Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an epic, open-world role-playing game set in Amalur, a mysterious and magical new fantasy world created by New York Times best-selling author R. A. Salvatore. Brought to life…
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by 38 Studios, released 7 February 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by 38 Studios and released in 2012. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a 2012 action role-playing game developed by Big Huge Games and published by 38 Studios and Electronic Arts for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Reckoning follows the story of the Fateless One, a resurrected person freed from the destiny which binds all of Amalur's people to destruction. Gameplay consists of players exploring the Faelands of Amalur, completing quests and fighting a variety of enemies both in field and dungeon environments. The playstyle is customized through a combination of weapons types, skill trees, and passive enhancements earned through quests and the Destiny character class system.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 61 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 69% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 205 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 150 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or 2.6GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+, 1 GB RAM for Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista and Windows 7 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 / 512MB RAM or better, ATI Radeon HD3850 / 512MB RAM (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support), 1280x720 minimum supported resolution. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 11GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning launched on 7 February 2012, within three weeks of Crusader Kings II, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition and The Darkness II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Crusader Kings II, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition, The Darkness II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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