Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

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

...Until 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, it actually feels real! It is a great game to 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...

cacole 16.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC)

Age Of Conan 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 games of this nature once you pass all the signing 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...

Adam32232 30.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC)

Age of Conan! First Ciao Review.

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

...::INTRODUCTION:: So here we 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 are a couple of setbacks that maybe should of kept it in development for a couple more months, but what i can say is that the public are submitting anything they find to funcom to make sure anyone new or unsure can jump in a few months down the line and have a fantastic gaming experience. Now what I will say is that I never used to be a fan of MMORPG's i...

kebza 27.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC)

The Age of Conan hasn't quite begun

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

...Is this what the online community has eagerly been anticipating? A serious contender to Blizzard's hugely succesful World of Warcraft? Are you going to be sat at your 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, it's more varied than that, but you get the picture. So if you're pondering whether to buy this game or not, hopefully this review will help ease the decision. Let's get down to the basics. Storyline Where would any...

Sheepster76 20.06.2008 · Read review
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Advantages: fast pace stories, lots of action and romance
Disadvantages: none

... The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle INTRO The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective. It follows the novel "The Sign of Four" (which I already reviewed) and it is the first work on Holmes which has been written in the form of short stories. From what I could gather online, I can tell you that they were originally published as single stories in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The book was published in England on October 14, 1892 by George Newnes Ltd and in a US Edition on October 15 by Harper. The initial combined print run was 14,500 copies. The book was banned in the Soviet Union in 1929 for occultism, although the book shows few to no signs of such material. Later, the embargo was lifted...

EVIT 01.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

Conan the repeater

Advantages: It can be quite funny (without intent) in places
Disadvantages: Too much of the original movie is reused

...This must have been filmed very quickly after the first film. Both Grace Jones and Arnold have got almost nothing to say, the lines seem to have been passed to those who could speak them more clearly. Despite being a sequal theres no real continuity with the first movie other than its still Arnold playing Conan and that clearly a little bit of time has passed since the end of the first movie. Basically the plot is this:- Conan doing a favour to try & retrieve a magical gem and get his lover brought back to life which devolves into a rescue movie as only 1 person can touch the gem and Conan has to get her back from the evil wizard who actually has the magical gem they've gone to steal which is rather handy as it kills 2 birds with 1 stone. The film recycles music from the original (the stuff used during the snake cult which is reused...

atytyut2434 12.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Conan The Destroyer (DVD)

Conan goes on the hunt again

Advantages: Great scenery, Arnie's English improves slightly
Disadvantages: Lacks the brutal punch of Conan

...Following the success of Conan the Barbarian in 1982, 1984 saw the sequel, Conan the Destroyer, with Arnold Schwarzenegger once again taking the lead role. The film was toned down a little to attract wider and younger audiences than Barbarian did, and it was released in the same year as Terminator, which is perhaps Arnie's most famous role. The Plot Queen taramis summons legendary fighter Conan to her in order to send him to retrieve a special gem and a magic horn that will give life back to the God Dagoth. Conan leads a band of adventurers on the quest, and encounters his old friend Akiro the wizard as well as some other friends and foes. Wondering whether the rebirth of Dagoth is a good idea or not, his troop put their lives ont he line for their quest, for in return, Taramis has promised to resurrect Conan's dead lover, Valeria...

pmcds 09.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Conan The Destroyer (DVD)

Arnie's breakthrough as Conan

Advantages: Great atmosphere throughout the film
Disadvantages: Quite simple, not a lot of dialogue from the star

...In 1982, internationally celebrated strongman and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger burst onto the big screen with his portrayal as the title role in Conan The Barbarian, a film directed by John Milius. Arnie, as he has become better known, had appeared in a few films already, but this is considered to be his breakthrough film. The Plot As a child, Conan witnesses the vicious killings of his family and clansmen at the hands of a vicious warlord who is controlling of his people and of all the land, Thulsa Doom. Years later, following a childhood of slavery, Conan finds himself as a champion gladiator, and sets his life to finding Doom and exacting his revenge. He teams up with Valeria and Subotai, two thieves, in taking on Doom, his lieutenants and his fearsome warriors, the Vanir, with the blessing and aid of King Osric...

pmcds 07.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Conan The Barbarian (Special Edition) (DVD)

Conan: A musical analysis of Conan the Barbarian

Advantages: A mind blowing Classic of the highest order.
Disadvantages: There simply is none, if less than perfect sound quality doesn't bother you.

..."Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aries, there was an age undreamed of. And on to this? Conan, destined to bear the jeweled crown of Aqualonia upon a troubled brow. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!" INTRODUCTION The 1980's proved to be very blossoming for adventure/fantasy films, also known as "sword & sorcery" epics, in Hollywood. In the wake of futuristic space age adventures (spear-headed by Star Wars), many filmmakers started creating films that took place in ancient times during the Middle Ages, or in rough fantasy enviroments not of this Earth, while struggling to make them seem authentic and believable. By the late 1980s this phase would begin tiring itself out due to over-exposure of one epic after...

berlioz 19.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of Conan The Barbarian - Original Soundtrack

conan the destroyed

Advantages: conan retunns in his usual bad mood
Disadvantages: special effects

...The follow up to the successful Conan the Barbarian was not quite what I thought it would be. Made in 1984 the story line revolves around another Conan adventure which the evil Queen Tamaris has sent him on to retrieve a sacred horn that will summon a god and in return the queen will resurrect Conans lost love who died in the Conan the Barbarian. Destroyer is directed by Richard Fleischer and Arnie plays the muscle-bound man with no pants again and the funny little wizard guy Akiro is also back, he is played by Mako. An even thinner and more pathetic looking guy replaces his thief friend Malek, who is played by a guy named Tracey Walter (certainly a fitting name for the character). On top of this travelling band is a woman warrior Zula (played by Grace Jones) whom Conan saves from slavery. The evil Queen Tamaris is played by Sarah...

chew.barker 16.02.2002 (05.03.2002) · Read review
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