# Frozen Synapse and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning on sale

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**Created:** [April 19, 2014, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-synapse-and-kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-on-sale/686477 "2014-04-19T08:08:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-synapse-and-kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-on-sale/686477/1 "2014-04-19T08:08:28Z")

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Hi, just a heads up that two interesting games are on sale on Steam. Bear in mind that I’m in Australia, though. US prices may be better.

Frozen Synapse is a squad vs squad turn based strategy title. Maybe of interest to XCOM: Enemy Unknown fans. Metacritic 85/7.7. You get two copies for $4.99, or the “Complete” (includes a DLC) version is 2 copies for $6.99.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning looks to be an action RPG. Possibly interesting to Skyrim or Torchlight/Diablo players. Metacritic scores are 81 and 6.4. Main game is $8.99, with 2 expansions plus an armor and weapons pack it’s $14.99.

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**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-synapse-and-kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-on-sale/686477/2 "2014-04-22T01:24:53Z")

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Kingdoms is a really good game with very high production values. Think of it as the beautiful lovechild of Dragon Age and the Arkham series.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-synapse-and-kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-on-sale/686477/3 "2014-04-24T13:01:05Z")

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Well, I picked up KoA:R, played it enough to certainly have got my money’s worth, but I can’t say it compares well to my favorite RPGs like Skyrim, Fallout 3, or The Witcher 2. Seemed like it did a lot of things well but not very well; it also did a lot of things badly enough to grate. It seems like it’s a few years older than it really is. I don’t regret the purchase, but I kinda regret the time I put into it.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-synapse-and-kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-on-sale/686477/4 "2014-04-24T14:39:56Z")

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I put very little time into Amalur. I felt like I was playing in a big, empty MMO, but without the sense of scale and history that made Skyrim so compelling.