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| From: Eidos
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Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 6893
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Collector's
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: SAGECPUS01
Model: SAGECPUS01
UPC: 788687100748
EAN: 0788687100748
ASIN: B000V1OUTU
Release Date: May 20, 2008
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 Age of Conan- Next Generation MMO May 21, 2008
Pipsqueak (NJ)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
(I posted this review on the regular version of the game as well, so if you are reading it and it sounds redundant, that's why... I did add the part about the Collectors Edition though!)
This game is unbelievable. It is definitely the next generation of MMO's. Beautiful graphics (yes, an upgrade on the computer was necessary in my case) amazing storyline and game play. No lag, and the combat system is fantastic.
The Collectors Edition is an amazing package- from the ingame items that can be given to all your characters, not limited to just the first one you have claim them to the package that you receive. The map, I have to admit, I am not certain what I will do with, but it is a nice addition. The score is beautiful and I can't wait to play the cd that they give to hear it all. The art book is also great value. If you can get your hands on one, I recommend it!
Graphics 10/10: Though they have announced that DX10 will not be released till later on this year, I am extremely impressed with the graphics in their current state, and can not wait to see how much better they get once it is released. The scenery is beautiful, the rendering and overall detailing is amazing. You really FEEL like you are there in the jungles- and the character movement itself is smooth. In this game, you run into actual characters- not like a lot of games out there where you run through them. The collision detection enhances the overall experience, making it seem more realistic.
Character Creation 9/10: Amazing. I can spend hours just doing this part of the game. Similar to EQ2, you are able to customize a great deal- body type and size of certain parts of your body, as well as facial reconstruction. You can even make your nose appear as if it had been broken and healed incorrectly. The only thing lacking in this department is hair styles. There aren't a great deal of them. Also, depending on the race you pick your colors are very limited i.e. Complexion, eye and hair color.
Story Line 10/10: From the moment your slave ship crashes, and you are washed up on an island, the game takes off immersing you in the world of Conan. You have to help escort someone to the major town (a lot easier than other escort quests) and right away you feel a sense of urgency with making certain you get out of the jungle. Once you arrive in the town, you have a series of quests that you need to complete in addition to your own class questline. Once you complete this, you move on to your home area... I unfortunately have not yet gotten this far.
Game Play 10/10: The combat system does take a little bit of figuring out, but once you do- wow. Not only does the AI (Artificial Intelligence) respond to what you do, but its amazing how you are able to effect multiple opponents with a single hit of your weapon. The spell casting graphics are quite impressive as well.
In the game play, when you converse with the characters, you're perspective changes and the camera angle zooms into the conversation, making you feel like you are actually there. I really like this about the game as it incorporates the player right from the start. You do have to listen to the dialog and make choices which I know will not appeal to some gamers who don't really care about the lore of the game, however when I play a video game I tend to immerse myself in it... and this game definitely allows one to do that.
Sound 10/10: The score in this game truly sets the scene. At night as you run around through the jungles outside of town, the music makes you sit on the edge of your seat in anticipation, waiting for something to jump out from around a corner and grab you. The character voice acting is wonderful- the speech inflection makes you believe that you are actually talking to a live person. You CARE about what happens to the characters, versus them just being paper dolls just standing there doing the same thing over and over again.
So as a recap, I definitely recommend this game, however, I suggest if you don't meet the minimum system specs to a T, to upgrade your system to the maximum specs. The minimum will get you there, but if you upgrade, you may as well go for the best of the best. Gaming is my hobby and I have already realized that I have a very expensive hobby. :)
See you all in Hyboria!
 Chaos May 17, 2008
B. HALL (KC)
7 out of 32 found this review helpful
So far all I've seen is false advertising. The benefits of pre-ordering the game were advertised as 3 days of play before the official release and an in game mount. It turns out, that contrary to the early game play advertised for pre-orders, you also had to register and buy the extra time. That wouldn't have been a problem if they had mentioned it. Instead I found out when I set up my log in and found out there were no early play spaces left. From what outside sources have written, it looks like you also don't get the mount they promised if you pre-order from certain sites like Amazon - from Amazon it looks like you get a bow instead. I don't think they meant to falsely mislead folks, but if they can't communicate well enough to get people into the game, what is game play going to be like? Heaven forbid if you need to talk to someone. You can't even get to their site now because they redirect you to their community page because of heavy volume. Even if you'd bounced through their unmentioned hoops early enough and were set up to play the early play, you couldn't reach the site to play at the moment.
Worth all of the Hype! May 19, 2008
N. Panos (East Coast USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I started playing this game the second servers opened up for Early Access, and I must say this game is simply amazing! I played WoW for 5 years, and countless MMO titles prior to Age of Conan, and this game leaves them all behind!
While it does require an up-to-date system to run, it was worth every cent I spent upgrading my computer, and I already know that this game will keep me more than happy for years to come.
Playing on day one of early access, May 17th, this game showed no signs of any problems at all. You'd think this title had been up and running successfully for years. No server lag, no buggy feel, no crashes, for me at least, a few have mentioned problems, but their systems met only the bare minimums to play this game.
I have an SLI setup with two 8800gts 512s, and a quad core system with dual AMD Windsor processors, and 4gigs of ram, and am running Vista Ultimate 64bit.
I play the game in 1920x1080 on my 40" Sony Bravia HDTV, so a system not as good as mine can play this game perfectly with high frames per second on a smaller monitor, and/or in a lower resolution than mine.
It is without a doubt the best looking game I have ever seen in my life, and the combat is the best thing to happen to this genre since the conception of MMOs! Buy this game now! You will not regret it!!!
 good start May 19, 2008
R. Pyles (Dallas, TX, U.S.A)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Ok, I've been playing in the early access for 2 days now and havin a good time. Much cheer to Funcom for a really smooth start.
It took me a day and a half to decide on what class to play, once that was done i really started to enjoy myself. I'm finding the combat system to very engaging especially once you get to level 15 or so. Combo's become more complex you start training your feats( those start at lvl 10 ). The graphics on high setting look beautiful but not everyone's system will be able to handle it. I've left mine on medium to keep my fps up.( I have a mediocre Radeon 1900XT 512mb. )
The game play so far consists of the usual MMO fair. Collect so many of these or kill so many of these, I think thats to be expected in an MMO. But so far the combo system has made it fun for me anyway. Some people may not like it but I think that will be a minority. It's gonna take some practice to get of the right combos at the right time.
Some of the story elements are unfolding in the early levels and you can see how this is going to work into the progress of the game, I'm sure becoming more complex as you go along.
As for the interface, the game really shines, you can tell funcom put alot of thought and MMO experience in the Minimalist design.
The complaints I have for the game are minimal but Ill mention them here - 1. I would have liked to see a broader set of animations for the mobs and races and such. THe difference between a Cimmerian running and a Stygian running look the same to me.( one example ) Tigers, Panthers, Croc's should have more variety to there movements. THis is a weakness that should be corrected down the line.
thats it for now, I'll update as I get farther in the Game.
What a disappointment May 21, 2008
Ernest L. Johnson III (Indianapolis, IN)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm editing this after having "finished" the game. First off I'm more PvE than PvP so if PvP is still where it's at then go for it.
Hands down funcom had a good idea but never fulfilled their commitment to improving the game. End game content was nothing more than tank and spank, grinding at certain levels was horrible, hours of just killing things around your level to get to the next level only to be disappointed by finding out there is nothing at the end other than some raid bosses that were nothing more than tank and spank. In game exploits to create unlimited gems never got fixed, FUncom nerfed the gems to "fix" the problem. FUncom would put in patches without testing only to find the system became more unstable. Zone crashes would happen 3-5 times a night, not just my computer, since our guild is on Vent, during raids we'd all get kicked only to be relogged in a zone with repopulated mobs and half the time the party would end up in different instances and couldn't get back together, calling a GM would take an hour or 3 days, if you que'd a petition, you'd get deleted if you didn't update it.
Guild Cities never worked, maybe they do now but it's too late for me, all that time and resources to build a tier 3 city only to find out buffs weren't working, Keep battles were a joke, walls that couldn't be destroyed, or holes in them so the attackers could just walk through.
Male/Female toons not attacking at the same speed so they nerfed male toon attack speed instead of fixing female toon speed but not adjusting mob attack speed, nerfing every class, necro for example 50% decrease to spell damage across the board, but didn't adjust the amount of aggro. Also when attacking with pet, you can have them attacke a mob, hide, go into another room and as soon as your pet attacked the mob knew exactly where you were and would make a bee line for you ignoring the attacks of the pets
More gold spammers than I've ever seen. Come on, when you search for people and there are 150 on the server and 60 of them are lvl 1 guardians with names like Assdssdfg and Assdssfgh? Grouping? never found an easy way to do that in PvE, if you were more than 5-7 levels differnent you'd lose XP and trying to find a group in your level range for a given quest was near impossible, even in a guild of over 75 active players we mostly ended up solo'ing all the PvE content to the end and tried the raids. Started beating the bosses but quickly realized that all the bugs in the game were ruining our game experience, we all left for previous MMO's or moving to Warhammer.
Travel was never fixed or sped up. Yeah wonderful graphics but having to spend 45 minutes to run from one side of the realm to the other for a raid or party quest is annoying, so if there was a party you could find, they'd have to wait for your to run from zone to zone to zone and run through each zone. If you do play the game, get a game card, enjoy it till you cap a toon, try a raid and then get rid of it. FUncom is coming out with an expansion already and they haven't even fixed the first release.
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