While the visual updates were a bit underwhelming given where technology is at now, the basic art style itself still aged rather well. Still, for those who like to delve into lore and really immerse themselves in a fantasy world, that can be done here.

I was surprised at how nearly a decade later, I still remembered a lot of the details and admittedly began to bypass most of those after about a dozen hours with the game this time. I remember clicking every… last… dialog… choice the first time around. There is enough text to fill a visual novel, but almost all of it can be skipped if you don’t have the interest. There are countless books, scrolls and conversations to be had if you really want to get a sense of the world building that took place here. This is a massive and beautifully fleshed out world. That is a heavy-hitting pair of talents to help flesh out the world, and those fingerprints are still all over the original product, even if the visual update are perhaps not as robust as I had hoped and some of the clunkier UI / menu choices are not updated to improve overall quality of life. The visual style of the game is also unique, in that it’s a sort of chunky, but vibrant fantasy setting brought to life by Todd McFarlane (known largely for his work on the Spawn comics). Salvatore of Forgotten Realms / Drizzt fame (I’ve actually been rereading numerous works of his lately due to a Drizzt Humble Bundle I purchased a couple of months ago).

And what a world it is, famously created by R.A. Of course there is a bit of amnesia involved with this rebirth, giving you a blank slate character that can hear about the world as thought it was the first time. The tale gets off to a fairly unique start as your protagonist is dead – only to be revived and realize that he is part of a much larger destiny. By and large, I’d say the same feelings persist today despite the time that has passed. I originally covered it for the Xbox 360 and sunk over 100 hours into the title and enjoyed almost every aspect of the game. When the game first came out, Amalur was rather well-received, but the studio behind it famously went under shortly after its troubled release. Still, I found myself quite excited to dive back into this action-RPG experience and once more explore this unique world.

Most aspects of this game have aged rather well over the last decade, though not everything. I was completely surprised by the announcement of Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning – surprised and excited, because I was a big fan of the game when it first released.

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