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Weekend gamer here. As I get hype for the Steam Deck, I have decided to take a bigger interest in aquiring more games through Steam. I still prefer to buy games on GOG, but it’s obvious that they don’t always get the latest (or any DRM Games).
This weekend, I visited my local Gamestop to take advantage of some action figure sale and promotions and randomly saw Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Collector's Edition for sale for $20. That’s a great price, considering that the original retailed was $100.
The collector edition comes with 2 game discs, 5 oversized postcards, the game soundtrack, a metal keychain, and a very large statue of Alyn Shir. The statue, judging by other similar-sized statues, would probably cost $50 by itself... so $20 for the whole thing was a very good deal.
Here’s the thing – I originally own the game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning when it was released in 2012. I was already into RPG and, seeing as the game was written by R. A. Salvatore with Todd McFarlane doing the artwork… I was on board! I had the game on Xbox 360 and PS3 (and eventually PC).
I was excited in 2012, and put in about 20 hours into the game, but ultimately lost interest in the game. I felt the game was boring and just moved on to other games.
Then something weird happened, the rights for the series were purchased by THQ Nordic, and they went back and remastered the game for a re-release under the new title Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning for release in September 2020 (the Nintendo Switch version came out in March 2021).
Despite all the sales, I refused to re-buy the game, seeing as I already own the original game and I didn’t exactly love it… why would I buy it again ? I’m kind of glad I didn’t re-buy the game in 2020, as now I don’t feel so bad to own the Collector’s Edition for $20.
I guess the way I see it, is that I’ve added one more game to my 300+ Steam game library… all these games are simply waiting to be unleashed on the upcoming Steam Deck! In many ways, the Steam Deck is a much better option than the Nintendo Switch.
Since Nintendo doesn’t allow their fans to download old SNES or NES game (they won’t sell you the old games, you have to subscribe to their online service), the Steam Deck’s open-ness approach means that you can likely sideload old Nintendo games on the Deck.
This weekend, I visited my local Gamestop to take advantage of some action figure sale and promotions and randomly saw Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Collector's Edition for sale for $20. That’s a great price, considering that the original retailed was $100.
The collector edition comes with 2 game discs, 5 oversized postcards, the game soundtrack, a metal keychain, and a very large statue of Alyn Shir. The statue, judging by other similar-sized statues, would probably cost $50 by itself... so $20 for the whole thing was a very good deal.
Here’s the thing – I originally own the game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning when it was released in 2012. I was already into RPG and, seeing as the game was written by R. A. Salvatore with Todd McFarlane doing the artwork… I was on board! I had the game on Xbox 360 and PS3 (and eventually PC).
I was excited in 2012, and put in about 20 hours into the game, but ultimately lost interest in the game. I felt the game was boring and just moved on to other games.
Then something weird happened, the rights for the series were purchased by THQ Nordic, and they went back and remastered the game for a re-release under the new title Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning for release in September 2020 (the Nintendo Switch version came out in March 2021).
Despite all the sales, I refused to re-buy the game, seeing as I already own the original game and I didn’t exactly love it… why would I buy it again ? I’m kind of glad I didn’t re-buy the game in 2020, as now I don’t feel so bad to own the Collector’s Edition for $20.
I guess the way I see it, is that I’ve added one more game to my 300+ Steam game library… all these games are simply waiting to be unleashed on the upcoming Steam Deck! In many ways, the Steam Deck is a much better option than the Nintendo Switch.
Since Nintendo doesn’t allow their fans to download old SNES or NES game (they won’t sell you the old games, you have to subscribe to their online service), the Steam Deck’s open-ness approach means that you can likely sideload old Nintendo games on the Deck.
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