Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Okay, so I'm most most of us remember this ambitious yet also deeply cliche ARPG from Big Huge Games, and through some bizarre financial shenanigans, the State of Rhode Island. Made a big advertising splash about its writing talent of R.A. Salvatore (whom I'd never heard of) and Todd McFarlane (whom I wish I'd never heard of) and was billing itself as the next big RPG. So obviously that didn't happen. I mean from what I recall it sold respectably for a new IP but not enough to recover its investment. Now it seems some mad people have decided that this game needs a remaster, allegedly to be released on September 9th 2020.
And you know what? I'm in. Aside from having the good sense to have some fun with the title, the remaster includes (as it should) all the DLC the game ever had, with the possible exception of the Mass Effect 3 promotional items, that I remember were quite substantial in terms of story content and theme. I mean a fresh coat of paint isn't going to make the cheesy dialogue any better, or the risible main story line less dull, but there was a big heap of earnest charm and colour to the game that I really liked. That and most of its side quests for the various factions could, frankly, have been games in and of themselves. My favourite was always The Warsworn, a group of mercenaries you could join and eventually lead or ultimately betray.
Anywho, the Steam page only has a few screenshots in whatever new graphics coat of paint they've applied; no trailers yet. My other big question is that will owners of the current full version+DLCs get a discount like Square did for the Director's Cut of Human Revolution.
Okay, so I'm most most of us remember this ambitious yet also deeply cliche ARPG from Big Huge Games, and through some bizarre financial shenanigans, the State of Rhode Island. Made a big advertising splash about its writing talent of R.A. Salvatore (whom I'd never heard of) and Todd McFarlane (whom I wish I'd never heard of) and was billing itself as the next big RPG. So obviously that didn't happen. I mean from what I recall it sold respectably for a new IP but not enough to recover its investment. Now it seems some mad people have decided that this game needs a remaster, allegedly to be released on September 9th 2020.
And you know what? I'm in. Aside from having the good sense to have some fun with the title, the remaster includes (as it should) all the DLC the game ever had, with the possible exception of the Mass Effect 3 promotional items, that I remember were quite substantial in terms of story content and theme. I mean a fresh coat of paint isn't going to make the cheesy dialogue any better, or the risible main story line less dull, but there was a big heap of earnest charm and colour to the game that I really liked. That and most of its side quests for the various factions could, frankly, have been games in and of themselves. My favourite was always The Warsworn, a group of mercenaries you could join and eventually lead or ultimately betray.
Anywho, the Steam page only has a few screenshots in whatever new graphics coat of paint they've applied; no trailers yet. My other big question is that will owners of the current full version+DLCs get a discount like Square did for the Director's Cut of Human Revolution.
