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Dev Diary 5 Melee Combat Showcase and FAQ Update!!
AmazingAvery
Age of Conan AdvocateMember UncommonPosts: 7,188
Fresh out : http://www.gamespot.com/video/927504/6187806/age-of-conan-hyborian-adventures-official-trailer-13
omfg...
Fast, fun and furious!
"For this Friday Update, we bring you the fifth installment of the video dev diaries. It covers melee combat in Age of Conan and features a number of our strapping young lads, including: Gaute Godager (Game Director), Andrew Griffin (Senior System Designer), and Evan Michaels (System Designer). You’ll find out all about the philosophy of Age of Conan’s combat system and see several brutal examples of just how hard-hitting and exciting combat can be.
You’ll find that video here
We also refreshed again our website content:
We’ve overhauled the Game Features section, added a new article on economics, money, and trading, added a new section on defense and keeping yourself protected, added a section on leveling and advancement, added a new entry to the bestiary, and added a new character to the People section.
We hope you enjoy!
Have a nice week-end "
Comments
That looks and sounds awesome... Although it ends kinda weird.
ok im 23 and I cant watch it!!!! something is up with there date thing.
The first window you get is bugged. However once it displays the error-message, you can click on the "Download Video" button on the right and you can then enter your birthdate again. After that, the Video will load.
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Final Fantasy 7
That and the age window is sometimes fubar, better to just download the vid.
There are 3 types of people in the world.
1.) Those who make things happen
2.) Those who watch things happen
3.) And those who wonder "What the %#*& just happened?!"
alright thanks.
Cway he warned you
The date interface is messed up but I figured it out.
It asks you to enter the date as dd/mm/yy but if you enter the date as mm/dd/yy it works.
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Ethion
The vid looks cool but it's pretty much all stuff I've seen before and nothing really new.... It won't be till I can actually play the combat system till I can really know if it is going to be good or crap. One thing you do get from the videos is that their will be a lot of gore etc, which I'm starting to get turned off on. But I'm guessing the videos just push it and it will be somewhat less in game.
What I'm still leary of is the apparent lack of combat abilities and that I'll be focusing all my efforts on positioning and wack a mole manual combat where I'm focused on hitting the sides without a shield.
On the plus side the graphics and combat effects are looking good. I really like games with knockback and I like the use of AE for the attacks with larger weapons. Makes good sense.
I also really like that there is mounted combat moves.
But the ultimate deal breaker will be the details of combat and I'm not talking about the sales pitch but how it really is. Maybe one day I'll get in beta....
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Ethion
One can only hope someone like you never gets into any closed beta. It is people like you who only join a closed beta in an attempt to get something for free and refuse to even help the developers better their game.
Next time you decide to bash a game before you even play it, and then say you hope you get into beta is kind of silly. I'm just happy there are people who are actually trying to help the game progress and not use it as f2p game.
No offense to you or anything, but it gets tiring hearing people complain about games but would never attempt to try and make them better, even if they had the chance.
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Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
I never had a chance... the good thing is that I never complain about it.. I just stop playing and start playing other stuff.
Well, not every game is perfect nor made for every single person so it's understandable that if the game isn't for you there reallty isn't much reason to stay and report bugs/suggestions. but if it's something along the lines of gore, combat system, etc, then it is a little bit different as those are only small parts of an overall game such as conan.
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Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Looks pretty good. The animations are stellar, my personal favorite is the rogue type guy that stabs the dude in the back of his neck.
My only concern from watching that video is the lack of movement in combat. Everyone was just standing still swinging like crazy, but it's a beta video so I am hopeful they will have everything ready for launch.
blah nothing new....when the F are they going to show combat with more than a few people in beta....I dont give a horses rear about production videos....gimme something with shows ACTUAL in game combat from beta...so i can set my performance woes at ease
Well, not every game is perfect nor made for every single person so it's understandable that if the game isn't for you there reallty isn't much reason to stay and report bugs/suggestions. but if it's something along the lines of gore, combat system, etc, then it is a little bit different as those are only small parts of an overall game such as conan.
I'm not sure I'd agree that a combat system could be called only a small part of an overall game such as conan.
Your point being?
I've heard from people in Beta that the combat feels and plays great. I've heard that all that's left to do is fine-tuning the balance in that regard.
Can I prove it, no, of course I can't, because the game is under NDA. Then again, neither can you prove your claim.
Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom! I say Dooooooooooooooooooooooom!!!!!
Seriously, nice video, with -some- stuff at least I hadn#t seen before. But I'd like to see some Siege-Battle scenes soon. You hear me FC? Get me some Siege-Battle vids or something! That'd be very nice.
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
Final Fantasy 7
Hate the cheesy CG sword at the start but love the mounted combat. They should show more mounted melee - who cares about all the fatalities, you see one head lopped off you seen them all
I kind of agree they're going a little overboard with the gore, with all the blood characters are losing in every fight, you'd think people would be passing out left and right lol
My worry is just based on the fact that the combat system is purely based on melee. At the same time the magic classes are really suffering and that just can't work in a mmo. Atm it will cost this game alot in terms of playability.
The beginning of the video sounded like a start of an 80s action film lol, I was ready for bruce willis or claud van damme to bust out and kick some ass.
your statement is fairly accurate. Combat for all classes is more melee based than class based. It seems the 4 archtype of classes are there to include some flavoring and to enhance your character. But mages, priests, rogues, and tanks all are very similar in terms of combat,,,, according to the rumors,,,,
Rallithon Oakthornn
(Retired Heirophant of the 60th season)
your statement is fairly accurate. Combat for all classes is more melee based than class based. It seems the 4 archtype of classes are there to include some flavoring and to enhance your character. But mages, priests, rogues, and tanks all are very similar in terms of combat,,,, according to the rumors,,,,
I think that people are expecting some sort of "nuker" class.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
Ranger is most likely going to be what people consider a "nuker" or high burst class from range. the magic classes are able to dish out nasty damage also from afar but as others have said a lot of the magical classes are more melee oriented.
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Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
I completely agree
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
It looks pretty good, except for the cheesy blood spray. Unless a hit is a critical or a fatality, the phony looking blood is really over the top. I guess they are trying to make it more 'Hard Core', after all, they have to sell this on the XBox as well.
There's a few old shots in there blended in with some new stuff. In the newer media the blood has been not only toned down ever so slightly but also colour enhanced and the way it 'sprays' a bit better. There is a notable difference viewing two side by side but blended together in this vid its pretty hard to tell. Its definately an area of feedback they publically looked into to.
Thats good to hear!! I'm also sure you don't go from fatality to fatality so that vid is really just spamming the fatalities so it is kinda over the top.
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Ethion