Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

This game at first was terrible after level 20. There was no content andit went from Full NPC talking to Zilch. Now there are more NPC's that converse with you and there is more Content. The Armor you get at level 80 from raiding is Very nice looking , but it doesn't Glow like the Cartoon that WoW is.

Now for everyone that is stating the game falls apart at level 20 are just those blaze through each instance. I for one have enjoyed Reading the quest,. They have their Own story line and they lead up to for or 5 quest at a time. The Player it'self has a very cool Story line to find out who they used to be before they were a slave. The Graphics are better than any other MMO out there, And What person doesn't like bOOBs for crying out loud. The Graphics, Story line, And Game play have all Improved sence the release and it is to the point now where it should have been at Release. I Recommend this game now because it's a Much better game NOW after Patches then the Reviewers are giving. Especially if you have group of People to play with. 6 months ago this game was Terrible and I would not have Recommended it to anyone but its far better and More realistic then Most MMO's out there now. This is comming form Someone that has Raided everything in WoW. up to sunwell, and played war Hammer, SWG(PreCU JEDI), and UO, I will be sticking with this game.

I was in beta for about a month for this game. One thing i didnt do was go outside of the beginners island while in it. I wish i would have. I might have saved me a lot of money. I bought two copies, a collectors addition and a regular addition for my friend.

This game was supposed to be the sexy, barbaric, dark up and coming MMO. Instead it kept getting its mature content scaled back. It could of been a teen rated game and been almost exactly the same. The game after level 20 is empty and unfinished. The armors and weapons all look alike from level 1-80. The game suffers from bad stat translations such as .001 immunity. Some problems have been fixed and some content has been added. But there is no true drive for this game. It sold as one of the fastest starter MMO's out, but also the playerbase died the fastest. I dont see AoC lasting very long. But i may be wrong. Some MMO's survive with little playerbases today.

I would not recommend anyone to buy this game. The only reason i gave it 2 stars was because of the potential it had and the graphics are good. When someone wants to actually put out a quality MMO and represent a true dark and adult world. Give me a call.

I just purchased this game the other day after a few weeks of debating whether to get this one or World of Warcraft. I was a HUGE fan of the Warcraft franchise up to World of Warcraft, and I think that what has turned me away from it is all of the children that you had to deal with in that game (I've played the trial a few times).

Now, on to Age of Conan.

I have read many reviews on here, some helpful, most not. It seems that most of the people that complain about it are doing so because it is not World of Warcraft (I remember all FPS's being compaired to Halflife and Halflife 2 for a while). Or, people giving bad reviews because their computer wasn't good enough to play it (as if that is the games fault, perhaps they should have read the system requirements before purchasing). So, after weeding out the bad reviews that weren't reviews, but people just slamming a game they had no intention of playing, I decided to give it a try.

The price has dropped to thirty-nine dollars and you get the first month free. I figure I can get at least thirty-nine dollars worth of play in thirty days. So, I purchased the game. After installing I sat back and waited for the 1.26 gigabyte patch to download.

If you can handle the patch, and if your system can handle the game, I would suggest giving it a try. I had a problem after patching, the game wouldn't run. It was telling me that there was a problem with my version of DirectX. When I went to the windows site to download it wouldn't install *sigh*. At this point I was starting to think that maybe the bad reviews were right, but, I contacted the tech support people for AOC via email and told them the problem I was having. The next morning I was greeted with a return email with two links (the second in case the first one didn't work) to download the DirectX file I needed. And guess what...it worked.

I enjoyed the first Conan movie, but, never read any of the books (something I plan on doing now) but, even with that little bit of knowledge of the Conan universe I was very impressed with this game. The mature rating will (I hope) keep the kids out of the game, and the game play is fantastic. I am playing this game on a Toshiba laptop and having no problems at all.

This type of game is not going to be for everyone, but, if you enjoy fantasy, and a well thought out game with breathtaking graphics it may be for you.

The problem with AoC is, that they just released it too early, which was a bad decision IMO.

However, they have already fixed many things, important things. The game runs practically flawless now. Some new awesome content has been added as well.

AoC has *key* strong points: Graphics, animations, overall appearance. Sound, music. Melee combat. If you have the hardware, this game will run smooth on it - for reference, I am playing it on a 2.66ghz Core Duo and a GTX 260 Core 216. I also played it on a 8800 GTS, and it ran quite smooth as well.

In its current state, this game doesn't deserve at all a bad review. It has been getting better and better, and Funcom is obviously improving the game further, polishing here and there, adding new content, fixing existing bugs, etc.

I play World of Warcraft as well, and I still think it's a great game. However, in the end I slightly prefer AoC because of the better graphics (although I think WoW's art is great, AoC is just too awesome to look at) and the meaner, faster combat, even when WoW is a better game overall.

Some people say it's easy, but I think any MMO is easy. MMOs are about progression and looks, about fun, about achievements, not necessarily about skills. You can easily solo in WoW to level 70 (now to 80), right? Quests are your standard ones. So is the AI.

What can I say? If you expect something like WoW, you might be quite disappointed. In some respects, AoC and WoW feel like different games, regardless of the obvious standards. By the other hand, if you have the hardware and want to try something different, you should give Age of Conan a chance.

The characters, both male and female are stunning. The world is breathtaking. The music is mesmerizing. The combat is brutal. Age of Conan isn't a perfect game and has its flaws. It still needs more content. But as I mentioned, it's getting better.

This was my first foray into MMORPG's. I had just built a gaming PC, so my hardware was first rate and ready to go. The graphics and animation are great. I heard that people were having problems with it, but I did not have any (well one time their server was down but nothing having to do with the PC).

I am still trying to get the hang of using the mouse with the WASD keys and keyboard to fight. I'm more of an Xbox or PS2 controller guy. But the problems were that with the kids, the only time I had to play was after 10 PM, but then I'd end up playing until 2 or 3 AM. Then having to get up at 6 AM for work took it's toll. I lasted about 2 months.

I haven't played in awhile, so I probably have to start over with my fight training. I still haven't gotten the hang of the combos. I would recommend this game because it was a lot of fun. I do have friends and coworkers who are Warhammer, WOW, and LOTR fans, but I have not tried those because I do enjoy this game.