Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning Gameplay Talkthrough! Magic, Crafting, Combat, and Fate!

[crizthakidd]

this is kind of like a witcher game ?

[ArcaneMage54k]

@crizthakidd More like an Elder Scroll one.

[IVcrushVI]

Stop crying about spoilers, he didn't spoil anything. You don't want spoilers? Don't look up walkthroughs retards.

[galaxytroll]

LOL u mentioned Golden Axe u must be at least 50 years old..haha:)

i know dat game cuz im 0ver 40..:)

[superford500]

i dont like that u cant jump... i mean wtf is that about..

[superford500]

@superford500 u can really see that its made to be an mmo... the roads and ramps are huge

[sethjusay2010]

@superford500 HE REPLIED ON HIS OWN COMMENT. WHAT A FUCKING NOOB

[superford500]

@sethjusay2010 Haha if i had not been aware of it yes, it would be kinda noobie :D But it was intentionally to add more content to my comment rofl!

[Gears3Top10]

The dude who did the walkthrough, I hope his whole family dies in a house fire.

[condorX2]

look nice but sorta remind me of GW2 xD



[soulrisk1010]

This game looks fucking crazy sick and I feel you guys could have focused on the positives more.

[MrHab142]

looks like my kind of game i loved skyrtim i was always a fps guy until i played skyrim and now i wanna try final fantasy and something else i think this would fit perfectly nice vid ty :)

[aRandomNzer]

has anyone noticed, the bosses are so generic in so many rpgs, you weaken them, or immobilize them, then they take a little nap as you hack away at their head, or other body part...

[djkProductions]

@aRandomNzer

Not in Dark Souls. (Although, yes, I see your point. :) )

[superford500]

@djkProductions Dark and Demon's Souls are 2 ultra good games XD

[RoboFrogsLive]

this guy is a doosh

[notinuseatthistime]

Does he have a cold?? Lol

[almostfunnyful]

ty for spoiling the game

[BKInbound]

@almostfunnyful how did he spoil it?

[almostfunnyful]

@BKInbound that last boss he kind of ruined the moment

[JustinHiryu]

.......whoa

[lielzkingz]

Amazing game cant wait!!

[sauce628]

This is what Dragon Age 2 SHOULD'VE been.

[harpdevil]

I cannot WAIT for this game :)

[Xenaisthebusiness]

QTE FTL ; ;

[RedPillPotential17]

If Demon's Souls, God of War, and Skyrim had a baby

[GenerationBright]

@RedPillPotential17 And then they gave it up for adoption and it was adopted and raised by Fable, who had a stroke in October 2010 and could no longer move the left side of its' body. It confided in KOAR not to make the same mistakes it did.

It's a tragic story of love and loss. But coming out stronger in the end.

*sniff* like if you cried.

[watchthevideoalready]

wait are you forced to change things like from magic to warrior or could you have stayed as a mage throughout the game?

[Vayadiablo]

@watchthevideoalready You can play the whole game as a pure mage, and just use the the Mage weapons : Staffs/Chakrams/Scepters, besides your spells ofcause

[harpdevil]

@watchthevideoalready You can be whatever you want to be, Fateweavers are NPC's that will reset your skill trees and give you back your points if you want to try building a different character. It was optional, he wasn't made to do it.

[oodestro25]

&itheshet I will b enjoying all things Amalur, so ill def, check ur walkthrough out. What kind of toonare u gonna roll first?

[oodestro25]

@trigger99x I understand he isnt feeling it, I just got the feeling that he wasnt giving the game any props. I guess what im trying to say is i think the preview felt dissmissive. Like i said before I am super pumped so may b its just me. I was wondering though trigger are u excited about Amalur?

[AmalurNews]

This is the only reviewer I've heard/seen who are just mildly enthusiastic about Reckoning.

Can't please everyone!

[oodestro25]

Ive watched this vid three times and each time i get more depressed by the dude whos doing the video. I think because im so pumped for this game. I hope that people will give it a chance, most of the people playing and covering this game are blown away by what theyve played so far!

[Trigger99X]

@oodestro25 come on everyone isnt going to like the same thing it depends if it applies to them

[iTheShet]

@oodestro25 I'll be doing a playthrough or lets play or walk through, or w/e you wanna call it, of this game on my channel to show my support for it I will have a video up on day one so be sure to check out my channel :D

[Loat01]

Whats with the fast travel?

[KyosBlog]

wait, the minimap looks totally like the one in Dungeon Siege 3, right? :o

[KyosBlog]

@KyosBlog and by saying so, i mean "this looks damn linear" :(

[Darktoonlink88]

@KyosBlog

It is an open world RPG and you'll have a lot of freedom in the game, so I don't think it's going to be linear.

[KyosBlog]

@Darktoonlink88 so they said, but somehow I'm not sure if it really will be "open world" or just ... i don't even know how to say it in English "gigantic hose"? Well, lots of levels but not a lot of freedom and exploration.

[DevilDiablo546]

Why are you looking slightly above the camera? Who are you? Bachman? :D

[WeepingSpectre]

I'll keep my eye on it.

[Graximandus]

I'm actually very excited for this

[JamestarPokemon]

Chains of Olympus?

[9HereticPrincess9]

Not innovative? come on. give it more credit than you are please.

[9HereticPrincess9]

Max, these aren't really quicktime events, as you can't fail them. They are pretty much optional, if you don't want to do them to get the xp multiplier you don't have to.

[9HereticPrincess9]

When he harvested those Sativa Fibers, did anyone else think of marijuana? lol (cannabis sativa)

[revistinha1]

I like almost everything about this game , but the art style doesn't do much for me, i would love to play a RPG with a different art style , maybe something like the prince of persia , the 2008 one, that game looked so good , and you can make like every environment look unique ...other than that i can see myself playing KoA a lot.

[JoshaxRice]

I love the grahpics and the idea behind it but do you think its going to be OPEN world or just like fable where it throws you in the direction you need to go...

[9HereticPrincess9]

@JoshaxRice I think that it'll be pretty open, people have talked about "invisible walls and rails" but I think they're just trying to discredit the game by saying that it is not as open as the developers are promising. Why trust some Joe Schmoe on the internet and not the actual developers?

[GuildOfCalamity]

Looks good. I get a Advent Rising meets Fable vibe from this game.

[LevineProject05]

When is the interview supposed to take place?

[LevineProject05]

While your intentions may of been good, your tone was one of being disappointed and bored. As a result, the game comes off as being lackluster. I do appreciate you replying to most comments though. I don't think Big Huge Games was really going for a game that is completely different from all other games, but rather a solid combat-driven rpg. If the story is good and the combat is as good as you say it is, I will be happy enough. Thanks for the gameplay and your thoughts on the game!

[ibajia]

I had to mute this, Max's commentating made it sound as if he was bored with the game and it was a chore to play. Which is a shame, because I really wanted to hear what the game sounded like. The character was also losing very little health compared to how much damage he was dealing. I hope this is for the purposes of the demo and the actual game presents much more of a challenge. Besides that, everything about this game looks awesome

[hoptop77]

it reminds me of that good zelda clone that came out a while back but with skyrim rpg mechanics . i forgot what it was called but it looked exactly like this

[AnthonyTheAwesome500]

@hoptop77 the only zelda clone i can think of is darksiders. is that it?

[minos121]

@hoptop77 the awesome darksiders canot wait for the second one next summer 2012

[FutureNuke]

:/ meh

[vmfhavok]

@igngig That's the gaming media as a whole. A cynical, jaded, arrogant, pretentious bunch. They scream for originals IPs, but when they come out they shit on them. They bitch about the lack of innovation, but score each Modern Warfare high and shower it with praise while making excuses for its shortcomings.

[maxscoville]

@vmfhavok Cool generalization, bro. For the record, I can't stand the amount of money that gets churned into Call Of Duty, and if I had the power, I'd pull the plug on that franchise and force Activision to try something new just to keep this industry fresh.

Amalur might be a new IP, but as far as innovation goes, there aren't a whole lot of new ideas here. It's not a bad game by any means, but with all the big names working on it, I expected something more ambitious and original.

[igngig]

Is everyone at Destructoid a fucking tool like this idiot and fat Jim?

[maxscoville]

@igngig Yeah, Destructoid has more tools than a friggin' Home Depot. On an unrelated note, is your screen name a desperate attempt to get hired by IGN?

[RokuNoRaiden]

Looks pretty slick,is this console only?.

[melvinthedeathless]

@RokuNoRaiden

nope, coming to pc as well.

[RokuNoRaiden]

@melvinthedeathless That's good to hear,hopefully it will be on steam as well,i googled it and i read up that the people who made this and steam are trying to set their differences aside xD.

Hopefully all will go well and this will be on steam.

[SnoweyMan111]

@RokuNoRaiden Something I never really figured was why it needs to come out on steam? Sure it gains popularity that way. But, this is a single player game (as far as I'm aware).

Might as well pick it up retail.

[RokuNoRaiden]

@SnoweyMan111 It really doesn't have to,and what does multiplayer have to do with steam?,tons of singleplayer games are on PC,it's just for convenience really.

Considering that i live in Iceland(i am not from iceland) i doubt it would come out in stores here.

[RokuNoRaiden]

@SnoweyMan111 Rofl by tons of singleplayer games are on PC i meant steam.

[SnoweyMan111]

@RokuNoRaiden Yeah i just meant that Steam won't really benefit the game in any way. If it's on steam or not doesn't really matter. I'd just like to know why you would like it to be on steam.

[thelightseeker94]

yeah im gonna get this one though most people stuck in skyrim

[RoboAddy]

Dudes would you say this feels closest to:

-God of War with deeper stats

-Fable

-Baldur's Gate Dark Aliance

[9HereticPrincess9]

@RoboAddy None of the above especially Fable (though I haven't played BGDA or GOW)

[LakituHell]

The combat seemed strange for me, then I realized this looks pretty much like Fable, which I like. Hope any possible sequel doesn't get dumbed down as Fable did.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@LakituHell This definitely isn't dumbed down but neither were the Fable games, they were action games with rpg elements, this is ACTUALLY a real rpg.

[MrHogslice]

So many great games coming out. This one looks fun.

[Rith9789]

It's ok looking. I hate the graphics on these kinds of games.

[Belson476]

Now I know why I HATE the art in this. Fucking Mcfarlane.

[maxscoville]

@Belson476 McFarlane shouldn't be allowed near fantasy stuff. His superhero stuff and monsters are cool, but you tell him to draw a medieval knight, and he draws a half-naked elf chick cosplaying as a Gundam.

[TheStarfox567]

So if the gameplay system is fairly standard, what's the narrative like? For me to warrant buying it, it's got to offer something a bit more interesting than the average game.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@TheStarfox567 It's got 10,000 years of backstory to it, so it should be pretty great! :D

[phatlip2]

Looks pretty meh

[relilimexSWTOR]

this game reminds me how fable could have ended up being. did you feel that as well?

[DTOID]

@relilimexSWTOR There's definitely some similarities, but KoA feels much deeper.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@relilimexSWTOR Absolutely not, I've watched a walkthrough of Fable TLC and I own Fable 2/3 this doesn't feel like Fable at all.

[monpekokero]

I don't like the tone........sounds like he didn't want to play this......

That's what I got

[maxscoville]

@monpekokero I had a stuffy nose.

[Chromie192]

The crafting system looks great for a single player game. Some of my favorite games had the best crafting system like SWG before it died, Eve Online. I can get lost in a good crafting system. I just hope I can't craft everything to early like say in Skyrim. It felt cheap in SKyrim.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@Chromie192 The crafting system seems pretty robust, as you can take weapons that you have already and break them down into parts to make other weapons, there's also sagecraft which allows you to socket gems into weapons.

[ArvinSuitedUp]

looks a lot like fable 3

[Chromie192]

@ArvinSuitedUp Other then graphics no it doesn't.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@ArvinSuitedUp No it doesn't not even graphics wise.

[uglymages]

Looks a lot better then I would have thought. Sadly Feb wont be a good time for me to pick up more games, so whenever there's a sale I'll be all over it.

[Chromie192]

I just don't like this over the top combat...everything else I love. Well here's hoping KoA is a challenge. Skyrim on master is too easy, Deus Ex is a joke, Witcher 2 is insane is still fun and Dragon Age Origins is a joke. All I need to hear is how difficulty is being handled I know on the forums they said no health bloating so that's better than most games already.

[OldSchoolgamerNZ]

It looks great, I like the art style of this game and the combat and open world environment makes me wanna buy it just hope EA doesn't find another way to screw over gamers.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@OldSchoolgamerNZ EA is just publishing it, they have no say as far as the actual game is concerned, so I wouldn't worry.

[lokicdn]

It looks sorta dated.



[BongRiperson]

woop woop max

hope shitty sf winter hasn't affected you :D

[Exhau]

No offense Max, but this was a terrible preview.

[chrispen9]

I'm really hating the font they use in the game.

[SquidVonLipwig]

Max, Max, I love you! But we only have 14 hours to save the Earth!

[Ma7uS1]

PC! hope wont be another ugly port tho..

[kman7737]

this kinda looks like fable

[shadetheman117]

ill play this game and then go back to skyrim lol

[The66Monkey]

This game looks like what DS3 should have been

[reaver2033]

this looks mediocre as hell

[Calumoninc]

i didn't even watch the video. i need moar of this though. I fucking love just listening to your voice, Max.

[armenius28]

at 5 min or so,i love it when the character goes down the stairs to fight those 2 bandids,because fighting on the stairs...we all would see how stupid it looks...the hit detection is way off when he tryed to hit him.It looked like he is hitting him over the head instead of actually hit him...then he realized thisd and went down to finish them.

Pfffff i hate gamecompany's who pay tube channel's to advertise there pruduct

[armenius28]

its like he is payed to tell something positive about it

[williamvargas123]

It looks like Fable 3 not WoW

[GodakDS]

The words you say sound positive, but you sound so dreadfully bored. =(

[ytthancock]

Can anyone say OFFLINE WoW?

[marcosrubio92]

@RichardH552 PC with xbox controller.

Hail the master race lol :P

[spooderous]

This game actually looks pretty cool.

[unmannedtank]

Wow your voice recorded sounds nothing like it does on screen.

[ShogunGorilla]

this game looks pretty fucking badass. I wasnt to sure looking at other vids but this does look cool.

[ottohon]

how is it compare with dragon's dogma?

[darkkiller07]

This game looks good, hopefully it's not fully completed as it seemed a little slow paced without a combo system. Or maybe it's supposed to be a little slow haha. but still it looks promising!

[9HereticPrincess9]

@darkkiller07 It's not fully completed obviously as it doesn't come out until Feb.

[stormeater]

Slightly better than Fable, which means it sucks cock. We should be striving for better than 6 year old technology from game providers.. Oh yeah, you lazy fuckers still play Xbox 360 and PS3 instead of a real system that you can create yourself. No wonder they have a definition for the word "idiot" in Webster; otherwise it would be a dead word without you.

[TAMAGOYOROKOBI]

It looks good but Max's overall lack of enthusiasm over the game kind of made this dull.

[DTOID]

@TAMAGOYOROKOBI Max is still sick, so he was just trying to save his voice. 

[SnoweyMan111]

@DTOID It was quite easy to feel he wasn't well. I confuse illness with depression. I was really worried for max. I mean, he does sound sort of depressed right? Or is there something wrong with me?

[maxscoville]

@SnoweyMan111 I'm doing just fine, don't worry. It's really nice of you to voice your concern though! I'm prone to getting depressed in the wintertime, but this year, I've been feeling pretty good about stuff. It helps that I have a really awesome job!

[malkeyor4]

@maxscoville If you get depressed in the winter time, you might a disorder called "SAD" or Seasonal Affective Disorder. Best to check if you have it, as it's easily solved with a special light. It's got something to do with temp and the amount of sunlight ya get.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@malkeyor4 Yep blue lights (I think they are called) do help. Don't stare directly into them of course, just glance at them out of the corner of your eye.

[SnoweyMan111]

@maxscoville Glad to hear you're ok.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@maxscoville A lot of people tend to get depressed around the wintertime, we're inside more, less active and not getting enough vitamin D because of lack of sunshine.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@SnoweyMan111 He sounds sick to me, not depressed.

[maxscoville]

@TAMAGOYOROKOBI I was also recording in my apartment, which has really thin walls, and my neighbor already got mad at me once for shouting about dragon pussy while I was recording Podtoid.

[TAMAGOYOROKOBI]

@maxscoville Hahaha well I'm glad you're feeling better and I appreciate you doing this gameplay talkthrough for Kingdoms of Amalur! It's the best I've seen so far of the game!

[baderhhh]

skyrim > the rest

[GuyWithBluePoop]

It looks like a mix between The Elder Scrolls and Fable

[Lancex87]

is there vast variety of armours and weapons to use or is it restrictive like skyrim?

[9HereticPrincess9]

@Lancex87 extremely vast, I forget the exact number but it is in the thousands.

[Lancex87]

@9HereticPrincess9 nice!

[9HereticPrincess9]

@Lancex87 I would love to give you a video or something so you can hear it straight from the developer's mouths, but I wouldn't know where to find one sorry. (You know how people are with the whole "link, or it isn't true/didn't happen" thing. -_-

[9HereticPrincess9]

@Lancex87 If you'd really prefer I'd try and find where it is said, just let me know.:)

[goatrek]

@Lancex87 The game can generate 2.4 million pieces of loot, and it also features hundreds of unique/set-items. So it does pretty darn well on the loot side. :P

[HCSEJamvaan]

The game looks good, I like the art style.

[xkillaz18x]

This is looking good!

[Joeyg143]

Looks fun, but the UI and HUD look a lot like an iPhone game or something. Not very pretty to look at....

[DarkHarpuia]

Huh. Looks neat. Wonder if it'll have multiplayer.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@DarkHarpuia No multiplayer thankfully, but watch for their MMO codenamed Copernicus that will be coming out in the future.

[AnthonyTheAwesome500]

combat looks great. very smooth. the ps3 finally gets a good action rpg

[Joeyg143]

@AnthonyTheAwesome500 Demon Souls, Dark Souls, White Knight Chronicles. There are a lot of great rpgs for PS3.

[supercellspot]

Doesn't look so bad at all

[fwilkersilva]

Fable like ... Cool!

[cacapeogrande]

This game looks beautiful.

[elemopinata]

This actually looks really cool. It looks as open as an Elder Scrolls, and as fun as a third person RPG can get.

[aaronbstful]

Looks really cool, ill get it

[afanofPanterA]

Hey,feb 10 is my b-day

[Zrodo5433]

Max, your awesome. Keep up the great work!

[karloluffy]

I was really looking forward to this, and i still am, but i can put to rest any "omg the guys making it are going to revolutionise teh rpgz" thoughts now i've actually seen it.

It looks very solid and i will definitely buy it.

[Ahofer556]

I'm glad this is going to be like Fable, it was a mix of childhood fantansy and drinking, sex, and alot of death

[Supergibb]

Thankyou, an indepth level up system. I haven't seen one since DA:O.

[5NumberProductions]

Very fable like

[narogsun]

hey man the game looks kind a easy, is that so????????????

[9HereticPrincess9]

@narogsun 3 difficulty levels, and hard is supposed to be REALLY hard.

[wasif1995]

Must get it!

[ssx47]

dislike bro :"(

[Floobenfloob13]

To me, it seems a bit like over-the-shoulder Torchlight.

[darkstriker00]

Fluid battling, quick dodging, balance between magic and might. Informative map. Day one buy.

[silverstone797]

Seriously who's the one person to dislike this?

[Fuzunga]

Is there any sort of target lock-on?

[stasismustbetheilles]

@Fuzunga Yup there is indeed lock on. I saw it in many other videos.

[9HereticPrincess9]

@stasismustbetheilles yep what they call "soft lock on" so basically if you're facing the enemy, you'll hit them.

[Amcacs5654]

Doesn't look that good at all. I'll stick with Skyrim thanks.

[harute1061]

TELL ME KINGDOM OF AMALUR WILL BE FOR THE PS3!!!

[portugaltheman42]

@harute1061 better Be :')