I love that Ellen is worried about taking too long creating her character because she thinks we'll get bored. Ellen, we spend 30 minutes of every Morgan Monday watching Andy pick out a new outfit for each mission.
Love ‘em both. I’d say they’re the best members of oxbox crew, but everyone brings something unique to the table. Also, all of ‘em are just likeable people in general. (Especially mike, I generally like mike’s playstyle. Lol)
the game was seriously great. i'll have to come back at it. i had it on xbox 360 and never beat it. torrented a pc version years and years ago and never played it much. now i can buy it again since i have a wee bit of cash. i want to give it a fair go. play it all th eway through.
So, KoA originally came out a few months after Skyrim, which I agree is probably the main reason this game didn't to as well as it deserved. A big reason why it's so popular now is because Ellen has been championing it for years, she may have even been responsible for the attention needed for THQ Nordic to release a remaster and a new DLC. But, why wasn't Ellen playing Skyrim like everyone else? She states, even in this stream, that the Frostbite Spiders are terrible, and they are pretty plentiful from the start of the game. So, stay with me here... I posit that Ellen's arachnophobia is the entire reason ReReckoning, it's DLC, and any future content in the KoA franchise even exists.
I just want everyone to remember that the gnomes at the start say the body could have been a Jottun. We see Jottun later in the game and that body could not have been a Jottun.
@@antoineharvey5013 no they are talking about what the body is. your character was dead and reborn. pretty much the body was reconstructed from the well of souls.
The question in the live chat about Re-Reckoning almost Bankrupting a state went by too fast for me to answer, so I'll correct it here. It wasn't the remaster that just came out, it was the original version. I wasn't aware of the game in 2012 when it originally came out so I can't give all the details, but somehow 38 studio's finances got tangled with the state of Rhode Island and when 38 Studio went under, the state of Rhode Island ended up holding the rights to the IP. THQ Nordic bought the rights from Rhode Island for Millions of dollars in 2018, and released the remastered version.
Also, there was no danger of this 'bankrupting' the state of RI (to the extent that's even legally possible). It was just economic development money that was lent out and 38 Studios didn't keep up their end of the deal. They didn't have the money to pay the state back, so RI seized the company's assets, most of the value of which was in IP.
@@postjm9 It was still enough money to make the taxpayers pretty angry. Essentially, the governor gave 38 Studio a sweetheart deal (low interest guaranteed loans and tax breaks) for them to relocate to Rhode Island and generate new jobs in the area. However, 38 Studio overpromised and squandered the loan money so they tried to weird deals to raise more money and get a new round of loans from the state. Someone in the government saw what was going on and refused to throw more money into the money sink. 38 Studio folded and the Rhode Island government had a lot of egg on their faces for approving that deal in the first place.
@@przemekkozlowski7835 You could look at it from the other direction, and question the use of taxpayer money to subsidize a game company with no track record who had not brought in experienced management. They should also have had clawbacks in the deal so they knew where they were getting their money from (Schilling?) if things went badly. I'm in upstate NY, where there have been a lot of questions about how this process is handled, and even by our standards, this was a crap shoot.
I hope not. We shoudnt support lazy remaster like this. You cant tell the difference from the original. Its just a cashgrab. If they are really planning on a sequel they should have atleast put an effort into this one, but nooooo, they prefer easy money.
Not impressed by the graphical improvements, but to be honest, this game deserves a proper sequel regardless. I especially liked the combat system, but there were many things that made it interesting.
Its so wierd how little they did considering they showed us development stills of what they said it was going to look like..and those dont look at all like it. I get putting this game back into circulation, but don't say your gonna redo all the visuals and sprites. And then just not.
Is it wierd that I cant really tell its a redo? The fairly cartoony graphics don't really age in the same way. The fact they went to all this trouble and did not change the camera is crazy, they have some really good environment design that you can't really enjoy because of the claustrophobic camera angle
There is very little actually improved in it - mostly its just a re-release. ACG covered it recently - worth a look prior to getting it if you're curious, though if you own it on steam already - there is very little reason to buy the new one.
Graphically very little has been improved. 90% of the "remastering" has been to the games systems. Balancing, tweaking, changing how loot works etc. I agree if you are new to it, you are okay playing the original version. But as a huge fan of the original, I had to pick it up, especially with new dlc being added next year. $40 for 100+ hours of game play is more than worth it for me. But YMMV
Bummer they didn't end up changing much but still got me to buy it, just because I really want to give it a try and didn't get to before. Thanks for the stream, I hope you keep streaming it, I think most if not all of us would be more than happy to watch you do a full playthrough
4:38 Stream start 9:43 Comparison start 19:52 Game start 22:41 Gameplay start 23:12 Character creation 30:55 Naming Ellwyn 34:01 Ellen is finally in control
Honestly not even a fan of KoA (not because there's anything wrong with it - just not my kind of game), but I'll gladly spend a couple hours listening to Ellen geek out this hard over something. Her happiness is both contagious and addictive.
Across the internet for the last few years, every time someone mentions this game,, in the comments Ellen will be mentioned at least once and it always makes me feel like I’m in the know.
I swear, people get 5000 times cuter when they talk about things they're passionate about. Unless it's Nazir Germany. Zen it's only nein times cuter! XD
I haven't touched this game in almost 7 years, and never even knew a current gen version was coming... I literally just saw it by accident when looking through the PS store! I got it immediatly! Hopefully it might sell well enough to FINALLY get a sequel! Oh, and Rogue is still just as OP as i remember, to the point where i had to restart as a mage, given that i never finished the original with a pure Mage, because of an INFURIATING crash that corrupted my save after more than 50 hours of play! So now is the time i finally do a complete mage playthrough...
The best part of the side-by-side intro scene was watching it again in 3D. If you're familiar with stereoscopic vision you can look at the line between both videos and slowly cross your eyes until the 2 images overlap in the middle and it will appear as 3D. It is a strain on the eyes and not everyone can do it, but if you can give it a try.
1:48:30 Oh, so Shepard's armor is *the* Shepard's? I guess I just noticed that very late :D ... "I'm commander Shepard and this is my favourite Kingdoms of Amalur let's play on the Citadel... ähm... UA-cam."
I’m so excited to watch Ellen play this game! Her passionate descriptions of this game made me buy it and I’m so glad I did. I’ve been hoping to see her play this game so I’m glad she finally is
Ellen was the reason I played the original. Great game. Probably won't get this until all the added content is out and then i'll get the complete set. I can finally complete my ideal build with the added levels
Watching Ellen in Character creation and realising a major reason I could never stream playing games is that I would never get out of character creation in under an hour, among many other reasons I'm sure :P Thanks for sharing the game with us :)
I seriously thought this was a remake not a remaster. Oops, I guess that would make more sense... Either way, hopefully this will also boost sales for the original so we can FINALLY get a sequel.
Yeah it is basically a port remaster to restart the franchise. They are making a new expansion already for this and I bet they are already building a sequel (they did the same thing with Darksiders).
@@PartStupid Darksiders didn't have Electronic Arts as a publisher, so if Re-Reckoning doesn't sell much better than the original, there will be no sequel.
@@vladdracul5072 - I don't understand your reasoning at all. - First off what does the fact that EA published the original release have to do with anything? THQN sets more then reasonable expectations for sales of their releases (for example they told an interviewer that they budgeted Darksiders 3 to only need to sell 100,000 copies to consider making Darksiders 4 and this was long after the remasters... also they started making Darksiders 3 before the remasters came out and they starting making Darksiders Genesis before Darksiders 3 was released... basically this is all evidence that contradicts your odd reasoning but if you have info and insight that I do not please let me know as these are my two favorite franchises and I watch them very closely and would want to know if I missed something). Also as a remaster I would be my left arm they set the expectations and budget below even 100,000 sales needed (as that was their bar for a full Darksiders 3 to Darksiders 4 release and not even remasters). - Another point would be that they did not buy these IPs to do only remasters. They did not make and investment to only try and get pennies when they could get decent profit on a bigger and longer term scale. From a business perspective that would make zero sense. And again their past behavior shows they are probably already making a new game (and we know they are already making a new expansion for this old game).
@@PartStupid Okay, my bad, I just saw that EA is just the publisher for the original, not for Re-Reckoning, so there's indeed hope for a sequel. With EA involved it would have been all about the money though - no sales, no sequel.
@@vladdracul5072 - Ohhhhh. Okay that makes sense. An easy mistake for sure. And yes I agree if EA still had their greasy paws on this IP you would be absolutely correct.
1:33:30 It was Mass Effect 3. I remember, because you needed to play the demo for one game to get the unlock for the OTHER game. In other words, to get the armor and daggers in Amalur, you needed to play the ME3 demo, and playing the Amalur demo unlocks SOMETHING in ME3, can't remember what. It especially stuck in my head when I realized that the demos only counted for the CONSOLE you played them on, even if you are using the same ********* account! Given that I was playing Amalur on PS3 and ME3 on PC, it took contacting *TECH SUPPORT* to figure out that I needed to play both demos *AGAIN!*
@@TheFirstCurse1 yeah. I mentioned in another comment that i had no idea this was a remaster till she said it and because I owned the original on steam, i got 60% off which made the $50-$60 game including the old and new dlc about $21 for me
@@nexinator335 That's just sad. You can tell that they barely did anything with the graphics, if they did even do anything. I can't even tell which is which in the comparison. Well atleast you got it for cheaper though. It's not a bad game by any means, I just wish the graphics were atleast slightly updated.
As someone who has only managed a small amount of time in KoA to begin with, as I only discovered it last year, I'm pretty excited to see someone really into this game and seems to give it the love I think it deserves and even though I probably won't see these live I will definitely end up watching any and all of these that you do as vods
30:22 and character creation is done. Even ignoring that 2/3 of that was the intro running twice, other technical issues and waiting for the stream to start; that is considerably less time than I thought she was going to spend making a character
Honestly, my favorite part of streams like this are when they start with technical difficulties. Not because I like people being frustrated, but it’s nice to know I’m not the only one who deals with it 😅. Serious though, excellent stream
I play it on PC using a Xbox controller, it seems better with controller then mouse and keys to me. I never actually played the original, I noticed the remaster coming, and got into it because of Ellen always saying so much good about the game in the videos, and when there was a remaster coming out I thought I give it a go then, and I think its great, also probably might be a blessing to me that I didnt play the original, so I get to experience everything here like its brand new and awesome.
The Leveling system in this game is amazing. You can spend points in any tree you like, and quests -though strongly flavored in the image of these trees- are never locked behind a level in any tree. Equipment usually is, but quests never. Also, the most powerful skills are Detect Hidden, Blacksmithing, Sagecraft, then tier 2 for Lockpicking and maybe Alchemy. Dispelling is weird, because you have your own skill in the minigame next to the skill value.
OK, looked yesterday and was thinking it was a crime how there was no video of Ellen covering Re-Reckoning yet, when I first heard it announced my first thought was "Ellen is going to be so hype". Hope this is a series.
Thank you so much for making this video! If it wasnt for you showing up on my feed, i would've never found out that KoA:R got remastered! And since I owned the original on steam, I get 50% off the remaster as well as the 10% new release bonus!
I love that someone loves this game and world as much as or even more then me! I put over 300 hours into the first release and original expansion. I am starting it again and plan to do another full run through getting ready for the new Fatesworn expansion next year. I called my character "Alyx Shir" this time around as I thought it kinda makes sense as he is a male Dokklefar but the name could work for a female Dokklefar as well and would be Alyn's twin.
45:56 You can use controllers for PC though. If you continue this game on your livestream (pls do), then get an XBox controller for PC for max comfort. (And to stay away from those spiders, they don't scare me in appearance but they do pop out of the ground unexpectedly throughout the game)
Currently replaying the 360 original, it's my comfort game. As a huge fan of the dark elf trilogies by salvatore back in the day I was/and still am totally enamoured with this game. I would have loved to see an expansion n this universe. You hav never seen a happier person than me the first time I heard Ellen mention this game and know what it was. Edit, personally I wld love to have the gnomes with broad West Country accent. Tht wld be much better than bad Scottish.
I've started kingdoms of Amalur fairly blindly a couple of weeks ago, mainly because Ellen frequently mentioned it with such enthusiasm, I couldn't help but trust her opinion. Happened to roll a Dokkalfar aligned with Lyria, although male. Loving it so far, lore, look & gameplay. Thanks to Ellen for a great, and very sincere tip.
I haven't noticed many graphical issues on the Xbox One, it's just that achievements won't record because we haven't gotten the patch yet. I'm really impressed that they managed to mix the audio so Alyn isn't 1000 times louder than everyone else no matter how low you have your TV, like in the original, though. Best improvement so far.
Ellen! I found out the original KOA made only about 2000 copies of the Special Edition, which fyi had a deck of Fate cards you can't get anywhere else, a map, the soundtrack and some other goodies. The collector's edition had a statue of a troll and made only 700. It's better than what you get in the Re-reckoning SE but it is ultra rare. There's like 2 people selling it on ebay. I saw it and really wanted to get it for you but the prices are crazy.
Without doing a side by side, I can't really tell the difference between PS3 and PS4. But it is nice to be playing this without having to break out my PS3 disks from the back of the shelf. It's also nice to see a re-release simply because that means maybe there's some hope in this franchise yet. And to think, you've been one of the biggest voices for this. Thank you so much!
Nice to see England's Parliament pas the 'Let's Make Ellen Rose Happy Day' legislation. May we all see our all favorites redone so well (anyone with me on a remastered Smash TV?).
I genuinely found this channel bc of how much I love KoA and was trying to find literally anyone else online talking about it, it feels such an overlooked and forgotten game but it‘s so close to my heart. I love how much Ellen loves it too, feels right, like your child finally being appreciated for all their hard work 😂
1:58:00 Philosophy fact: in real life, saying two people have the same face is to say they look alike, so to say I look like someone else because we have the same face, is what's called tautology. Think, "the sky is blue because it's blue." Necessarily true, but useless. In a video game, however, the developers literally can isolate and duplicate a face, giving two people identical faces. So here, to say two people look alike because they have the same face isn't tautology! They were literally, actually given the same face asset, and that's why they look alike. Cool, huh? ... Oh. Right. Just me.
Good to see Ellen playing and being so enthusiastic about the game; have to say the "re-reckoning" is a bit underwhelming so far, some nice graphical touches here and there but mostly it just looks as it did, which was good to begin with. On the issue of controls; just use a controller Ellen! I played KoA with a Steam Controller, but if you have a PS3 or PS4 controller lying around there are tools you can get to use those (KoA might see it as an Xbox controller but it works just fine).
I got my copy yesterday and started it, went for the PS4 version this time rather than the PC version. Brings back good memories and very happy with it, I expected the look and gameplay to be a lot worse compared to more recent games but I was pleasantly surprised.
I usually prefer melee characters(rouge/assassin/fighter/duelist), like a combination of finesse and might...but the magic animations of this game are awesome, so I often go "Opa Gandalf-style"
The sacred game!!! My go to combo of weapons has always been chakram and bow. I also used blacksmithing a lot because in the end you just got weapons stronger than any legendary XD
Thank you for this awesome video Ellen , KOA is one of my favourite fantasy RPG video games. Spent a lot of time playing the orgnail 360 version and picked up the remaster version for my PS4 can't wait to get stuck in and play it :)
True things just look darker in this "remaster" and I played warmastered a few months back and it looked so much nicer than the original. Side note I still need to play genesis but the change to the Diablo style camera view after 3 games with a 3rd person perspective feels so weird to me.
Well, so the happy otters at the beginning screen are not gonna be the most adorable thing in the stream for a change Ellen playing the game of her life is 100% the cutest thing ever
I've started playing this game since the stream, and I just wanted to say.... thank you. It took a while to get into but the story is excellent, the side quests are amazing and the levelling up system may be a little outdated but it does so much more than a lot of other games.
I've started out as a might/finesse hybrid, but now i'm at switching over to a magic/might/finesse hybrid, because this game actually makes it possible. Love love love the chakrams! :D
My playthrough on og reckoning is a dokkalfar, and I liked that said character has a "history" with my character that my character just don't remember being undead and all
Honestly, the only things I want to improve on with KoA is making the camera not look down on you, so you can see the beautiful environment, and making loot scale better, maybe a way to upgrade your gear to your current level
1:18:50. They do everything after a Scottish accent! You can have Some blue guy meeting humans 500 years in the future and I bet you he'll have a Scottish accent.
This is bringing back memories. I didn't get super far into this game (because it's pretty big I think) but the spider and Barten stuff is all coming back to me watching this. Tempts me to go back and play again/more.
I, too, finally gave in and got this game today, and I needed to find someplace to come and say OMIGOSH I LOVE IT. I’m already so attached to my character, and the tutorial part was just right for me. Thank you, Ellen 😄😄😄
As someone who also has small hands, mostly because my fingers are disproportionately short, I also have bent pinkies from old sports injuries. Playing the piano is an exercise in creative problem solving and so is PC gaming.
Never did I think that a KOA remaster and a t shirt with a skeleton with a top hat on it with the phrase "already dead" on it would convince me to try my hand at employment. Thanks oxtra! Edit: also I gave you're review a read Ellen and yeah it pretty much summed up all that i was thinking when seeing the comparisons and the advent of CGI trailers as well I don't really take a CGI trailer into account as normally it was made for that specific purpose and does not represent the actual game
Them game developpers have never chopped wood, I think. Coz if you hit a crate or a barrel with an axe, and I would think it's better for the job than a sword, it doesn't blow up. Most of the time you have your axe jammed, and it takes several hits to break those things. Also I never saw that arc of light following my axe swing (that is so prominent especially in Korean and Chinese games, but obviously they never had swords and stuff in China or Korea).
I just want to say, despite being late to this: Your love for this game is still legendary in the community. Your still being quoted as being right on the Steam pages for the game(s).
I love that Ellen is worried about taking too long creating her character because she thinks we'll get bored. Ellen, we spend 30 minutes of every Morgan Monday watching Andy pick out a new outfit for each mission.
Andy’s funny that’s the difference
Coornz that’s very mean of you
@@coornz He's not that funny.
L that’s also mean. What’s the matter with y’all
Love ‘em both. I’d say they’re the best members of oxbox crew, but everyone brings something unique to the table. Also, all of ‘em are just likeable people in general. (Especially mike, I generally like mike’s playstyle. Lol)
Stream starts at 4:35!
Timestamps for when Ellen actually gets the game running and post-character creation are in the replies.
Champion
Thanks my dude
LADS!
lol I saw this at 4:25
19:45 is when the gameplay starts. Poor Ellen.
Hi, and welcome to episode one of a 239 part series where Ellen plays Kingdoms of Amalur.
I'd tune in for those streams
It's probably going to be a few more than that
I would seriously tune in to see that much Ellen playing this.
Only 239 do you really expect her to skip that much
@@ralphbutcher7294 Nobody said anything about how long episodes would be. About 4 hours of sleep every 1-2 days should be fine, right? 😂😂
"Ellen was right" best Steam review ever
the game was seriously great. i'll have to come back at it. i had it on xbox 360 and never beat it. torrented a pc version years and years ago and never played it much. now i can buy it again since i have a wee bit of cash. i want to give it a fair go. play it all th eway through.
There is a review on the Rereckoning page that says, "Ellen is still right."
So, KoA originally came out a few months after Skyrim, which I agree is probably the main reason this game didn't to as well as it deserved. A big reason why it's so popular now is because Ellen has been championing it for years, she may have even been responsible for the attention needed for THQ Nordic to release a remaster and a new DLC. But, why wasn't Ellen playing Skyrim like everyone else? She states, even in this stream, that the Frostbite Spiders are terrible, and they are pretty plentiful from the start of the game. So, stay with me here...
I posit that Ellen's arachnophobia is the entire reason ReReckoning, it's DLC, and any future content in the KoA franchise even exists.
I'm sure we can pull this thread further, but I am neither willing or able to do it at this time
But... what about Kippers?
Incorrect, LOVED this game before there was even UA-cam !!!
@@cassun603 but as she is a Fateless One, pulling the threads won't get us anywhere.
This theory seems like it will pass through rigorous peer review successfully.
I just want everyone to remember that the gnomes at the start say the body could have been a Jottun. We see Jottun later in the game and that body could not have been a Jottun.
It’s most likely an expression.
@@tyrdravok2329 i mean. Gnomes are short, so maybe they are like "all you tall folk look the same"
Note: i haven't seen the gameplay yet
They might be talking about what killed the character.
@@antoineharvey5013 no they are talking about what the body is. your character was dead and reborn. pretty much the body was reconstructed from the well of souls.
I just like to think he has a sense of humor. Cause it *is* pretty funny
Just saying, if Andy gets an hour a stream of making the perfect cowboy then you can take as long as you want with the customization.
The question in the live chat about Re-Reckoning almost Bankrupting a state went by too fast for me to answer, so I'll correct it here. It wasn't the remaster that just came out, it was the original version. I wasn't aware of the game in 2012 when it originally came out so I can't give all the details, but somehow 38 studio's finances got tangled with the state of Rhode Island and when 38 Studio went under, the state of Rhode Island ended up holding the rights to the IP. THQ Nordic bought the rights from Rhode Island for Millions of dollars in 2018, and released the remastered version.
Cool, thanks for posting 🙂👍
Also, there was no danger of this 'bankrupting' the state of RI (to the extent that's even legally possible).
It was just economic development money that was lent out and 38 Studios didn't keep up their end of the deal.
They didn't have the money to pay the state back, so RI seized the company's assets, most of the value of which was in IP.
And apparently barely did anything to the game from what i've seen but i dont even care! Get 2 play a new version of meh War -Mage on ps4 ^_^
@@postjm9 It was still enough money to make the taxpayers pretty angry. Essentially, the governor gave 38 Studio a sweetheart deal (low interest guaranteed loans and tax breaks) for them to relocate to Rhode Island and generate new jobs in the area. However, 38 Studio overpromised and squandered the loan money so they tried to weird deals to raise more money and get a new round of loans from the state. Someone in the government saw what was going on and refused to throw more money into the money sink. 38 Studio folded and the Rhode Island government had a lot of egg on their faces for approving that deal in the first place.
@@przemekkozlowski7835 You could look at it from the other direction, and question the use of taxpayer money to subsidize a game company with no track record who had not brought in experienced management.
They should also have had clawbacks in the deal so they knew where they were getting their money from (Schilling?) if things went badly.
I'm in upstate NY, where there have been a lot of questions about how this process is handled, and even by our standards, this was a crap shoot.
I hope this sells well enough to get a sequel. And if it's only so that Ellen's happy. It's nice to see Ellen happy.^^
I must add the now-traditional word "wholesome" at this point
I hope not. We shoudnt support lazy remaster like this. You cant tell the difference from the original. Its just a cashgrab. If they are really planning on a sequel they should have atleast put an effort into this one, but nooooo, they prefer easy money.
@@princeofsomnia7664 no
I want a sequel because it's a good game
@@princeofsomnia7664 easy money from a game that didn't sold well before (?)
Not impressed by the graphical improvements, but to be honest, this game deserves a proper sequel regardless. I especially liked the combat system, but there were many things that made it interesting.
Yeah I'll honestly buy it just for the new expansion and for hoping it gets a sequel.
We'll be here while Ellen explains the skill trees for the next 45 minutes? It's been a long while since someone threatened me with a good time.
Its so wierd how little they did considering they showed us development stills of what they said it was going to look like..and those dont look at all like it.
I get putting this game back into circulation, but don't say your gonna redo all the visuals and sprites. And then just not.
I don't know if they have any planned but many remasters have an HD texture pack as a separate download on the PC. Perhaps one is incoming?
Is it wierd that I cant really tell its a redo? The fairly cartoony graphics don't really age in the same way. The fact they went to all this trouble and did not change the camera is crazy, they have some really good environment design that you can't really enjoy because of the claustrophobic camera angle
There is very little actually improved in it - mostly its just a re-release. ACG covered it recently - worth a look prior to getting it if you're curious, though if you own it on steam already - there is very little reason to buy the new one.
That opening cut scene looks no different.
I just picked the original up for £5 🤷♀️
@@admiralsnackbar69 yeah im gonna keep my 360 one and call it good
Graphically very little has been improved. 90% of the "remastering" has been to the games systems. Balancing, tweaking, changing how loot works etc. I agree if you are new to it, you are okay playing the original version. But as a huge fan of the original, I had to pick it up, especially with new dlc being added next year. $40 for 100+ hours of game play is more than worth it for me. But YMMV
It’s slightly less blurry and a bit more vibrant seems to be the only two graphical improvements.
Except where it's just darker instead of vibrant.
Ellen better be in this remaster as an NPC!
Imagine the Fatesworn DLC's first character you meet is called Ellwyn.
Bummer they didn't end up changing much but still got me to buy it, just because I really want to give it a try and didn't get to before. Thanks for the stream, I hope you keep streaming it, I think most if not all of us would be more than happy to watch you do a full playthrough
Ellen wondering about Matt Mercer's conditioner made me laugh real hard
Timestamp?
I became obsessed with KoA because the lead artist was Todd McFarlane, the creator of Spawn and one of my personal heroes.
IT’S TIME FOR WORK BOYS
Ellen gang there is a before you buy of this game we need to tell them Ellen from outside xbox recommends this
@@supernova582 she's from Outside Xtra
It's Time for Whales, Orca.
What? Time to kiss every inch of Ellen? Well it's hard work but someone has to do it. ;) (joking but only as Jane would flay me alive)
L ummm that’s uncalled for mate. How about next time those thoughts pop into your head, just keep them to yourself
Those two at the start thought Ellwyn was dead...
... but they made a grave mistake.
(badum tssh)
At least it wasn't an incinerator mistake
It is time for work, boys.
4:38 Stream start
9:43 Comparison start
19:52 Game start
22:41 Gameplay start
23:12 Character creation
30:55 Naming Ellwyn
34:01 Ellen is finally in control
Thank you
Honestly not even a fan of KoA (not because there's anything wrong with it - just not my kind of game), but I'll gladly spend a couple hours listening to Ellen geek out this hard over something. Her happiness is both contagious and addictive.
Across the internet for the last few years, every time someone mentions this game,, in the comments Ellen will be mentioned at least once and it always makes me feel like I’m in the know.
“My game crashed”, meanwhile Luke is grinning somewhere because of this.. 🤣 amazing play as always, Ellen!
Ellen looks (and sounds) SO EXCITED & it’s wonderful!! It’s awesome to watch people talk about things they love 😊
I swear, people get 5000 times cuter when they talk about things they're passionate about. Unless it's Nazir Germany. Zen it's only nein times cuter! XD
I haven't touched this game in almost 7 years, and never even knew a current gen version was coming...
I literally just saw it by accident when looking through the PS store! I got it immediatly! Hopefully it might sell well enough to FINALLY get a sequel!
Oh, and Rogue is still just as OP as i remember, to the point where i had to restart as a mage, given that i never finished the original with a pure Mage, because of an INFURIATING crash that corrupted my save after more than 50 hours of play! So now is the time i finally do a complete mage playthrough...
Apart from just looking 10 years older than it should - even in the rerelease - this seems a fun game.
2:04:45 - the happy face of someone enjoying her favorite game :)
Ellen onscreen from 4:38, stream begins in earnest at 8:40, gameplay from 34:04
The best part of the side-by-side intro scene was watching it again in 3D. If you're familiar with stereoscopic vision you can look at the line between both videos and slowly cross your eyes until the 2 images overlap in the middle and it will appear as 3D. It is a strain on the eyes and not everyone can do it, but if you can give it a try.
1:48:30 Oh, so Shepard's armor is *the* Shepard's? I guess I just noticed that very late :D
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"I'm commander Shepard and this is my favourite Kingdoms of Amalur let's play on the Citadel... ähm... UA-cam."
@Greed1914 Really? lol, that's cool :)
Starts 4:37
Gary will never become extinct as long as vault tech keep cloneing him
"Gaaaaary~"
"Hahaha, Gaaryy~"
"We must save my family!"
I’m so excited to watch Ellen play this game! Her passionate descriptions of this game made me buy it and I’m so glad I did. I’ve been hoping to see her play this game so I’m glad she finally is
Ellen was the reason I played the original. Great game. Probably won't get this until all the added content is out and then i'll get the complete set. I can finally complete my ideal build with the added levels
Watching Ellen in Character creation and realising a major reason I could never stream playing games is that I would never get out of character creation in under an hour, among many other reasons I'm sure :P
Thanks for sharing the game with us :)
At 1:21:55 I looked it up, that character was actually voiced by Matthew Mercer!
the fae groaning in the background of the conversation with Herc was unintentionally kinda funny ^^;
Real drama fae😂
I seriously thought this was a remake not a remaster. Oops, I guess that would make more sense...
Either way, hopefully this will also boost sales for the original so we can FINALLY get a sequel.
Yeah it is basically a port remaster to restart the franchise. They are making a new expansion already for this and I bet they are already building a sequel (they did the same thing with Darksiders).
@@PartStupid Darksiders didn't have Electronic Arts as a publisher, so if Re-Reckoning doesn't sell much better than the original, there will be no sequel.
@@vladdracul5072 - I don't understand your reasoning at all.
- First off what does the fact that EA published the original release have to do with anything? THQN sets more then reasonable expectations for sales of their releases (for example they told an interviewer that they budgeted Darksiders 3 to only need to sell 100,000 copies to consider making Darksiders 4 and this was long after the remasters... also they started making Darksiders 3 before the remasters came out and they starting making Darksiders Genesis before Darksiders 3 was released... basically this is all evidence that contradicts your odd reasoning but if you have info and insight that I do not please let me know as these are my two favorite franchises and I watch them very closely and would want to know if I missed something). Also as a remaster I would be my left arm they set the expectations and budget below even 100,000 sales needed (as that was their bar for a full Darksiders 3 to Darksiders 4 release and not even remasters).
- Another point would be that they did not buy these IPs to do only remasters. They did not make and investment to only try and get pennies when they could get decent profit on a bigger and longer term scale. From a business perspective that would make zero sense. And again their past behavior shows they are probably already making a new game (and we know they are already making a new expansion for this old game).
@@PartStupid Okay, my bad, I just saw that EA is just the publisher for the original, not for Re-Reckoning, so there's indeed hope for a sequel. With EA involved it would have been all about the money though - no sales, no sequel.
@@vladdracul5072 - Ohhhhh. Okay that makes sense. An easy mistake for sure. And yes I agree if EA still had their greasy paws on this IP you would be absolutely correct.
If you are a Willow fan like me, you will appreciate Elwin and Tuatha even more.
Out of the way peck
Brownies?
1:33:30 It was Mass Effect 3. I remember, because you needed to play the demo for one game to get the unlock for the OTHER game. In other words, to get the armor and daggers in Amalur, you needed to play the ME3 demo, and playing the Amalur demo unlocks SOMETHING in ME3, can't remember what. It especially stuck in my head when I realized that the demos only counted for the CONSOLE you played them on, even if you are using the same ********* account! Given that I was playing Amalur on PS3 and ME3 on PC, it took contacting *TECH SUPPORT* to figure out that I needed to play both demos *AGAIN!*
1:43:44 Tiny detail, but I love how Agarth approaches from the door now instead of just fading in.
I look forward to the Fatesworn expansion coming in 2021.
KoA:R is such an underrated game. Its nice to see channels still play it
This is the remaster though. Hopefully it will sell a lot more.
@@TheFirstCurse1 yeah. I mentioned in another comment that i had no idea this was a remaster till she said it and because I owned the original on steam, i got 60% off which made the $50-$60 game including the old and new dlc about $21 for me
@@nexinator335 That's just sad. You can tell that they barely did anything with the graphics, if they did even do anything. I can't even tell which is which in the comparison. Well atleast you got it for cheaper though. It's not a bad game by any means, I just wish the graphics were atleast slightly updated.
I remember you're lets play on the original its cool to see you replaying it 😁
As someone who has only managed a small amount of time in KoA to begin with, as I only discovered it last year, I'm pretty excited to see someone really into this game and seems to give it the love I think it deserves and even though I probably won't see these live I will definitely end up watching any and all of these that you do as vods
Actual Start is 20:00
first 20 was crashes and Ellen trying to use OBS on PC 😝
"Spawning of goodies is a little bit random" right after looting a ring with a fixed location XD
30:22 and character creation is done. Even ignoring that 2/3 of that was the intro running twice, other technical issues and waiting for the stream to start; that is considerably less time than I thought she was going to spend making a character
Honestly, my favorite part of streams like this are when they start with technical difficulties. Not because I like people being frustrated, but it’s nice to know I’m not the only one who deals with it 😅. Serious though, excellent stream
I play it on PC using a Xbox controller, it seems better with controller then mouse and keys to me. I never actually played the original, I noticed the remaster coming, and got into it because of Ellen always saying so much good about the game in the videos, and when there was a remaster coming out I thought I give it a go then, and I think its great, also probably might be a blessing to me that I didnt play the original, so I get to experience everything here like its brand new and awesome.
The Leveling system in this game is amazing. You can spend points in any tree you like, and quests -though strongly flavored in the image of these trees- are never locked behind a level in any tree. Equipment usually is, but quests never.
Also, the most powerful skills are Detect Hidden, Blacksmithing, Sagecraft, then tier 2 for Lockpicking and maybe Alchemy. Dispelling is weird, because you have your own skill in the minigame next to the skill value.
OK, looked yesterday and was thinking it was a crime how there was no video of Ellen covering Re-Reckoning yet, when I first heard it announced my first thought was "Ellen is going to be so hype". Hope this is a series.
Dokkalfar and lightalfar are based on ancient Celtic folk tales about " the fair folk " ie: elves hence the accents
Thank you so much for making this video! If it wasnt for you showing up on my feed, i would've never found out that KoA:R got remastered! And since I owned the original on steam, I get 50% off the remaster as well as the 10% new release bonus!
I love that someone loves this game and world as much as or even more then me! I put over 300 hours into the first release and original expansion. I am starting it again and plan to do another full run through getting ready for the new Fatesworn expansion next year. I called my character "Alyx Shir" this time around as I thought it kinda makes sense as he is a male Dokklefar but the name could work for a female Dokklefar as well and would be Alyn's twin.
45:56 You can use controllers for PC though. If you continue this game on your livestream (pls do), then get an XBox controller for PC for max comfort. (And to stay away from those spiders, they don't scare me in appearance but they do pop out of the ground unexpectedly throughout the game)
1:18:18 A Minnesota shoutout! Woo!
Currently replaying the 360 original, it's my comfort game. As a huge fan of the dark elf trilogies by salvatore back in the day I was/and still am totally enamoured with this game. I would have loved to see an expansion n this universe. You hav never seen a happier person than me the first time I heard Ellen mention this game and know what it was.
Edit, personally I wld love to have the gnomes with broad West Country accent. Tht wld be much better than bad Scottish.
I've started kingdoms of Amalur fairly blindly a couple of weeks ago, mainly because Ellen frequently mentioned it with such enthusiasm, I couldn't help but trust her opinion. Happened to roll a Dokkalfar aligned with Lyria, although male. Loving it so far, lore, look & gameplay. Thanks to Ellen for a great, and very sincere tip.
I haven't noticed many graphical issues on the Xbox One, it's just that achievements won't record because we haven't gotten the patch yet. I'm really impressed that they managed to mix the audio so Alyn isn't 1000 times louder than everyone else no matter how low you have your TV, like in the original, though. Best improvement so far.
I've actually recently bought the game because Ellen kept mentioning it. Still haven't played it, but I'm looking forward to it.
Ellen! I found out the original KOA made only about 2000 copies of the Special Edition, which fyi had a deck of Fate cards you can't get anywhere else, a map, the soundtrack and some other goodies. The collector's edition had a statue of a troll and made only 700. It's better than what you get in the Re-reckoning SE but it is ultra rare. There's like 2 people selling it on ebay. I saw it and really wanted to get it for you but the prices are crazy.
Without doing a side by side, I can't really tell the difference between PS3 and PS4. But it is nice to be playing this without having to break out my PS3 disks from the back of the shelf. It's also nice to see a re-release simply because that means maybe there's some hope in this franchise yet.
And to think, you've been one of the biggest voices for this. Thank you so much!
Nice to see England's Parliament pas the 'Let's Make Ellen Rose Happy Day' legislation. May we all see our all favorites redone so well (anyone with me on a remastered Smash TV?).
I genuinely found this channel bc of how much I love KoA and was trying to find literally anyone else online talking about it, it feels such an overlooked and forgotten game but it‘s so close to my heart. I love how much Ellen loves it too, feels right, like your child finally being appreciated for all their hard work 😂
Grant Kirkhope did such a great job with the Soundtrack, too- I listen to the OST when I study
this is the first game i got all the achievements on thanks to you Ellen, and i enjoyed every second of it
1:58:00
Philosophy fact: in real life, saying two people have the same face is to say they look alike, so to say I look like someone else because we have the same face, is what's called tautology. Think, "the sky is blue because it's blue." Necessarily true, but useless.
In a video game, however, the developers literally can isolate and duplicate a face, giving two people identical faces. So here, to say two people look alike because they have the same face isn't tautology! They were literally, actually given the same face asset, and that's why they look alike.
Cool, huh? ... Oh. Right. Just me.
Good to see Ellen playing and being so enthusiastic about the game; have to say the "re-reckoning" is a bit underwhelming so far, some nice graphical touches here and there but mostly it just looks as it did, which was good to begin with. On the issue of controls; just use a controller Ellen! I played KoA with a Steam Controller, but if you have a PS3 or PS4 controller lying around there are tools you can get to use those (KoA might see it as an Xbox controller but it works just fine).
I got my copy yesterday and started it, went for the PS4 version this time rather than the PC version. Brings back good memories and very happy with it, I expected the look and gameplay to be a lot worse compared to more recent games but I was pleasantly surprised.
Even if it isn’t the best Remaster, Ellen having fun in character creation once again pushed me to buy this game mid-video. “Ellen was right”
I usually prefer melee characters(rouge/assassin/fighter/duelist), like a combination of finesse and might...but the magic animations of this game are awesome, so I often go "Opa Gandalf-style"
The sacred game!!! My go to combo of weapons has always been chakram and bow. I also used blacksmithing a lot because in the end you just got weapons stronger than any legendary XD
Thank you for this awesome video Ellen , KOA is one of my favourite fantasy RPG video games. Spent a lot of time playing the orgnail 360 version and picked up the remaster version for my PS4 can't wait to get stuck in and play it :)
Weird that the game doesn’t look remastered. It looks like a port. Weird mostly because darksiders Warmastered was actually well remastered.
True things just look darker in this "remaster" and I played warmastered a few months back and it looked so much nicer than the original. Side note I still need to play genesis but the change to the Diablo style camera view after 3 games with a 3rd person perspective feels so weird to me.
Well, so the happy otters at the beginning screen are not gonna be the most adorable thing in the stream for a change
Ellen playing the game of her life is 100% the cutest thing ever
Gameplay starts at 34:00
I've started playing this game since the stream, and I just wanted to say.... thank you. It took a while to get into but the story is excellent, the side quests are amazing and the levelling up system may be a little outdated but it does so much more than a lot of other games.
1:19:24 - here we go again. Enjoy.
I've started out as a might/finesse hybrid, but now i'm at switching over to a magic/might/finesse hybrid, because this game actually makes it possible. Love love love the chakrams! :D
My playthrough on og reckoning is a dokkalfar, and I liked that said character has a "history" with my character that my character just don't remember being undead and all
Honestly, the only things I want to improve on with KoA is making the camera not look down on you, so you can see the beautiful environment, and making loot scale better, maybe a way to upgrade your gear to your current level
1:18:50. They do everything after a Scottish accent! You can have Some blue guy meeting humans 500 years in the future and I bet you he'll have a Scottish accent.
This is bringing back memories. I didn't get super far into this game (because it's pretty big I think) but the spider and Barten stuff is all coming back to me watching this. Tempts me to go back and play again/more.
"I can't think of anywhere worse to wake up..."
I can. The same pile, a week later.
I, too, finally gave in and got this game today, and I needed to find someplace to come and say OMIGOSH I LOVE IT. I’m already so attached to my character, and the tutorial part was just right for me. Thank you, Ellen 😄😄😄
As someone who also has small hands, mostly because my fingers are disproportionately short, I also have bent pinkies from old sports injuries. Playing the piano is an exercise in creative problem solving and so is PC gaming.
Starts at 4:40
Ellen repeating "this is fine" over and over is a strong 2020 mood, heh.
The voice actor for Gadlow also voices one of the best characters from The Clone Wars- Hondo Ohnaka.
Starting tech troubles... instant connection with every teacher going through virtual instruction on the first day of school.
In reckoning I've done one playthrough about 2/3 through and I love daggers chakram more than I thought I would
Never did I think that a KOA remaster and a t shirt with a skeleton with a top hat on it with the phrase "already dead" on it would convince me to try my hand at employment. Thanks oxtra! Edit: also I gave you're review a read Ellen and yeah it pretty much summed up all that i was thinking when seeing the comparisons and the advent of CGI trailers as well I don't really take a CGI trailer into account as normally it was made for that specific purpose and does not represent the actual game
Them game developpers have never chopped wood, I think. Coz if you hit a crate or a barrel with an axe, and I would think it's better for the job than a sword, it doesn't blow up. Most of the time you have your axe jammed, and it takes several hits to break those things. Also I never saw that arc of light following my axe swing (that is so prominent especially in Korean and Chinese games, but obviously they never had swords and stuff in China or Korea).
I was honestly waiting for this ever since I first heard re reckoning was announced
I honestly would love a full let's play because this game is dope but there aren't many quality let's plays. Ellen's commentary is also great.
I just want to say, despite being late to this: Your love for this game is still legendary in the community. Your still being quoted as being right on the Steam pages for the game(s).
Stream starts at 4:38
As a PC gamer, I always play games with mouse and keyboard... except Kingdoms of Amalur and Anthem. I use my XBox controller for them XD