Kingdom of Amalur: Re-Reckoning remaster releasing soon

Does that FOV fix resolve the issue with the combat camera which induced headaches after 10 minutes of playing?

Vandyn said:

Does that FOV fix resolve the issue with the combat camera which induced headaches after 10 minutes of playing?

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Did for me. Lots of camera options along with fov slider to help.

Was sent to kill some fella in a spider cave for some greedy talking mother fucker
Decided to side with buddy in cave and not kill him
Liberated town and received an upgradable home and blowjobs

10/10 would quest again

New DLC should land fairly soon as well.

So, basically a re-release of an already existing game I already bought and own in my Steam Library? Yeah, like I'd pay even more for a game I never actually finished because it soon gets so boring... hrrrzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzz.

Grizzlebeard said:

New DLC should land fairly soon as well.

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Quoting myself in a moment of uncharacteristic optimism vs the reality:

Kingdoms of Amalur Fatesworn Expansion Polishing Planned to be Finished “in the Next Couple of Weeks”

Didn't creditors/Maine cite the poor performance of this game as justification to shut down the entire studio and mmo development? Not saying this game alone was going to keep the company afloat, but it sure seems to have legs for such a presumed flop that helped justify shuttering the entire studio.

It was picked up and resurrected by THQ Nordic.

Tmac said:

I don’t think any financial decisions were based on the game. It was all political.

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Not gonna look it up, but there was a whole thing about Schilling trying to build a franchise and buying this game to rework into Amular IP to not only help with marketing/exposure, but to use sales to help fund the mmo and justify loan deals.

I don't remember if the game underperformed or Schilling over promised, maybe both, and it wasn't the only cause if anything, but I do vaguely remember the strange juxtaposition of the politician saying the game was basically a flop and proved the studio wouldn't ever meet their creative/production goals while the game was actually selling decently and getting decent reviews.

Remember it because then the opinion that Amular was vaporware was justified by saying the single player game was mostly made by a different studio, which of course was technically true while completely missing the point that the IP and studio were being called flops to justify what imo was a politically motivated move, while the game wasn't actually flopping.

There were design/creative issues, of course, like the trailer with the guy stabbing the skeleton. But it's still weird to me the game is getting remasters and dlcs and was sold and rated decently. Game managed to be exactly what Schilling was planning for it being, despite being cited as proof the studio/IP couldn't be a success and needed to be shut down.

In part, a fake news political hit job before it was commonplace. Imagine the outrage with Schilling and 38 even existing if they'd made it past that initial fiasco. In 100 alternate realities they probably get politically axed in 99 of them.

Grizzlebeard said:

It was picked up and resurrected by THQ Nordic.

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Yes, and?

It was probably a flop by whatever unrealistic sales projections they had for it. The game isn't bad, but it isn't good either. It's mediocre through and through. It was slightly interesting to see them go a little deeper into Faerie mythology than most games do, but they didn't delve into it hard enough to make it a truly unique story.

popsicledeath said:

Not gonna look it up, but there was a whole thing about Schilling trying to build a franchise and buying this game to rework into Amular IP to not only help with marketing/exposure, but to use sales to help fund the mmo and justify loan deals.

I don't remember if the game underperformed or Schilling over promised, maybe both, and it wasn't the only cause if anything, but I do vaguely remember the strange juxtaposition of the politician saying the game was basically a flop and proved the studio wouldn't ever meet their creative/production goals while the game was actually selling decently and getting decent reviews.

Remember it because then the opinion that Amular was vaporware was justified by saying the single player game was mostly made by a different studio, which of course was technically true while completely missing the point that the IP and studio were being called flops to justify what imo was a politically motivated move, while the game wasn't actually flopping.

There were design/creative issues, of course, like the trailer with the guy stabbing the skeleton. But it's still weird to me the game is getting remasters and dlcs and was sold and rated decently. Game managed to be exactly what Schilling was planning for it being, despite being cited as proof the studio/IP couldn't be a success and needed to be shut down.

In part, a fake news political hit job before it was commonplace. Imagine the outrage with Schilling and 38 even existing if they'd made it past that initial fiasco. In 100 alternate realities they probably get politically axed in 99 of them.

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My recollection was something to the effect of whatever deals were in place required KOA to be a massive success just to break even.

So even though it sold well past expectations, it still lost money due to shitty management

Ambiturner said:

My recollection was something to the effect of whatever deals were in place required KOA to be a massive success just to break even.

So even though it sold well past expectations, it still lost money due to shitty management

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Yeah, definitely. I don't think a massive successes for it to break even itself, but more to keep the mmo production afloat (the shitty management). That's why it's so weird, though. The game that was branded a flop to reinforce the studio being a flop producing vaporware... Actually sold decently and is getting remastered and dlcs, and sorta turned out like Schilling planned, just without an IP or mmo to build toward.

It's like a limb amputated to save the patient... The patient dies and the limb doesn't. Oops, that's weird.

I checked this out, short version it doesn’t hold up. Combat is meh, world is massive but nothing really draws me explore, and everything just feels dated. I enjoyed this game when it came out but there is no going back.