Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby Matt » 28 May 2012, 11:13

Worst place to wake up after a night of drinking? Dead body pile.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable/5737-Kingdoms-of-Amalur-Reckoning

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Postby Ptangmatik » 28 May 2012, 12:06

Worst place? Sounds like a challenge!
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Postby CaptainSpam » 28 May 2012, 12:24

Man, that's a huge dead body pit they apparently have built underneath the city streets in which they dumped your main character! A huge empty subterranean space that size has GOTTA be a structural hazard to the very foundations on which the town's buildings are built. What's more, it must've taken an awful lot of time and resources to even build that in the first place! Why on earth would any organization just throw its money down a literal sinkhole project like...

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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby ecks » 28 May 2012, 12:28

I just hope that corpse pit isn't based on any real world locations.

Also, I keep forgetting to ask - Have the subtitles vanished for some intentional reason in the last few, or is it just a matter of not available/forgotten/etc?
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Postby ThrashJazzAssassin » 28 May 2012, 12:32

The corpse pit isn't such a structural hazard as long as so many people are being killed by Fae that you can just keep the pit filled in. The problem's going to come when the Fae run out of humans to kill and the corpses decompose enough to stop propping up the roof. At which point I would suggest investing in some concrete.

Or you could just burn the corpses after each battle and not have a giant corpse pit under the carpet. But that would make sense.
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Postby Geoff_B » 28 May 2012, 12:57

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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby Kapol » 28 May 2012, 15:58

Judging by the depth, landing pile roughness, and things like that, I'd guess that you'd die from the impact if you weren't dead already if you were dropped into a place like that.

Good episode though. I'm not sure if I agree with the idea of having only shoes over having the rest of my clothing without shoes. I'd rather not imagine having my privates rubbing against rotting corpses, thank you very much. *shudder*
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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby Under_Score » 29 May 2012, 08:07

Was that "Apruary" line a reference to Daylight Savings?
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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby EikoandMog » 29 May 2012, 14:14

If it were me landing on that pile of corpses, I would vomit everywhere as well. Loved the Daylight Savings reference.
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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby The Tortured Soul » 29 May 2012, 18:45

This game looks kinda cool actually... There again I'm mildly interested in Fae.

After this cutscene is the game any good?
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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby Graham » 29 May 2012, 20:53

Under_Score wrote:Was that "Apruary" line a reference to Daylight Savings?
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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby Kapol » 29 May 2012, 22:48

The Tortured Soul wrote:This game looks kinda cool actually... There again I'm mildly interested in Fae.

After this cutscene is the game any good?


There's actually a demo for every system it's on. I thought it was alright, but got bored of it pretty quickly (the demo I mean). I'd recommend giving it a shot and seeing what you think.
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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby TomBrend » 30 May 2012, 19:26

This thread would be a perfect place for me to rant about how Curt Schilling is a manipulative asshole and Rhode Island politicians are idiots, but I think you can just all infer my anger instead.
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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby Graham » 30 May 2012, 19:38

I feel similarly.
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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Postby King Kool » 31 May 2012, 21:38

TomBrend wrote:This thread would be a perfect place for me to rant about how Curt Schilling is a manipulative asshole and Rhode Island politicians are idiots, but I think you can just all infer my anger instead.


Since I don't really pay attention to sports OR RI politics, this all came as a surprise. On the other hand, it's something of a credit to Lincoln Chafee (who I actually kinda like) because he opposed it from the get-go.

I just don't get why you'd make a game studio and make something so painfully generic. If you wanna make games, make games, but dammit, do something to stand out!
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