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 What is Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning? It's a 3rd person fantasy action RPG made by the now-defunct 38 Studios. It's unlike many other games in that the very first thing that happens, before you even get control, is your character dies. The rest of the game is dealing with what happens when someone returns back to life, no longer bound by fate like everyone else. The title is very long because Curt Schilling wanted to create an epic fantasy series, and this was supposed to be the game that kick started a franchise. In terms of gameplay, it is incredibly fun. The action is really fast paced, and if you decide you don't like playing a certain archetype, the game lets you respec for extremely cheap. So at any time you can change up how you play! Also the game has an extremely troubled history. It was involved in one of the biggest gaming scandals of 2012, and the IP is actually owned by the state of Rhode Island, thus the thread title. More on all that later, though! Wait, Curt Schilling? Yes, Curt Schilling. Former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Apparently he liked games so much that he wanted to create one. Same story you hear from game-playing nerds all the time, except he had enough money to actually pull it off. About the LP Because the game is so open ended with how you can approach it, I'm gonna leave all that to the thread. Yes, you guys will be voting to tell me how you want to see me play this. Every time we get to the end of a zone, I'm gonna put up for vote where we go next and how the character will be specialized. Because I have to reallocate stat points and such every time the character is respecced, you guys won't be voting on specifics. Instead, the voting will be for the general build like mage, warrior, warrior-mage, etc. I will do my best to show off the various skills, and if there are any requests I would be happy to take those into account. But for the most part, leave the specifics to me. The first vote won't occur until the end of the second zone. Until that point, the builds all play about the same and there aren't enough points to distribute to really make a difference. Oh and because it would trivialize the game, I will not be abusing gemcrafting and blacksmithing to create gamebreaking armors that leave the character invulnerable. Also joining me in this little endeavor will be Shlapintogan. Both of us have played the game through at least once, though he remembers more about it than I do. So this should be pretty fun! Spoiler Policy Please use spoiler tags if you're talking about something we haven't gotten to in the LP yet. The story is not very good, but there are still some genuinely cool moments in the game that are much better if they're left as a surprise! Also I would really appreciate it if the pages in the thread didn't look like this. The Videos:  (Ep 01 Direct Link) (Ep 02 Direct Link)  (Ep 04 Direct Link) (Ep 04.5 Direct Link) (Ep 05 Direct Link) (Ep 06 Direct Link) (Ep 07 Direct Link) (Ep 08 Direct Link) (Ep 09 Direct Link) (Ep 10 Direct Link) (Ep 11 Direct Link) (Ep 12 Direct Link) (Ep 13 Direct Link) (Ep 14 Direct Link) ***THIS VIDEO HAS A LOT OF SPIDERS*** (Ep 15 Direct Link) ***SPIDER WARNING CONTINUES***
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Episode 01: Youtube direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pfq8FuV40c Also first vote time. See, the character that we just went through the tutorial is only a placeholder. I can certainly stick with her if you guys want, but you have the option to change her! So if you want to see anything different, I need to know. I need to know specifically name, race, gender, hair color, and eye color. As for races, there are four choices: Almain - These guys are your generic humans and get bonuses to persuade, blacksmithing, and alchemy. Varani - These guys are another type of human and they get bonuses to lockpicking, detect hidden, and mercantile. Ljosalfar - These guys are your traditional magic elf and get bonuses to dispelling, alchemy, and sagecrafting. Dokkalfar - Finally, these guys are your sneaky elves, and they get bonuses to persuasion, stealth, and sagecrafting. The bonuses are only one or two points at most, and don't really affect anything outside of the first maybe half hour of the game. Once you start leveling up, you can put points wherever you wish and the bonuses stop counting for as much. Quick and dirty skills explanation: Persuade is convincing an NPC of something, usually a lie. There's an example of this about 2/3 through the video. Blacksmthing is creating weapons and armor of your own. You can break the game wide open with this. I will not be breaking the game wide open. Alchemy is creating potions from ingredients you find in the wild. Lockpicking is the skill of breaking into locked chests and doors. Usually there are rewards for doing so! Mercantile is the skill of getting a better price when selling to a vendor. Detect Hidden lets you find more gold when breaking open containers. It also lets you see hidden things on the minimap. Dispelling is the magical version of lockpicking. Some chests are magically trapped and this is how you get rid of those traps. Sagecrafting is what I kept calling gemcrafting in the video. It is the skill of using shards to create jewels you can socket into armor. It can be paired with blacksmithing to utterly break the game. Stealth is the skill of moving around undetected. Higher ranks mean you have more time before an NPC sees you. We also need to pick the character's patron god, and this is for a permanent bonus to one thing or another. Almain can choose from the following gods: God of Fire - A 6% fire damage and 6% fire resistance bonus God of Wisdom - A 10% mana bonus God of War - A 5% physical damage and 5% armor bonus God of Order - A 5% health and 5% mana bonus God of Justice - A 10% health bonus Athiest - A 1% bonus to all experience earned Varani can choose from the following gods: God of Fire - A 6% fire damage and 6% fire resistance bonus God of Water - A 6% ice damage and 6% ice resistance bonus God of War - A 5% physical damage and 5% armor bonus God of Death - A 1% chance to critical hit and 8% critical damage bonus God of Mischief - A 6% poison damage and 6% poison resistance bonus Athiest - A 1% bonus to all experience earned Ljosalfar can choose from the following gods: God of Earth - A 5% elemental resistance bonus God of Air - A 6% lightning damage and 6% lightning resistance bonus God of Wisdom - A 10% mana bonus God of Order - A 5% health and 5% mana bonus God of Justice - A 10% health bonus Athiest - A 1% bonus to all experience earned Dokkalfar can choose from the following gods: God of Wisdom - A 10% mana bonus God of Love - A 5% health and 1% critical hit chance bonus God of Death - A 1% chance to critical hit and 8% critical damage bonus God of Fate - A 5% mana bonus and +5% mana regeneration per second God of Mischief - A 6% poison damage and 6% poison resistance bonus Athiest - A +1% bonus to all experience earned DoubleNegative fucked around with this message at 19:23 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 17:47
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PS if you vote for Dokkalfar I'm disowning you.
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May 14, 2014 18:27
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I remember someone trying to LP this game before, can't wait to see the whole game. Voting for a Zanzibar Ham fucked around with this message at 19:27 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 18:30
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Varani is a pretty good way to go. Never played under God of War but it seems like a nice perk and as such you should play it.
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May 14, 2014 18:37
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I need to make a correction... I'm only partially right about the god bonuses. See all the bonuses I posted above? Those are for Almain. Each different race has a different pantheon to choose from. So gimme a little bit to make some corrections... EDIT: Made some changes to the list of gods. Lots more choice now! DoubleNegative fucked around with this message at 19:23 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 19:04
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Alright, then I'll update my vote accordingly.
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May 14, 2014 19:26
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I've always been kinda interested in the game... Before I read the Steam blurb and realized it was written by someone who thinks plot by R.A.Salvatore is a good thing, especially give how generic the setting seems. Looking forward to be proven right (or wrong). Anyway, voting Varani water god worshipper named Svolafbjornquist. Let's rape, pillage, plunder and making horrible Viking jokes. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 19:43 on May 14, 2014 |
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May 14, 2014 19:38
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Dokkalfar, God of Fate, no preference for the rest. Mana regen's always, always good.
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May 14, 2014 19:40
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Female Dokkalfar, God of Fate, No Hair, Blue Eyes, Blue Skin. This gives you a cool and eerie look, it's what I eventually rolled with and I never looked back. Besides, since we just came back from an operation we should be clean-shaven anyway!
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May 14, 2014 19:48
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Speedball posted:Female Dokkalfar, God of Fate, No Hair, Blue Eyes, Blue Skin. Speedball can't be wrong, I vote for this as well.
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May 14, 2014 19:52
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Verani, female, God of War is a badass combo
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May 14, 2014 20:14
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SSNeoman posted:Verani, female, God of War is a badass combo
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May 14, 2014 20:59
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Female Dokkal...Female Dok thing. Completely apathetic about anything else. I played this game and rather liked it, thought the combat was a bit dull. Cool world though.
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May 14, 2014 21:27
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anilEhilated posted:Varani water god worshipper named Svolafbjornquist Sure. Because I'm not going to let totally-not-dark-elf-race win.
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May 14, 2014 21:54
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BottledBodhisvata posted:Female Dokkal...Female Dok thing. Best combat is playing a Rogue/Mage hybrid. If it didn't totally go against the kind of character I voted for I'd suggest it for the LP too.
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May 14, 2014 22:02
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Blacksmith and mercantile are opposed, basically. You dont have any junk to sell if you break it all down for spare parts, and you don't need to craft if you have a lot of money.
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May 14, 2014 22:26
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Female Varani who worships the God of War, preferably with light features (blue eyes, blond hair).
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May 14, 2014 22:52
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Speedball's blue elf.
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May 14, 2014 23:09
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Varani warrior-mage. Swing electrified two-handers in electrified plate. E: God of WAAGH
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May 14, 2014 23:23
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Varani Mage-Rouge who worships the God Death basically if you can't backstab it blast it with fire magic. I got this shortly after launch because i thought the combination of big names would make for a great game but what i got was an okay game with a weird plot.
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May 15, 2014 00:24
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Eumenides posted:Female Varani who worships the God of War, preferably with light features (blue eyes, blond hair). Voting this, though mainly the Female human and god of war aspect, the Aryan features are optional  I'm actually playing this game right now on my friend's Xbox, I've sunk in at least 20 hours and still haven't left the starting area. This is due in part to my desire to do every side quest before I leave along with my desire to explore as much as I can. . . That and it took me 20 hours to realize there was a fast travel  Seriously though, this game is awesome, its a shame about its legal troubles because I has a lot of really good things going for it, you ability to completely switch up play style and classes, along with mixing and matching combat styles is hands down one of its shining features. My rogue/mage Dokkalfar is a chakram swinging, lightning ball throwing, blink traveling avatar of death in combat.
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Münchhausen the atheistic sneaky elf who puts lots of points into persuasion. No gods, because he's met them and he isn't impressed. What, didn't he tell you about that? Well, sit back, my child, and I shall tell thee a tale...
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Eumenides posted:Female Varani who worships the God of War, preferably with light features (blue eyes, blond hair). I'm okay with this. Man, this game is painfully generic so far.
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Smornstein posted:Varani Mage-Rouge who worships the God Death basically if you can't backstab it blast it with fire magic. I got this shortly after launch because i thought the combination of big games would make for a great game but what i got was an okay game with a weird plot. This. I got this game when it was put on PlayStation Plus a couple months back, but I never got around to continuing to play it after my first hour or so. Will be looking forward to seeing what I've been ignoring.
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Pierzak posted:Speedball's blue elf.
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This game is pretty fun, though I was always tied about respecing. On the one hand, it was nice that you could switch up the combat through a respec - on the other, because skill trainers will level up your passive skills based on your current level with them, you can break the poo poo out of the game without too much trouble. Still, fun game, and a ton of fun exploring for the first few hours. Also, the OP should probably include that this game was written in part by ultra nerd RA Salvatore, and Todd McFarlane on the art boards.
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assfro posted:This game is pretty fun, though I was always tied about respecing. On the one hand, it was nice that you could switch up the combat through a respec - on the other, because skill trainers will level up your passive skills based on your current level with them, you can break the poo poo out of the game without too much trouble. Still, fun game, and a ton of fun exploring for the first few hours. Also, the OP should probably include that this game was written in part by ultra nerd RA Salvatore, and Todd McFarlane on the art boards. As I understood it wasn't Salvatore's contribution more or less "Okay I looked at your script and added a comma. You can say I am a writer on your team now give me a pile of money?" Or am I off on that?
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Caros posted:As I understood it wasn't Salvatore's contribution more or less "Okay I looked at your script and added a comma. You can say I am a writer on your team now give me a pile of money?" Or am I off on that? It certainly comes off that way to me. The writing in this game is really…perfunctory. The ideas are solid, they're good bones of a story, they're just not embellished enough.
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I always got the impression that he consulted in an overarching sort of way, like outlining the plot, rather than writing any/all of the specific dialogue. Same for McFarlane on the art direction. Edit: which is why both are a bit derivative, but are still well done.
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I am voting for speedball's bald elf lady. I am excited for this one. I live in Rhode Island and this is still on the news constantly. Its pretty hilarious, with everyone trying to blame each other. I still remember when the game was announced and RI was bragging about how we had CURT SCHILLING's video game company. The whole thing keeps me happy in the morning with my cereal. I hope Rhode Island makes a sequel.
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MrAptronym posted:I am excited for this one. I live in Rhode Island and this is still on the news constantly. Its pretty hilarious, with everyone trying to blame each other. I still remember when the game was announced and RI was bragging about how we had CURT SCHILLING's video game company. The whole thing keeps me happy in the morning with my cereal.   sup Rhode Island buddyI touched on this in the Sandcastle, but the whole story behind the collapse of that studio infuriates me to no end. The temerity, the waste, the smugness, the hypocrisy, and the honest human cost to everyone who worked on this game except for the people who deserved it. In the past, I've considered making a short video series to catalog the story behind it, but I never had time or energy. But I recently suddenly gained a lot of free time... maybe I will.
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Magnetic North posted:
Maybe you could just type it out in a series of posts for us here to read? I really enjoyed this game and despite its flaws I had hoped for more like it. Id like to know more about the studio. assfro posted:I always got the impression that he consulted in an overarching sort of way, like outlining the plot, rather than writing any/all of the specific dialogue. Same for McFarlane on the art direction. Bob Salvatore and I talk once in a while ever since I met him at ComicCon San Diego years ago and we ended up going to have a few beers together with some other friends. It was a pretty good time. I could always ask.
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Magnetic North posted:
I'd be really interested in seeing a Rhode Islander's perspective on what happened! It's bound to be much better informed than whatever I would type up as a recap on the events. Everyone Else posted:Votes It's been more-or-less 24 hours and I've counted up the votes. I'm counting each separate category as a separate vote. So Speedball's elf is a vote for Dokkalfar, Female, and God of Fate for instance. code:VV - Changed the viking god vote to reflect water instead! DoubleNegative fucked around with this message at 18:27 on May 15, 2014 |
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May 15, 2014 18:24
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Viking was the water god actually, but war's almost as good I guess.
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Seriously there need to be more female heroes in fantasy settings anyway. Lightning aside (and she's not that great a character) when's the last time you had a dedicated female protagonist in an RPG? I remember Maya from Persona 2, the pink-blazer-wearing pistol girl from Wild Arms 3, and, uh…Xenosaga? Which has its own problems. EDIT: anilEhilated posted:The problem is it's very easy for that to descend into chainmail bikini territory. Okay, that's true…still, though. Speedball fucked around with this message at 18:35 on May 15, 2014 |
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May 15, 2014 18:30
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The problem is it's very easy for that to descend into chainmail bikini territory. Also more people should vote for names so we don't end up with a vaguely racist viking portmanteau. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 18:38 on May 15, 2014 |
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May 15, 2014 18:33
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So really, does Amalur go for 'more bare skin = more defense' for women? If it does, then I vote for a man named Humakt. If it's actually nice about it, then I vote for a woman named Babeester Gor
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Mehuyael posted:So really, does Amalur go for 'more bare skin = more defense' for women? Actually we get pretty decently covered if we go for any form of armor in this game. A consequence of the armors adapting to either gender. Still they get kinda curvy for women.
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