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Age of Conan
By Palidore on 25/05/2008
Just got it the other day. I really don't feel like writing a ton about why it's a good game, but I'll just say it's a really fun mmo, and feels in some ways like a next-gen Guild Wars (which is good for some, not for others. I personally love GW 
).
Anyone else play it, or are planning to get it soon or for the 360 next year?
Hogs and fishes,
Palidore
Wiccana Server
).Anyone else play it, or are planning to get it soon or for the 360 next year?
Hogs and fishes,
Palidore
Wiccana Server
By Jaxx456 on 27/05/2008
is it good? i might get it later
By bbgunmaster on 28/05/2008
| QUOTE (Jaxx456 @ May 27, 2008 11:13 am) |
| is it good? i might get it later |
Yeah, is pretty awesome, I got kicked out of beta when it came out though lol.
Great game, I will probably get it after summer vacation
Check out the videos on youtube, pvp and making own village
By Palidore on 29/05/2008
Very well made game in my opinion.
I'll say for now it probably is best that you just get it later. At this point, the game's 90% done in the sense that there's lots of bugs or annoyances/things missing from the game. I'd guess that the game will be all good in a few weeks.
Aside from some of those gripes though, I definitely think, and this is after playing just about every major/decent mmo on the market, that AoC is the first next-gen feeling mmo and will likely continue to grow in content and population and will likely last a long time. As of the first week, over 400,000 people subscribed to the game.
There's also really strong end-game content in AoC. There's a wide array of dungeons and raids to fight through as well as your pvp mini-games (ctf, tdm), but biggest and maybe best of all is guild content. Guilds can build up their own keeps, temples, trade posts, barracks, walls, towers, etc., and ultimately make their own city, which provides exclusive things to members of that guild that no one else has access to. There's a limited amount of spots that cities may be built in on each server, which leads to a great gameplay feature called siege warfare, where guilds may invade other guilds' cities with infantry, catapults, war elephants and rhinos, and attempt to raze and capture that city for themselves.
One more note, is that this game does use zones and instances. It isn't seamless like WoW (and what games are, anyway), and you will encounter load screens between regions. It's not nearly as extreme as Guild Wars, but it is obvious nonetheless. On a personal note, I don't find the system bad or gamebreaking. It prevents overcrowding on quest mobs and resource nodes and spreads out players and the area they're playing in so you'll encounter eachother so it won't feel too overcrowded or too underpopulated either.
So...yeah, I'm done now.
I'll say for now it probably is best that you just get it later. At this point, the game's 90% done in the sense that there's lots of bugs or annoyances/things missing from the game. I'd guess that the game will be all good in a few weeks.
Aside from some of those gripes though, I definitely think, and this is after playing just about every major/decent mmo on the market, that AoC is the first next-gen feeling mmo and will likely continue to grow in content and population and will likely last a long time. As of the first week, over 400,000 people subscribed to the game.
There's also really strong end-game content in AoC. There's a wide array of dungeons and raids to fight through as well as your pvp mini-games (ctf, tdm), but biggest and maybe best of all is guild content. Guilds can build up their own keeps, temples, trade posts, barracks, walls, towers, etc., and ultimately make their own city, which provides exclusive things to members of that guild that no one else has access to. There's a limited amount of spots that cities may be built in on each server, which leads to a great gameplay feature called siege warfare, where guilds may invade other guilds' cities with infantry, catapults, war elephants and rhinos, and attempt to raze and capture that city for themselves.
One more note, is that this game does use zones and instances. It isn't seamless like WoW (and what games are, anyway), and you will encounter load screens between regions. It's not nearly as extreme as Guild Wars, but it is obvious nonetheless. On a personal note, I don't find the system bad or gamebreaking. It prevents overcrowding on quest mobs and resource nodes and spreads out players and the area they're playing in so you'll encounter eachother so it won't feel too overcrowded or too underpopulated either.
So...yeah, I'm done now.
By Angus0000 on 29/05/2008
I'd kind of like to get this game just for the sheer awesomeness of Conan the Barbarian.
By Sonixpber on 05/06/2008
So Palidore, I have a question. Is every area instanced like GW? Or only certain ones? I'd appreciate if you could be more specific on what is/isn't instanced (besides dungeons, of course). I'm considering buying this game this weekend.
By myst01 on 21/06/2008
I was interested, then I saw the monthly price.
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