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Article #720850Re: Kingdoms of Amalur : Reckoning -- nice little surprise
From: Rin Stowleigh
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 01:08
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 01:08
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On Tue, 07 Apr 2015 21:45:42 GMT, john...@frontier.com (John Lewis) wrote: >On Sun, 05 Apr 2015 19:55:13 -0400, Rin Stowleigh ><rstow...@nevrhadgmail.com> wrote: > >> >>This was a $10 purchase on Steam I picked up last fall, but I never >>loaded it up. I guess because I knew I was setting up a new rig soon >>and didn't want to install and get involved in anything on my old rig? >>I really don't remember, but I fired it up this weekend and it is >>quite a treat, especially at the $10 price point. Very surprised at >>the overall polish and fun factor. The graphics are >>stylized/cartoonish, but still a very visually appealing world. >> >>At the moment I'm a bit pissed at the game, because while down in a >>dungeon I ended up getting cursed (health drops to almost nothing >>until you find a healer), and there's no way I can get past the >>obstacles ahead so it's looking like my only option is to back out of >>the dungeon and go to a town to find a healer, or load an earlier >>save. That sort of shit irks me, but honestly I think I already got >>my ten bucks worth even if I stopped playing right now. > > >Agreed totally... > >I bought K0A -- Complete Pack'(all DLC) for $9.99 in a Steam sale >last November. What a great 'steal'. Certainly for me as a Single-Play >RPG enthusiast. > >Was lucky enough to pick up Dragon Age: Origins -Ultimate Edition for >$7.49 in another Steam sale last June. Another terrific 'steal' . > >Both games run perfectly under Win7-64, SLI and G-Sync. >Great Gameplay and Gorgeous Graphics Goodness...... One of the things that strikes me about it is the attention to combat. Each enemy you encounter is so well-done (their combat animations, etc), which makes it interesting every time you come across a new enemy type. And, the finishing moves, etc. add fun factor. While I was in the middle of this, the Rainbow Six Siege closed alpha test began, which pulled me away from KOA (for now at least), but I hope to return. Also was very glad to see that RSS will not disappoint -- it's intense as hell.
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