Age of Conan - PC

[Balkey]

Anyone anticipating this game release?!?!?! Since I'm not a WoW freak and Vanguard fell through hard, I've been looking for a new MMORPG to sink into and Age of Conan looks good as of right now.

Anyone else gonna try it out when it comes out supposedly in March?

MMO's I've played: Guild Wars, Shadowbane, WoW, Vangaurd:Saga of heroes, Vendetta Online, City of Villains

FPS I've played/play: CS, CS:S, BF2, BF2:2142,

Anyone else miss playing the Desert Combat mod of 1942? I miss it!!!!! BOOOO WHOOOOOO!!!

Balkey Reviewed by Balkey on 11-29-2007. Age of Conan - PC Anyone anticipating this game release?!?!?! Since I'm not a WoW freak and Vanguard fell through hard, I've been looking for a new MMORPG to sink into and Age of Conan looks good as of right now. Anyone else gonna try it out when it comes out supposedly in March? MMO's I've played: Guild Wars, Shadowbane, WoW, Vangaurd:Saga of heroes, Vendetta Online, City of Villains FPS I've played/play: CS, CS:S, BF2, BF2:2142, Anyone else miss playing the Desert Combat mod of 1942? I miss Rating: 5

[Gundari]

AoC looks pretty bad ass, but I'll admit that I'm really looking forward to Warhammer.
I've been a fan of the warhammer world for a while and Mythic is the one making the game...Mythic made DAoC, which in my opinion is the greatest MMO EVER made, until they went and fucked it up by releasing ToA.

[Balkey]

See, I've seen alot of trailers and shit like that about Warhammer and to be honest the game might be awesome, but the graphics aren't what I want. It looks more like WoW then what a graphic intense game should be these days. Out of my experience, Vangaurd was the closest to coming to the graphics I think games should be.

Yeah graphics isn't everything (Look at Vangaurd now lol their gameplay was horrid) BUT it wouldn't take much effort to make the game playable AND have kick ass graphics.

[snowblind]

warcraft is fucking unreal. the graphics are shit hot, but the gameplay is seriously seriously good.

dawn of war was wikid.

for the emporer !!!!!!!

[Balkey]

WoW having good graphics??!!? WoW's graphics hardly even test 128 mb video cards.

AoC will be sweetnessssss........

[Gundari]

Psht if a games solid, graphics don't mean a damn thing. As long as we're not talking like 2d.

I know you admit this...but I just strongly feel that solid gameplay trumps the crap outta graphics anyday. I mean If someone throws a game at you thats pretty as hell but the controls are cumbersome, the UI sucks, and the content is week, but on the other hand you're presented with a game with mediocre graphics but great play balance, good UI, Fluid control, and good content...which are you gonna play?

[Balkey]

Agree, I ASSUME (which is umm not too smart of me) that companies KNOW that graphics aren't everything and would concern themselves to making the game playable along with having the best looking game.

This is quite the opposite of what happens but ONE DAY, ONNNNEEEEE DAYYYYYYY there will be an MMORPG that will blow everything away because the company/companies put 110% into making it and didn't concern themselves with release date or money issues. If EVERY company released the game when it was DONE...we wouldn't need patches. PERIOD.

[Gundari]

You're always gonna need patches for content additions / updates ^^.

[n1nj4]

I've always been a huge mmorpg fan. I've played so many. Runescape, Ragnarok, Everquest, Everquest II, SWG, WoW, Asheron's Call, etc.

Back in the day, Runescape was the shit. On 56k and a shitty computer(before CS existed), it was the best thing since sliced bread. Then Ragnarok dominated, never liked Everquest much, SWG was the best game I've ever played, WoW is dying, and Asheron's Call is dead.

Honestly, mmo's aren't what they used to be. There are so many new game developers looking for change and some kind of revolution in gaming with all these next gen games coming out. That's not the right idea. Sure, I can understand making some innovative games for people that appeal to them, but what about the old rpg fans? I'll be honest with you, I loved blizzard. Starcraft, warcraft, and diablo were some of the best games I've ever played. When they announced the World of Warcraft... I was so excited. I could imagine myself playing a character in the warcraft world and follow the story of warcraft's history and mold the future. It's nothing like that. Basically, you either grind, quest, or bot to level 70 and either raid or pvp for armor sets. That's not an appealing game to me. And now that WoW has become such a big hit, all mmo's are using it as a guideline. They're not trying anything innovative. They're just making WoW knockoffs and more action or shooter type mmo's.

With that aside, I've been playing Final Fantasy XI for a little over 2 months now. I tried playing FFXI years ago and hated it. I couldn't get into it. I actually tried starting over on it twice and both were failures. This time I went into the game by picking a random server not knowing anyone or anything about the game. That was probably one of the best decisions I've made since the SWG combat upgrade was released.

Unlike most mmo's, I believe FFXI is moving in the right direction. It has a storyline. It has a point to playing. You live the life of your character in the world of Vana'diel and discover the mysteries of the world and how it became to exist and why it is corrupt. It's 5 years old and there are 4th expansion was just released. The max level has been 75 for 5 years. You want to know why? Because of the way they built the game. One character can play every job in the game. One character can do everything in the game. That allows you to actually play the game, follow the story, and do the expansion packs on one character while enjoying every aspect of the game at once. Yes, it's a difficult game. You're forced to party after about level 10. But that makes sense! If everyone is forced to party, then everyone has to party. If everyone can be any job, everyone will have all different levels to level (when I say this, I mean you can change your job at any time. Just go to your home, talk to your moogle, and change jobs.) This means that even the veteran players with 2 or 3 level 75 jobs will have lower level jobs to level as well as all the new people joining. Not only that, but the game is cross platform. You can play it on PC, Xbox 360, or PS2 on the same servers. And it's multi lingual. People play on the same servers from America, Europe, and Japan. This allows 3 different prime times for the 3 different time zones. Therefore there are always tons players online! They speak a different language you say, there is an auto translate feature! You can auto translate every word that you need to communicate with someone in the game. It's brilliant. Not only that, but the game is absolutely beautiful. It's 5 years old, and yet it still has beauty. The designers are actual artists. The music glows with emotion. Have you ever played a final fantasy game? If you have, I'm sure you'll understand.

I'm done ranting. I hope you enjoy Age of Conan when it's released. Take it easy man.

[snowblind]

WoW having good graphics??!!? WoW's graphics hardly even test 128 mb video cards.

AoC will be sweetnessssss........

dawn of war. WOW is wank.