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Age of Conan: Savage and Sexy!

SzarkSzark News ManagerMember Posts: 4,420
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Gaute Godager, Game director of Age of Conan, kicks off the first of their "Letter From" series with a look at the savage and sexy spirit of the game. Age of Conan is so savage in fact that he spends too much time talking about the brutality, and was forced to leave the sexy for next time.

Ah, how beautifully does not this encapsulate what we want to achieve with this game?! Beasts, tribes, persons and sceneries! To me this transcends a description of the game though, and comes in as a factor on how we make it! Not only do we try to have savage beasts that will tear off your head before they eat you, tribes of degenerates that screaming let their eyes roll back into their skulls as they attack you, wild unexplored landscape and scenery that begs you to travel, unpolished or rude individuals letting their anger roll over you or even letting you - the player - harbor the anger of Conan - no, we approached making this game with brutality!

We tore, screamed and fought with the fiercely sediment standards of the MMO industry - something I so lovingly had worked on establishing with Anarchy Online at the end of the previous millennium (Hehe, lucky with that one, huh? ;p). For me personally I think it started by getting a slight fatigue with doing the same in every MMO. Harvesting quests, hitting 1,2,3,4 as I watched my hotbar icons during fights, falling asleep as I was grinding my in-game dinner. Don't get me wrong, I love the genre!

Truth be told, after making MMOs for 10 years (Wohoo! An anniversary.), non-MMO games must be very very good to really capture my complete imagination. A couple of games per year, or something like that? Because I simply love the social aspect of the MMO games. Chatting, competing, co-operating and killing monsters and other players (Darn, marketing help me!). To me, non-MMOs simply often seem - empty.

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Comments

  • SinuousSinuous Member Posts: 58
    They aint lyin'......Gaute has said "sensuous and brutal world" so many times during the development cycle of this game, he is probably sick of hearing himself say it.  None-the-less, I'm there opening day!



    Post-script edit:  Looks like we will be getting our Roleplay/Player Vs. Player server after all!THANK YOU!
  • SathonysSathonys Member Posts: 58
    This will be the game of games..  Conan, Gore, Bar Fights, Decapitations... I mean seriously this has it all...
  • SonofSethSonofSeth Member UncommonPosts: 1,884
    "This is true Conan – eternal strife! Killing your friends is never out of character ;)"   

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  • BigcapoBigcapo Member UncommonPosts: 58

    I honestly didn't care that he did this, but I was a little shocked when he admitted buying gold online. That was a great article, and I'm definitely checking this game out.

  • MrTumN3sMrTumN3s Member Posts: 439
    I was watching a video of AOC and they were designing a NPC model that was nude so. Theres the sexy in AOC.

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  • fansedefansede Member UncommonPosts: 960
    Quite refreshing to see this note from a dev leader. At first, I was thinking, "oh dear another grand "Vision" and hype generator from the boss." However, it felt honest and it felt like they were not going to overreach. Good stuff to read, just hope it lives up to what is written...

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  • MbirdMbird Member UncommonPosts: 18
    He had me at breasts



    Can't wait for this to come out

    *LordRelic on Age of Conan nudity: Why cant people leave this be? Yes there are boobs.. god smite the man who made them..oh wait.....
    *Pandorra on Darkfall IRC: No one plays anything "like" anything right now.. we are all melee, ranger, mana missle casting noobs...
    *<FBA> DF irc: im ready, got a stockpile of sugar free redbulls, carton of marlboro 27s and 4 pack of toilet paper, lets roll!

  • heimdallrheimdallr Member Posts: 61
    "We tore, screamed and fought with the fiercely sediment standards of the MMO industry - something I so lovingly had worked on establishing with Anarchy Online at the end of the previous millennium (Hehe, lucky with that one, huh? ;p). For me personally I think it started by getting a slight fatigue with doing the same in every MMO. Harvesting quests, hitting 1,2,3,4 as I watched my hotbar icons during fights, falling asleep as I was grinding my in-game dinner. Don't get me wrong, I love the genre!"







    Yeah, just like most of us here. Anyone else was waiting for a mature MMO? I guess the answer would be yes - and the game will be out there in no time! (5 months pass quickly, right?)

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  • PhoenixsPhoenixs Member Posts: 2,646
    I kinda expected some sexy pics But besides that, a excellent article and oh boy I'm looking forward to this game.
  • xanklarxanklar Member Posts: 83

    I'm speechless with excitement every time theres more detail released ....

    The hardest thing about waiting is trying to keep a lid on expectations. 

  • wizyywizyy Member UncommonPosts: 629
    Now THAT's a letter from a developer! Awesome, I can't wait for it!

    NEW IDEAS that can refresh the STALE state of MMORPGs

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