Vesuvium

I loved the books, and the setting and magic system would make great games.

I expect nothing but dismal failure from this particular game, however. Nothing about this developer inspires any confidence whatsoever.

@(Unverified) As far as I know, nobody has said that it will be iPad exclusive. It'll be on PC, too.

@RedgeHammer
Because they don't have a legal method to do that.

@swooded
38 Studios was, is, and always has been developing the MMO. Amalur was developed by Big Huge Games, a company that got bought out by 38.

@Goldenspiral

The MMO was in development at 38 studios before they ever bought out Big huge Games or got involved with Amalur.

@tenfootgoatman
It's probably something to do with licensing. Money they earn from Lotro and money they earn from DDO have to be separate, because D&D and Lord of the Rings licenses are owned by separate companies.

@SpartanSnake
Do you know what multiples disks means?

1. There's lot's of content.
2. That content is not compressed to force it to fit onto a disc it would otherwise be too big for.

So... what's the problem?

I loved Fire Emblem 7 (the first one to get localized, released here as just 'Fire Emblem"). A lot.

Sacred Stones was disappointing, but I persevered, hoping for more of the quality from 7.

Path of Radiance was decent, but still kinda mediocre. I wouldn't recommend it to someone who wasn't already a Fire Emblem fan. Radiant Dawn was utter shit. Shadow Dragon lost my attention after about 10 minutes.

So... I'll be cautiously optimistic, but it has a lot of disappointment to overcome at this point. Who knows though, maybe it'll be as good as 7 was.

Reminds me of the old Triforce Arcade System deal between Namco, Sega, and Nintendo. We got F-Zero GX and t's arcade counterpart out of that one.

Such a good game.

Valve should not have the right to trademark DOTA. That much seems clear to me. They had nothing to do with the creation of DOTA, and the fact that it's not already claimed by another company doesn't give them any right to claim it.

On the other hand, I'm not convinced that Blizzard has that right, either. If they do, well... they shouldn't.