bit-tech News: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures

news · June 9, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a review of *Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures*.

If you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

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*Quote:

*/"It's always a painful and futile experience to try reviewing an MMO.

For instance, there are problems with credit cards and the inevitable

fact that we forget to cancel the subscriptions after the review is

done, therefore inadvertently charging a couple of hundred pounds to

company credit card.

Most of all though, the review very quickly runs out of date as the game

is constantly up[censored] and how much anyone enjoys the game is massively

dependent on the calibre of gamers they end up gaming alongside. That

means you're going to have to take any conclusions we offer with a pinch

of salt -- ok? Just so we're clear.

That said, //Age of Conan is a lot of fun once you get into it -- the

proviso mainly being that you do have to make an effort to get into and

jump over the initial few hours of boredom.

Game designers seem to be labouring under the impression at the moment

that MMO games as a genre have only one aim; to topple //World of

Warcraft as Lord of the Pings. To do this, they seem to think that you

need a certain gimmick or hook -- PvR gameplay or genre blending MMOFPS

action for instance. So far, that tactic doesn't seem to be doing to

well -- so it's refreshing to see that //Age of Conan bucks the trend

and instead focuses on creating just a solid and persistent world to

play in.

//Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures doesn't bring anything hugely new to

the table and the only real gimmicks it has going for it are the

franchise behind it all and the fact that you can't take two steps

without faceplanting into the second biggest pair of boobs you're ever

likely to see. It's a fun and accessible RPG though, and on that front

it can't be faulted."/

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*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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