Video Games : Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

Rating: - Do not purchase
This game is horribly imbalanced. The graphics are so-so, I expected more. PvE is a joke as hate generation is based on who does the most dmg, not generated via skills. PvP is also a joke b/c classes are imbalanced and several classes have skills that don't even function in pvp or past lvl 10.

Questing is chaotic, spontaneous, irregular, inconvenient, a mess. Monster spawn is everything I've said about questing. The crafting system is horrible and does not lend to player trading except with trading materials...which everyone has access to gathering. Player economy is strange and very basic--it does not feel like much thought went into trade and social interactions other than PvP.

Money gains via questing are not equal to level. So, if you're a new character saving up for your first mount (available at lvl 40) You will have about 1/6 of what you need in order to buy that mount by level 40. Because player trading and the "AH" are not a great functioning system, it's unlikely you'll get a mount until you are in the mid 50's.

Overall, I give this game a very low rating. It feels like it was put together with very little thought and organization. And this game is not readily available to all players as the requirements to run the game are steep.

Save your money for something better.

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Rating: - Not my thing
This game is fun, but not $15 a month fun. I'd like to play it here or there in my free time, but that's not enough to pay, so I'm not going to play beyond the initial 30 days that they give you.

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Rating: - Conan Hyborian Adventures is a hit
I find it hard not to give a five star-rating for this product. There are reasons to rate it lower, yes, such as the fact that the launch was not smooth, there were and still are many glitches with the game, and there were promises not fulfilled (directX 10).

But there is so much more to this game than your regular MMO that originality and ingenuity alone makes this game a five-star. The combat system is incredible. The realism of models, scenes, textures and animation makes you feel totally immersed. The label rated "M for Mature" is extremely attractive for adults. The world has great and established content. The classes are balanced and unique.

The list goes on and on. People tend to judge things for what they are, but they miss the point of what they can be. There is an enormous potential with Age of Conan. Funcom has put so much effort in making this game graphically appealing and at the same time open-ended that it's no wonder AoC is a hit and will eventually replace the likes of WoW, LOTR and SWG.

If you are looking for the next step in the MMO evolutionary scale, this is the game for you.

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Rating: - This game had great potential but appears to be all hype
I really gave this game a shot even with all the usual problems you can expect for a game at launch. 2 months in and they are still sending out patches that break many more things than they fix. Performance is a major problem for me and I have a custom built machine that is only 3 months old. My main problems continued to be the constant disconnects, crashes to desktop, memory leaks, horrid customer service petition system, high latency due to east coast only servers. I am very disappointed with this game and will avoid funcom products in the future.

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Rating: - Awesome game.
Ground breaking is all I can say about AoC. The combat is no longer a snore and bore fest. The graphics are amazing. Anyone who complains about this game has not read any of Robert Howards works. I find it amazing to see places in game that I have read about through Howard's Conan stories. A definite good time is to be had with this one.