So I hear there will be different buffs for different sexual positions, is that correct? J/K by the way...but wouldn't that be funny!?! Examples: "Strength of the Wolf" +10 to strength = Doggy Style "Godly Health" 15% health regeneration = Missionary Position "Endurance of the Snake" 25% bonus to movement = a blowjo...well you get my point. LOL, sorry I got too much time on my hands this morning.
So I hear there will be different buffs for different sexual positions, is that correct? J/K by the way...but wouldn't that be funny!?! Examples: "Strength of the Wolf" +10 to strength = Doggy Style "Godly Health" 15% health regeneration = Missionary Position "Endurance of the Snake" 25% bonus to movement = a blowjo...well you get my point. LOL, sorry I got too much time on my hands this morning.
I was just thinking that...LOL...nice one, kudos
Thank you for your support. I try hard to lower the maturity levels here at MMORPG. It's a rough job, but someone has to do it.
If they want to preach realism they need to add some STD's in there. VD Debuffs anyone?
Humm please do tell exactly which Conan book does Conan get aids or any STD in? No Really? I mean the game is ...
(A) Fantasy Game, comon say it again F A N T A S Y.
(B) Funcom has stated they are setting the game in the the Hyborian world not in the real world.
Haha so what next we really should remove all dragons, and magic / mythical creatures, spells / weapons etc because they don't happen in our REAL world.
Most people as I see it play these games to get away from the real world just a bit. The real world facts weither it be that one has a dull and boring job, or that yes we all are gonna die someday (some sooner then later) and yes everyones getting older (uglier, weaker, more decrepit with that aging) etc
Its the reality police here that can't see the difference between reality and a fantasy game that really scares me. And please don't use that tired line of "oh no it may cause people to think sex is safe in the real world", because if your gonna pull that card you better damn sure back it up with you also believe that people who kill monsters with swords are also likely to go gut their neighbors with one etc.
Anyone thats says oh yes violence in a fantasy game is ok and cool but sex in a fantasy game is evil is a hypocrit.
I mean Jeez really did any of you object that your Hero character in Kotor didn't get aids, or Jade empire, or balders gate 2 or Fallout or NWN etc etc etc. You all act like sex in vidios games is new. Did you all really just start playing video games last year? If so please go back to WoW.. Oh wait thats right you can see characters emoting sexual stuff next to the mail boxes in town almost any/every week.
I have to say this is a good marketing strategy to reel in the Teenagers.
Do you reallty think teenagers are that hard up that they want to pay a pixel figure some coins watch the screen go blank, and come back with a buff? Umm you have heard about the internet haven't you? Any teen smart enough to type the word sex in a search engine can get tons of nude pics for free without having to ask mom or dad if its ok to buy the game.
Really do you think before you type or are you just that new to the internet, and don't remember being a teenager yourself? (Most teenagers are much smarter with technology, and the internet then the average adult.)
If they want to preach realism they need to add some STD's in there. VD Debuffs anyone?
Humm please do tell exactly which Conan book does Conan get aids or any STD in? No Really? I mean the game is ...
(A) Fantasy Game, comon say it again F A N T A S Y.
(B) Funcom has stated they are setting the game in the the Hyborian world not in the real world.
Haha so what next we really should remove all dragons, and magic / mythical creatures, spells / weapons etc because they don't happen in our REAL world.
Most people as I see it play these games to get away from the real world just a bit. The real world facts weither it be that one has a dull and boring job, or that yes we all are gonna die someday (some sooner then later) and yes everyones getting older (uglier, weaker, more decrepit with that aging) etc
Its the reality police here that can't see the difference between reality and a fantasy game that really scares me. And please don't use that tired line of "oh no it may cause people to think sex is safe in the real world", because if your gonna pull that card you better damn sure back it up with you also believe that people who kill monsters with swords are also likely to go gut their neighbors with one etc.
Anyone thats says oh yes violence in a fantasy game is ok and cool but sex in a fantasy game is evil is a hypocrit.
I mean Jeez really did any of you object that your Hero character in Kotor didn't get aids, or Jade empire, or balders gate 2 or Fallout or NWN etc etc etc. You all act like sex in vidios games is new. Did you all really just start playing video games last year? If so please go back to WoW.. Oh wait thats right you can see characters emoting sexual stuff next to the mail boxes in town almost any/every week.
I don't remember this ever happening to Conan, but I distinctly remember King Kull getting a scorching case of herpies from the Tiger Clan women .
You have to ask yourself, what does it add to the game? Sure it is in the books/comics/lore, but in those things, sex (or premise of sex) is used to enchance the storyline and atmosphere of the settings. Does going to an npc (let's say pc's can't have sex with each other for now) payign some coins, having your screen go bloack for a few seconds and getting a buff for it, add anything the the game? In fallout 2 (my faverite game =p) they didn't have nudity, but there was some off screen sex (implied) and there was a lot of use of drugs/alcohol/sex in the game. It added to the storyline and the setting of the game. If they had to make it a t rated game (I assume it's an m rated game lol) the game wouldn't be as fun as it is. But in aoc, it just seems like funcom is trying to put in a bunch of things that an m rated game can have but a t rated game can't, even though none of those thigns enchance gameplay in any way. Buckets of blood splashign out of people on every hit doesn't really enchance the game. boobies and naked mobs doesn't really make the game any better, now sex for buff =p how does it enchance the game play? The only thing aoc gets out of M rating that actually enchances gameplay is ability to cut off lbody parts, but even that is debatable (ie, can you cut off someone's arm, but they still live? or is it reserved for fatalities of srots)
It is for fatalities, and the reason they are likely doing this isn't for the gameplay aspect, but more or less the lore that the game comes with. How many stories in Conan didn't involve something getting cut off, blood, and sex? You will likely find these in more stories than not. Not everything is about gameplay. Why is there / commands in most games that have nothing to do with gameplay? It just adds something to do, and it can be used and applied in role play situations. I don't know if you have been on the official forums much, but there is an overwhelming amount of people who chose the RP server when the moderators made a poll for it. Role play may be more common in Age of Conan than in other MMORPGs.
I see what you're saying about the blood, dismemberment, and gore. And I think there should be more of it. Sex being a buff is a little too gimmicky though. It adds zero to the lore and zero to the gameplay experience.
The only reason you would put something like that in is as a gimmick. Dancing plays more of a role than sex as a buff. Being able to pay an NPC to give you some kind of buff is just a silly way to make the game mature. Having it being a hidden easter egg thing (The first level in God of War with the 2 girls comes to mind) would have been really cool and nifty. Making it a buff is meh.
(for lack of a better word.)
If this is how they're going to be using the MAture rating it's disappointing to me, because they could have used it to add more gore into the backgrounds. So far everything is lush and foresty and beautiful. There hasn't been any death or decay shown in any of the videos except for a few hanging bodies and some bodies on the ground with a bit of blood.
This is Conan. I want to see mounds of bodies that are half-decayed and rotting. I want to see finishing moves resulting in NPCs being disemboweled. Finishing moves like you'd see in Manhunt or Punisher. They need to take the environment and throw some rot, death, bodies, and just plain nastiness into it. Forget this paying for sex and virtual boobies crap.
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Originally posted by checkthis500 Originally posted by whitedelight Originally posted by evil13 You have to ask yourself, what does it add to the game? Sure it is in the books/comics/lore, but in those things, sex (or premise of sex) is used to enchance the storyline and atmosphere of the settings. Does going to an npc (let's say pc's can't have sex with each other for now) payign some coins, having your screen go bloack for a few seconds and getting a buff for it, add anything the the game? In fallout 2 (my faverite game =p) they didn't have nudity, but there was some off screen sex (implied) and there was a lot of use of drugs/alcohol/sex in the game. It added to the storyline and the setting of the game. If they had to make it a t rated game (I assume it's an m rated game lol) the game wouldn't be as fun as it is. But in aoc, it just seems like funcom is trying to put in a bunch of things that an m rated game can have but a t rated game can't, even though none of those thigns enchance gameplay in any way. Buckets of blood splashign out of people on every hit doesn't really enchance the game. boobies and naked mobs doesn't really make the game any better, now sex for buff =p how does it enchance the game play? The only thing aoc gets out of M rating that actually enchances gameplay is ability to cut off lbody parts, but even that is debatable (ie, can you cut off someone's arm, but they still live? or is it reserved for fatalities of srots)
It is for fatalities, and the reason they are likely doing this isn't for the gameplay aspect, but more or less the lore that the game comes with. How many stories in Conan didn't involve something getting cut off, blood, and sex? You will likely find these in more stories than not. Not everything is about gameplay. Why is there / commands in most games that have nothing to do with gameplay? It just adds something to do, and it can be used and applied in role play situations. I don't know if you have been on the official forums much, but there is an overwhelming amount of people who chose the RP server when the moderators made a poll for it. Role play may be more common in Age of Conan than in other MMORPGs. I see what you're saying about the blood, dismemberment, and gore. And I think there should be more of it. Sex being a buff is a little too gimmicky though. It adds zero to the lore and zero to the gameplay experience. The only reason you would put something like that in is as a gimmick. Dancing plays more of a role than sex as a buff. Being able to pay an NPC to give you some kind of buff is just a silly way to make the game mature. Having it being a hidden easter egg thing (The first level in God of War with the 2 girls comes to mind) would have been really cool and nifty. Making it a buff is meh. (for lack of a better word.) If this is how they're going to be using the MAture rating it's disappointing to me, because they could have used it to add more gore into the backgrounds. So far everything is lush and foresty and beautiful. There hasn't been any death or decay shown in any of the videos except for a few hanging bodies and some bodies on the ground with a bit of blood. This is Conan. I want to see mounds of bodies that are half-decayed and rotting. I want to see finishing moves resulting in NPCs being disemboweled. Finishing moves like you'd see in Manhunt or Punisher. They need to take the environment and throw some rot, death, bodies, and just plain nastiness into it. Forget this paying for sex and virtual boobies crap.
I agree with this completely. This is a dark world. Make it dark!
I don't think it will be too childlike or "pretty." I wouldn't worry.
"There are two great powers, and they've been fighting since time began. Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit."
John Parry, to his son Will; "The Subtle Knife," by Phillip Pullman
You have to ask yourself, what does it add to the game? Sure it is in the books/comics/lore, but in those things, sex (or premise of sex) is used to enchance the storyline and atmosphere of the settings. Does going to an npc (let's say pc's can't have sex with each other for now) payign some coins, having your screen go bloack for a few seconds and getting a buff for it, add anything the the game?
In fallout 2 (my faverite game =p) they didn't have nudity, but there was some off screen sex (implied) and there was a lot of use of drugs/alcohol/sex in the game. It added to the storyline and the setting of the game. If they had to make it a t rated game (I assume it's an m rated game lol) the game wouldn't be as fun as it is.
But in aoc, it just seems like funcom is trying to put in a bunch of things that an m rated game can have but a t rated game can't, even though none of those thigns enchance gameplay in any way. Buckets of blood splashign out of people on every hit doesn't really enchance the game. boobies and naked mobs doesn't really make the game any better, now sex for buff =p how does it enchance the game play?
The only thing aoc gets out of M rating that actually enchances gameplay is ability to cut off lbody parts, but even that is debatable (ie, can you cut off someone's arm, but they still live? or is it reserved for fatalities of srots)
It is for fatalities, and the reason they are likely doing this isn't for the gameplay aspect, but more or less the lore that the game comes with. How many stories in Conan didn't involve something getting cut off, blood, and sex? You will likely find these in more stories than not. Not everything is about gameplay. Why is there / commands in most games that have nothing to do with gameplay? It just adds something to do, and it can be used and applied in role play situations. I don't know if you have been on the official forums much, but there is an overwhelming amount of people who chose the RP server when the moderators made a poll for it. Role play may be more common in Age of Conan than in other MMORPGs.
I see what you're saying about the blood, dismemberment, and gore. And I think there should be more of it. Sex being a buff is a little too gimmicky though. It adds zero to the lore and zero to the gameplay experience.
The only reason you would put something like that in is as a gimmick. Dancing plays more of a role than sex as a buff. Being able to pay an NPC to give you some kind of buff is just a silly way to make the game mature. Having it being a hidden easter egg thing (The first level in God of War with the 2 girls comes to mind) would have been really cool and nifty. Making it a buff is meh.
(for lack of a better word.)
If this is how they're going to be using the MAture rating it's disappointing to me, because they could have used it to add more gore into the backgrounds. So far everything is lush and foresty and beautiful. There hasn't been any death or decay shown in any of the videos except for a few hanging bodies and some bodies on the ground with a bit of blood.
This is Conan. I want to see mounds of bodies that are half-decayed and rotting. I want to see finishing moves resulting in NPCs being disemboweled. Finishing moves like you'd see in Manhunt or Punisher. They need to take the environment and throw some rot, death, bodies, and just plain nastiness into it. Forget this paying for sex and virtual boobies crap.
I agree with this completely. This is a dark world. Make it dark!
I don't think it will be too childlike or "pretty." I wouldn't worry.
At the same time, how often did you every hear of mass amounts of bodies laying there dead and decaying? They already stated there are a ton of fatalities so I doubt they need to work much more on adding more new ones, we have only scene but a few. It is just something else they are adding based on lore, nothing less, nothing more. It is a gimic, and it has been a great PR tool as now tons of people visit our forums looking for information about the game now. People are making far too big of a deal over this.
At the same time, how often did you every hear of mass amounts of bodies laying there dead and decaying? They already stated there are a ton of fatalities so I doubt they need to work much more on adding more new ones, we have only scene but a few. It is just something else they are adding based on lore, nothing less, nothing more. It is a gimic, and it has been a great PR tool as now tons of people visit our forums looking for information about the game now. People are making far too big of a deal over this.
Well the deal I'm making isn't whether it's right or wrong to put sex for a buff in the game. I just think it's cheap.
We've all seen the fly-bys. They talk of the world of Conan being a dark place and very mature, but everything that they've shown us of the areas we'll be playing in are lush, tropical environments with no signs of death at all. Except of course in the few shots they showed us of some dead guys on the ground and a crow pecking at them. (This is really good)
I love the stuff like that, but when I see them showing screenshots of topless mobs, talking about the sex slaves on the ships, taking booth babes to interviews with them, and now having sex for a buff, I start to think that it's not going to be dark and gorey, it's just going to be sex-filled.
The fatalities are good, but the environment is what I'm referring to. The environment is weak when it comes to the Conan atmosphere that I've always pictured, and from the sounds of it, that everyone has pictured. They really need to work on the environment. It doesn't feel mature at all.
--------------------------------------------- I live to fight, and fight to live.
At the same time, how often did you every hear of mass amounts of bodies laying there dead and decaying? They already stated there are a ton of fatalities so I doubt they need to work much more on adding more new ones, we have only scene but a few. It is just something else they are adding based on lore, nothing less, nothing more. It is a gimic, and it has been a great PR tool as now tons of people visit our forums looking for information about the game now. People are making far too big of a deal over this.
Well the deal I'm making isn't whether it's right or wrong to put sex for a buff in the game. I just think it's cheap.
We've all seen the fly-bys. They talk of the world of Conan being a dark place and very mature, but everything that they've shown us of the areas we'll be playing in are lush, tropical environments with no signs of death at all. Except of course in the few shots they showed us of some dead guys on the ground and a crow pecking at them. (This is really good)
I love the stuff like that, but when I see them showing screenshots of topless mobs, talking about the sex slaves on the ships, taking booth babes to interviews with them, and now having sex for a buff, I start to think that it's not going to be dark and gorey, it's just going to be sex-filled.
The fatalities are good, but the environment is what I'm referring to. The environment is weak when it comes to the Conan atmosphere that I've always pictured, and from the sounds of it, that everyone has pictured. They really need to work on the environment. It doesn't feel mature at all.
Ahh, I see. For the most part though they are spot on with the descriptions of the way the lands are, but I would image what you seek will be in caves, dungeons, and places far away from your normal cities.
Some cities were bad places to be in to begin with but for the most part it wasn't as if the cities were cracked everywhere and things were burning if that is what you thought.
There truly were lush jungles and huge snowy mountains.
At the same time, how often did you every hear of mass amounts of bodies laying there dead and decaying? They already stated there are a ton of fatalities so I doubt they need to work much more on adding more new ones, we have only scene but a few. It is just something else they are adding based on lore, nothing less, nothing more. It is a gimic, and it has been a great PR tool as now tons of people visit our forums looking for information about the game now. People are making far too big of a deal over this.
Well the deal I'm making isn't whether it's right or wrong to put sex for a buff in the game. I just think it's cheap.
We've all seen the fly-bys. They talk of the world of Conan being a dark place and very mature, but everything that they've shown us of the areas we'll be playing in are lush, tropical environments with no signs of death at all. Except of course in the few shots they showed us of some dead guys on the ground and a crow pecking at them. (This is really good)
I love the stuff like that, but when I see them showing screenshots of topless mobs, talking about the sex slaves on the ships, taking booth babes to interviews with them, and now having sex for a buff, I start to think that it's not going to be dark and gorey, it's just going to be sex-filled.
The fatalities are good, but the environment is what I'm referring to. The environment is weak when it comes to the Conan atmosphere that I've always pictured, and from the sounds of it, that everyone has pictured. They really need to work on the environment. It doesn't feel mature at all.
Ahh, I see. For the most part though they are spot on with the descriptions of the way the lands are, but I would image what you seek will be in caves, dungeons, and places far away from your normal cities.
Some cities were bad places to be in to begin with but for the most part it wasn't as if the cities were cracked everywhere and things were burning if that is what you thought.
There truly were lush jungles and huge snowy mountains.
I guess this is where I can't fall in love with the Conan World. I enjoy being in a world of constant conflict.
Aside from the small areas of the Border Kingdoms (since they're only 3 areas) there's not really any conflict. None of the nations are warring with eachother (which would give reason for bodies strewn outside of cities, old battlefields, etc.).
So the only conflict outside of the Border Kingdoms seems to be dungeon crawl style or you're attacking native tribes and savages. That's just not the kind of game I want.
I want to feel like conflict and battle are going on around me, not just far away from the cities or restricted to the Border Kingdoms.
But at the same time I dont want it to be FFA madness.
Guild vs. Guild is just not for me i guess. I never joined clans and I rarely joined guilds, and if I did they were casual guilds. And none of these playstyles seem to have a place in the Border Kingdoms.
I don't want to dodge being ganked for hours just to find someone to hire me as a merc. I want some place to join in with the fighting already taking place.
So I guess since I dont like Guild vs. Guild content, I probably shouldn't even follow the game.
--------------------------------------------- I live to fight, and fight to live.
At the same time, how often did you every hear of mass amounts of bodies laying there dead and decaying? They already stated there are a ton of fatalities so I doubt they need to work much more on adding more new ones, we have only scene but a few. It is just something else they are adding based on lore, nothing less, nothing more. It is a gimic, and it has been a great PR tool as now tons of people visit our forums looking for information about the game now. People are making far too big of a deal over this.
Well the deal I'm making isn't whether it's right or wrong to put sex for a buff in the game. I just think it's cheap.
We've all seen the fly-bys. They talk of the world of Conan being a dark place and very mature, but everything that they've shown us of the areas we'll be playing in are lush, tropical environments with no signs of death at all. Except of course in the few shots they showed us of some dead guys on the ground and a crow pecking at them. (This is really good)
I love the stuff like that, but when I see them showing screenshots of topless mobs, talking about the sex slaves on the ships, taking booth babes to interviews with them, and now having sex for a buff, I start to think that it's not going to be dark and gorey, it's just going to be sex-filled.
The fatalities are good, but the environment is what I'm referring to. The environment is weak when it comes to the Conan atmosphere that I've always pictured, and from the sounds of it, that everyone has pictured. They really need to work on the environment. It doesn't feel mature at all.
Ahh, I see. For the most part though they are spot on with the descriptions of the way the lands are, but I would image what you seek will be in caves, dungeons, and places far away from your normal cities.
Some cities were bad places to be in to begin with but for the most part it wasn't as if the cities were cracked everywhere and things were burning if that is what you thought.
There truly were lush jungles and huge snowy mountains.
I guess this is where I can't fall in love with the Conan World. I enjoy being in a world of constant conflict.
Aside from the small areas of the Border Kingdoms (since they're only 3 areas) there's not really any conflict. None of the nations are warring with eachother (which would give reason for bodies strewn outside of cities, old battlefields, etc.).
So the only conflict outside of the Border Kingdoms seems to be dungeon crawl style or you're attacking native tribes and savages. That's just not the kind of game I want.
I want to feel like conflict and battle are going on around me, not just far away from the cities or restricted to the Border Kingdoms.
But at the same time I dont want it to be FFA madness.
Guild vs. Guild is just not for me i guess. I never joined clans and I rarely joined guilds, and if I did they were casual guilds. And none of these playstyles seem to have a place in the Border Kingdoms.
I don't want to dodge being ganked for hours just to find someone to hire me as a merc. I want some place to join in with the fighting already taking place.
So I guess since I dont like Guild vs. Guild content, I probably shouldn't even follow the game.
Unfortunately I honestly believe that this game will be heavily guild oriented. Sorry to hear the game may not be for you but I would still check on the progress of the game. There are still months for things to change.
Unfortunately I honestly believe that this game will be heavily guild oriented. Sorry to hear the game may not be for you but I would still check on the progress of the game. There are still months for things to change.
Well I'll always be around to watch that combat system and to see how the PvP turns out.
I just was really looking forward to the Mature environment and playing solo in the PvE areas, but the environment isn't to my liking (as I had hoped it would be, hence my long ago bitching about fly bys )
So yeah I'll just keep a lower profile unless Avery's talking. He needs someone to say the opposite just to keep him in check.
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I dont really see the big deal as long as they slab "M" on the label, if a 14 yr old is gonna play this game cuz it has some explict content then chances are he's already been a lil further in the world of what we all call "the world wide web" The only problem would be if it is too explict and mature than they will end up giving the game an "AO" rating.
I dont really see the big deal as long as they slab "M" on the label, if a 14 yr old is gonna play this game cuz it has some explict content then chances are he's already been a lil further in the world of what we all call "the world wide web" The only problem would be if it is too explict and mature than they will end up giving the game an "AO" rating.
Not the 14 yr olds I'm worried about. It's the 18-24 yr olds that love porn and any form of bewbies.
The ones that order Girls Gone Wild and play DOA:Volleyball.
They don't need encouraging.
--------------------------------------------- I live to fight, and fight to live.
Awesome we get buffs for having sex in the game. I dont need internet porn anymore.
And ppl said AoC would be "mature" since it got a M rating.... It's more like... All the teens come onboard... if they need to get that low to get the attention of the media.... i guess AoC isnt in a good shape...
What will they do next, put half naked chicks near the boots at conventions? oh wait.... (they already did)
I wonder what charector creation will be like if we had sexual orientation ? Sort of like a window color selector but with straight, gay, bisexual and FrEakINg kinky extremes. The middle being totally disinterested. I wanna play the first ultra kinky pre-op transexual sexually ambigous muscle leather bound blond barbarian. Hell yeah !
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...and sod the kids. This is suppose to be a mature game anyways but we all know that most parents dont have a clue what kids do on their computers. If I had kids the most they'd get is an abacus.. if they were good.
P.S For those of a nervous nature... Try not to take this post too seriously
You guys seem to not understand that PLAYERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE SEX WITH OTHER PLAYERS. And unless they want to get an adult only rating , they aren't going to show you anything when you have sex with an npc.
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So I hear there will be different buffs for different sexual positions, is that correct? J/K by the way...but wouldn't that be funny!?!
Examples:
"Strength of the Wolf" +10 to strength = Doggy Style
"Godly Health" 15% health regeneration = Missionary Position
"Endurance of the Snake" 25% bonus to movement = a blowjo...well you get my point.
LOL, sorry I got too much time on my hands this morning.
I was just thinking that...LOL...nice one, kudos
I was just thinking that...LOL...nice one, kudos
Thank you for your support. I try hard to lower the maturity levels here at MMORPG.
It's a rough job, but someone has to do it.
Humm please do tell exactly which Conan book does Conan get aids or any STD in? No Really? I mean the game is ...
(A) Fantasy Game, comon say it again F A N T A S Y.
(B) Funcom has stated they are setting the game in the the Hyborian world not in the real world.
Haha so what next we really should remove all dragons, and magic / mythical creatures, spells / weapons etc because they don't happen in our REAL world.
Most people as I see it play these games to get away from the real world just a bit. The real world facts weither it be that one has a dull and boring job, or that yes we all are gonna die someday (some sooner then later) and yes everyones getting older (uglier, weaker, more decrepit with that aging) etc
Its the reality police here that can't see the difference between reality and a fantasy game that really scares me. And please don't use that tired line of "oh no it may cause people to think sex is safe in the real world", because if your gonna pull that card you better damn sure back it up with you also believe that people who kill monsters with swords are also likely to go gut their neighbors with one etc.
Anyone thats says oh yes violence in a fantasy game is ok and cool but sex in a fantasy game is evil is a hypocrit.
I mean Jeez really did any of you object that your Hero character in Kotor didn't get aids, or Jade empire, or balders gate 2 or Fallout or NWN etc etc etc. You all act like sex in vidios games is new. Did you all really just start playing video games last year? If so please go back to WoW.. Oh wait thats right you can see characters emoting sexual stuff next to the mail boxes in town almost any/every week.
Do you reallty think teenagers are that hard up that they want to pay a pixel figure some coins watch the screen go blank, and come back with a buff? Umm you have heard about the internet haven't you? Any teen smart enough to type the word sex in a search engine can get tons of nude pics for free without having to ask mom or dad if its ok to buy the game.
Really do you think before you type or are you just that new to the internet, and don't remember being a teenager yourself? (Most teenagers are much smarter with technology, and the internet then the average adult.)
Humm please do tell exactly which Conan book does Conan get aids or any STD in? No Really? I mean the game is ...
(A) Fantasy Game, comon say it again F A N T A S Y.
(B) Funcom has stated they are setting the game in the the Hyborian world not in the real world.
Haha so what next we really should remove all dragons, and magic / mythical creatures, spells / weapons etc because they don't happen in our REAL world.
Most people as I see it play these games to get away from the real world just a bit. The real world facts weither it be that one has a dull and boring job, or that yes we all are gonna die someday (some sooner then later) and yes everyones getting older (uglier, weaker, more decrepit with that aging) etc
Its the reality police here that can't see the difference between reality and a fantasy game that really scares me. And please don't use that tired line of "oh no it may cause people to think sex is safe in the real world", because if your gonna pull that card you better damn sure back it up with you also believe that people who kill monsters with swords are also likely to go gut their neighbors with one etc.
Anyone thats says oh yes violence in a fantasy game is ok and cool but sex in a fantasy game is evil is a hypocrit.
I mean Jeez really did any of you object that your Hero character in Kotor didn't get aids, or Jade empire, or balders gate 2 or Fallout or NWN etc etc etc. You all act like sex in vidios games is new. Did you all really just start playing video games last year? If so please go back to WoW.. Oh wait thats right you can see characters emoting sexual stuff next to the mail boxes in town almost any/every week.
I don't remember this ever happening to Conan, but I distinctly remember King Kull getting a scorching case of herpies from the Tiger Clan women
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Marketing? Publicity? On a product designed to make money?
No fucking way man!
Hardly new UO had full fontal nudaty and sex as does second life.
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
-- Jean Rostand
It is for fatalities, and the reason they are likely doing this isn't for the gameplay aspect, but more or less the lore that the game comes with. How many stories in Conan didn't involve something getting cut off, blood, and sex? You will likely find these in more stories than not. Not everything is about gameplay. Why is there / commands in most games that have nothing to do with gameplay? It just adds something to do, and it can be used and applied in role play situations. I don't know if you have been on the official forums much, but there is an overwhelming amount of people who chose the RP server when the moderators made a poll for it. Role play may be more common in Age of Conan than in other MMORPGs.
I see what you're saying about the blood, dismemberment, and gore. And I think there should be more of it. Sex being a buff is a little too gimmicky though. It adds zero to the lore and zero to the gameplay experience.The only reason you would put something like that in is as a gimmick. Dancing plays more of a role than sex as a buff. Being able to pay an NPC to give you some kind of buff is just a silly way to make the game mature. Having it being a hidden easter egg thing (The first level in God of War with the 2 girls comes to mind) would have been really cool and nifty. Making it a buff is meh.
(for lack of a better word.)
If this is how they're going to be using the MAture rating it's disappointing to me, because they could have used it to add more gore into the backgrounds. So far everything is lush and foresty and beautiful. There hasn't been any death or decay shown in any of the videos except for a few hanging bodies and some bodies on the ground with a bit of blood.
This is Conan. I want to see mounds of bodies that are half-decayed and rotting. I want to see finishing moves resulting in NPCs being disemboweled. Finishing moves like you'd see in Manhunt or Punisher. They need to take the environment and throw some rot, death, bodies, and just plain nastiness into it. Forget this paying for sex and virtual boobies crap.
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I see what you're saying about the blood, dismemberment, and gore. And I think there should be more of it. Sex being a buff is a little too gimmicky though. It adds zero to the lore and zero to the gameplay experience.
The only reason you would put something like that in is as a gimmick. Dancing plays more of a role than sex as a buff. Being able to pay an NPC to give you some kind of buff is just a silly way to make the game mature. Having it being a hidden easter egg thing (The first level in God of War with the 2 girls comes to mind) would have been really cool and nifty. Making it a buff is meh.
(for lack of a better word.)
If this is how they're going to be using the MAture rating it's disappointing to me, because they could have used it to add more gore into the backgrounds. So far everything is lush and foresty and beautiful. There hasn't been any death or decay shown in any of the videos except for a few hanging bodies and some bodies on the ground with a bit of blood.
This is Conan. I want to see mounds of bodies that are half-decayed and rotting. I want to see finishing moves resulting in NPCs being disemboweled. Finishing moves like you'd see in Manhunt or Punisher. They need to take the environment and throw some rot, death, bodies, and just plain nastiness into it. Forget this paying for sex and virtual boobies crap.
I agree with this completely. This is a dark world. Make it dark!
I don't think it will be too childlike or "pretty." I wouldn't worry.
"There are two great powers, and they've been fighting since time began. Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit."
John Parry, to his son Will; "The Subtle Knife," by Phillip Pullman
It is for fatalities, and the reason they are likely doing this isn't for the gameplay aspect, but more or less the lore that the game comes with. How many stories in Conan didn't involve something getting cut off, blood, and sex? You will likely find these in more stories than not. Not everything is about gameplay. Why is there / commands in most games that have nothing to do with gameplay? It just adds something to do, and it can be used and applied in role play situations. I don't know if you have been on the official forums much, but there is an overwhelming amount of people who chose the RP server when the moderators made a poll for it. Role play may be more common in Age of Conan than in other MMORPGs.
I see what you're saying about the blood, dismemberment, and gore. And I think there should be more of it. Sex being a buff is a little too gimmicky though. It adds zero to the lore and zero to the gameplay experience.
The only reason you would put something like that in is as a gimmick. Dancing plays more of a role than sex as a buff. Being able to pay an NPC to give you some kind of buff is just a silly way to make the game mature. Having it being a hidden easter egg thing (The first level in God of War with the 2 girls comes to mind) would have been really cool and nifty. Making it a buff is meh.
(for lack of a better word.)
If this is how they're going to be using the MAture rating it's disappointing to me, because they could have used it to add more gore into the backgrounds. So far everything is lush and foresty and beautiful. There hasn't been any death or decay shown in any of the videos except for a few hanging bodies and some bodies on the ground with a bit of blood.
This is Conan. I want to see mounds of bodies that are half-decayed and rotting. I want to see finishing moves resulting in NPCs being disemboweled. Finishing moves like you'd see in Manhunt or Punisher. They need to take the environment and throw some rot, death, bodies, and just plain nastiness into it. Forget this paying for sex and virtual boobies crap.
I agree with this completely. This is a dark world. Make it dark!
I don't think it will be too childlike or "pretty." I wouldn't worry.
At the same time, how often did you every hear of mass amounts of bodies laying there dead and decaying? They already stated there are a ton of fatalities so I doubt they need to work much more on adding more new ones, we have only scene but a few. It is just something else they are adding based on lore, nothing less, nothing more. It is a gimic, and it has been a great PR tool as now tons of people visit our forums looking for information about the game now. People are making far too big of a deal over this.
We've all seen the fly-bys. They talk of the world of Conan being a dark place and very mature, but everything that they've shown us of the areas we'll be playing in are lush, tropical environments with no signs of death at all. Except of course in the few shots they showed us of some dead guys on the ground and a crow pecking at them. (This is really good)
I love the stuff like that, but when I see them showing screenshots of topless mobs, talking about the sex slaves on the ships, taking booth babes to interviews with them, and now having sex for a buff, I start to think that it's not going to be dark and gorey, it's just going to be sex-filled.
The fatalities are good, but the environment is what I'm referring to. The environment is weak when it comes to the Conan atmosphere that I've always pictured, and from the sounds of it, that everyone has pictured. They really need to work on the environment. It doesn't feel mature at all.
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I live to fight, and fight to live.
We've all seen the fly-bys. They talk of the world of Conan being a dark place and very mature, but everything that they've shown us of the areas we'll be playing in are lush, tropical environments with no signs of death at all. Except of course in the few shots they showed us of some dead guys on the ground and a crow pecking at them. (This is really good)
I love the stuff like that, but when I see them showing screenshots of topless mobs, talking about the sex slaves on the ships, taking booth babes to interviews with them, and now having sex for a buff, I start to think that it's not going to be dark and gorey, it's just going to be sex-filled.
The fatalities are good, but the environment is what I'm referring to. The environment is weak when it comes to the Conan atmosphere that I've always pictured, and from the sounds of it, that everyone has pictured. They really need to work on the environment. It doesn't feel mature at all.
Ahh, I see. For the most part though they are spot on with the descriptions of the way the lands are, but I would image what you seek will be in caves, dungeons, and places far away from your normal cities.Some cities were bad places to be in to begin with but for the most part it wasn't as if the cities were cracked everywhere and things were burning if that is what you thought.
There truly were lush jungles and huge snowy mountains.
We've all seen the fly-bys. They talk of the world of Conan being a dark place and very mature, but everything that they've shown us of the areas we'll be playing in are lush, tropical environments with no signs of death at all. Except of course in the few shots they showed us of some dead guys on the ground and a crow pecking at them. (This is really good)
I love the stuff like that, but when I see them showing screenshots of topless mobs, talking about the sex slaves on the ships, taking booth babes to interviews with them, and now having sex for a buff, I start to think that it's not going to be dark and gorey, it's just going to be sex-filled.
The fatalities are good, but the environment is what I'm referring to. The environment is weak when it comes to the Conan atmosphere that I've always pictured, and from the sounds of it, that everyone has pictured. They really need to work on the environment. It doesn't feel mature at all.
Ahh, I see. For the most part though they are spot on with the descriptions of the way the lands are, but I would image what you seek will be in caves, dungeons, and places far away from your normal cities.Some cities were bad places to be in to begin with but for the most part it wasn't as if the cities were cracked everywhere and things were burning if that is what you thought.
There truly were lush jungles and huge snowy mountains.
I guess this is where I can't fall in love with the Conan World. I enjoy being in a world of constant conflict.Aside from the small areas of the Border Kingdoms (since they're only 3 areas) there's not really any conflict. None of the nations are warring with eachother (which would give reason for bodies strewn outside of cities, old battlefields, etc.).
So the only conflict outside of the Border Kingdoms seems to be dungeon crawl style or you're attacking native tribes and savages. That's just not the kind of game I want.
I want to feel like conflict and battle are going on around me, not just far away from the cities or restricted to the Border Kingdoms.
But at the same time I dont want it to be FFA madness.
Guild vs. Guild is just not for me i guess. I never joined clans and I rarely joined guilds, and if I did they were casual guilds. And none of these playstyles seem to have a place in the Border Kingdoms.
I don't want to dodge being ganked for hours just to find someone to hire me as a merc. I want some place to join in with the fighting already taking place.
So I guess since I dont like Guild vs. Guild content, I probably shouldn't even follow the game.
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I live to fight, and fight to live.
We've all seen the fly-bys. They talk of the world of Conan being a dark place and very mature, but everything that they've shown us of the areas we'll be playing in are lush, tropical environments with no signs of death at all. Except of course in the few shots they showed us of some dead guys on the ground and a crow pecking at them. (This is really good)
I love the stuff like that, but when I see them showing screenshots of topless mobs, talking about the sex slaves on the ships, taking booth babes to interviews with them, and now having sex for a buff, I start to think that it's not going to be dark and gorey, it's just going to be sex-filled.
The fatalities are good, but the environment is what I'm referring to. The environment is weak when it comes to the Conan atmosphere that I've always pictured, and from the sounds of it, that everyone has pictured. They really need to work on the environment. It doesn't feel mature at all.
Ahh, I see. For the most part though they are spot on with the descriptions of the way the lands are, but I would image what you seek will be in caves, dungeons, and places far away from your normal cities.Some cities were bad places to be in to begin with but for the most part it wasn't as if the cities were cracked everywhere and things were burning if that is what you thought.
There truly were lush jungles and huge snowy mountains.
I guess this is where I can't fall in love with the Conan World. I enjoy being in a world of constant conflict.Aside from the small areas of the Border Kingdoms (since they're only 3 areas) there's not really any conflict. None of the nations are warring with eachother (which would give reason for bodies strewn outside of cities, old battlefields, etc.).
So the only conflict outside of the Border Kingdoms seems to be dungeon crawl style or you're attacking native tribes and savages. That's just not the kind of game I want.
I want to feel like conflict and battle are going on around me, not just far away from the cities or restricted to the Border Kingdoms.
But at the same time I dont want it to be FFA madness.
Guild vs. Guild is just not for me i guess. I never joined clans and I rarely joined guilds, and if I did they were casual guilds. And none of these playstyles seem to have a place in the Border Kingdoms.
I don't want to dodge being ganked for hours just to find someone to hire me as a merc. I want some place to join in with the fighting already taking place.
So I guess since I dont like Guild vs. Guild content, I probably shouldn't even follow the game.
Unfortunately I honestly believe that this game will be heavily guild oriented. Sorry to hear the game may not be for you but I would still check on the progress of the game. There are still months for things to change.
I just was really looking forward to the Mature environment and playing solo in the PvE areas, but the environment isn't to my liking (as I had hoped it would be, hence my long ago bitching about fly bys
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So yeah I'll just keep a lower profile unless Avery's talking. He needs someone to say the opposite just to keep him in check.
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I dont really see the big deal as long as they slab "M" on the label, if a 14 yr old is gonna play this game cuz it has some explict content then chances are he's already been a lil further in the world of what we all call "the world wide web" The only problem would be if it is too explict and mature than they will end up giving the game an "AO" rating.
The ones that order Girls Gone Wild and play DOA:Volleyball.
They don't need encouraging.
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Whatever, as long as they open a brutal FFA PvP server Im game, us hardcore PvPr's left over from the good ol days need to satiate our bloodlust.
Chaos FTW.
And ppl said AoC would be "mature" since it got a M rating.... It's more like... All the teens come onboard... if they need to get that low to get the attention of the media.... i guess AoC isnt in a good shape...
What will they do next, put half naked chicks near the boots at conventions? oh wait.... (they already did)
Now you all can show eachother just how much you love aoc and eachother. "Hey bud lube me up, Im about to duel this guy" lol
I wonder what charector creation will be like if we had sexual orientation ? Sort of like a window color selector but with straight, gay, bisexual and FrEakINg kinky extremes. The middle being totally disinterested. I wanna play the first ultra kinky pre-op transexual sexually ambigous muscle leather bound blond barbarian. Hell yeah !
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...and sod the kids. This is suppose to be a mature game anyways but we all know that most parents dont have a clue what kids do on their computers. If I had kids the most they'd get is an abacus.. if they were good.
P.S For those of a nervous nature... Try not to take this post too seriously
You guys seem to not understand that PLAYERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE SEX WITH OTHER PLAYERS. And unless they want to get an adult only rating , they aren't going to show you anything when you have sex with an npc.
Now we know why barbarians go around half naked...For quick access
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
-- Jean Rostand
I want it hardcore not a buff coz it's boring.