The story of the game takes place in a classic fantasy world. Amalur is divided into several regions. The story begins with the death of the main character, followed by his resurrection in the Well of Souls. Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning we create a hero from scratch and together with him we save the world from evil. Despite the possibility of making decisions in dialogs similar to the Mass Effect series, the story presented in the game is essentially very linear and we don't have much say.

We start the adventure with an extensive character creation screen that allows you to choose one of the four available races, Almain, Dokkalfar, Ljosalfar and Varani, as well as change their appearance. We don't choose a class at the beginning of the game, but as the game progresses you can develop your character in three skill trees. These are warrior, rogue and mage. Among the available skills, there are both ranged and melee skills, over 60 in total. In addition to these in the skill tree, you can also develop your character in crafts and social skills, such as alchemy, blacksmithing or persuasion.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning immerses players in a very open and expansive world filled with various stories created in the head of R. A. Salvatore, the creator of the Universe. In addition to the main story, Salvatore has written numerous side quest stories in the game, including guilds scattered across the various regions of Amalur, much like in The Elder Scrolls series. By completing quests, we receive experience points and gain reputation among the various factions if we wish.

But the main focus of Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning's main focus is on combat, which is very arcade with Quick Time Events that often make the game closer to the hack and slash genre. Winning battles is therefore determined not only by the skills gained through character development, but also by the player's skill and the appropriate use of items, such as bombs or spells.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is a single player game. It also includes new story-based DLC packs: The Legend of Dead Kel, Teeth of Naros and Fatesworn. The enhanced version Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, its graphical style takes influence from the Fable series, Divinity II: Ego Draconis and games in the Forgotten Realms universe, slightly improving on the original's graphic design. Resolution and texture quality have been increased and the game runs at +60 FPS on eighth generation consoles PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for greater smoothness. The game offers over 100 hours of gameplay in the story campaign with all side content.

Reviewed on Oct 09, 2023


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