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  • willIam9387
    Pro
    • Jun 2010
    • 640

    #376
    Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

    Originally posted by Solidice
    been looking for a new PC RPG game and looking at this game. what would you say would be the closest comparison game to this? Fable? TES series? I imagine I'll try the demo first obviously, just looking for other people's thoughts.
    First, this is a really fun RPG. With a lot of RPGS, I'm not a fan of grinding because the gameplay gets repetitive after a while. But this is a fun game to grind in because the combat is so rewarding. Other than a wonky camera at times, the combat is really engrossing and pair that with a great loot system and you'll be playing it for a while. Great changeup to either The Witcher 2 or skyrim.

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    • goh
      Banned
      • Aug 2003
      • 20755

      #377
      Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

      Yesterday, after a comment from Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee, rumors began to swirl that Kingdoms of Amalur developer 38 Studios was finding themselves with money woes.

      Today, the Providence Journal reports that 38 Studios has, indeed, missed a loan payment to the state and now essentially finds itself in default.

      Speaker of the Rhode Island state House, Gordon D. Fox, announced that 38 Studios had missed a $1.125 million installment on its roughly $75 million loan from the state. The developer is now seeking an emergency meeting with the state agency that issued the loan, the Economic Development Corporation, which is chaired by the governor. The EDC will be meeting tomorrow morning "to address and consider an unexpected occurrence that requires immediate action to protect the public regarding the 38 Studios, LLC financing."

      Rhode Island issued the loan in July, 2010, in a bid to bring more gaming and tech jobs across the border from neighboring state Massachusetts. At the time, 38 Studios promised the Ocean State something it needed badly: more jobs.
      http://kotaku.com/5910628/kingdoms-o...-they-cant-pay

      Quick,release the mod tools for a zombie survival mode!

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      • jfsolo
        Live Action, please?
        • May 2003
        • 12965

        #378
        Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

        Yikes, although their level of internal strife may not be the same, it looks as if 38 Studios may go the way of Team Bondi and be one and done.
        Jordan Mychal Lemos
        @crypticjordan

        Do this today: Instead of $%*#!@& on a game you're not going to play or movie you're not going to watch, say something good about a piece of media you're excited about.

        Do the same thing tomorrow. And the next. Now do it forever.

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        • mestevo
          Gooney Goo Goo
          • Apr 2010
          • 19556

          #379
          Sucks to see a company saying and often doing all the right things possibly not make it.

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          • goh
            Banned
            • Aug 2003
            • 20755

            #380
            Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

            Originally posted by jfsolo
            Yikes, although their level of internal strife may not be the same, it looks as if 38 Studios may go the way of Team Bondi and be one and done.
            Well at least they could both say they never made a bad game.

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            • mgoblue
              Go Wings!
              • Jul 2002
              • 25477

              #381
              Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

              Originally posted by jfsolo
              Yikes, although their level of internal strife may not be the same, it looks as if 38 Studios may go the way of Team Bondi and be one and done.
              Is there any internal strife? Or is this just that KOA didn't sell quite as well as they hoped? I still have to get it, haven't seen any great price drops though lol
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              • Flawless
                Bang-bang! Down-down!
                • Mar 2004
                • 16780

                #382
                Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

                I would say it has less to do with Amular, and more with the MMO and burn rate with their high head count (over 400 employees).
                Go Noles!!! >>----->

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                • Flawless
                  Bang-bang! Down-down!
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 16780

                  #383
                  Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

                  Rhode Island owns Amalur, all other 38 Studios intellectual property if studio defaults

                  If 38 Studios does shutter, beyond Rhode Island taxpayers having to pay off the $75 million bond (plus interest) through 2020, it appears the state will also own the intellectual property of the developer as a parting gift. Reviewing updated documentation released by the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) today, it appears 38 Studios put up all present and future IP by the company as collateral.
                  Methenitis continued, "So, the RIEDC could then sell the rights in all of the Kingdoms of Amalur to another developer to offset the millions owed by 38 Studios, and this sale would typically be an auction-style sale to the highest bidder. As a secondary issue, if the sale of all those assets repossessed ends up being more than is owed, the RIEDC will theoretically owe those funds back to 38 Studios."
                  38 Studios CEO on indefinite leave

                  38 Studios LLC CEO Jennifer MacLean has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the video game design firm, company officials confirmed Wednesday.

                  Chief Operating Officer Bill Thomas said in a brief phone conversation that he did not know when MacLean would return and declined to discuss the reasons behind her time away from the company other than that it was her choice.
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                  Go Noles!!! >>----->

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                  • areobee401
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 16771

                    #384
                    Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

                    Curt agreed to pay Rhode Island the money owed. The state has since returned to the check back because there wasn't enough money to cover the amount owed.

                    http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/politic...ot-employees?3
                    Last edited by areobee401; 05-17-2012, 06:09 PM.
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                    • DocHolliday
                      Farewell and 'ado
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 4697

                      #385
                      Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

                      Going after the crowded and often failed MMO Market is going to be a disaster for this studio.

                      Curt Bro, we know you loved WoW, but time to let it go.

                      Cut about 2/3 of your work force and focus on another single player KoA. The first was really pretty good and was a nice base to build on.

                      Keep the combat relatively the same and work on the story, characters, and the effects of choices in the game.
                      GT: Event Horizon 0

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                      • MizzouBravesFan
                        MVP
                        • Mar 2004
                        • 2489

                        #386
                        Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

                        Picked this up yesterday, holy crap it's awesome...LOVE the combat, so much fun.

                        I'll be dumping a ton of hours into this one.
                        Patrick Mahomes > God

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                        • jfsolo
                          Live Action, please?
                          • May 2003
                          • 12965

                          #387
                          Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

                          Originally posted by DocHolliday
                          Going after the crowded and often failed MMO Market is going to be a disaster for this studio.

                          Curt Bro, we know you loved WoW, but time to let it go.

                          Cut about 2/3 of your work force and focus on another single player KoA. The first was really pretty good and was a nice base to build on.

                          Keep the combat relatively the same and work on the story, characters, and the effects of choices in the game.
                          Yeah, when I heard that an MMO was the next thing for their studio, I was thinking, "Just go ahead and take millions of dollars throw it into a big ole pit and put a blowtorch to it."

                          The anomaly that is WoW, probably cost us K.O.T.O.R. 3, another Amalur game, and who knows what other potential AAA single player RPG titles. Maybe after The Old Republics relative failure, other publishers will give up this fools errand.
                          Jordan Mychal Lemos
                          @crypticjordan

                          Do this today: Instead of $%*#!@& on a game you're not going to play or movie you're not going to watch, say something good about a piece of media you're excited about.

                          Do the same thing tomorrow. And the next. Now do it forever.

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                          • mestevo
                            Gooney Goo Goo
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 19556

                            #388
                            MMO was always in the plans and has been in development since before they bought BigHugeGames and used that team to make Amalur.

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                            • CaptainZombie
                              Brains
                              • Jul 2003
                              • 37851

                              #389
                              Re: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

                              38 Studios Employees haven't been paid since May 1st, Insurance up Thursday

                              38 Studios employees have not been paid since May 1 and their health care will end Thursday at midnight, a source with knowledge of the situation tells Joystiq. Employees are normally paid on the first and 15th of each month.

                              When asked if the studio would be shutting down this week, the source could only say, "Unknown at this time. Outlook is not good."

                              We're informed that 38 Studios' MMO, "Project Copernicus," announced by Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee as launching in June 2013, did have that date as its internal target. However, "Whether this is realistic or not is up for debate."

                              Gov. Chafee said in a press conference today that he would do what he could to prevent the studio from shutting down. Will the studio still exist within a month? "I have no idea," our source replied.
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                              • mestevo
                                Gooney Goo Goo
                                • Apr 2010
                                • 19556

                                #390
                                Curt on Twitter says Amalur sold 1.2m copies.

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