By completing Faction quests and investing ability points in certain amounts in minimum combinations in the various skill tress, the player can also unlock various 'destinies', which add positive buffs to the player.Ĭombat is based on the timing of button presses, similar to an action role-playing game, with occasional quick time event cutscenes. With each level gained, the player gains three ability points which can be invested in the skill-tree system to unlock or augment the 22 abilities, or put points into one of the other trees. As the player fights and gains experience, additional levels are unlocked. The player starts off as a 'blank slate', but can afterwards choose a class among the three available in the game, which are called Might, Finesse, and Sorcery they correspond to the fighter, rogue, and mage classes respectively. The four playable races are the Almain (Civilized Humans), the Dokkalfar (Dark Elves), the Ljosalfar (Light Elves), and the Varani (Nomadic Humans). Kingdoms of Amalur features five distinct regions, four playable races, and three class trees with 22 abilities per tree. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (2012) is a single-player action role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 andXbox 360 developed by Big Huge Games and 38 Studios, who together with Electronic Arts also published the game.