Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC)

Advantages: Excellent Storyline, Epic Graphics, Unique Characters and Much More..
Disadvantages: Lots of Bugs, Glitches and other nasties.. but there being ironed out.

...are over a week since Age of Conan, one of the mostly highly anticipated MMO's that has ever probably seemed like a dream since the days of 'Pong' has hit our shelves. Now if your not up for reading a long review.. all i have to say is this game is AWESOME! If your looking for a bit more carry on reading. I among many other eager gamers was brought in to Beta test this game a couple of months prior to launch. Now as much as i adore this game there ...
...back. There is something about Age of Conan that has me pulled in maybe its because I was a fan of the books, maybe its the stunning graphics.. and maybe, just maybe its because of the mature language and blood splatting on my screen as I take an axe to another one of my unfortunate foes for the 100th time today. All I can say though is you will always have the World of Warcraft faithful but if your looking for a game where your not running round ... Read review

Advantages: Graphics-Great storylines-Vast character customisation
Disadvantages: Long loading times-Instanced areas-Bugs/gliches-High requirements

...computer chair all day? Maybe. Age of Conan has the potential to become next big MMORPG but at the moment it lacks some much needed diversity, and not to mention the hundreds of bugs, gliches etc., that litter the realm of Hyboria. For any who didn't know, a MMORPG is a Massively Mulitplayer Online Role Playing Game; basically this involes creating a character that adventures through a series of quests and dungeons with fellow human players. Okay, ...
... Combat This is Age of Conan's trump card. Instead of the usual auto-attacking mixed with a click of a few spells, you are put in control of every smack slash or sweep. At the core, combat consists of using one of threee attacks, Upper left, Central and Upper right. Each enemy has three defence "bars" which they place in one of the three postions. You can attack in any direction any time, but by attacking the direction with the one with the ... Read review

Advantages: Good Graphics, Fun If Fiddly Combat
Disadvantages: High System Requirments,

Age of Conan is the new Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing game from Funcom Studios, it had been in the making for years hampered by delay after delay but finally it is out to buy officially now in all good game retailers. The game is pay to play (P2P), that means that once the initial free month you get when you purchase the game, you still have to fork out another nine odd quid to continue playing. Character Customisation: Like in most ...
...up and downloading stages you get to create a character, the character creation system is very deep allowing you to tweak obvious things such as face and hair style to little tiny things to scars and marks infact if you look around no two player characters are likely to look the same, you can also change height and weight which is not usually doable in most MMORPGs. You start of the game with your newly created character when a storm smashes through ... Read review

Advantages: Can play for 2 minutes, or 2 days!
Disadvantages: Currently a lot of updates and bugs within the game.

...I was persuaded to play Age of Conan by my partner, I was not really into games, and certainly would not have considered myself to me a 'gamer'! Now, I find myself wishing away the day, waiting to get home to play Conan and chat to my on-line friends, now my Guild Members. It is very easy to find yourself completely lost within the game, and you find yourself really becoming your chosen character and it doesn't seem like a roleplaying game anymore, ...
...play with friends, as you can team up for most parts of the game, and if playing alone, there will always be other people on-line that will want to involve you. The sound and graphics are absolutley amazing and I would now find myself at a completely loose end if it came to an end! It is supposed to be an aduly-only game, but it is obvious by the chat lines that there are some younger players. The PVP option is great, but it can sometimes ruin ... Read review

Advantages: excellent graphic quality, great new battle system
Disadvantages: A bit buggy, but it's early days

...our time, is now pointless. Age of Conan:Hyborian Adventures adds breathtaking graphics, innovative real-time gameplay and massive guild-city seiges, Giving Massively Multiplayer a whole new meaning. Oh, and blood, lots and lots of blood. You start as a slave from a wrecked galley ship seeking freedom and information of your past life in a small city called tortage. An old man helps you on your way and you soon find yourself hacking, slashing, shooting ...
...trees to empower themselves even more. Age of Conan iis perfect for any MMO player who is either looking for a change from the usual (That's right, World of Warcraft) or even just starting to game. A must have for any gamer, as long as they're not too squemish. ... Read review