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Narrative design in role-playing games has to be one of the most difficult areas to work in, especially if you are working with an already well-established world. You are not only put under the microscope by the fans of the lore, but also by the fans of role-playing and fantasy games. After watching this video, it looks like Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is finding the balance point between keeping fans of the fiction happy, while keeping players engaged through the many options The video goes into how the team worked alongside New York Times Bestseller R.A. Salvatore to help build the world on the 10,000 years of fiction that he already laid down, as well as working with designer Ken Rolston from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on testing out new quest lines and puzzles. One of the big features that the developers wanted was to create a world in constant flux; a world full of souls in need of your help. It also sheds some light on the different factions in the game: The Travellers, The House of Ballads, and The House of Sorrows. Each faction will have quests that you can pick up at any time, with the added bonus of not being tied down exclusively to one faction. As the player completes these quests, they can gain skills and also unlock new "destinies." Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will be releasing on February 7, 2012. Mark your calendars, adventurers! Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)6:00 AM on 03.05.2013 Schilling looking to dismiss lawsuit over 38 Studios loanCurt Schilling has requested a judge throw out the lawsuit against his now-defunct development house. Following the dissolution of 38 Studios, the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation accused Schilling and his busine...
5:00 AM on 10.01.2012 No federal criminal charges for Schilling, 38 StudiosEarlier this summer news broke that the Rhode Island U.S. Attorney and FBI would be launching a criminal investigation into the finances of defunct Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer 38 Studios. On Friday, a spokesman fo...
12:30 PM on 07.30.2012 38 Studios shelled out $133 million prior to shutteringThe demise of 38 Studios has been a well chronicled one, but perhaps you're interested in knowing exactly how much money the now defunct developer used prior to shuttering earlier this year. According to WPRI, that figure exc...
8:00 PM on 06.03.2012 Epic Games saves Big Huge Games staff, now Epic BaltimoreAfter effectively gambling with this month's rent money in a bid to pay for next's, things were looking pretty bleak a for Curt Schilling's 38 Studios. Running into financial difficulty following the release of Kingdoms of Am...
5:40 PM on 05.24.2012 Entire staff at 38 Studios and Big Huge Games laid offIt's a very sad day in the gaming industry, as 38 Studios has laid off its entire workforce -- including Baltimore-based studio Big Huge Games -- due to the financial turmoil the company has been in. That's 379 people suddenl...
11:30 PM on 05.18.2012 The DTOID Show: Borderlands, Sly Cooper, & AmalurToday on The Destructoid Show, we had special guest Ben Heck -- who you might know from his working Portal shirt or his Xbox laptop -- and of course, we talked about video game stuff too. For starters, the Borderlands 2 ...
10:00 AM on 05.18.2012 Kingdoms of Amalur dev can't pay employeesFollowing news that Kingdoms of Amalur developer 38 Studios was in big debt to the gubbyments, word of more financial trouble has hit the streets. The company also owes its own employees, having missed payments to staff. In a...
8:00 AM on 05.16.2012 Kingdoms of Amalur dev misses $1.25 million loan paymentKingdoms of Amalur was hailed by Electronic Arts as a success, partly responsible for the publisher's strong first quarter financial results. Meanwhile, the folks that actually made it are in debt, and the financial future of...
2:00 PM on 04.25.2012 Review: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Teeth of NarosThe second piece of downloadable content in the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning saga has arrived to further pad your already ridiculous list of quests. The previous DLC, "The Legend of Dead Kel," was a varied and fun adventure ...
7:30 PM on 03.27.2012 Achievements hint at Kollossael new Reckoning DLCA list of achievements for yet to be announced downloadable content for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has appeared on Xbox 360 Achievements. The five achievements look similar in nature to those found in the recently released...
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