@severius @hector530 That made no sense what so ever, why did you start waffling about race?

"The only way the tax payers are on the hook is if 38 Studios fails"

They are failing, it's pretty evident, I wish they didn't, I would have thought they would take the criticisms levelled at amalur and make a sequel that is truly good. Your taxpayers will be paying for 38 studios, I'm 100% certain!

Would have thought who ever is in charge of rhode island would come up with a better use for 75 million wouldn't ye?

Personal opinion, I found the game's story boring, gameplay good, pushing forward to a MMO and expecting to recoup costs and debt is just stupid. Part of the reason WoW and a lesser extent swotr do well / had big pre-launch expectations was an established history. Amalur has none of that, it has a generic fantasy gubbins single player game that is all gameplay.