Conan

Its so much fun, great graphics, sound and gameplay. too bad it did not make a best selling.
I realy enjoyed it much, I think the main cause of the low sales is that there are few fans of conan in the new generation
I recommend this game to any action fan.

Fun... But it doesn't have it all. Very short (about 6 hours) and very repetitive. Almost zero replay value.

Excellent game. I am truly impressed with this game. If you are a fan of the Marvel Comics Conan the Barbarian and Savage Sword of Conan (Magazine), then you will LOVE this game. This is definitely from the true Conan line up. As for the game play, it is truly magnificent! You can pick up a Buccaner and rip their guts out with your hands or you can throw them up in the air and slice them in half! Decapitation and dismemberment is big in this game. When you save the damsels in distress...well, let's just say that it is not what you expected. 8)

This is definitely not for children due to the amount of violence.

Buy it...you will not regret it.

This was a much anticipated game. I would like to return it and get my money back at full value. The game begins well enough but as you work through it becomes so difficult as to be less than enjoyable. Now, do I expect the game to be a challenge? Of course, but when you are required to memorize a litany of moves that eclipse the arts of fencing, boxing and tae kwon do put together, defeating the bosses of each level becomes more than extremely challenging. Yet this is not my major gripe. There are holes in the geometry throughout the game, the Conan sprite will often get stuck in weird places which require a reload, sometimes requiring a complete rehash of quite a bit of tough baddies you have had a hard enough time killing already. This is even more annoying when fighting against level bosses because some of them can push you into these "holes" and carve you to bits while your sprite is stuck without the ability to move or counter the attacks. If you are thinking about buying this game forget it. However I would recommend renting it because in the areas where the game is working properly it is downright fun, which is why I give it more than one star. Dismembering your enemies and then being able to kick their lifeless bodies around is just plain cool.

With gameplay like God of War, Conan is a great, gritty, down-to-earth realistic low-fantasy, firmly within a universe like that of Conan the Cimmerian.

Rather fantastical elements are added in which only serve to make the story lamer than it could be, such as talk of ancient magic and wizards and demons, and an emphasis on "Conan the Destroyer" type magic, rather than firmly hard R-rated action.

But there IS plenty of R-rated action; blood is profuse in spilling (not crazy anime-style, but it gushes properly, leaves large permanent stains, etc), and body parts can be hacked off. Topless women are available to be saved, but other than watching them jig a bit in skimpy panties, you can't do anything with them.

The action as of yet has somehow managed to keep from growing stale, as you learn too many new moves too quickly in the game, but there seem to be more things to learn as you progress. Enemies begin to get too easy to kill, while some enemies are ridiculously difficult not due to any skill on their part, but simply a seemingly impenetrable shirt of armor, and an ability to break your sword parry almost every time they use a strong attack. Some of the bosses (including a morbidly obese creature on an island carrying a big stick covered in nails) are simply invincible, and can only be killed by utilizing the landscape, or monotonously waiting for them to miss you (quite easily) and then slicing at them with weak speed moves for half an hour.

The gore gets excessive to a point where the squeamish will be vomiting, and the non-squeamish, if unaffected, will be dissatisfied with the "300"-style gratuitousness of it, because rather than 2 hours of nonstop violence, this can go on for endless hours depending how long you play.

And in the end, enjoyment and lasting value comes with moderation. I've found in my experience that playing an hour or two every day or so makes this game more valuable than flooding an entire day with the game. Because the gore becomes cartoonishly gratuitous, and much, if not all, of the levels are the same labyrinthine maze requiring lots of simple puzzle work and ridiculously high "God of War"-style jumping.


Decent game in moderation, destined for irrelevance if indulged, a decent start for a Conan launch in console games, but not the best they could have done.