History YMMV / KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning

* ExecutiveMeddling: When EA handled marketing for the game, they decided to not only release no advertisement for it outside of the demo and some trailers, but also had the [[SarcasmMode genius]] to release it roughly a month before [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 a certain upcoming juggernaut series entry.]] As a result, [[CreatorKiller the game massively undersold, and both 38 Studios and Big Huge Games have gone under due to finances.]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: When EA handled marketing for the game, they decided to not only release no advertisement for it outside of the demo and some trailers, but also had the [[SarcasmMode genius]] to release it roughly a month before [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 a certain upcoming juggernaut series entry.]] As a result, [[CreatorKiller the game undersold, and both 38 Studios and Big Huge Games have gone under due to finances.]]

* FakeDifficulty: Like most action games, getting hit just once in a MultiMookMelee can lead to being stagger-locked for half your lifebar or more. Your only saving grace is the fact that you can hit R to take a healing potion no matter what else is going on.

* DesignatedHero / DesignatedVillain: The principal players of the House of Ballads tale are in-universe examples. The Maid is sick and tired of her role as a villainous loser, while the "heroes" this time around ultimately don't live up to their roles. [[spoiler:King Wencen]] reveals himself to be a DirtyCoward when he realizes the Maid could actually win this time [[spoiler:and tells you "Here. ''You're'' King Wencen now." before running for the hills.]]

** Most enemies have a weapon type that just erases them from existence. Chakrams are useful against giant-type enemies, and SquishyWizards go down with a few greatsword hits.

** You can kill a Jottun with basic stealth.

** Also extends to BossInMookClothing like bog threshes or crudoks

* ThatOneBoss: Mage type bosses like the Maid of Windemere, the Dark Empyrean, [[spoiler:and Templar Octienne]] can be fairly challenging given their variety of powerful elemental ranged attacks, teleportation abilities, and constant summoning of mooks. Especially jarring given the relative ease of the game. Reckoning does make them considerably easier, but if you don't have a full Fate bar or a Fate potion ready, death is a real possibility.

* FridgeLogic: All the [=NPCs=] keep telling the Fateless One that he's been resurrected. But he wakes up with complete amnesia and at no point does he regain his memories, and it's also implied that the original had a markedly different personality. So is the Fateless One truly BackFromTheDead... or a completely new person who merely looks like him?

* ItsEasySoItSucks: A common complaint about the game; since the game is so combat-focused, most character builds are ridiculously overpowered, and whatever little challenge the game provides can be mitigated with potion-and-Reckoning abuse, most players can overlevel and breeze through the game before they know they've done so. It doesn't help that you have to actively try in order to ''avoid'' the {{Gamebreaker}}s.

* FridgeLogic: All the NPCs keep telling the Fateless One that he's been resurrected. But he wakes up with complete amnesia and at no point does he regain his memories, and it's also implied that the original had a markedly different personality. So is the Fateless One truly BackFromTheDead... or a completely new person who merely looks like him?

* ItsEasySoItSucks: A common complaint about the game; since the game is so combat-focused, most character builds are ridiculously overpowered, and whatever little challenge the game provides can be mitigated with potion-and-Reckoning abuse, most players can overlevel and breeze through the game before they know they've done so.

** Also "Reckoning mode" is essentially an "I win" button. It slows time and boosts your damage output to ludicrous levels, making any fight in the game laughably easy.

* Antivillain: Arguably Maid of Windamere, at least in the telling with Fateless One as Sir Saggrel.

** As with most newer {{Western RPG}}s, liberal use of crafting ,namely Black Smiting, takes any semblance of difficulty and pounds it into oblivion. Maxing out Black Smiting can be done hilariously early, especially if one chooses a race that gets a bonus to it. Load up on health and mana regenerating components/gems, grab the crappiest weapon and armor of the highest type you have access too, save scum a little to make sure you get the base crafting item out of them, mix it all together and you are wearing clothes and wielding swords that are twice as potent as even the strongest items you could possibly have access too, at less than a tenth of the cost of actually buying a piece of gear that would laughably be called comparable, and allowing you to sell the immensely valuable gear you'd normally want to wear. Enjoy virtually unlimited gold, health and mana.

* BrokenBase: Although its not really to ''broken'' levels, there is contention between the fans who see the game as a too-long SoOkayItsAverage slog and those who consider it a SoCoolItsAwesome fantasy epic.

** As with most newer WRPGs, liberal use of crafting ,namely Black Smiting, takes any semblance of difficulty and pounds it into oblivion. Maxing out Black Smiting can be done hilariously early, especially if one chooses a race that gets a bonus to it. Load up on health and mana regenerating components/gems, grab the crappiest weapon and armor of the highest type you have access too, save scum a little to make sure you get the base crafting item out of them, mix it all together and you are wearing clothes and wielding swords that are twice as potent as even the strongest items you could possibly have access too, at less than a tenth of the cost of actually buying a piece of gear that would laughably be called comparable, and allowing you to sell the immensely valuable gear you'd normally want to wear. Enjoy virtually unlimited gold, health and mana.

* {{Gamebreaker}}: The mage's Meteor spell can instant kill everything in a large area that isn't highly resistant to fire. That pretty much means everything but trolls and Niskaru Lords become laughably easy.

* {{Gamebreaker}}: The mage's Meteor spell can instant kill everything in a large area that isn't highly resistant to fire. That pretty much means everything but trolls and Niskaru Lords become laughably easy.
* ThatOneBoss: For this Troper it has to be The Widow, who seems to suffer from symptoms of being a GlassCanon, being able to do a lot of damage but being able to take very few hits in return, however, to make up for this she spends a lot of time during the fight spamming her ability to summon the little Venom Spitter Spiders, before moving onto Giant Spiders when her health decreases bellow a certain percentage. Granted if you have a full fate bar and can Fateshift it probably won't matter to much if you go straight for The Widow and destroy her in gory glory, but otherwise the fight is a massive pain, given you're forced to try and single out the Widow from the spiders, but the sheer relentless amount of spiders just won't let you ge to her, forcing you to go through them first, all-the-while the Widow is summoning even more of the little buggers or spamming magic at your ass. [[{{SarcasmMode}} Have fun]].

* ThatOneBoss: For this Troper it has to be The Widow, who seems to suffer from symptoms of being a GlassCanon, being able to do a lot of damage but being able to take very few hits in return, however, to make up for this she spends a lot of time during the fight spamming her ability to summon the little Venom Spitter Spiders, before moving onto Giant Spiders when her health decreases bellow a certain percentage. Granted if you have a full fate bar and can Fateshift it probably won't matter to much if you go straight for The Widow and destroy her in gory glory, but otherwise the fight is a massive pain, given you're forced to try and single out the Widow from the spiders, but the sheer relentless amount of spiders just won't let you ge to her, forcing you to go through them first, all-the-while the Widow is summoning even more of the little buggers or spamming magic at your ass. Have fun.

* ThatOneBoss: For this Troper it has to be The Widow, who seems to suffer from symptoms of being a GlassCanon, being able to do a lot of damage but being able to take very hits in return, however, to make up for this, she spends a lot of time during the fight spamming her ability to summon the little Venom Spitter Spiders, before moving onto Giant Spiders when her health decreases bellow a certain percent. Granted if one you have a full fate bar and can Fateshift it probably won't matter to much if you go straight for The Widow and destroy her in gory glory, but otherwise the fight is a massive pain, given you're forced to try and single out the Widow from the spiders, but the sheer relentless amount of spiders just won't let you ge to her, forcing you to go through them first, all-the-while the Widow is summoning even more of the little buggers or spamming magic at your ass. Have fun.

* {{Gamebreaker}}: The mage's Meteor spell can instant kill everything in a large area that isn't highly resistant to fire. That pretty much means everything but trolls and Niskaru Lords become laughably easy.