Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning Gameplay Looks Vaguely Familiar

11 responses to “Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning Gameplay Looks Vaguely Familiar”

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   Riavan

   April 13, 2011 at 10:04 am

   Pretty sure God of war/fable style combat describes any real time action game.

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      Mad Danny

      April 13, 2011 at 11:39 am

      not so much I’d reckon – some of them distinctly favour balletic combo-chaining and interrupting enemy attacks (Bayonetta, Fable), others more of a strike-and-roll [or hit-and-run depending on context] (Zelda, Demon Souls), some rely on rapid range switching if there is a firearms focus (Devil May Cry, Bayonetta again), and some are more parkour platformers with less of a combat focus (Sands of Time, Assassins Creed). They do share similarities but I think it’s partly building a common base from which to branch the more elaborate intricacies of combat – much like FPS and RPGs have done in the past.

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   Tali

   April 13, 2011 at 12:20 pm

   Ah when I saw recent screen shots in Game Informer I thought ‘this style seems familiar’, but I didn’t make the connection. Now I do get a fable-esque vibe. Still looks like a fun game to me tbh, not too serious but still meaty.

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   James Mac

   April 13, 2011 at 12:29 pm

   Jeez that looks pretty.

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   Adam

   April 17, 2011 at 1:03 pm

   Salvatore and McFarlane? Can I pre-order yet? 🙂

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      laethyn

      April 18, 2011 at 1:57 pm

      Why yes, yes you can!

      http://reckoning.com has links to preorder (for whichever system suits your fancy).

      I preordered mine already 🙂

      Original launch was this September, but EA pushed it back to january 2011. Likely so this doesn’t compete with the new Oblivion is my guess.

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   laethyn

   April 18, 2011 at 1:58 pm

   Sorry, typo. That is January 2012, not 2011.

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   John Stanton

   May 4, 2011 at 7:28 am

   As a long-time PC guy, I thinking of jumping ship and buying a new 27″ i7 iMac with 16 GB RAM and a 256– I like the idea of it supporting 3 huge monitors. I encourage the developers to look at that as a test platform using the latest version of Parallels. By mid-2012 I bet there will be a sizable market with that level of Mac hardware.

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      Telerian

      May 12, 2011 at 10:17 pm

      Common now, this has nothing to do with the discussion. Sure you’d probably like this on Mac, but don’t hold your breath.
      Any serious gamer that uses a Mac is gonna have to dual boot their HDD with windows anyway. A new developer, even with big names like this one, wouldn’t make a Mac version unless they planned it that way from the start.
      Any PC can support 3 huge monitors man, I run two easilly on a laptop. You just need the right video card(s) to pull it off.

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   Norman Williams

   May 11, 2011 at 1:45 pm

   Having played EverQuest1 since 1998 to present and also having involvement with past MMO’s such as Horizon’s I see something very special here with Reckoning. First I see a creative team with mega credentials to back them up. I see deep pockets which is the biggest problem for most new gaming companies. With mega talent backed by proper funding amazing results can occur. 38 Studios has an amazing talent pool and with the leadership that they have in place I expect some amazing things from this company. I know plenty of burnt out EQ’ers that would happily give this game a thorough testing. Good luck guys, we will be following you very closely.

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   Will

   May 27, 2011 at 12:03 pm

   This trailer could have been any MMO thats come out in the past 3 years. “Let’s make a great eye candy trailer with tons of combat, OMGZ!!!!1!”

   I’ve been out of the MMO scene since 2005. There just doesn’t seem to be any great advancements in gameplay (ex. completely zoneless worlds, real-time permanent environment changes, player created content, etc.) Not to meantion the fact that I believe I was still in high school when Curt first founded this company. I’m 25 now and have kid on the way and they just “revealed” their game this spring.

   I hate to be the guy to say this, but the golden age of the MMORPG is dead.

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