Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

 Xbox One
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Generación Xbox
    Sep 30, 2020
    90
    Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is a necessary remastering of one of the best RPGs of the last 15 years.
  2. XGN
    Sep 29, 2020
    80
    Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning brings you back to a magical world. The game has been polished to bring it to 2020. This succeeded for the better part of it. The game looks good overall but here and there the aging is still visible pretty clearly. For 40 euros you still get a hell of a RPG with more than 40 hours of story, all of the DLC and next to that a lot of side missions, tons of weapons and more. Also, there is a new DLC on it's way for the game slated in 2021. That makes this more than worth the buy.
  3. MondoXbox
    Sep 27, 2020
    78
    A solid remaster of a good RPG, with great combat mechanics and interesting lore, but with several problems inherited from the original game. A game suited more to newcomers to the game, while the ones who already played it won't find many reasons to replay it.
  5. SomosXbox
    Sep 27, 2020
    75
    Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Re Reckoning has little remastering work, beyond a few simple tweaks to bring it up to today's standards, but its greatest achievement is bringing back a dead IP with great potential. Its narrative structure may not be perfect, it may be too long and too stuffy, but without a doubt, its RPG section helps to overlook it and enjoy a very fun combat system. We will see what THQ Nordic does from now on with this fantastic fantasy universe.

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 33
  3. Negative: 6 out of 33
  1. Xbox_Alive
    Sep 14, 2020
    7
    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning- you'll play as the "Fate-less One", a mighty hero unique in the world for his ability to change the fates ofKingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning- you'll play as the "Fate-less One", a mighty hero unique in the world for his ability to change the fates of others however he or she sees fit. So it’s ironic that, given the opportunity to do whatever they wanted with this last generation cult classic revived, developer Kaiko and publisher THQ Nordic did so little to improve the experience for the remaster. Honestly, it’s a struggle to even note much of an update to the graphics. Character models are a little bit smoother. Parts of the varied fantasy world look a little bit brighter, but overall it doesn’t appear that textures have seen much of an improvement. No one watching this game in motion is going to mistake it for a new release. What has been updated in this remaster? Well, one welcome change is the removal of level locking. You’re now free to explore the world with enemies scaling to your level, so you’ll no longer wander into the wrong part of the map only to be promptly killed in one or two hits because you’re under leveled. Kaiko has also added a Very Hard difficulty for those looking for an extra challenge. The two massive add-ons, The Legend of Dead Kel and Teeth of Naros, are also included. That’s really about it for the improvements however. In terms of new features, Re-Reckoning is one of the more disappointing re-releases in recent years. The Xbox version isn’t very well optimized, either. The frame rate would regularly dip in the game’s many large, outdoor areas, and I ran into crashes every few hours. At least you can save anywhere. Curiously, the one addition that could have made this remaster more worthwhile, a new five-hour add-on called Fatesworn, won’t be released until next year and you'll get all of it for much less than picking this up today in its current state. Most people are probably more familiar with the controversy surrounding Amalur’s development than the game itself if not look it up it's worth. read. Despite its rocky history and the questionable improvements, there is still an enjoyable action RPG here, even if nearly a decade later, Kingdoms of Amalur is definitely showing its age. Combat is still Amalur’s strong suit in the end. It has a sufficient heaviness to it that a lot of RPGs lack, though it never quite feels as good as some of todays massive studio offerings. That said, there are plenty of ways to customize your character to suit your combat style and needs. There are three basic classes: Might, Finesse, and Sorcery, but you’re free to mix and match classes and skill trees as you please. With a little planning, it’s completely viable to have a character that wields a giant warhammer with one button and magic staff with another. Regardless of what you end up equipping, each fight is about increasing your Fate meter and ultimately unleashing a powerful, gory Reckoning attack, which can eliminate an entire group of enemies and give you a huge boots in experience points if you pull it off just right. But the camera, which was heavily criticized in the original release, is still troublesome during combat, often picking odd angles behind scenery, zooming out randomly, and regularly getting stuck underground. Quests are another issue. Sure, there are lots of them, but they rarely involve more than killing a group of monsters, collecting a few specific trinkets, or going from point A to point B. Even the main quest doesn’t offer much variety outside of its boss fights. Amalur’s story about the nature of fate is serviceable and the voice acting does hold up pretty well, but it’s largely an excuse to set up more combat encounters. And while the levels are large and varied, they’re ultimately just big zones with branching paths and don’t make up a truly open world. It’s a little difficult going back to a game like this after playing so many of the years gone by greats to hit the Xbox console. Perhaps the most frustrating thing about Re-Reckoning is the lack updates to the UI, which feels especially cumbersome by todays standards. In the end of all the dated complaints a solid game experience is still to be had here for your Xbox One. Especially if you missed the opportunity to play it until now on your Xbox console.… Full Review »
  2. 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 chargeTHQ 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 Full True 4K on the XB1X. 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.    … Full Review »
  3. shebeatsyou
    Sep 9, 2020
    5
    If you enjoyed the original then you know what to expect otherwise this is a very lazy port. Options still have the 360 controller layout soIf you enjoyed the original then you know what to expect otherwise this is a very lazy port. Options still have the 360 controller layout so you can tell no love went into this. Also, none of the achievements work, unlike the PS4 version. Recommend waiting for a sale THQ Nordic should put in a little more effort but we know they won't.… Full Review »
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