Age of Conan

Check it out at

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=178652

I really liked general tone of it, for example words like this:

"Even if this game fails, even if all of the trucks and planes carrying copies of AOC to high street stores across the world crash and explode, and all of the developers succumb to a deadly curse, it will still have achieved something incredible."

Interesting read and a positive one towards the combat which was good to hear. The only thing I hate is the capture the flag type BG always hated those, they never interest me.

nice read, i remember buying CVG like 15 yrs ago!

they always know what they are on about, as previously said over the last couple of weeks, its just the balancing thats left to do really!

Jeez, sounds like its all starting to come together nicely.  The combat thing sounds good, I personally wouldn't mind remembering combos, but it seems like it could annoy people.  Though now its sounding like the GoW action sequences - press X, now press Square, now Square, now Triangle, ooh, you win.  Choosing which one to initiate could make all the difference though as could the ability to flow from one to another if an opponent adapts (and damn do I hope they adapt to your attacks mid-attack). 

Still hearing jack about the magic, but... eh... beta.

I'm not really planning on playing this, but if what's in that review is true, it sounds like it is shaping up nicely!

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Originally posted by Sharajat

Jeez, sounds like its all starting to come together nicely.  The combat thing sounds good, I personally wouldn't mind remembering combos, but it seems like it could annoy people.  Though now its sounding like the GoW action sequences - press X, now press Square, now Square, now Triangle, ooh, you win.  Choosing which one to initiate could make all the difference though as could the ability to flow from one to another if an opponent adapts (and damn do I hope they adapt to your attacks mid-attack). 

Still hearing jack about the magic, but... eh... beta.

But about the NPC's with their active shielding, its just that, active! So you swing from the left they increase the defense to the left. Some combos might need a starter / lead directional swing from the left so that could be a combo you would save in my opinion for later on in the fight. Its been said a couple of time about the shielding from devs and also that as described in the interview they are white and that devs have said they believe an option to tune them visually down, like the alpha channel too, as some people said they might be an immersion break or had concerns from them.

Good thing is this isnt a game where you can leave your guy or girl fighting for 15 mins then come back. Couple of other reviews say that the NPC's adapt very well to your style of fighting.

Spellweaving will make or break the combat in this game...as of now its just the same stand still and cast, wait for the bar to fill up bs we have played a million times...

Originally posted by Enforcer71

Interesting read and a positive one towards the combat which was good to hear. The only thing I hate is the capture the flag type BG always hated those, they never interest me.

Couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, this one of the things that many MMO's will carry over from WoW. It's good for casual PvP, it's clean, safe and sterile. It's horrible for folks who loved DAoC and Shadowbane PvP styles. Oh well, have to take the good with the bad.

Dont forget that CVG buried AOC in last preview. They were the ones to write that combat feels clunky.

I for one am glad they did. I am glad Funcom is smart enough to revisit combat.

And remembering all combos , i am glad that is out.

Indeed a positive review. But nothing new really. From a logistic point of view, the only info we really needed was that CVG changed their mind on combat.

But hey, I read anything about AoC at the moment, and every bit of new read is welcome