Playing FFXIII-2 after Amalur is like paying someone to intentionally stab me repeatedly with a tuberculosis tainted rusty nail
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Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning |OT| An Enemy-Pounding Funfest
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Playing FFXIII-2 after Amalur is like paying someone to intentionally stab me repeatedly with a tuberculosis tainted rusty nail
XANDER CAGE
Member
The desert areas of this game are shockingly gorgeous, a really nice break from the slightly generic fantasy forest the game started in. God I love New Mexico style desert rock formations. I wish the music there was more distinctive though. Gimme some flamenco guitar!
Actually, most of the music in this game is a bit underwhelming. The battle music is annoying as fuck.
Actually, most of the music in this game is a bit underwhelming. The battle music is annoying as fuck.
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(Prime shipping gets it there by Tuesday, one-day would get it there Saturday if you order it asap)
Hah you've got the IGN hyperbole curse, Amirox!
See to me they are oddly complementary - one has a super serious story full of British people spouting 50-cent words and high drama, and the other has a story about time travel that actively contradicts itself, and lets you pick totally ridiculous dialogue choices for the main characters.
And sadly Reckoning does not let you put sunglasses on your Faer Gorta. Or own a harem.
#blamefrazier
FF13-2 also has better hair.
You absolutely should see strategy in many enemies AI, even cooler for Finesse builds is watching smarter enemies, even wolves
try to find a route to you around a trap you lay, just gets to be insane fun as you try to outwit an NPC, which I'll admit I think is awesome.Wanna know something cooler? I can remember the milestone the combat and AI team was showing this tech live for the first time, and how stealth was working in terrain where you could 'lose' monsters, and how their sight, and hearing, played roles in them finding you, or losing you
To see that now in game is awesome.
Finally gave in and drop $60 on steam...
Forgive me if I don't backtrack through 80+ pages of this thread if these things sound like repeats of repeats.
The camera sucks... hard. I keep trying to use the mouse wheel to zoom out out of habit. Jesus H. Christ. Is there a config file out there that can zoom the camera out?
And what's the deal with EA Account's Unknown connection error?
Forgive me if I don't backtrack through 80+ pages of this thread if these things sound like repeats of repeats.
The camera sucks... hard. I keep trying to use the mouse wheel to zoom out out of habit. Jesus H. Christ. Is there a config file out there that can zoom the camera out?
And what's the deal with EA Account's Unknown connection error?
Arguable.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
I'm very disappointed in the music so far. It's the same uninspired tune every 10 minutes or so (10 hours played), that I've noticed anyway. The first 10 hours of a great RPG should provide some awesome music. I can't help but think of Divinity II. The beginning town music was beyond epic, I could listen to it loop for hours. Kirill Pokrovsky is incredible.
sneakypete
Member
Anyone know where to find some awesome gems to buy? I ran into a guy selling them yesterday but I can't remember where he was located. Anyone remember seeing him in the first few areas? For reference I haven't made it past Lorca-Rane/The Sidhe.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
I think the 2nd or 3rd temple/church has a guy. The place with the monks. He sells epic gems.
sneakypete
Member
You mean in Gorhart?
BanShunsaku
Member
I just can't get enough of this game. First time I've ever played a Mage type character in an RPG, but the combat is just so enjoyable. Playing a pure sorcery build and it's just so satisfying to fuck shit up.
Also Curt, you're an awesome guy. If more devs were like you and your team the world would be a much better place!
Also Curt, you're an awesome guy. If more devs were like you and your team the world would be a much better place!
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
No, there's more temples around the map than just the one at the 1st town. There are other people around that sell lower quality shards and stuff. He's the only one so far I've met that sells good stuff.
Grinchy
Banned
Really? I bought all the upgrades before I even knew where it was.
XANDER CAGE
Member
I like the main theme well enough, but it feels like that's the only flavor of music in the game.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
I like the spiderman theme as well
XANDER CAGE
Member
And the even-worse-Fable battle music
Just hit 35 hours played, finished off all Dalentarth quests, I think anyway. Gnarsh was pretty easy. Thankfully I saved right before because I didn't use my fate ability the first time. Easy 8k exp using that on her, which dinged me to 19. Went to Ysa but quit for now. There is a place in Sidh, called I think Adoh, does that open up soon or is that quite a bit later?
I don't understand how people are running into grey con mobs out in the world. The only time I see them is when I'm backtracking and I saw a few on the road to the last part of House of Ballads questline. Sidh forest turned grey when I dinged 19, but I had no quests left so didn't matter.
Crafted two new weapons since my others were getting long in the tooth, I like fire.
Camera still annoys, hopefully that patch is coming soon.
I don't understand how people are running into grey con mobs out in the world. The only time I see them is when I'm backtracking and I saw a few on the road to the last part of House of Ballads questline. Sidh forest turned grey when I dinged 19, but I had no quests left so didn't matter.
Crafted two new weapons since my others were getting long in the tooth, I like fire.
Camera still annoys, hopefully that patch is coming soon.
I take it back!
I went to get repairs and I found out that the blacksmith is the guy to see for upgrades. At 1K a pop, I've had more than enough to fully upgrade it.
Nice!
sneakypete
Member
Ah ok thanks. And I think I found him! He's outside the Ballads Oratory.
Go see the town's blacksmith
Aodh is part of the Scholia Arcana faction. It's pretty early in the questline, though.
18 is when Ettinmere hit grey, if I recall (or was it 19?). All of Dalentarth was of level for me while I was doing it until then, though. The Plains and Detyre, however, didn't keep up quite as well...
Not to nit pick but are you sure it was 1k per house upgrade? I got mine fully upgraded for 400 and change each.
I need to get some sleep but I can't stop thinking about the game. The last time some thing like this happened to me was back with Arkham Asylum.
I was told 918 for the last few upgrades at least.
Empty Space
Member
Does anybody have a break down of the zones by recommended level? Everything I'm running into is gray in the overworld and its kind of bumming me out.
Mine was 418 for each upgrade
Strange, maybe you didn't do all the webwood quests before buying the upgrades? or maybe some one died? I don't know but I got mine for about 500 less.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Mine was around 400 per upgrade, too.
I wonder if it changes depending on your persuasion skill?
Grinchy
Banned
That's weird that we all had different prices.
Each of my upgrades was around 250. I have no persuasion skill (both in-game and irl).
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
I think my steam game timer broke. I have like 40 hours in game, but steam only says 32
I only have points invested in sagecraft, alchemy and the dispel ward skill. Didn't bother with stealth since I seem to be doing fine with zero points in it and lock picking is a piece of cake (I'm a Seer with all points going into the Sorcery).
Baconsammy
Banned
498 per upgrade for me. Must have to do with the mercantile stat.
Hmmm, what level were you when you got the house?
MushroomSamba
Member
After finishing the House of Ballads faction quest, I moved from really liking this game to absolutely fucking loving it. This is the first faction quest I completed...if the stories for the rest are as good as this one, I'm in for a helluva time.
So what did you guys choose? I decided to rule with her and now everybody in town is pissed, haha. Get used to it, you crybabies.
Grinchy
Banned
Pretty low. I think I'm only like level 13 now, so potentially as low as level 8 or 9.
bomba
bluedeviltron
Member
That's when I switched to normal. The combat isn't good enough to support 30 different homing missile spamming enemies at once. Could've probably gone back to town and bought a bunch of potions, but I didn't have the motivation to walk through that cave/dungeon again.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I played the PC demo and enjoyed it a bit, but the camera...
Thinking of giving it a go on PS3. How does it perform? Any Skyrim buggy messes? And does the game openly allow you to respec? Not having to have multiple characters to experience various facets of the game would be awesome.
Thinking of giving it a go on PS3. How does it perform? Any Skyrim buggy messes? And does the game openly allow you to respec? Not having to have multiple characters to experience various facets of the game would be awesome.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
I played the PC demo and enjoyed it a bit, but the camera...
Thinking of giving it a go on PS3. How does it perform? Any Skyrim buggy messes? And does the game openly allow you to respec? Not having to have multiple characters to experience various facets of the game would be awesome.
You pay some gold and you can respec.
I was a level 9/10. I thought for a second that prices would scale down depending on your level but I guess that's not the case. Most likely some quest related thing then.
Baconsammy
Banned
Thanks for the heads-up. It's the result of them price-matching Toys R US, but for some reason only on 360. I emailed them and 30 minutes later received a note back saying they credited me back 14.96 since I had just bought it on Tuesday.
The game just prompted me if I wanted to switch, lol.
I'm going to give it a few more tries on hard. Being Cursed and without potions isn't helping though. I might just grind out fate outside the castle and Reckoning everything.
I'm all finesse bow and dagger, took me a few times but now I'm handling crowds pretty well. Frost traps in choke points if available or to cover flanks, concentrate on non stunned mobs and back off when you see a retaliation starting up. Use shadow something or nother to stun as well while resetting traps.
When the homing missile stuff starts I back way off and dodge, most of those types of attacks are telegraphed well in advanced, like the Jottuns teeing up a ice ball and smacking it with their club, gee, wonder where they got that idea.
The more patience I have the more enjoyable the fight.