Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - PS3

ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: 2-7-2012
Moby Score (1-10): 7.7
Genre(s): Role-playing (RPG), Fantasy, Behind view, Action RPG, Direct control
Media Type(s): Physical

Amalur has been torn apart by war and destruction. You alone have the power to set things right. Rise from the dead as a reborn hero & cut free from the bonds of destiny & and blaze a path to glory in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning for the PC.

Three creative masters & author R.A. Salvatore, artist Todd McFarlane and game designer Ken Rolston & teamed up to create this ambitious new fantasy. A richly detailed history and sweeping storyline provide hours of immersive RPG gameplay in the spectacular open world of Amalur.

Using the customizable class system, build a hero that matches your gaming strengths. Edit your character's skills, abilities, weapons, and armor as your quest continues and your game evolves. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning features a fast-paced combat system that tests your responses with every blow. Fight with powerful weapons, use awesome magic, or integrate them both into a single fighting style. Employ Fateshift kills to finish off your enemies and take on dozens of combatants at once.

The RPG of the future is here. Download Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning to your PC and pursue your destiny.

Features: A Massive World to Explore, Filled with Epic Fiction and Rich Storytelling

• Uncover the secrets of Amalur in hundreds of hours of immersive gameplay, from the vibrant city of Rathir to the vast region of Dalentarth to the grim dungeons of the Brigand Hall Caverns.

• Rescue a world torn apart by a vicious war and control the keys to immortality as the first warrior ever to be resurrected from the grips of death. Turn your lack of a destiny to your advantage and harness fate as a weapon.

• Explore deep levels of lore in a universe steeped in 10,000 years of fiction created by New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore.

Intense Action Combat

• Customize your play in a dynamic combat system that delivers some of the most intense and responsive action ever seen in an RPG.

• Seamlessly integrate magical and melee attacks as you take on scores of enemies in grand fight sequences and finish them off with brutal Fateshift kills.

Choose Your Destiny With Customizable Classes

• Build the character you've always wanted with the revolutionary new Destiny system that allows you to continuously evolve your character class to your style of play.

• Create and modify your hero with millions of combinations of skills, abilities, weapons and pieces of armor.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an action RPG set in the fantasy world Amalur, which is divided into several kingdoms. It was once a peaceful world until Gadflow, the new king of the Winter Court of the magical Faelands kingdom, marched with his followers & the Tuatha Deohn & to wage war against the young races of Amalur. He believes a new god called Tirnoch is to be born in the East. The conflict is a hopeless affair for the other races as the Fae revive after death. The player controls the protagonist called Fateless One from a third-person perspective. Ten years into the battle he (or she, the gender can be determined after the introduction) falls in the conflict and is carried away into a mass grave. He awakens however and discovers he was revived by the the gnomish scientist Fomorous Hugues through an experimental Well of Souls. He has no memory of his life and when the facility is attacked by the Tuatha Deohn, he has to flee. Once back in the world he learns from Fateweaver Agarth that he is the only one who has been able to escape fate, the predestination all individuals are subjected too. His initial goal is to find back Hugues to find out more about the experiment, but the search soon expands in a larger story involving Gadflow, his minions, and the new god.

After the introduction, the player defines a character by choosing a gender, and a race: Almain, Varani, Ljosalfar, or Dokkalfar. They correspond to Civilized Humans, Nomadic Humans, Light Elves, and Dark Elves respectively. They each have one or multiple racial bonuses. The next choice is one of the gods bound to the race as a patron (Fire, Water, War, Death, Mischief, Earth, Love, Fate, Wisdom, Order, Justice, and others, or none at all) with additional perks. The name and the appearance can also be defined through a preset or by individually manipulating features.

The combat is fast and various weapons can be used, both for melee and long-ranged attacks. The character can equip a primary and a secondary weapon and further items such as helmets, chestplates and footwear can be collected and assigned in an inventory. Next to a health bar, there is mana for magic attacks. These consists of spells, but there are also various items that can be assigned to quickslots accessed through a radial item menu in-game. In combat multiple enemies often needs to be taken care of simultaneously and there are different attacks, including combos, blocking, and dodging. During certain sequences there are quick-time events, a rage meter can be built up for a devastating attack and it is possible to fateshift a single opponent for a cinematic finisher. Players can also loot items and collect gold. The main character can interact with NPCs and next to dialogue trees there are radial conversation options, similar to those of the Mass Effect games, that offer choice and consequence.

Experience earned during combat is used to level up. For each new level the player can specialize in skills such as alchemy, blacksmithing, lockpicking, mercantile, persuasion, stealth, and more, to further define the character. Skill progress is split up in three stages (basic, advanced, and master) with multiple skill levels each. Further customization is offered through abilities. Experience points are also exchanged for abilities through a skill tree with three main categories: Might, Finesse, and Sorcery. These correspond to the RPG classes fighter, rogue, and mage respectively. After the initial scenes the game gradually opens up into a larger world with a main storyline and various sidequests. Various towns can be visited to shop for new items and to fetch new quests.

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