EA wants to publish Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning 2

i liked a lot about this game and followed it much more eagerly than any other fantasy adventure than any other as they are all reflective of one another in recent times. so why not cut EA out of the picture all together and go for a crowd sourcing option. enough of a fan base from the 1st game would pay the $100 reward price to get a game on completion and it would take EAs part away from it altogether meaning the developers get the whole profit for their efforts and that could also mean they would be in a better position to develop a 3rd game. plenty of kickstarter games for instance have received millions in funding, and i think KOA-2 could easily do the same.

What a shame. This game reminded me a lot about God of war, Elder scrolls and Dragon age. It's a pity that what could've been, will never be. I hate EA for the things it does, it even tainted my favorite game ever Mass Effect. I hope the majority of 38 studios people got picked up by another good company, maybe Lionhead studios. 

I might be prejudice, but I really liked this game.  It has some problems which can be easily fixed in the next game.  The combat and spell were the best I have seen in a long time.  The leveling of character abilities was great not like the old days putting point in stats.  The art work in this game was fantastic and the detail made it a pleasure just to play the game.

i just finish KOA and now i'm  playing the DLC. that's how much i love this game, i just hope that in the next game the player's character will have its on voice. 

KOA was ok. My main problem with the game was that it was too easy. I don't really trust that the sequel would be any good or improve on the game. They just want quick money. I mean it's EA. Toss out mediocre titles and watch people fall for them.

Of course EA want's to jump on the bandwagon. There is money to be had and people to exploit. You don't think the people at 38 Studios will jump on the next job they can get after the sham of a situation that happened to them?

If they do make a sequel, I hope no one expects it to be anything like the original because EA would never do that. It would involve listening to fans and trying to replicate what worked, instead they will just churn out the easiest, cheapest thing they can and say its a sequel...

All good games are ruined with greediness :(

What a bunch of a**holes. Seriously, you take all that money for yourself, then mock the company that you helped die by saying "oh we would have funded the next game trollface.jpg"

So many reasons to hate EA. SO MANY!!!

Yeah I bet they do considering how well they lucked out not having to pay the developers that sales-related bonus.

I'd feel beter if Epic Games published this one, I wouldn't trust EA with this any further then I could throw them.

I'm not saying it needs to be made by the same people, but I am saying that it needs to be made with the same love and care the first one did.  I'm not saying KOA was perfect (they could have gotten better writers for some of the parts, the camera was rough, etc), but it was obviously crafted by ppl who wanted to make something great.  If this goes through, and I hope it does, I hope it's made by people who are in love with the idea.

I wish publishers stopped asking developers to stop making the same games over and over again.

HI I HOPE EA   DOES  MAKE A SEQUEL TO KOA AS I REALLY LIKED THE FIRST GAME   AND I HOPE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT DID THE FIRST GAME DOES THE SEQUEL TOO. BECAUSE IF SOMEONE ELSE DONE IT THEY WONT FOLLOW  THE STORY AND THE SETTINGS ,QUESTS ECT.,AND I HOPE THEY MAKE A BIGGER WORLD TO EXPLORE IN TOO

Please let this happen!!!

KOA was really a wonderful game, first time I played it I knew I would enjoy it. It really got it's foot in the door. If there were to be a sequel, I just hope they will keep what the first one presented and built on that. If that happens I'll be more than willing to pledge my support.

I would love a sequel, great game with a lot of potential. R.A. Salvatore is a solid writer, far more enjoyable story/writing than Skyrim.

Here's my experience of Kingdoms of Amalur: I booted the game, created my character, saw my character in-game, realized my character runs as though something was shoved up his butt, deleted my male character, created a female character, realized she also runs as though something was shoved up her butt, and ejected the disc.

There's no way I would be investing 20+ hours of my life with that kind of sophomoric animation, plus having already known that the game's world is generic.

How could a game with such talents as Jim Lee and R.A. Salvatore turn out to be so poorly executed and uninteresting? Curt Schilling hired these guys to recreate an action adventure RPG based on a pre-determined formula that he assumed would play safe and be successful. He made his own action adventure RPG based on his conviction of the popularity of WoW instead of letting these guys unleash their creative juices and go to town with what they do best.

Give this franchise to Bioware and I'll probably be interested.

The game and world have potential, but I do hope if it is picked up for a sequel, that it would be handled and funded by actual gaming companies with real expectations; perhaps we may also see a better design for the game, fixes to issues such as easy leveling, MMO type quests and overall, a better game.

i love KOA and i hope for a sequel but only if it will be made by the same people who made the original.

Funny how everyone lost out exept EA... Not saying it's their fault or anything (for a change) just funny how they still manage to make profit out of something everyone else lost out on.

I'm sorry, but what are they under investigation for?

Well EA dont care about creators who made the game in the first place enough said.

I can't believe I missed the news about the FBI investigation. I knew it! How can it be that Big Huge Games, which developed KoA, only has $50-100 million in liabilities but two other subsidiary of 38 Studios each have 2-10 times more liability but more than 10 times less in assets? I guess this isn't the right question. A better question is how can the failure of such a company be blamed on one game or even on Big Huge Games, which developed the game?

Until the investigation unearths any wrong-doing on EA's part, its hands are surprisingly clean of the whole affair. Though I am not a fan of EA, I am for its acquiring Big Huge Games and the KoA IP if it's the only way to keep the devs and the game going.

With release day dlc and origin exclusivity no doubt. Oh, let's not forget the over the top, misleading marketing, and mass bribery to the so called 'gaming journalists' for good reviews.

I actually purchased this game, but only played it for about an hour. Then Mass Effect 3 came out, and I promised myself I would never buy anything related to EA/BioWare ever again. So this game is sitting in my living room entertainment stand, collecting dust. I'm sure it's a good game, but it's just....ugh EA.

you guys ever consider Kickstarter?

The fans want you to publish it also, but don't nickel and dime us with DLC!!!