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Joystiq: Amalur IP heads to auction this month
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Oh, they've tried to have THAT fight in courts over other games, but those always failed.
Doug Heffernan
Member
Is there a minimum bid?
digoutyoursoul
Member
Microsoft should go for this imo. I know about Fable but another exclusive RPG would strengthen their portfolio
Pound_lb003
Member
From what I've read it was like any other business.
Being an independent developer is living on the edge of your seat, it's why Insomniac still existing in the massive form they are is kind of crazy. Managing a LARGE independent developer cannot be an easy job.
It sounds like they didn't have the time or support they needed to secure funding and were unlucky.
I mean Schilling looking for capital from places other than publishers may have been his main problem, there's not many venture capitalists interested in videogames, because they're huge risks.
It's not any one thing, as far as management. The place certainly wasn't managed any differently than a successful game company. It was time and place, imo. The time factor was that they were developing a WoW killer 3-4 years after WoW was beginning to wane itself. With Blizzcon just now passing, we see that WoW is still going strong, sure....but there are several MMORPGs that came out, decent quality, and with much much more popular IPs attached...that have failed. It just wasn't the right time for a "WoW Killer". Place, I say more because of the loans, politicians, journalists and other stuff involved. We'll never know the full story, tbh, but yeah....some bullshit went down in Providence, that was far beyond the reach of that company's hands.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
The game itself plays very similar to Fable as it is though at least for combat, so they might have to rehaul it a bit. I do agree MS should go for it though, fits it with them pretty well.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I tend to agree. The worldbuilding is detailed and thorough, but exceptionally bland. The most standard fantasy tropes and themes ever, a few good ideas but that never go really far, it's just rather soulless. Shame, it had so much potential.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
The combat in Amular is !much more deep and varied than Fable. I'd argue it's the best I've played in an action RPG.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Ehh it's pretty good, but have you tried Dragon's Dogma (
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
yup, all of them. The Souls games are entirely different to me, and I wasn't comparing them. DD is roughly similar, but I found it to be a pretty soulless affair, ultimately felt kind of hollow to me.
Neuromancer
Member
I'm playing Reckoning in honor of this auction, and I continue to love it. This is like the 5th character I've created and had fun with.
The whole thing just bums me out.
The whole thing just bums me out.
Jerry Orbach
Member
That's pretty impressive, considering Amalur came out three months before Dragon's Dogma. Maybe they went broke because, just like me in Civilization, they wasted all their money on spies?
SpartanN92
Banned
How is the DLC?
I have MS points to burn and I wouldn't mind catching up on this game.
Neuromancer
Member
Funny you should ask, I just downloaded the Dead Kel DLC last night and it's awesome. A whole new island with a completely different look, new monsters, and a skeleton pirate! So far I'd highly recommend it.
Oh yeah and you get your own fortress.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Ohhh. My bad, I thought for sure Amalur was late 2012... don't know why I thought that, I totally misremembered I guess. Sorry.
Maybe DD ripped them off then, but if they came out so close to one another I suppose it's unlikely and mostly just coincidence.
Good enough for me. Just bought both. Thanks for the heads up.
LapinAgile
Member
i really enjoyed Reckoning, I hope this finds new life in capable hands. Big Huge Games did a great job though, it's really unfortunate that they got dragged down in all that mess.
Neuromancer
Member
Let me know what you think of Teeth of Naros when you get to it. I don't know much about it.
OverBlood 3
Banned
Still want another reckoning 
Yeah, Nordic was my first guess, too:
I floated Deep Silver in a later post, but the company doesn't have a single RPG on Steam at the moment.
graywolf323
Member
Deep Silver has the Risen series and Sacred 2 Gold up on Steam :-/
I wouldn't mind either Deep Silver or Nordic
The results of the auction will be released "in the coming days", which I assume means next week.
Oh, yeah, that's right, haha. I simply searched for Deep Silver prior to posting and they didn't show up.
Oh, yeah, that's right, haha. I simply searched for Deep Silver prior to posting and they didn't show up.
Goodacre0081
Member
i completed the game but I genuinely can't remember anything about it. not worth those numbers and that $1b figure Schilling said was a joke.
SilentRacoon
Member
Why would you ask for such a thing when they have a more than capable (and superior) engine at their disposal.?
OT I really enjoyed it despite its flaws, the combat and world were more than a worthy trade off for me, would love to see someone picking it up and Improving upon the flaws of the previous game.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Dear new Amalur IP owner:
Abandon that stupid MMO. Turn this into a single player game.
Signed,
Countless Reckoning Fans
The one thing that bugged me the most about Amalur was the sheer lack of scale in the cities, but Copernicus seems to have fixed that. I'd rather have a sequel on PS4, but PS360 would certainly be a day one buy for me.
Abandon that stupid MMO. Turn this into a single player game.
Signed,
Countless Reckoning Fans
The one thing that bugged me the most about Amalur was the sheer lack of scale in the cities, but Copernicus seems to have fixed that. I'd rather have a sequel on PS4, but PS360 would certainly be a day one buy for me.
A Black Falcon
Member
I just hope that whoever bought it does something with the MMO...
Something like dig a deep deep hole and bury the whole thing in there.
They should just scrap the MMO entirely and make Reckoning 2, or whatever they want to call it.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Revelations.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
I love the art work in that flyover vid. But yeah you can totally keep that MMO shit. Just turn it into a single-player franchise. Focus on making the character and world design as beautiful as possible and the battle system increasingly more fun.
Rise of Nations/Legends sold, but Kingdoms of Amalur must have had too high a reserve price because it didn't find a home:
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I wonder what someone will do with the Rise IP, if anything. Probably just get the games on Steam at this point.