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Rating:  166 reviews
Sales Rank: 2673
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: SAGECPUS00
Model: SAGECPUS00
UPC: 788687100670
EAN: 0788687100670
ASIN: B000RZPW9W
Release Date: May 20, 2008
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 lackluster May 28, 2008
Ivan Cat (Redondo Beach, Ca USA)
10 out of 23 found this review helpful
This game feels like a console game, not a pc game. That probably makes sense since I think they're going to release it for xbox eventually.
If you have played World of Warcraft or Guild Wars, don't expect anything like that. I'm not sure if its 'lame' or 'sucks' but it was ceratinly a big disappointment to me all around. Wish I didn't spend my 50 bucks on it.
 Not as bad as many think (Opinion laded review) May 31, 2008
Edwin Gowatski (SWPA via Tirgoviste)
10 out of 21 found this review helpful
I'm actually a good deal disheartened by some of the reviews here, as they seem a bit harsh,premature, and some(not all) a bit pretentious. I'm not here to say AoC is the be-all,end-all but it is not the steaming pile of crap so many seem to want to pronounce it in opening week.
Since I'm on the soapbox, I'd like to take a moment to remind everyone how god-awful WoW was its opening week, with longer crashes and many more issues in a much smaller world. I recall losing a few days that first month due to a need for massive overhauls.
Now back to AoC....and let's address some of the other issues. I'm not here to gripe back and forth but at least offer my OPINIONS and a bit of facts that i anchor them on...
The size of the world, for one, seems to be a tremendous problem for many people. While I do understand the gripe that it takes a long time to get around, this world was NOT made exclusively for the game, but rather the stories,novellas, and epics that made Conan so beloved a character to so many. As such, the span and breadth of the world couldn't realistically be tempered and abridged to less a scale without forsaking some areas that are already established in print. Would a Star Wars fan be happy if you cut out Tattoine or Dagobah? Would a Civil War reenactor/historian take it well if you conveniently omitted the battle of Gettysburg? For this reason, the world of AoC is large and its a hard pill to swallow, but there's no way around it.
Instancing/Zoning issues:I admit, it can be a pain for the load screen to eat up some time, but it makes those large chunks of the world flow smoothly and seamlessly, rather than "go thirty feet, stall, new area". The determinations of what is PvP and what is safe do seem a bit skewed however, and I won't argue that much of it is...a pain in the rear to say the least.
Crashing issues: Many of the bugs that caused AoC to crash out have been fixed. I've been on since a later stage of the Beta and this game has nowhere to go but up. If you're still crashing, maybe you need to reevaluate your equipment. I was running bare minimum gear for a couple days, then i upgraded the video card to a 8600 GT and saw a marked improvement. Just a suggestion/thought.
Weapons,Armor,Equipment: Yeah, I'll give you all this one, a good deal of it looks all the same kinda cruddy in Tortage....there's about 6 to 10 possible armor suits, the weapons don't show much variation, etc., and this is all true...for the first area. I don't know how much everyone's played recently, but after coming off a marathon gaming session with my brother and his wife, we all agreed there's been marked improvement with selection. Most likely, with more patches, there will come more content and variety. Time will tell.
This doesn't address all the issues, but I'm tired of crapscreaming and doomsaying. Time for the GOOD points.
AoC, like all MMORPGs, does make it fairly easy to group up and talk to folks, the channels are divided according to what *should* be being discussed (In a general sense,ie Out of Character chats on RP servers...should be getting our RP-PvE server soon too!), Many bugs that were present in the opening day are being repaired and addressed now, the ganker problems are being mitigated by Funcom's use of the ban-stick for camping spawnpoints and other offenses, and all in all attempting to answer what the players call for. We're asking a LOT of Funcom and DEMANDING more from AoC....the least we can do is give them some time to try to answer SOME of our prayers!
The creation is in depth and only 'limited' in some areas by nationality/race....it makes some semblance of reason that a Cimmerian shouldn't look the same as a Stygian, doesn't it? These races are supposed to be "Pure-blooded" as it were, being a pseudo-prehistoric setting, before great travel and large scale mingling of heritages.
The quests, while many accuse them of being overly monotonous(without really offering any suggestions as to what to do DIFFERENTLY...), can vary from mind-numbling simple to brutal for single players and the group dynamic DOES come into play a bit...my advice for really seeing this? go to a PvE server or one of the RP servers...the situation IS improving and more and more gankers are getting removed or penalized.
There's a reason the big magazines are NOT reviewing this game yet...let's do the same and suspend our final judgments and damnations a bit so Funcom can give us the whole game.
And if you read all that and didn't like it, hey, just my opinions!
Should Still Be in Beta May 23, 2008
James Felix (New York, NY)
9 out of 23 found this review helpful
Anyone who remembers the launch of Anarchy Online knows what a debacle it was. Broken infrastructure, missing features, persistant bugs, massive downtime and non-existant customer service. Sadly, it seems Funcomm learned NOTHING from the experience. The repition of "All launches are like this" from Funcomm and it's supporters are getting tiresome, since I can think of at least four major MMORPG launches in the last few years that were virtually trouble free.
If Age of Conan actually provided everything it claims to it would be a five-star game. Possibly six months from now it will be an awesome game and a wonderful, immersive experience. But if you buy this game now you're paying a Funcomm to beta test their product, when it should be the other way around.
There's certainly nothing here that has me rushing to cancel my Lord of the Rings Online subscription. If you're waiting for a "WoW killer", this ain't it.
Great Game despite the negative reviews! May 24, 2008
John P. Ladebauche
9 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have to disagree with a lot of the negative comments here.. If I actually based my buying this game at the beginning reviews in amazon, I would have never purchased this game and missed out on a awsome MMO. First of all I have played many MMO's over the years and this game is actually one of the smoothest releases, aside from minor patching and a few extended downtime days, I have have been pretty impressed with the launch. You do need a pretty decent computer to ensure you get the full feel of the game, but the graphics and sound are really great. The gameplay is a little different than what i am used to, but who says change isn't good. Like any good mmo sometimes tweaking the game out takes a year or two.. I normally don't write reviews but just saying the game is crap and still beta is midly laughable. Just like any mmo, this type of genere will be always a work in progress just like all of the mmo's that are currently out there.
Pretty but needs Extensive Work June 2, 2008
Amber Masse
9 out of 20 found this review helpful
As others mentioned this is a very pretty game, when your able to run it. This game was obviously a rushed release to beat WOW's new release. If your systems specs does not include a Nvidia 8800 series card you are looking at getting 10-15 FPS. Not to mention that the Tech support are so busy chasing down bugs that they will not respond to any ingame help or out of game emails. Do yourself a favor look at their Tech forums before getting the game and see if its worth your time.
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