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And a very vast world. And really it might seem that way. Along with the engrosing stories and savage world Age of Conan can and will place you RIGHT in the action, right in the conflict that infests the land.----------------AoC is a very immersing game. As it stands from my point of view and many that have tried it, Age of Conan is a clear winner compared to current MMORPGs like that of World of Warcraft, and Aion.
But only a tad bit more than say World of Warcraft. If anything at all, download a digital download and give a free trial a try. That take near 10seconds to load. Much as what happened to Microsoft and their Operating system Windows Vista. Zones have their own loading screens.
Where you get sucked right in. To the advanced casting system, its all a joy to see and play. The gameplay is there, and the setting is far better than that of current games. Other than that the game is seamless.Game play in AoC wheither a Caster or someone that likes to be up in your face is great. But as it stands this bashing has turned AoC into what I'd describe is the lame duck. Give it another chance or in the least stop spreading your views of something you haven't touched for a year.
The lack of trade skills is clearly gone, and in its wake there is a very complex, quality crafting system.3) 1.06 Was released 2/4/10 and with it comes true improvement of the only real problem that remained in AoC, that of Sieges. In comparson to Windows 7 yes theres improvements. Be it Aion, World of Warcraft etc.2) With patches rolling out, AoC has only improved over time, the lack of content is gone. Along with the lush world theres very little to get tired of.----------------In concusion I believe Age of Conan can be sumed up by simply saying it was a dimond in the rough where many people refused to give it a chance to be polished up. And old players have much to learn with the massive improvements Funcom has made to balancing all the classes in both a PvP, and PvE.
Aion, World of Warcraft, they all had their glitches. But Vista wasn't at all a horrible OS. It was placed in the trash pile by those that didn't deal with it properly and because of that it was never seen to its full potental.Don't make Age of Conan the same. Vista was seen as a lame duck, and due to popular view it became a rather sneared at OS. Now truly large battles, (200+ players) can take place without any lag, and Funcom has improved FPS in large encounters.4) With class revamps and new leveling content Age of Conan has much to experience through out the savage world of Hyboria. Truly a sight to behold. From the melee combat system. Many MMOs had it.
Stop spreading old views of a now truly improved game. Age of Conan, though having a very rough launch, where the game went live being as many would say uncomplete has now transformed into a truly wonderful experience.1) The combat system on Age of Conan has to be by far the most interactive, and overall fun than anyother game out there. People comment on how the game is instanced. You won't regret it.A word for those that were scorned by the release.
you don't need to exist.remove yourself from life.you are a burden to the well being of everyone else, and self-removal will be your greatest and only meaningful contribution. while your avatars happen to be standing next to each other.with your fingers and attentions too pre-occupied, to even focus on each other.let alone actually communicate with each other.not that most people i met weren't either silent lurkers, or utter jerks, anyway.but even if you "could" group together in a meaningful away,despite the lame-brained combat and the utter lack of effort-stacking with others,than age of conan is still a solo quest grinder anyway.because of how difficult it is to contact others, and get them all in the same DISTANT (.). i don't understand how ANYONE could give this boring, meaningless, linear nightmare more than one star.and stupidity alone doesn't explain why some people can.each mob requires your undivided attention.each attack requires your undivided attention.combat consists of running up to a mob, pressing a button, while hoping that your mouse pointer icon doesn't move off of the attack button.and hoping that the mob doesn't move move out of attack range (3 feet), without you noticing.that is right. age of conan turns the player into a living auto-attack feature.and has the euro-insolence to call that combat.it is impossible to meaningfully group with others.all you are doing together, is spamming your attack buttons together. instanced mission, at the same time.and even if all of you were there, than good luck having any time or focus left to chat, as you grind your fingers to the knuckles pressing the attack button.there are many more utterly unforgivable crimes, that have been shamelessly committed, by this pretentious, euro-ego-garbage game.but i've already given several hundred times more time and effort,than this game deserves to have chiseled on its tomb stone.if you like this game, than do the gene pool a favor, and commit suicide.because we don't need you or your offspring consuming scarce resources, that someone with a functioning brain could be consuming instead.i'm serious.
Then I read some reviews and realized that most of them are from very early in the games life. I can honestly say that being a player for a while now, that the game has grown in leaps and bounds.
Hope to see ya in Hyborea : ) Reviews on products like these should have a shelf life.
All of the bugs and lack of content that was experienced toward release has all been changed. I hope to see more people back me on this, because it would really be a shame to see people shy away from giving this game a chance because it didnt get a fair review.
Okay, I have been playing AoC off and on since just a few months after release, and I have to say that I was shocked when I came on Amazon and saw how low the rating for this game is. You see, being that it is an MMO, content is updated and debugged live.
The game is was pretty good before, but it is AMAZING now.
I was scared off of AoC last year because of all the bad reviews. To keep it short and to the point:Pros* Awesome graphics - they are realistic and can be violent, sexy, or gritty.* Great storyline and PvE content - the kids won't be patient enough to read through it, but I think that's a plus because it keeps the less mature element out of the AoC community* No excessive grinding: Whenever you kill mobs or collect stuff, it leads somewhere and you progress through areas to reach a goal while you are killing them. It feels like quests have a point.* Fun combat: you can't just mash buttons. Funcom has done a great job with making resource gathering difficult or impossible for bots. That's a good thing.
I have to assume that however messed up AoC was at launch, most of those problems have been fixed because I haven't encountered any of the problems mentioned in the old 2008 reviews. Warhammer also has engaging PvP scenarios (though I think the lack of PvE is why Warhammer is not doing as well as they would like). I haven't received any spam like that since I left the starting area. I wish AoC would implement some sort of cross-server PvP system like WoW, but they have a resource problem (apparently) and have indicated that it is not a priority at this time. They were easily deleted. I hope that with free trials and the launch of the expansion, this game will grow into a viable franchise that can survive for a while because it really is good now.* Somewhat limited PvP opportunities before reaching level cap at 80 because of low server population, I have not seen a lot of chances to engage in meaningful PvP while leveling up since the mini-games are not running 24-7 like in WoW. Admittedly, I want more people to play for my own reasons, but I think most mature gamers will appreciate the AoC community and have a lot of fun with this game as I have been doing for the past 4 months.
To me, this is huge. Just depends on what you like. I heard AoC will introduce this in the expansion (but no release date yet).Bottom line: This game is so cheap. There's no gold spam in the global chat on my server. I like the blood and grittiness in combat compared to how neat, clean and stylized Aion looks in the preview videos, though. I mean they are "running" but not enough people to sign up for them at off peak hours. I really like this game and I'm looking forward to the expansion Rise of the Godslayer.
Funcom needs to come out with another free trial period to make up for their poorly executed launch, apparently. Try it and you will get your money's worth. While in the starting area of Tortage, I got about 3-4 pieces of in-game mail suggesting I go to a website to buy AoC gold. I really enjoyed playing WoW, but after two years I felt that I'd "accomplished" all I wanted to in that game (in terms of PvP, endgame raiding, flying mounts, armor sets, rep grinds, etc). Maybe some faction based PvP would help. I didn't play Age of Conan (AoC) when it came out in 2008 because I was in the middle of my 2 year World of Warcraft (WoW) stint. I really like WoW's battlegrounds and areas like Wintergrasp and Isle of Conquest.
But out of sheer curiosity and because it was free, I played AoC's free trial this past summer and found it an amazing game with great content for mature players. Cons* Low server population except for Wiccana and Cimmeria servers: People are probably scared off because of the bad reviews from launch. However, if they want to keep this franchise alive, you would think they will get it out by some time in the first half of next year, the sooner the better. I have not played Aion yet and I may give it a try, but for me, AoC is the best game out there now. Rise of the Godslayer has no release date because Funcom apparently doesn't want to repeat the fiasco of AoC's launch last year. and I wanted to try something new. It is not mindless killing and boredom.
Gold farmers ruining WoW's economy is another of the reasons I left that game. I hope that with more players each server there will be increased action in the PvP minigames and more siege opportunities, which sound like they would be amazing fun. It's just very engaging and requires some skill.* No bots or gold farmers. I am writing this review because I see all the old 2008 reviews which really don't do justice to the bonecrunching, blood and gore awesomeness of this game. You have to pay attention to combos but it is not too complex. I had over 14K lifetime PvP kills on my main WoW character, so you can guess that I like PvP a lot.
Money is not a problem if you regularly sell your inventory of drop and quest items you don't need. I'm playing on a PvE server but plan to hunt around for some PvP action (select locations) because once you reach lvl 80, there is not much left to do with your character except PvP or create new characters of different professions and do it all over again with new skills. Big improvements they said. In some of the more distant areas I'm lucky to run across more than a couple of players. All the player characters look like real people as well as the NPCs. Then a couple of months ago I got the Funcom e-mail inviting my return for another try. No success.
No need to buy weapons or armor because the drops and quest rewards are better than what you can buy. At level 40 you can buy a horse and do everything from horseback but fight. Having a mount improves on a rather crude travel system that is a far cry from, say, Guild Wars or Oblivion travel. There are always plenty of mobs, however.If you've been spoiled by fancy Lineage II armor or the wide selection of colorful Guild Wars armor you may find the rather dull AoC armor lacking. The AoC map is rather extensive with multiple distant locations and accompanying quests that sometimes make you wish you brought a group with you, if you didn't, because that dungeon with mobs at your level all fight like bosses. The guild I joined was new but can still find fellow guild members in the more populated areas. No pointed elf ears or cartoonish looks.
Elite mobs are not identified and you can find yourself in a lot of badly mismatched situations when the fighting begins.
AoC did not support Vista DX10 and it got nowhere in Windows XP mode.
They were right.
Funcom needs to fix this.I reached level 80 in seven weeks going about 80% solo mostly with quests.
The music is tops.This game is definitely worth a try.
The graphics are outstanding.
Bought and tried to install and run AoC on my new high end computer late last year.
Runs great in 2560x1600 rez and only a few intermittant crashes resulting from my pushing the performance envelope.
But unlike Lineage II, for example, AoC travel is free.I find the game to be a blast with friendly and mature players.
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