests. It is a good game, no more and no less.

    Pros
    - Nice art style
    - Combat is satisfying, especially in mid game and end game
    - Badass skills
    - Overall story is ok but not the greatest in the world.
    - Fast Travel
    - Quick save and quick load work very well
    - Good skill system
    - Variety of weapons
    - You can swim

    Cons
    - Graphics look dated although art style is good
    - Invisible walls, only at certain points you can drop down from a ledge
    - Side quests are lame (mostly fetch or kill quests)
    - Ingame map looks ugly
    - Inventory management is a pain
    - Feels like an MMO for 1 player
    - All villages look the same
    - All dungeons look more or less the same
    - Repetetive fights    … Expand
  17. PenetratorGod
    Aug 20, 2023
    5
    If you've already finished the game, there's no reason to buy this version and play it again. It doesn't have any proper improvements. I don't understand why they agreed to release something like this.

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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. GameMAG
    Mar 8, 2021
    60
    Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning retains all the major flaws of an original game, but if you want to dive into the interesting world of Amalur, buy this remaster.
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  2. GameCritics
    Nov 16, 2020
    65
    I appreciate Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning for giving gamers who missed it the first time a chance to see what could have been, but ultimately, it’s a project that should’ve been left to its previous fate.
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  3. Player 2
    Oct 25, 2020
    75
    It’s a polished game, but it’s polished for 2012. It’s a solid RPG, and if you want a very well fleshed-out fantasy world, you’ll find joy here.
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