Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Collector's Edition
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Based on the events and characters of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian stories, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is a fantasy themed massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that immerses players in a dark, expansive universe filled with ground-breaking brutal combat, dangerously intoxicating magical abilities, and the social and cooperative game features that MMORPG players crave.The MMORPG finally maturesA troubled King Conan on his throne. View larger.Test your metal… Product details and pricing info |
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55 Customer Reviews Posted
- Great game!!
- Lots of action and adventure in this quest-based MMPORG. Graphics and animations are amazing!! Beautiful scenery.
- 2008-07-04, 0 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great Game
- I swore off of MMO's after everyone jumped ship from Star Wars Galaxies. I have been following this game from the beginning and decided to give it a try. I personally love it. The combat system is awesome.
- 2008-06-29, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Sad, So much promise...
- I bought the collector's edition and if you do too, you can have the enjoyment of not playing the game like I did. Don't get me wrong here, the game plays after a very lengthy scan of the local data files. But all those "in-game" exclusives aren't on your character. You'll hit the [...] wesite and find that there aren't any useful support options. I recommend you do what I did and Google your problem. With any luck you'll stumble across some 3rd party message board where you'll find a post about the "/claim" command that gives your character these items.
Sadly, the support infastructure is soooo bad on this MMO, that you'll spend a lot more time trying to fix stuff and looking up solutions then you will playing the actual game. The forums for the game do exist, but there hidden in the subpages of AgeOfConan [...]... good luck. It's like a quest in itself.
Now I haven't even touched on how buggy half the game content is, and how broken the classes are. These aren't unique problems, like a bugged quest here or there. That kind of stuff is expected, no MMO escapes that. But this is a whole new level of bugs. For example, it is quite noted that the assassin's hide spell (stealth) is a 50/50 hit and miss affair. When I say hit and miss, I mean, you'll get all the fancy annimation and to the player you'll look hidden. The annoying fact, comes when you realize that the MOBS didn't get the memo...
"Dear Facemelting MOBs,
Yes all 5 of you, please note that player "RogueGinsuDeath200" is stealthed, please do NOT attack him unless he unstealths, or gets too close to you. He should not be detected from 6 game meters as his "Hiding" skill is maxed out. to do so would greatly embarass the game developers, and they in turn will convert all of you into neurtal NPC squirrels."
If you're stealthed, you should not be detected in the same manner that you would be if you weren't "stealthed". A rogue that can't hide, that's like having a warrior that can't swing a sword.
While this game has a lot of potential, there is NO doubt in my mind that in it's current state, it should not have been released. I'm not new to MMORPGs; you will get bugs here and there, regardless of the title/developer. But this is the first time I've seen the actual character/class set fundumentally flawed. That said, if you want to give it a shot, go for it. Who knows, maybe they'll fix it up enough to make it enjoyable.
In the meantime, here's a pointer keep the sercret "/petition" slash command written down, you'll need it to contact your GMs. - 2008-06-22, 4 of 6 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Fun, but still a bit buggy
- This is a fun game, but it's still very buggy in parts. My computer is a decent amount above the minimum but I still suffer from slowdowns at points (although nearly everyone has lag in the main city). And several graphical glitches are present although one is pleasing (boobs clipping through the shirt aren't too bad in my book). Combat system is pretty fun, though I wouldn't call it anything new (similar things have been done before).
- 2008-06-15, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Drawn Out, but fun
- Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is overall a wonderful game, it' just the first 20 levels seem like they go forever, even with the Collector's addition ring if you are not playing a class that you feel comfortable with. Plus I don't know where I can buy armor, so I can't do anything until I get heavier armor and a shield, because I'm a Blood Templar.
- 2008-06-14, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
