Review: Age of Conan July 13, 2009
Posted by suey85 in Uncategorized.trackback
WARNING:
I AM NOT A VIDEOGAMER. I just do it for kicks?
First of all, I am a terrible gamer. I have steep learning curves but bear with me.
With Age of Conan, firstly, when I started using the onscreen instructions manual, sometimes their instructions made absolutely no sense. Like for example, when I wanted to use special combat combos, they would insert wordy explanations that would get me no where. All I need is a one liner telling me which buttons to press. Same thing with defense. If I want to defend myself, no where does it tell me that I need to be at a certain level before I can self-defend/block.
The game was a bit laggy/glitchy during combat. I’d find my character and its opponent frozen for a good 2 seconds while everything else in the background was moving. Just the combat froze. So I would have to wait a bit before I could resume fighting.
I understand the developers were trying to stay true to the novel’s depiction of women and their big breastesses, but I was rather disappointed that during character customization I couldn’t give myself a flat chest. Oh poo.
Other than horrible instructions, I really enjoyed the game actually. I rather surprised myself because usually when I’m introduced to a game, I’m very resistant and hesitant. I clocked in about 3.5 hours and it was totally worth it. I’m only up to level 7 however. What I played was the demo and not the full version. So perhaps the full version will do better justice. I’ve yet to find out. I’m unfamiliar with the MMO world, but I enjoy the fact that this game was a lot less intimidating than your standard FPS where you’re constantly hiding and shielding yourself from enemies. My body is constantly tense. With this game, it has its tense moments, but I find it totally relaxing and even a bit liberating after a hard day. Like Mass Effect, you get to interact with certain characters in the game, and your story is affected by those decisions you make in your interaction with others.
If I had the money, it would definitely be a buy and a keeper.
In terms of the tutorial part, I find the best way to learn how to play a game is to get a person to you teach you. I hate reading and I find that most tutorials are fucked up anyways.
As for the lag, you might be experiencing some packet loss over your router (I assume you use one). It could be a problem with the router or the internet. Depending on how many people are online at once in your house, your router might not be able to handle all the time sensitive packets being sent and recieved by your game. Anyways, if it doesn’t bother you all thatmuch, then don’t worry about it. I find that when I experience packet loss during combat, I usually end up dying. SUCKS.
MMOs are teh awesome.