Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Pre-load Available) [Download]

by Electronic Arts

• Uncover the secrets of Amalur in hundreds of hours of immersive gameplay, from the vibrant city of Rathir to the vast region of Dalentarth to the grim dungeons of the Brigand Hall Caverns.
• Rescue a world torn apart by a vicious war and control the keys to immortality as the first warrior ever to be resurrected from the grips of death. Turn your lack of a destiny to your advantage and harness fate as a weapon.
• Explore deep levels of lore in a universe steeped in 10,000 years of fiction created by New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore.

Product Details

• Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B0064TYL0G
• Release Date: February 3, 2012
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a single player Action Role-playing Game (RPG) set in the brand-new game fantasy universe of Amalur. The game features an expansive Open World game environment, the unique "Destinies" system that limits character development only by the combination of equipped spells and items carried, intuitive yet challenging combat, a robust crafting system and a range of special attacks. Additional features include: the written and design talents of R.A. Salvatore, Todd McFarlane and Ken Rolston; dramatic special and metered attacks; as well as multiple in-game races.

Amalur: a New RPG Realm with an Proven Pedigree

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning takes place in Amalur, an all-new game universe inhabited by various races of beings and filled with thousands of years of history. This deep fantasy based world is the brainchild of best-selling Fantasy and Science Fiction author R.A. Salvatore and the combined talents of Todd McFarlane, the creator of the Spawn series, Ken Rolston, the lead designer of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and the team at Big Huge Games. Reckoning bears the hallmarks of each of these visionaries, melding an epic, master-crafted storyline, rich graphics and heart-stopping animations, and compelling open-world exploration. In addition to being the setting for Reckoning, this rich world will also serve as a base for a future trans-media entertainment experience, including books, toys, comics, and a planned MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online RPG) video game yet be announced.

An all-new Action RPG adventure and universe.
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Gameplay

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a single player Action RPG that blends a new approach to character development with intuitive, yet challenging real-time combat. Characters enter the game as something of a blank slate after they are resurrected from death by the mysterious "Well of Souls" following a grand in-game conflict. Spurning the rigid character class systems commonly used in RPGs for the development of characters, the game instead focuses on player-shaped "destines" which hinge on the chosen combinations of abilities and equipped items and weapons attached to their character as the game progresses. With no traditional classes these are blended as the play wishes. This along with a large item inventory limit and a robust crafting system for creating new items, allows for a nearly limitless number of possible character paths, or destines.

Active combat plays a major role in the game as players explore the Open World environment of the game on quests that bring them into contact with all manner of creatures. Regardless of character paths, all characters have access to primary and secondary weapons as well as magic. Unique attacks are tied to your choice of weapons, armor and strategies. The game also features powerful slow-motion attack opportunities called "Fateshift Kills" triggered by specific situations and/or equipped items. These devastating attacks are measured out as players time moves to a separate "Fate Energy" power meter. Additional features include unscripted real-time battles against large-scale enemies, melee and ranged weapons and enemy tagging abilities for ranged or delayed attacks.

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System Requirements

	Minimum Specifications:	Recommended Specifications:
OS:	Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP2 /Windows 7 SP1
Processor:	Intel Core2 Duo (or equivalent) running at 2.2GHz or greater, AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (or equivalent) running at 2.6GHz or greater	Intel Core 2 Quad (or equivalent) running at 2.4GHz or greater, AMD Phenom X4 (or equivalent) running at 2.6GHz or greater
RAM:	At least 1 GB for Windows XP, At least 2 GB for Windows Vista and Windows 7	At least 3 GB for Windows XP, At least 4 GB for Windows Vista and Windows 7
Hard Drive:	10.5 GB
Video Card:	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB or better, ATI Radeon HD3650 512MB or better, Supporting Pixel Shader 3.0, Minimum Resolution Supported is 1280x720	NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 1GB RAM or better, ATI Radeon HD4850 1GB RAM or better, Supporting Pixel Shader 3.0
Controls:	Mouse, Keyboard, and Xbox360 controller
Additional Info:	DirectX 9.0 compatible; Requires Origin account for installation and activation

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 57 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Preloaded and ready to go on the 7th February 4, 2012

By Captimus K - "Autobots, Roll Out!"

Amazon Verified Purchase

This is my review of the download version. There are issues for all downloads and installing on Origin, but there is a fix:
Download the pre-load and open the folder. Inside is a "reckoning.zip" file.
First, close Origin.
Create a folder called "Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning" inside the folder Origin downloads your games to.
Unzip the contents of "reckoning.zip" to that folder and then open Origin.
Origin should list the game as "ready to install"
Install the game, and wait for the 7th.

The fix worked great for me and I'm all set to go. It takes a few more steps, but Origin is the problem, not Amazon.

Once you activate the game, the Devs stated you DO NOT need to have Origin running to play it. Just for the first time activation and verification of release date.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars So Mad April 13, 2012

By Oxelao

This is ridiculous, I downloaded this game which took 4 hours through Amazon, just so it would install Origin and then I had to re-download the whole game for another 3 hours. Just completely and utterly pointless.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars I expected too much. February 10, 2012

By Jared Carlson

Amazon Verified Purchase

I feel like I have been hoodwinked. I played the demo and found the graphics to be grainy and jerky, the npc conversations to be wooden and lacking any real personality. The lack of key binding and the obvious poor console porting to pc bothered me as well. I went on to the community forums about my concerns, and I was assured by a moderator that everything would look better and be polished on the retail release, and most importantly, I would be able to key bind.

I bought the retail version and mostly the grainy and choppy graphics were fixed, and it was beautiful to look at, and the combat was potentially smooth, except that you CAN NOT KEY BIND THE MOVEMENT OR ATTACKS THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT KEYBINDS YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO. They are liars and frauds.

The npc conversations in general have stayed wooden and the characters bland. Some npcs that have nothing to do with your story are more interesting than the main story
npcs. That chat boxes take you back to the 80s, and only certain cut scenes on the main story are any different. This is pathetic. I am an avid RA Salvatore fan and really had some hope for this game, but on a pc it is a bust. If I get around to getting an xbox controller for my pc, maybe ill come back to it, but basically I got ripped off for 51 bucks.