Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning | Review in 3 Minutes

KC Nwosu reviews Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, developed by 38 Studios and Kaiko GMBH.

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[KnightWhoSaysNopeAvi]

"Corporate wants you to find the difference between these two pictures."

[carlosmiguelteixeiraott]

It's a shame because I really loved this game when I first played it.
About the skyrim thing, Bethesda got off easy on a LOT of shit other companies wouldn't be able to pull off.

[svsguru]

Sounds like they spent more time on coming up with the new title, than actually remastering the game.

[kainhighwind]

They made a lot of changes. They're just more under the hood and quality of life changes as opposed to big overhauls. Like they changed how areas level with you to make it more dynamic. They added a new difficulty, and a lot of smaller changes and details that add up to something better than the original.

[SeanKH]

They should have gotten rid of the level cap you hit way before the game ends. It makes combat unrewarding for the last third of the game.

[samjuan]

Is this really a remaster? Looking at 1:29 the original model actually has more details while the "remastered" pretty much just blurred out the colors and added bloom effect. You could get a better looking game by just using Reshade/ENB. But then again, this is from EA (they're the publisher if I remember correctly) so I can't say I'm surprised.

[LordGame]

Geez this sucks. Not even a graphical enhancement. That title screen was the nail in the coffin.
Why even bother re-releasing it?

[stefanhatcher]

I've never played it so I'm sure it will be a lot more enjoyable for me

[Skenjin]

Glad I watched the review. Saddens me but glad to save the money.

[YKNW]

I put 300+ hours into KoA the first time. I bought 2 DCs. I upgraded from a 28" CRT to a 48" HD flatscreen and was stunned by how great it looked.

Not sure I have the energy to put much time into it again but I sure hope a lot of other people find out how great a game it was.

[archangle]

The did upgrade a lot of behind the scenes stuff like how loot is generated and how levels of mobs in areas are calculated.

[xanderfulton]

I honestly hope that this time with the new spotlight, the game gets a chance to shine. It’s initial release was such a tragic story, it has so much potential

[nizemee]

To me it looks like the remaster got pretty decent graphics update. I've just seen the comparison vs the original on PC Games's youtube channel and the remaster's graphics are much clearer and detailed and the re-shade looks great. Other than that the game has been rebalnced so that's worth mentoning considering the orignal was very easy even on hard difficulty. For owners of the original game you currently get 50% off the price so i think it's a pretty good deal for what the game is and it is over 70 hours long with a massive, beautiful and interesting world to explore.

[dennismylastname]

this remaster sounds like a real labor of love

[davidtodd]

I wonder if this is as close as we are going to get to backwards compatibility. Was a surprisingly fantastic game, with a crafting system. If they keep lowering prices on rereleases compared to regular games, I’m not sure if this is an ok path forward. It just might be, but I really can’t predict it at all. Fingers crossed I guess. And a hearty recommendation to those who haven’t played the older game to try it out. Easily worth that price, but I’m also a bit prejudiced by nostalgia goggles I’m sure.

[johnsmith]

I expected this to be the case. We got this close to release with very little gameplay footage. Not surprised that it’s a weak remaster.
I quite enjoyed the original game, although I found it was mostly fetch quests.
I tried to get through this game twice but lost interest each time. I’ll give this one a miss I think

[adams]

I remember my sister and I couldn't afford to buy it when it came out the first time, but the demo was so huge (it was basically the first two and a half hours of the game, with full character customization) that we just replayed that at least ten times. Might be worth finally tracking down...

[jamalwashium]

What u talking about the graphical fixes are awesome and the weapon flow is better with timing attacks that have been polished

[michealcrossan]

Played this game when I was like 12 and enjoyed it then but wasn’t into the lore I think I’ll enjoy it more this time

[leshrac]

I wonder if they accidentally released you the base copy? Because your visuals look nothing like the visuals that they show on their steam page for the Re-Reckoning. Also they mentioned minor changes to the gameplay loop would be coming..and I dont see anything their either. It seems like something went very wrong with either this release..or your demo.