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Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures (U.S. Version) (PC Games)
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In a world filled with cruel gods, mythical creatures, lost civilizations and a struggling human race, the mighty barbarian has finally seized the throne as king of Aquilonia. But Conan’s rule is on the brink of chaos, spiraling towards the doom of ancient evils. In this twisted fantasy world, dark magic and brutal combat lurk around every corner, and each man and woman must carve their own unique destiny under Conan’s reign. In the true vision of Robert E. Howard’s dark universe it’s now time for you to become a messenger of death.
- Enter the true Conan experience – The first official Conan online RPG sends you on a brutal journey in the footsteps of the worlds’ greatest fantasy hero. Meet Conan’s friend and foes, battle demons and monsters known from 70 year of Conan history, and step up to the ultimate challenge and befriend the mighty king Conan himself.
- Explore the world of Conan – Enter a gigantic and unique gameworld containing more than 30 distinct regions spread across the three mighty nations of Aquilonia, Cimmeria and Stygia. Explore deep jungles, burning deserts, inhospitable mountains, vast valleys, dark dungeons or gleaming cities, and take part in an incredible journey of exploration and adventure.
- Real Combat Engine – Experience Funcom’s revolutionary Real Combat engine, and fight mounted or on the ground. A new multi-point melee system allows the players to swing their weapons where they direct it, in real-time, going head-on against the formulaic nature of online RPG combat. The Real Combat engine also allow players to team up in battle formations and command both NPC’s and other players in epic multiplayer battles, as well as giving you the chance to participate in massive sieges.
- Single-player vs. massively multiplayer – Emerge as a hero from the story-driven single-player experience and embark into even greater adventures in the massively multiplayer part of the game. The branching single-player story is created by the award-winning writers behind The Longest Journey, Dreamfall and Anarchy Online so expect something extraordinary.
- PvP and PvE – Meet the ultimate resistance in human opponents, and enjoy crushing the skulls of fellow players in mini-games, sieges, arena fights and drunken brawls. Charge into the world of Conan, and fight monsters and demons alone or in groups.
- Extensive guild and solo gameplay – Form guilds in the multiplayer game and lay siege to hostile castles. Let the catapults sing their merry song of death as the enemy is brutally crushed to a pulp. Team up with other players in large guilds, and explore a large range of social gameplay opportunities. ‘Conan’ also offers extensive solo gaming opportunities, taking you through an amazing single-player journey and deep into the lands of Hyboria.
- Varied gameplay – Besides bringing the most brutal experience ever seen in a MMO, Conan also promises to deliver what all fans of MMOs love and enjoy. Vast character customization opportunities, a deep character creation, lots of social opportunities, crafting, a deep and fun RPG system, exciting classes and player-made cities are but a few ingredients in this powerful RPG.
- Amazing graphics – ‘Conan’ takes graphics in MMOs to a new level! With the latest and greatest in technology and an amazing art direction the graphics in ‘Conan’ immerses you into a world as never before seen in any online fantasy universe.
- Stunning Sounds – Listen to a powerful and epic soundtrack in 7.1 surround. Hear gripping voices recorded by professional actors, and enjoy a dynamic soundscape bringing players to the edge of their seats.
- A story to die for – ‘Age of Conan’ delivers a brutal, mature and compelling storyline that will send you headlong on a journey of brutality, intrigue and depth. Mixing the finest of storytelling found in classic RPG’s with the open-ended approach found in MMOs, ‘Conan’ delivers a rare and special story experience.
- The first mature MMO – In the true and barbaric vision of Robert E. Howard, ‘Age of Conan’ promises to bring mature online players something dark, new and refreshing. This is no cartoony fairytale, ‘Conan’ is made by grown-ups, for grown-ups, giving online gamers the chance to unleash the ultimate havoc and fury.
System Requirements
Minimum Specs:
OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista
GFX: Shader 2.0 and 128MB ram, GeForce 6600
RAM: 1GB
CPU: 3 GHz, Pentium 4
Resolution: 1024x768
Recommended Specs:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2,4 GHz or better
GFX: nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX or higher
RAM: 2 GB
Customer Reviews
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Improved
Reviewed by Eathan on June 10th, 2009
Age of Conan was shocking at release. It suffered from bad ping and an unstable client, but I must say the game has come a hell of a long way. It's combat is satisfying and unique for an MMO, servers are extremely stable and i have a steady ping, around 300. While I haven't played too far into the game (it's my brother's so I don't play it too much) I've seen enough to recommend it to any MMO enthusiast. It's a refreshing change to the tired World of Warcraft formula. I'd also recommend Warhammer Online, that game is outrageously entertaining.
ready to give it up
 Reviewed by Tim on October 23rd, 2008
Game started out well but has turned into a boring grind.
Not many quests past 70, in fact i've been grinding the same 3 areas from lvl 74 to 78 (around 5 million xp of the same mobs! YAWN) . Some of the graphics are way cool, i.e. thunder river, atzels, conalls etc but after 70 there is no reason to go to these areas and you are in stuck in boring old khesh. Americans are playing 80-90 ms lag, i'm lucky to get 300, most nights around 400ms, doesn't help the pvp. Economy is stuffed, the interesting stuff is extremely expensive (war horse 150G - at 79 i have 24G, better of than most) and you can't finish crafting unless you belong to a tier 3 city guild, which even the large guilds are struggling to build. Funcom has entirely failed to update as they said...trying to hang in to get to 80 then giving it a rest for a while. Have a good think before buying this game, it may improve but don't count on funcom to do so any time soon.
Epic MMO, brutal, hardcore!
 Reviewed by Elena on October 5th, 2008
I have to admit I have been following this games development for some time, and when the game was released, many were disappointed, and those that just bought the game confused. But Funcom has been doing great things in terms of client optimization, as of recent, most memory leaks have been patched (that's a big achievement), and most other bugs are being ironed out. The game is epic in the sense that each zone looks like actual effort was put into it, if you have read the book, the game will feel more alive. Although it is recommended you play this game in medium to high in settings, otherwise its not worth it. Many new things are already being added, new areas and zones, armors look completely amazing, and the PvP is unmatched. Technically, this game is amazing, and soon to have DX10 features including HDR, now that's something to look froward to.
Epic Rage
Reviewed by Jacob on October 4th, 2008
How good is this game?? No good if you want an easy point-and-click RPG, but if you want something with some challenge and want to be blown away by outstanding graphics in the process, GET THIS GAME NOW. I promise the only thing you will regret is not having a 80-100 ping like the Americans. R18 so maturity isn't lacking.
Big bust
 Reviewed by Daniel from Christchurch, NZ on August 14th, 2008
Great hype about it.
failed to live up to it
Was good, but......
 Reviewed by Dale from Christchurch, NZ on August 1st, 2008
The game started off ok, a little rough round the edges which Funcom steadily patched, no problem there. BUT then they start to go on continually about game rebalancing etc etc. The short version is that they start nerfing everything and everyone on a regular basis, and quite frankly it's really, really, REALLY annoying.
I did love this game, our guild is good and doing well, the mechanics, graphics and concept etc are sound, the only problem I now have with it all, is what Funcom continually does to it.
I congratulate Funcom on their ability to destroy their own player base, well done! I give AoC an average rating due to the fact I'm still getting enjoyment from it, soley due to the people I muck round with online and the shear effort our guild has put into the game.
what happened????
Reviewed by Marc from Auckland, NZ on July 31st, 2008
Been playing since release, and it plays like a beta...terrible. Graphics looks nice, but after an hour of game play, the memory leak becomes apparent and things start looking ugly, then expect a client crash to follow. The early levels are great fun, but you soon run out of things to do come level 60, and once you hit lvl 70, the game turns into a grind...very boring. The combat system was fun until they nerf'd it a few patches back, why they decided to slow down attack speed for 1H melee is beyond me, it now takes my guardian forever and a day to land a combo on a mob. I find class balance incomplete, casters are defiantly over-power, the PvP system is still not in the game, nor DirectX 10.
As for Oceania Servers (low ping) no such thing sorry, only Oceania RECOMMENDED servers, this is not a bad thing as I get good ping on my standard ADSL connection (200-400MS), only problem is the server tends to spike to 4k-10k then drops you randomly, known fault. I would recommend heading over to the AoC forums and take a read, people arent simply venting hate, the game is in a sad state. I am very disappointed with my purchase, I believe Funcom should have delayed the release as the game feels massively incomplete, why pay money to play a beta. I might come back to the game after 6 month or so, I suggest anyone considering this game wait also.
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not worth it, at least for now
Reviewed by Daniel from Auckland, NZ on July 16th, 2008
Graphic is impressive, so i give 1star. all else, it's a junk. Maybe in another 6months of time, with all the patches and promised features come out, it will be worth playing, but there's no way i'll be paying for another month.
They should've delayed the release and made the game more complete.
A Feast for your eyes
Reviewed by Ben from Auckland, NZ on June 12th, 2008
Great game amazing graphics, a small amount of bugs in the game but that’s to be expected with a new release. Very mature game , not made for the kids that’s for sure, blood splatters on the screen for the fatality hits is always fun. A different combat system that relies on skill over having the best gear, and an Oceanic server for us NZ’ers allows us to have a low Ping, Gwahlur for those who want to join its seems there’s always people around.
Single player adventure with pvp
Reviewed by Jonathan from Dunedin, NZ on June 10th, 2008
Oh the ganking... why did i choose a pvp server again?> lol.. I found the updates downloaded very quickly, but this mmo just doesnt grab me the way WOW did, when i first played wow i was addicted in the first 10 minutes, but im struggling to get into conan, might get better with more updates im not sure, also you need a mean machine to play this with nice framerates.
The new MMO leader!
Reviewed by Albert from Auckland, NZ on June 6th, 2008
Fantastic game, on it's way to being the best MMO to date. Spectacular graphics, even though the directx 10 version will only be released in August 2008. Nine great classes. Huge world. Encaptivating story.
There are many bugs, but this is the case with every MMO so soon after release, they will undoubtably iron these out.
Ignore comments from other reviewers below such as "The first 20 levels in fact seem to be built to remove the need for player to play interaction, removing what i believe to be an essential part of any MMO from the gameplay." This is completely incorrect. The game is brilliant in the sense that you can skip the single player missions completely and there are plenty of multiplayer missions to complete instead. It's your choice.
You will not be disappointed, this game (although very different) is much better than the current leader, World of Warcraft. The combat system is second to none. The added violence and adult themes make this game more suited to the older gamer, rather than the family game that is Warcraft.
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Breathtaking and Heart Pounding
Reviewed by Phillip from Christchurch, NZ on June 5th, 2008
Or roll on Cimmeria the RP-PvP server which has a strong Aussie and NZ player base.
Beta tested this game for the last 6 months and now into Live, while this game has a different take than other MMO's I feel it gives it that something extra that alot of gamers are after.
Yes there can be alot of solo play up to level 20, but you can also choose not to do the solo leveling aspect and level in the mainstream area.
But don't be fooled, this game while it has extensive PvE content is heavily focused on open PvP on the non PvE servers. If you make your character on a RP-PvP or PvP server be prepared for a heavy PvP orientated gameplay.
The visuals are excellent and even with a modest spec'd computer this still looks great. The gameplay is superb, the customer support is good and getting better and better as the weeks go on.
Don't be fooled that this is a new mmo and has little experience, it was developed by Funcom, the developers of Anarchy Online an MMORPG 7 years in the running now and still going strong. The future content just listed is extensive and a great look ahead for what looks to be a packed month of updates, additions and fixes. and it can only get bigger and better.
So like any game, give it ago, try it out for 30days and if you dont like it, dont play it. But if your looking for a new experience in gameplay and adventure then pick it up and delve into the exciting world of Hyboria and by Crom let the heads start rolling.
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Epic
Reviewed by James from Wellington, NZ on June 4th, 2008
The screenshots posted here don't do this game justice - absolutely epic environment and combat. Far more visceral and exciting than WoW for sure. I'm sold. If you buy this be sure to roll on Bloodspire with the rest of us New Zealanders!
Great concept poor outcome.
Reviewed by Kieran from New Plymouth, NZ on June 4th, 2008
The game on first glance seemed to me to have all the makings of one of the great MMORPG's of the next 4 years. While this seemed to be true with gameplay, within the first 15 levels i found the hype and the content lacking and leaving me wanting more social interaction from the player base. Out of the Hundreds of people on the very over crowded and laggy servers, it struck me that only a handful of these were willing to participate in groups. The first 20 levels in fact seem to be built to remove the need for player to play interaction, removing what i believe to be an essential part of any MMO from the gameplay. And although the graphic and the combat system were superb the emphasis on PVP interaction instead of a healthy balance of RP and PVP made me loose interest once i reached lvl 20.
This game will be perfect for the player who desire nothing more than a heavily PVP oriented game, with little social interaction, crafting or side quest activity. Hopefully future updates can remedy some of its downfalls, as countless friends and i have already returned this game to the place of purchase, as i'm sure many hundreds out there will.
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Fun
Reviewed by Gene from Auckland, NZ on May 29th, 2008
Yup. Lots of patches etc. But at least the patch download flew at 120kb/s so it only took an hour to download. Then maintenance exactly on the time my patching finished. But one thing to remember is that we got the game AFTER the official launch (20th).
As for the game, combat is far more exciting compared to WoW's "click and forget" philosophy. This game incorporates the idea of directional damage and defence. So combat is not ENTIRELY dependent upon who has more bling blings.
The content is far more....mature... than the likes of WoW. I've seen a fatality taunt in that game that really lends itself to be at least R16.
The FPS with AMD core 2 duo 2.4ghz, 2GB ram and Geforce 8800GTX remained pretty much stable at 60 with stable latency of around 280 (broadband).
This game only needs to be polished more and only time will tell if this game would get it.
Hell yeah I like Arnold!
Reviewed by James from Auckland, NZ on May 28th, 2008
Waiting for the male, real excited its almost here! Courier comes, YAY, stick the discs in....hour later.....half an hour later, next disc.....hour later, disc 1 back in, now to kick some ass.....OK 5mb update thats ok....12mb...632MB??? ON LAUNCH??? Fine, I'll leave it to download while I'm at work, then finally, after all that wait....maintenance, OH COME ON, apart from all the waiting, the launch day patches and the instant maintenance this game is pretty fun, the multi directional choice of attack is an interesting addition which makes you think a bit more than just click on a character and wait for him to fall, a bit disappointed about the Killer Rhino, I bought the Special Edition and it doesn't seem to be working (I get it at level 40 I know but theres suppose to be a belt to use before level 40 that won't appear, the ring and cape I have), the start seemed a bit easy, taking on a mini-boss, his 2 panthers and a minion seemed a bit easy but after that it started getting harder, leveling to begin with is easy but apparently its almost impossible once you get to 40 or 60 (I forgot which but pretty positive it was 60), all in all I think this IS better than WoW, I would prefer this to WoW, but only time can tell if it will truly be better.
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