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Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning |OT| An Enemy-Pounding Funfest
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lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Yeah, if anyone can confirm the more/better loot thing if played on hard mode that'd be great. RPG's tend to be brain dead easy on normal mode with overly inflated 'not worth it' hard modes. If Amalur busts out a well designed hard mode that's fair with incentives, this game is fucking bought.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Agreed about Reckoning mode, good to save for a big fight.
Really curious if item drops are actually better on Hard.
Game is addictive as hell.
Really curious if item drops are actually better on Hard.
Game is addictive as hell.
More XP seems unlikely, but during ign live stream some developer guy (?) suggested that you get better loot on hard, though we didn't hear his exact words due to him being off camera
e: oh beaten ages ago
TheVampire
Banned
My PC is dead so I was thinking about just playing this on xbox360.
Should I bother waiting for my PC to get fixed to play that version?
I remember reading that you cant change the LOD detail and stuff so I guess the only advantage is the frame rate?
Should I bother waiting for my PC to get fixed to play that version?
I remember reading that you cant change the LOD detail and stuff so I guess the only advantage is the frame rate?
Yeah, pretty much just framerate/IQ and load times really.
The way I understand it, aside from the regular bonuses to damage and such, you unlock all of the weapon masteries and get +3 to all of your skills. I think the weapon masteries are the combos you can do after certain actions, i.e. block, parry, etc. The skills are Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Detect Hidden, etc.
Also, going Universalist allows you to wear every type of armor in the game; Plate, Leather and Cloth.
If I misinterpreted any of the above information, you have my permission to correct me.
Played the PC version for an hour this morning before work.
Pop-in + LOD/draw distance seems to be 99% like the demo!
Sorry guys
Load times on my SSD: The demo had > 1second, retail has > 3seconds because of the bigger world I guess. Still,super fast and not even close to the horrible console loading times.
Pop-in + LOD/draw distance seems to be 99% like the demo!
Sorry guys
Load times on my SSD: The demo had > 1second, retail has > 3seconds because of the bigger world I guess. Still,super fast and not even close to the horrible console loading times.
Played the PC version for an hour this morning before work.
Pop-in + LOD/draw distance seems to be 99% like the demo!
Sorry guys
Load times on my SSD: The demo had > 1second, retail has > 3seconds because of the bigger world I guess. Still,super fast and not even close to the horrible console loading times.
How'd you manage to get around the release date activation check...?
Origin pre-loads the entire game without any encryption or missing files.
It's pretty easy from there. I don't understand why I can buy a game,download a game and then have to wait for an arbitrary point in time to use what I already have right there on my HD.
Wait, so you can play this right now, if you download it from Origin? Kind of a big oversight on EA's part isn't it?
BrettWeir
Member
Wait, what? If so, /cancel gamestop preorder, ordering Origin right now!
If you know what you are doing, you can, yes.
Played the 360 demo last night and while I found the combat just as much fun as everyone has been saying, the story was interesting and I felt a sense that the lore of the world is extremely well developed. I was more impressed with that than the gameplay.
I usually play action RPGs as a warrior class but I had a blast sneaking around and pick pocketing I'll probably go finesse.
I won't be able to sit down and really play till next weekend though, bummer!
I usually play action RPGs as a warrior class but I had a blast sneaking around and pick pocketing I'll probably go finesse.
I won't be able to sit down and really play till next weekend though, bummer!
MushroomSamba
Member
To his credit, the IGN guy playing the game didn't really seem to hold back on criticisms while playing. It actually seemed like he forgot the EA dude was sitting there right next to him at times. I remember a few "annoying enemy" and "convoluted menu" comments in there. And to Daemon's credit, he even asked the viewer's question "what DIDN'T you like about the game", which the guy playing answered fairly straightforwardly.
It was a lot better than those two hosting David Jaffe right afterwards. They seemed so eager to please him...it was a little awkward to watch. The guy playing even said something like "don't worry, we'll go easy on it" after talking about glitches and bugs affecting the review, to which I think disturbed Jaffe more than anything.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Care to share your Jedi mind tricks with the rest of us, Klyka?
Hammer, Chakram, Staff, and Scepter are the weapons that Envenomed Edge doesn't work with.
...playing early might be be worth switching from Steam ... :|
I know I could save anywhere and quicksave anywhere but I have not tried it during combat yet.
I would actually say "No" to save in combat, because it just sounds weird to load the game in the middle of a swing or something.
Im hoping it doesnt allow you to save in combat...I already dont like games where you can save anywhere, but I am able to get over it if the game is good (ie Skyrim).
It is kind of ironic that people playing the 360 build and now the PC build early both coinside with the same days the torents of the game hit...
Not too shocking that we have not magicly heard of people playing the PS3 build early.
I am sure you can as i would assume they use the same exe.
Sir Garbageman
Member
So you can't change difficulty on the fly?
I could do it, so I would assume you can!
Baconsammy
Banned
You can.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Barack Lesnar
Banned
It's 9 dollars less on Amazon if you want (if you're in the U.S., I dunno about non US) and you also get good bonus items that aren't on steam version
with many already getting the game it might be a good idea that I go into the darkness, won't be getting my copy till tuesday.
I'm sorry but the allure is too strong. Or something like that.
Then again, my Origin copy won't even install right so this has been an interesting morning anyway :x
Robobandit
Member
The wait for my collector's edition to arrive on Tuesday grows more difficult by the hour..
sneakypete
Member
No kidding man. No midnight release here so I'll be waiting along with ya.
Oh and a buddy of mine just got married and is now in a bit of a financial rut, so I bought him a copy. Feels good man.
Oh and a buddy of mine just got married and is now in a bit of a financial rut, so I bought him a copy. Feels good man.
I'll be sure to post screens tonight if I find anything nice!
I'll try on the latter for you. I mainly want to do some testing of things but after a pretty terrible week, I think I may just actually take the time to play the game now and do my mechanics work later.
That is the first thing I'm going to check, lol. I saw a lot of things in the demo for adding Poison damage (Alchemy potion, Sagecrafting, Poison random loot) that makes me question Envenomed Edge's usefulness. Especially since, for my build, one of my weapons does not benefit from it (Chakrams).
Has anyone who has played the final version able to answer this?
Baconsammy
Banned
I haven't played it, but it was clear in the IGN stream that it's save at any time like Fallout/Skyrim out of combat.
I answered it earlier. You can save anywhere, anytime outside of combat!