General Discussion

Funcom has announced that tehy will be revealing a number of new features at the upcoming Game Convention in Leipzig, Germany. MMORPG.com will be there to get the whole scoop.

New locations, content and features to be revealed for both press and consumers at the show - Thousands of exclusive give-aways, including free trial accounts and limited edition game DVD

 

Durham, USA – August 15th, 2008 – Conan is invading this year’s Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. Funcom and Eidos invites everyone to come join the festivities at his majesty’s outpost located at stand B10 in Hall 5. Behind the tall walls of the King’s fortress press and gamers alike can play the game, meet and chat with the developers, collect amazing give-aways and observe live stage shows where Funcom will reveal and demonstrate brand new and never-before-seen locations, content and features that will be put into the recently launched massively multiplayer online game ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’ in the months ahead.

“We are very pleased with the tremendously successful launch that we had,” says Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Funcom, Morten Larssen. “But this is where the real journey starts for ‘Age of Conan’. In the months ahead we will be putting a lot of effort into expanding and improving on the game, and we look forward to using the Games Convention to unveil some of the locations, content and features we have in the pipeline.”

During the live stage shows Funcom will present new locations, content and features coming to ‘Age of Conan’. Blue Orb Inc. will also be present to demonstrate how you can use their software to play ‘Age of Conan’ with a gamepad, while the guys behind ‘TripleHead2Go’ have prepared a machine with a three screen setup so that gamers can come and play ‘Age of Conan’ in all its unprecedented visual glory using cutting-edge technology. Funcom will also be giving away exciting loot such as the legendary inflatable swords and free trial accounts together with limited edition DVDs containing the entire game. This is the first time Funcom hands out free trials and the supply is limited, so we encourage you to make your way to Conan’s outpost as soon as possible!

Behind closed doors members of the press will also be treated to a presentation of exclusive DirectX10 features, technology that will add even more power to the spectacular graphics featured in the game. Press interested in attending these presentations should contact Funcom, but please note that seating is very limited at this point.

‘Age of Conan’ launched in May this year and immediately topped sales charts around the world. It has received more than thirty magazine covers and more than fifteen major awards, including numerous "Best MMO of E3" awards and the "Best Online Game of Show" award at GC 2007. The game has received numerous glowing reviews, including a 9.4 score from US website GameZone. ‘Age of Conan’ is a key title in Microsoft's Games for Windows line-up, as well as a showcase title for nVidia thanks to its jaw-dropping graphics.

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*Feels ill*

Those reviews are digusting, way too forgiving and biased towards AoC.

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Originally posted by HelloKirby
Those reviews are digusting, way too forgiving and biased towards AoC.

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"including a 9.4 score from US website GameZone"

Needless to say, Gamezone took some back door money from Funcom for that review.

Conan is not a bad game, per se, it does fit many players playstyle, but it is not even close to being a complete game yet, the end game still remains somewhat broken and lacking a lot of content.

Seems a shame that developers get so tied up in ease of play that they don't realize how boring they make the game.

....topped sales charts around the worl

Yeah and 2 months later the player base dropped by 50%. I was really eager when AoC was released but it was just dissapointing. I canceled after 2 weeks.

Well and since I don't have a press ticket I won't be seeing DX10 next week, darn.

Same thing happens with nearly every MMO that comes out, player base dies out after a couple months. The only one that hasnt followed this rule recently was second life.

Look at these for proof - http://www.mmogchart.com/charts/

Wow even in a press release like this it's still just hype.

The problems with AoC arent as big as everyone makes them seem.The biggest problem with AoC right now is just 2 things honestly -

1) The PvP system is still not yet implemented.

2) The PvP is unbalanced due to the damage being way too high.

I agree that they are moving way too slow to address these things, but I also do believe that once they are addressed the game will be in a much better state than it is right now. Because this has been the #1 reason the people I know have left the game to this point. My guild actually left for this exact reason.

I will also say that, aside from the lack of content around the 50's-60's, most of the people I know actually were having alot of fun, until all the "1-shot kills" started happening. The lack of content really wouldnt be too big of a problem, if there was something to look forward to at 80, such as the PvP system being in place. As it is right now, there is not.

The PvP patch is coming soon, but it wont mean as much as it should until the PvP damage is changed. They stated the way damage is dealt in PvP is going to change, but havent mentioned anything about that since, so who knows when it will be. I hope soon, because despite all the complaints about AoC, I still believe it has great potential once the team has more time to get past their mistakes.

Dojnt be fooled by this post. The game is really buggy and is a grindfest. Anyone who has not tried it save your money maybe soon we will get an mmo worth our time. This is not the one. Dont hold your breath on this one getting better anytime soon