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Re: Kingdoms of Amalur : Reckoning -- nice little surprise

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From: Rin Stowleigh
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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