GH Review: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC)

***craig5320*** · May 28, 2008, 03:43 PM

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Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Cimmerian... whichever name you know him by Conan is without doubt one of the most famous fictional characters of all time. Starting life in the American pulp fiction magazine in the 1930’s Conan has appeared in seventeen stories published back then and more than a couple since, as well as the movies that made “Arnie” famous and more recently various TV series. Like many other reimagining’s of well known material much of the real Conan lore, written by Robert E. Howard has been lost along the way which to a great extent is quite disappointing as some considerable effort was involved in creating the “Conan Universe”.

Back in April 2005 Funcom announced their intention to launch an Online Action RPG in the first half of 2006 in the process promising a deep, story-driven single player experience and a massive, brutal multiplayer game. In the same release they promised a true vision of Robert E. Howard’s dark universe, something that no doubt whet the appetite of the Conan purists around the world.

ChaosMinionX · May 29, 2008, 07:10 PM

I really like this game, avid WoW player, and I find the combat in this game to be exceptional.

Character is Gustave L45 Barbarian on Doomsayer, if anyone is interested.

Mourgolikos · Jun 26, 2008, 11:07 AM

I am playing AoC for about two months (i was in closed and open beta

).
To be honest the game is great, but a lot of bugs make things annoying. It's in the begging, thing will get fixed

The combat system is very good with nice effects!
The first 20-30 lvls are a bit boring, but after, when the real pvp and dungeons start it gets really addictive!
The game is not so equipment-based, as you have to be skillful to beat a battle against other player

I have 3 character a DT (Frika in server Wildsoul), a Ranger (Fatalbeauty in server Soulstorm) and a HoX (Mourgolikos in server Soulstorm).
*A note for new players, although classes seem to be very unbalanced in the first 30 lvls, they get balanced later.

May 28, 2008, 03:43 PM	#1
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 6,929 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	GH Review: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) Read The Review Here ___________________ Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Cimmerian... whichever name you know him by Conan is without doubt one of the most famous fictional characters of all time. Starting life in the American pulp fiction magazine in the 1930’s Conan has appeared in seventeen stories published back then and more than a couple since, as well as the movies that made “Arnie” famous and more recently various TV series. Like many other reimagining’s of well known material much of the real Conan lore, written by Robert E. Howard has been lost along the way which to a great extent is quite disappointing as some considerable effort was involved in creating the “Conan Universe”. Back in April 2005 Funcom announced their intention to launch an Online Action RPG in the first half of 2006 in the process promising a deep, story-driven single player experience and a massive, brutal multiplayer game. In the same release they promised a true vision of Robert E. Howard’s dark universe, something that no doubt whet the appetite of the Conan purists around the world. __________________

May 29, 2008, 07:10 PM	#2
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New York Posts: 1,906 Rep Power: 35 System Specs	I really like this game, avid WoW player, and I find the combat in this game to be exceptional. Character is Gustave L45 Barbarian on Doomsayer, if anyone is interested. __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Jun 26, 2008, 11:07 AM	#3
Mourgolikos HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Greece, Salonika Posts: 350 Rep Power: 28 System Specs	I am playing AoC for about two months (i was in closed and open beta ). To be honest the game is great, but a lot of bugs make things annoying. It's in the begging, thing will get fixed The combat system is very good with nice effects! The first 20-30 lvls are a bit boring, but after, when the real pvp and dungeons start it gets really addictive! The game is not so equipment-based, as you have to be skillful to beat a battle against other player I have 3 character a DT (Frika in server Wildsoul), a Ranger (Fatalbeauty in server Soulstorm) and a HoX (Mourgolikos in server Soulstorm). *A note for new players, although classes seem to be very unbalanced in the first 30 lvls, they get balanced later.