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Eurogamer re-reviews AoC
Crashloop
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/conans-second-coming-article
Eurogamer has done a review of the changes in AoC and the current state of the game.
Playing: Battlefield - Bad company (Xbox360) Arma2, DFO (PC)
On my radar: TSW, MO
MMO's played: SWG (pre cu/cu), WoW, AoC, WAR, DFO, Planetside
MMO's that I have tested: Lotro, L2, Aion, Ryzom
Comments
Nice read for us fanbois!
Originally posted by BishopB:
Are a lot of the trolls just angry kids with old gaming hardware?
Thanks for posting this article.
Good read. final comments are spot on:
"My cursor hovered uncertainly over the Tempest's character panel for a moment - but really, there was little doubt in my mind. Age of Conan isn't perfect yet, by any means, but the game is finally living up to its early promise. It's intense, entertaining and rewarding to play - and bringing a third character up to the level cap is looking like a pleasure rather than a chore. If it can sustain this rate of improvement - and that is a big "if" - it won't be long before Funcom has one of the best MMOs in the world on its hands."
Nice read... Glad he's actually enjoying it now and not throwing out bad numbers and foul words. Think he would have been on the verge of fanboism if he actually reviewed the game after 1.5 though, which is a pity he didn't
It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.
What I've been saying the past few months.
"Age of Conan isn't perfect yet, by any means, but the game is finally living up to its early promise."
I'm sure the trolls that haven't touched in in almost a year will still dig up the same failed arguements that no longer work now.
I plan on trying the game out once more next year around this time.
I am still very cynical of the game but like most games I will retry once more just to see.
That's fair enough.
If I had not played the game in a few months I would be cynical too.
The game is really solid now but as the author pointed out there are some gaping holes in the end game at the moment.
There's no reason to do Minigames for the most part and the gear bonuses (outside of invuls) won't come into play until 1.05.
Opening of Wing 3 and the new level 80 instance additions were nice but I know the PvE players want even more.
At least we have a solid game for the first time since launch and a decent population on the main servers.
There are many unique elements of Conan (which the author pointed out) that make this game great.
All they need to do now is just continue on their track of success.
Great read. Looks like he's covered the good with the bad.
i said pretty much the same thing over here on this same forum as my personal feelings about the game after playing it for little over a month (back then), and some people over here almost shot me dead because i said that AoC had potential and free slots to be filled with improvements while other games do not.
anyways, thats a good read, and its really good news for all MMO fans.
The thing that is rather fun to see is how pleased he is today with the changes compared to how he was with his re review in september.
Playing: Battlefield - Bad company (Xbox360) Arma2, DFO (PC)
On my radar: TSW, MO
MMO's played: SWG (pre cu/cu), WoW, AoC, WAR, DFO, Planetside
MMO's that I have tested: Lotro, L2, Aion, Ryzom
Did I just miss it or did the reviewer not post any score for the game(the two others had it). Me like easy to understand ratings where I dont have to read a lot of text....
I didn't see a score either, so it isn't there I guess :P
Playing: Battlefield - Bad company (Xbox360) Arma2, DFO (PC)
On my radar: TSW, MO
MMO's played: SWG (pre cu/cu), WoW, AoC, WAR, DFO, Planetside
MMO's that I have tested: Lotro, L2, Aion, Ryzom
Waiting on 1.05 to hit before I give it a final try myself. It has improved a lot since release but I still found the game play lacking in Jan/Feb. Hopefully 1.05 will fill the bill for me.
I miss DAoC
I am a subscriber and enjoy the game; but for the free trail; i wish they waited for that patch. so I think its a good desicion.
Keep in mind tho, the free trial and winback campaign are 2 different things. Free trials afor 7 days means they can generate lots of possible new customers, and everyone knows a MMO is always in constant change. The day a MMO stops changing or improving is the day the game dies.
Win back campaign I guess will happen after patch1.05, but time will show.
Playing: Battlefield - Bad company (Xbox360) Arma2, DFO (PC)
On my radar: TSW, MO
MMO's played: SWG (pre cu/cu), WoW, AoC, WAR, DFO, Planetside
MMO's that I have tested: Lotro, L2, Aion, Ryzom
Hopefully they wait until after OT:Common comes out. The game needs that badly.
Khesh is too small for fun PvP and the PvE get's really grindy after 72 still.
I have my sub on hold right now because of content lack, the game need that expansion to be the game I want it to be.
Still with the buggs gone the game have almost unlimeted possibilitys. Next year by this time the game will probably be awesome.
Good to hear that AoC doing well. I will return for sure when i get bored with warhammer.
He that lives upon Hope dies farting.
Hopefully they wait until after OT:Common comes out. The game needs that badly.
Khesh is too small for fun PvP and the PvE get's really grindy after 72 still.
I have my sub on hold right now because of content lack, the game need that expansion to be the game I want it to be.
Still with the buggs gone the game have almost unlimeted possibilitys. Next year by this time the game will probably be awesome.
looks like it : http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/231310/AusGamers-GDC-2009-Age-of-Conan-Free-Trial-Developer-VIDEO-Interview-Feature.html
Now that would worth a truer re-review. Any that come now are or won't take into account the full enormousness of patch 1.05. Besides some other games have yet to be reviewed here for example having the benefit of all that time for improvements one would hope the same courtesy would apply.
hmm, maybe should load in AoC again and see what they done with the game. Can only be supprised in a good way as i left when I got tierd of playing their beta game and paying for it. Seems like it now reached where it should been at release.
Thats about the long and the short of it, before it was just a framework with huge gaps, now its a solid foundation to tweek balance and keep loading in content...
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood. -Nietzsche
I am not sure whether or not to tell you guys to hold off on 1.05 or try it now with 1.04x.
1.05 has enormous progress in class balancing, gear enhancements, statistics enhancements, and crafting that you might want to wait until it's launched before you make a final decision.
Everyone's health has been doubled in 1.05 and ToS for example have been adjusted to be more in line with other classes abilities now.
They wanted to get away from the non-skill based one shot class abilities since it turned a lot of new players off to PvP.
A few other classes are tweaked in similar fashion but none was as blatantly abused as the ToS.
Reanimation Pet Necros actually work now but they have to fix DtS working with pets in 1.05. It's a bug atm on Testlive.
It feels like they took some aspects from WoW such as the use of a "rating" system for evade, crit, magic / physical protection, etc. instead of a direct %.
The gem system will work very similar to WoW as well with some enhancements.
Also casters run out of mana VERY quickly now. This needs to be adjusted because it's too much for some builds.
They're trying to stabilize and normalize the game by fixing the fundamental flaws of the past such as:
#1. One shots.
#2. Gear stats being useless (except for invuls and PvE)
#3. Unlimited Mana
#4. Crafted gems and gear being useless
#5. Overall class balance.
I have been playing 1.05 on the testlive server and I'm blown away by the improvements.
I tried playing 1.04x last night on the live servers and it made the game feel very broken and incomplete compared to 1.05.
1.04x restricts most players spec and class for optimal PvP and limits a lot of game functionality that make MMO's fun such as gear and crafting.
1.05 opens the door to a whole new year of Conan the way the game was meant to be played from launch.
It is really an entirelly new game.
Roll on 1.05.. Cant wait.
Any idea what happens after 1.05???
I would like to find this out as well. 1.05 is a big set of changes, I am hoping 1.06 will be the same.
From WHAT? You think if A invent something, then B starts to use it as well, and then comes C with the same system. You say that C system IS TAKEN FROM B? Oh dear, I need a deep breath.
REALITY CHECK
....wow....I am truly shocked at the civility of these comments..usually any appreciation of AoC because fodder for doomspeakers. Anyway...love this game...can't wait for the big 1.05 patch.