Age of Conan

[Ultimate_Superman]

Who is getting this game???

I know I am I've been waiting for a Conan game like City of Heroes for years now and can't wait till this comes out. It sucks that you can't team up till your a level 20 but I proably will go out on my own anyways but this game is shaping up to look great.

http://www.ageofconan.com/conan/en/index.html

[WhatsHisFace]

I'd get it if it weren't an MMO.

[Philly Phanboy]

I'd get it if it weren't an MMO.

I've tried two MMO's and the lag was ridiculous. :o

They really should have reconsidered their online only strategy and put out a free form Conan themed fantasy game similar to Oblivion. Haven't WoW, Star Wars Galaxies and D&D:Stormreach pretty much claimed the monopoly of online fantasy gamers anyhow?

[Prognosticator]

I'm not much of a gamer and this sounds awesome to me!

[Ahura Mazda]

Sounds interesting, I want to get it.

[WhatsHisFace]

I've tried two MMO's and the lag was ridiculous. :o

They really should have reconsidered their online only strategy and put out a free form Conan themed fantasy game similar to Oblivion. Haven't WoW, Star Wars Galaxies and D&D:Stormreach pretty much claimed the monopoly of online fantasy gamers anyhow?
Seriously, with 6 million people playing WoW, how can you expect to get anyone else with an MMO that's probably not as good?

This is why games fail.

[Zenien]

I hope it's good, I love the world of Conan (avid reader of the new series, I collect it in trade format). A lot of their ideas like actual momentum based damage is really cool.

[WhatsHisFace]

What do you know about cool?

[Prognosticator]

I have questions about AoC:

When does it officially come out?
How many can play at once?
What systems is it for?
Do you also play it online?
How have the reviews been thus far?

[Ultimate_Superman]

It comes out sometime next year.

You play by yourself building up your person till your a level 20 then you can play with as many people you want. (Although you can interact with other players in cities and all but can't team up till level 20)

It is for PC

Yes you have to play it online

The reviews for this game is they are holding it as the best MMO since WOW

[Speedball]

I'd get this game if my computer could handle it. It looks absolutely amazing. I had trouble believing this was an MMO.
Why don't they make it for the 360? More people would buy it because the system would be able to handle it and no one would have to worry that their computer sucked.
And with the mouse and keyboard on the way, why not?

[Zenien]

What do you know about cool?

More than you.

[Shon]

I will play this for sure. Conan is one of the coolest characters ever.

[SouLeSS]

It reminds me of those games that look so damn good, and then they come out and you're like "wow, this game is actually pretty bad".

Kinda like L2, L&D, D&D:Stormreach...

[Darkfloyd]

They should have just made a Conan oblivion or Dark Messiah style game

[El Santo]

Confirmed for Xbox360 :D :up:

http://www.totally360.com/gameinfo.php?gameid=248&details=news&newsid=1220&PHPSESSID=4a3d25defac5eb516364a04adf561de9

Zenien: Come to GR, woman :mad:

[Speedball]

Found it on IGN too.
Now I might get this game.

[Ultimate_Superman]

The web site has up dated.

[Super_Child]

Well its been pushed back to October this year :( What a blow to my mental state that craves this game. Oh well I guess it gives them more time to make the game better.

[dpm07]

I just signed up for the Beta Testing for this game. If I get selected to play it I'll keep people posted here as to what it's like.

[Ultimate_Superman]

Good but one question are you part of the Clan of Conan because you have to be apart of that to do the beta testing. Its free to join though.

[dpm07]

Good but one question are you part of the Clan of Conan because you have to be apart of that to do the beta testing. Its free to join though.

Yep. I'm a part of the Clan of Conan.

[saginaw]

Gonna be awesome........

[Shon]

is this out yet? anyone know about Red Nails as well?

[Ultimate_Superman]

The game comes out Oct 30th. Red Nails I don't know about.

[Shon]

The game comes out Oct 30th. Red Nails I don't know about.


Red Nails just seems to have fallen off of the radar.

[Ultimate_Superman]

The Age of Conan is almost upon you

http://www.ageofconan.com

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/images/Bonus/647263LG.jpg

[kez1984]

Few vids of a guy checking out the diffrent classes during the pvp beta weekend



http://www.youtube.com/user/keenandgraev

[Ultimate_Superman]

http://www.myconfinedspace.com/watermark.php?src=wp-content/uploads/2007/04/mother-of-god-super-troopers.jpg


I can not wait for this game. I already pre-ordered it.

[kez1984]

The Age of Conan is almost upon you

http://www.ageofconan.com

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/images/Bonus/647263LG.jpg

Dam, I wish I got that, only pre-ordered that standard edition.

[Ultimate_Superman]

Did you download the Beta yet? I just downloaded mines last night.

[kez1984]

Nope.
Whats the performance like? Is it as demanding as people have made out?

[Ultimate_Superman]

You can't log into the Beta yet until this Friday or Saturday but once you log in you an play all the way up to the release date and you get to keep the person you created.

[kez1984]

Probably just hold off till retail.

[kez1984]

Spellweaving looks pretty dam cool.

K8yMNmhChOY

[Ultimate_Superman]

This game kicks so much ass. It is truly a fun game to play and really puts you into the world of Conan. I am loving it.

[Raiden]

Does AoC really has blood, gore, and even some T&A from the rumors I heard?

[Ultimate_Superman]

yes it does. When you fight you see blood flying from the other person if you have a sword or use your club to hit them in the face. As far as the T&A go there is plenty of that; one woman who you save at the start of the game offers herself to you after saving her and helping her get back to her city. You just have to find her house in that city once you get there.

[kez1984]

What class are you playing as?
When retail comes for me on 23'd gona play as Priest of Mitra, is that the main healer class? There seemed to be alot of people with healing capability's.

[Ultimate_Superman]

Right now I am a Cimmerian and my class is a Barbarian but there are a lot of other races and classes out there. Once you reach level 5 thats when you can start to interact with other online players in the game. I have met a few healers and they are cool as well as the priest. Right now they claim to have already one million players on the demo and that number will only grow once it is released on the 20th. The only problem right now with the game is the lag. Because they are working out all the bugs while you play. But I will also say this this game is not for older computers, this game has a lot of graphics and you will need a good video card and at least 1 GB of ram to play this game with out a long wait as far as lag goes. That is why I fished my custom built PC before this game was released. The only question I have is when this game comes out for 360 can I still play as my person and still be on the same server or will all that change.

[kez1984]

I wonder how well this will sell on the xbox.

[Raiden]

yes it does. When you fight you see blood flying from the other person if you have a sword or use your club to hit them in the face. As far as the T&A go there is plenty of that; one woman who you save at the start of the game offers herself to you after saving her and helping her get back to her city. You just have to find her house in that city once you get there.

Thanks. As a WOW player since it's debut, I do admit that I'm very intrigued by the game. I'm pretty sure my computer can run it, but since my playing time is limited if this game is too demanding I might have to give it a pass. Both AoC and WAR look to be formidable competition against WOW, and that's good because we need more competition to make everyone better.

[Ultimate_Superman]

It should sell pretty well if people from the XBox 360 and PC can work together and still long on with their same players from either or.

[Ultimate_Superman]

Thanks. As a WOW player since it's debut, I do admit that I'm very intrigued by the game. I'm pretty sure my computer can run it, but since my playing time is limited if this game is too demanding I might have to give it a pass. Both AoC and WAR look to be formidable competition against WOW, and that's good because we need more competition to make everyone better.It is not to demanding it is like playing WOW or COH the only thing I would suggest is much like WOW get a book that tells you where things are located because you can get lost pretty fast or forget where you are suppose to go with out it now and then.

[Raiden]

It is not to demanding it is like playing WOW or COH the only thing I would suggest is much like WOW get a book that tells you where things are located because you can get lost pretty fast or forget where you are suppose to go with out it now and then.

If "casuals" like me who works 40 hours a week and have a family & kid can play it, then I may give it a shot. I will wait until the lag problem is addressed first though; it's no fun when the game lags down to a drag.

[Ultimate_Superman]

yea I am pretty much like you because since I work 40 hrs a week and have a family I can only play early in the morning before my wife and the baby get up and maybe late at night or when I have free time to myself and this game provides for people like that. That is why I liked COH so much because I can complete a mission within 30 min to 45 min and that is how AOC is. It also has markers for those who leave the game for a while and return so you can find your way back to the mission or point of contact if you turn them on which is a huge plus. The lag thing is a problem but they have said it should be fixed before the world wide launch (tomorrow).

[Raiden]

yea I am pretty much like you because since I work 40 hrs a week and have a family I can only play early in the morning before my wife and the baby get up and maybe late at night or when I have free time to myself and this game provides for people like that. That is why I liked COH so much because I can complete a mission within 30 min to 45 min and that is how AOC is. It also has markers for those who leave the game for a while and return so you can find your way back to the mission or point of contact if you turn them on which is a huge plus. The lag thing is a problem but they have said it should be fixed before the world wide launch (tomorrow).

Thanks, your story is very helpful, and before I didn't think I'd get into AoC but now I'm seriously contemplating it. I just wish that it has came out a couple of years ago; I'd have alot of time to play it to the fullest back then.

[kez1984]

I wonder what frank frazetta would make of this game. It looks like animated versions of his paintings. It's good to see this rather than overused anime style.

[BizarroAids]

I've only heard a little about this game...I mean as far as details. I'm a huge fan of Conan in general and I loved CoH...will I like this game?

When does it come out?? Isn't it for the 360 as well?:huh:

[Ultimate_Superman]

It goes live today for the rest of the world. Its not like COH because it is more mature and as you go along you determine how your player's story will go. I mean if you kill another player in PVP mode they can put a reward out for your death or the person you kill would get more points or whatever if they hunt you down and kill you them self. You can also raid towns and take everything they have and how you talk to your contacts determine how friendly and helpful they are. Also you can have drunken bar fights which is always fun.

It is coming out for the 360 (between August and October) but it is unknown if you can link up with people playing on their PC

[kez1984]

Comes out 23'd here. :cmad:

[Raiden]

I saw some of the screenshots of AoC at Gamespot, and I must say the graphics are nice and the characters are very detailed and has an artistic look that Everquest 2 lacks. Right now I'm staying with WoW but I'm definitely tempted.

[kez1984]

Wow...this game is really impressive from first impressions, it's like an mmo inside a single player game, npc's aren't static like other mmo's. The character creation is blast, it's alot like oblivions, so if you want, you wont see your twin brother all the time. The UI is abit crap atm, hopefully they fix it.

[Raiden]

Wow...this game is really impressive from first impressions, it's like an mmo inside a single player game, npc's aren't static like other mmo's. The character creation is blast, it's alot like oblivions, so if you want, you wont see your twin brother all the time. The UI is abit crap atm, hopefully they fix it.

Yeah, character creation has to be one of WOW's weakest feature, because it's hard not to see your twins (or triplets) when you are inside cities like Shattath. From the screenshots, it looks like you can have alot of freedom creating the facial features of your characters, and that is quite impressive.

[kez1984]

The soundtrack in the game is pretty awesome, it sounds more like a movie soundtrack than games. Really do hope they fix the UI though, from playing a few hours, it's hampering the game more than it should, hopefully enough people will complain.

[Raiden]

The soundtrack in the game is pretty awesome, it sounds more like a movie soundtrack than games. Really do hope they fix the UI though, from playing a few hours, it's hampering the game more than it should, hopefully enough people will complain.

Does AoC allow custom UI like WOW?

[kez1984]

Dono.

[Philly Phanboy]

It goes live today for the rest of the world. Its not like COH because it is more mature and as you go along you determine how your player's story will go. I mean if you kill another player in PVP mode they can put a reward out for your death or the person you kill would get more points or whatever if they hunt you down and kill you them self. You can also raid towns and take everything they have and how you talk to your contacts determine how friendly and helpful they are. Also you can have drunken bar fights which is always fun.

It is coming out for the 360 (between August and October) but it is unknown if you can link up with people playing on their PC

I'll probably give it a try once it comes out for the 360. :word:

[kez1984]

First couple of reviews up

http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r26352.htm
http://gamereactor.no/anmeldelser/113707/Age+of+Conan%3A+Hyborian+Adventures/
http://www.gamersnet.nl/reviews/age_of_conan_hyborian_adventures/

[kez1984]

I'll probably give it a try once it comes out for the 360. :word:

Apparently the pc users and 360 users will be sharing servers.




http://www.videogamer.com/pc/age_of_conan/preview-937-3.html


When will the Xbox 360 version coming out?
JT: Next year. When we launch we are splitting up into three. We have been working on the Xbox for a long time actually. But as we hit the last six months we were like, let's focus on the PC version. That's where we know the market is. We're trailing about a year. No longer than a year. As soon as we launch, stabilise and have everything up and running, all the systems going, we're going to have the live team fixing stuff, speaking with the players, what do you guys want? We have the expansion pack team and then we have an Xbox team. But we're pretty much Guinea pigging our way into the Xbox, just like Microsoft is. We are exploring frontiers on how to deal with the consoles and online games.

Any ideas how it might be different?

JT: It will be the same essence and the same experience. We want for the people who want to do it, we want them to be able to play with their PC friends if they like to. It's not a force thing but we would like that to happen. But obviously the control mechanism, the communication, all this is stuff we are solving on a daily basis. The patching, the install, the footprint, the payment, the servers, the customer service... it's a challenge. But we will get there eventually.


But you intend for it to come out max a year after the PC version?
JT: Yeah, maximum a year. But I don't feel comfortable about promising a date. We've been promising quite a few dates on this one. But you know things happen.

[SouLeSS]

ugh, my rig can bearly handle this game. ****ty,

[kez1984]

http://ferv0r.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/increasing-your-performanceframerate-in-age-of-conan/

Yea, it's a system hog unless you lower the settings or have a pretty decent machine, if you not past level 20 yet, get ready for even lower frames when you leave noob Island. It will be interesting to see the xbox version.

I got a weird problem until I updated my drivers.

[kez1984]

Here's something someone posted on the AoC forum, oddly, it does seem to work.:huh:

"Go to Video Options. Click High I don't care if your computer sucks. Click it and shut up. Go to the Advanced Tab. Disable shadows completely. If you are on a laptop, scroll down to the system texture cache bar and maximize it. Click Apply, then OK There is a bug that causes low settings to actually produce worse FPS than high settings. With the shadows disabled, you can actually play better on high settings than low"

Even on my other comp, with all setting and shadows/textures very low or off, with only bloom and Pixel shader 3 on, the game still looks pretty good. The main frame killer is shadows.

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/2954/hjkhjoh8.jpg

[Carcharodon]

I want this game now. Might be my new investment, heh. Maybe somebody's already mentioned this, but is this a pay-to-play?

EDIT: Ah damnit, it is. :csad:

[kez1984]

I'd hold off a few months until they fix it properly.

[kez1984]

wrong thread-

[kez1984]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

http://www.blizzplanet.com/coppermine/albums/WOW/Wow_Test/4-09-05/WoWScrnShot_040905_113413.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7627/gfhfghfhyo4.jpg

[Raiden]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

http://www.blizzplanet.com/coppermine/albums/WOW/Wow_Test/4-09-05/WoWScrnShot_040905_113413.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7627/gfhfghfhyo4.jpg

This is what they called nudity? :csad:

[kez1984]

I turned it off.
You only get nipples, no vagina. Unless theres player with there armor off jerking off to there char, chances are you wont see much.
Fatality's are pretty cool though, especially satisfying in pvp.



http://i32.tinypic.com/b6v7f9.png

[Raiden]

I turned it off.
You only get nipples, no vagina. Unless theres player with there armor off jerking off to there char, chances are you wont see much.
Fatality's are pretty cool though, especially satisfying in pvp.



http://i32.tinypic.com/b6v7f9.png

Wow, fatality is pretty cool, and it's too bad WOW doesn't have this.

I'll wait a few more months before I make my decision whether to go AOC, stay with WOW, or wait for WAR. I can only play one MMO at a time, and I really want to get my tauren druid to 70. Just don't have the time to play that many games.

[kez1984]

Waiting a few months would be a good idea, hopefully by then they will have refined it with patches like they did with wow over it's lifetime.

[Philly Phanboy]

Apparently the pc users and 360 users will be sharing servers.




http://www.videogamer.com/pc/age_of_conan/preview-937-3.html


When will the Xbox 360 version coming out?
JT: Next year. When we launch we are splitting up into three. We have been working on the Xbox for a long time actually. But as we hit the last six months we were like, let's focus on the PC version. That's where we know the market is. We're trailing about a year. No longer than a year. As soon as we launch, stabilise and have everything up and running, all the systems going, we're going to have the live team fixing stuff, speaking with the players, what do you guys want? We have the expansion pack team and then we have an Xbox team. But we're pretty much Guinea pigging our way into the Xbox, just like Microsoft is. We are exploring frontiers on how to deal with the consoles and online games.

Any ideas how it might be different?

JT: It will be the same essence and the same experience. We want for the people who want to do it, we want them to be able to play with their PC friends if they like to. It's not a force thing but we would like that to happen. But obviously the control mechanism, the communication, all this is stuff we are solving on a daily basis. The patching, the install, the footprint, the payment, the servers, the customer service... it's a challenge. But we will get there eventually.


But you intend for it to come out max a year after the PC version?
JT: Yeah, maximum a year. But I don't feel comfortable about promising a date. We've been promising quite a few dates on this one. But you know things happen.

Next year? Boooo! :cmad:

Warhammer will be out before then so I guess I'll take a pass on AOC.

[kez1984]

Yea, the DAOC team are good, but I'm not really liking the art direction and it looks very much graphically dated.
I'm abit confused as to how console users and pc users will communicate with each along with IU if these will be running on gamepads.

[Ultimate_Superman]

This game is probably the best game out there right now. It has a great use of Conan lore and it has great game play. It also really has a great in depth story as well were you can be the good guy or bad guy or the man who walks that fine line.

[Philly Phanboy]

Funcom has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter, revealing an operating loss of USD 23.3 million, caused by a depreciation of USD 22.8 million due to the lagging performance of Age of Conan.

The poor performance is compounded by the announcement that the company's chief financial officer, Olav Sandnes, has resigned from the position.

"Funcom is a company with a substantial potential based on a unique combination of skill sets in a fast growing global market. I wish Trond Aas and the rest of the organisation all the best in realising the full potential of the company," commented Sandnes.


source (http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/191/view/news/read/13068/Funcom-CFO-Resigns.html)

It seems the new MMO's are having a rough time. Warhammer just laid off a pile of people earlier this month and now this news. Not being able to maintain a subscriber base is the kiss of death for MMO's. Can MMO's apply for a federal bailout? :hehe:

[Cosmic]

Is anybody here still playing this? How is it?

[Cosmic]

I bought this yesterday. I did some reading on it, and it sounds like they've gone a long way towards fixing some of the technical problems they were having after launch. I went for the digital download. It only cost me $20, but it's 15 GB worth of files. It should be close to finishing up around the time I get off from work...

[Philly Phanboy]

I just read that in May's edition of Online Gamer magazine they included the full retail copy of Age of Conan along with giving you 30 days worth of trial membership. :wow:

If you ever wanted to give AoC a shot, here's your chance.

Using May's Online Gamer issue you can actually get a total of 37 days of free AoC. Sign up for their 7 day trial promotion and after your 7 day trial is up just enter the 30 day membership code that comes with the magazine.

Going looking for a copy of that mag tonight. :up: