It's not just the Universalists Destiny that lowers those requirements, it's every Jack of all Trade destinies. It cuts the equip requirement by half. Weapon requirements are level based, while armor is ability based.
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Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning |OT| An Enemy-Pounding Funfest
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It's not just the Universalists Destiny that lowers those requirements, it's every Jack of all Trade destinies. It cuts the equip requirement by half. Weapon requirements are level based, while armor is ability based.
That is seriously one of the worst articles I have ever read.
Wind's Howling
Member
While I do understand where you are getting at it is not exactly the same. I'm quite positive that doing a speed-run in Skyrim does not nearly result in the same amount of hours when pitted against Amalur. But still it is all subjective. Taking a developer his or her words for 100% truth or 100% false is entirely up to the gamer itself.
That alone. Fuck....
Neuromancer
Member
Jesus.
sneakypete
Member
Does anyone know if IGN usually uploads their streams or if it'll be a one time, watch-it-while-you-can affair?
My laptop is on loan til later this evening so I've got no way to watch
My laptop is on loan til later this evening so I've got no way to watch
IGN will have a live stream starting at 11:00 AM PST.
They could have put it on a single disk twice - the game was only like 3.5GB.
KernelPanic
Member
This has to be one of the best demos/games I played this gen. Yes the demo is glitchy as hell but looking beyond all that this game is awesome.
I'm currently debating whether to get this, the skeptic in me is hard to convince. So many games never seem to turn out quite as good as I expect they should.
I had zero expectations when I launched the demo because I knew nothing about the game in advance and since it's an EA game I automatically lower my expectations.
Need to read some discussions on builds, mage seems weak in the demo at first (like any RPG). Playing as a fighter seems overpowered, having tried rogue much but the stealth implementation is awesome.
I'm currently debating whether to get this, the skeptic in me is hard to convince. So many games never seem to turn out quite as good as I expect they should.
I had zero expectations when I launched the demo because I knew nothing about the game in advance and since it's an EA game I automatically lower my expectations.
Need to read some discussions on builds, mage seems weak in the demo at first (like any RPG). Playing as a fighter seems overpowered, having tried rogue much but the stealth implementation is awesome.
Wind's Howling
Member
It's not an EA game. They are a publishing menace but I can assure you that those guys have absolutely nothing to say when it comes down to development of Amalur.
38 studio's are filled with people who are gamers at heart and actually listen to feedback. Something a lot of other devs can learn from.
NoSkillz187
Member
Thanks for clearing that up. Almost makes me want to go the Jack of all Trades route.
NoSkillz187
Member
Come to the dark side and go pure rogue with me, lol.
walbertsmith
Member
Not sure if it's been posted here yet, but Ken Rolston did an AMA on reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/p7y12/iama_rpg_game_design_visionary_ken_rolston_for/
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/p7y12/iama_rpg_game_design_visionary_ken_rolston_for/
That's what I'm going to do... I'm thinking they will do a pre-load today. I can't wait and I want to pre-load it now. Grrr
Someone help me! I don't know how to read that site. How do I see Ken's comments? Reddit is so confusing.
That's what I'm going to do... I'm thinking they will do a pre-load today. I can't wait and I want to pre-load it now. Grrr
Welcome to the club then
. Please report when the pre-load has started so I can also purchase the game on steam.The_Darkest_Red
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walbertsmith
Member
Ken's comments are denoted by a blue highlight on his username. You can also click his name directly and see all his comments, then click "context" to see what he responded to.
And once you get used to it, reddit is pretty much the best forum ever.
Aah. Thank you!
TheApatheticOne
Member
Taking off some of next week for this game. Even switch my Amazon order to a GS order since last time I had off for a game I was excited about, release date delivery didnt get to me until almost 7:30 pm. The Gamestop by my house is doing a midnight launch. I'd like to say I wont go, just pick it up early the next day, but then Id be lying to GAF and myself.
Tuesday can't come soon enough. Ive fooled around with that abilities calculator so much its silly.
Tuesday can't come soon enough. Ive fooled around with that abilities calculator so much its silly.
thetrin
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Whoa whoa, I wouldn't go that far. Hell, I wouldn't say anything close to that.
bodine1231
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Just got the Amazon pre-download email,cant wait!!!
KernelPanic
Member
Yeah I saw that after I played the game. Glad to hear it, I really it does well, we need more games (and studios making such games). Hopefully the game delivers on the solid demo and is (generally) bug free.
I will try it some more but you run out of arrows fairly easily and aiming is annoying with the controller. Maybe it's better with spec'ing bows and some more playtime.
Does anyone know if IGN usually uploads their streams or if it'll be a one time, watch-it-while-you-can affair?
My laptop is on loan til later this evening so I've got no way to watch
IGN's streams are archived and uploaded for people to watch later, yes.
walbertsmith
Member
I'd be willing to entertain other ideas, but the combination of the threaded structure with the algorithm for the voting system is fantastic. Obviously I haven't seen all the forums out there, but reddit is by far the best that I've seen.
Baconsammy
Banned
Today, yes. I think Curt said IGN was given the exclusive for both the stream and the review.
Review exclusives are never a good thing in the potential buyers view. Too many bad examples of shoddy "exclusive" reviews that go hand in hand with ads.
Sounds like the other game playthrough streaming is on launch from Teamliquid etc.
Tuesday February 7th, 2012 from 2pm PST to 10pm PST
I wonder if I can destroy the airplane WIFI by trying to watch IGN in a few hours.
Baconsammy
Banned
It's a necessary evil. You can just as easily ignore the score like most everyone else ignores IGN's scores.
NoSkillz187
Member
The more you level up your bow skills, the more arrows you get I think. And you get some really nice abilities for the bow also.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
To be frank, most folks who will ignore IGN's review as essentially an advertisement are in this thread and already hyped for the game. The entire purpose of IGN's review is going to be to get the interest of the huge number of folks who actually let the "8+" scale determine the looseness of their wallets.
IGN reviews may be a joke to us, but they are the difference between feast or famine for a lot of publishers.
IGN reviews may be a joke to us, but they are the difference between feast or famine for a lot of publishers.
It never has anything to do with ads. It has much more to do with how much the editor is digging the game.
If the editor is really loving it he might push to get the exclusive review, because exclusives make it easier to convince higher-ups to shine a really bright spotlight on that article, thus getting more attention for the game that editor wants to champion.
Let's say you loooove game A. You want everyone to know about it. If your review runs wide with everyone else's, for your editor that review is a lot less interesting story. It might be a top story for 8 hours. But if it's an exclusive, it could be a top story for two days.
Still, it goes to show a developers integrity if they are so eager to get in bed with IGN. They should have confidence in their product not pimp it out with exclusives...
Not saying that's in fact whats happening with these guys, their word of mouth campaign and eagerness to engage the community are an example to every other dev out there and i applaud them for it. But this kinda shit with IGN is just bad form.
British Monsoon
Member
Yeah, how dare they want to secure expansive coverage from one of the biggest gaming sites on the net?
For every person that dismisses an IGN exclusive as little more than a paid advertisement, there are a dozen more users who actually, as scary as this sounds, pay attention to IGN's opinions.
Felix Lighter
Member
Any kind of exclusive review deal with a publication would be handled by their publisher. Marketing doesn't care about the confidence or integrity of the developer. They want to make sure people know about the game and buy it.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
1 more hour. It starts at 11 AM Pacific Time.
Cool, thanks
sneakypete
Member
Awesome, thanks for the reply.
Should be at night!
Think there arent enough people on the interweb to make your assumption a reality...
My bad, i thought KoA was self published on the pc, and EA was only involved on the console distribution.
Too bad you have to wade through 10 stupid cat pictures, scumbag steve pics, rage "comics" etc, before you find one useful post.