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Fate Fight: Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning

Footage of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning makes it clear that the fateless hero will spend a great deal of time ending the destinies of almost everything he comes across. As Alec's hands-on experience taught him, having an open world doesn't mean an RPG has to be about exploring and collecting vegetables. It can also be mostly about killing things, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. To that end, here's a video showing a variety of things being killed in a variety of ways. It doesn't make me care a jot about the no doubt lore-laden terminology describing elaborate special attacks, but it does make me want to try them out.

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I like that subtlety is illustrated with a clip of a man shooting a small creature in the face with a bow at almost point blank range.

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Adam Smith: Adam wrote for Rock Paper Shotgun between 2011-2018, rising through the ranks to become its Deputy Editor. He now works at Larian Studios on Baldur's Gate 3.
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