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• • Age of Conan

  • All the crap trash talk and naysaying has a good side, too. I held off on launch because I learned long ago that it's better to let an MMO ripen for a few months before jumping in. In reading all the trash talk about this game I pretty much had decided that I should avoid it, or wait for an opportunity to try it with minimal cost to my pocketbook, which did in fact happen.

    The end result is that the game has turned out to be much more entertaining for me than it would have if I had started playing from day 1 with high expectations. The ame turned out to be far more interesting and playable than it would have if I hadn't read all the comments from people who appear to think this game is crap.....whether or not it is because I jumped in after Funcom had time to improve stability, or I started playing after the bulk of the crazy people stopped playing (Tabula Rasa had the same problem at launch; an insanely picky crowd of people who somehow managed to level to max in two-three weeks then spend their time bitching about lack of conent)....but bottom line is I feel like I got my money's worth so far. 

    I will make one disclaimer: I am only just getting to the 20+ level content. So I still expect the game to lead to a disastrous level of disappointment as I have read all about how crappy the game is supposed to be at this point. But the level 1-20 content is some of the best stuff I've seen in any MMO to date, so I guess I'll know more soon about how bad the game is later on.

    Stability note: I did find it annoying that I had to run around tweaking my system to get max performance out of this game. That's a clear sign that the devs didnt test this game adequately. That said, I have a nothing special rig with a P4 3.0ghz , 2GB ram and 800 GTX 320mb GPU and I am running it at about 45 fps. I still seem to be subject to the memory leak (or whatever it is) problem: after 4-8 zone moves fps drops to about 15 fps. THAT is defnitely annoying, and I can completely understand the complaints of those who have decent rigs and experience the same problem.

     

  • Posted: 9/18/08 5:06 PM
    Age of Conan
• • Age of Conan: Hyborian Insider: Content, DX 10, More!

  • You know, the early (opening) content in AoC is pretty good....some of the best stuff I've seen in an MMO, to be honest. The problems seem to creep in later on....in the main game, where it's supposed to compete directly with hardcore,s casuals, pvpers and pvers for their time and money against other MMOs. Maybe, just maybe, Funcom should have turned this in to a CRPG instead of an MMO....might have catered to the early strengths in the content, which feel very much like a CRPG to me ala Oblivion and less like a contendor for WoW's throne. I bet if they had focused on this as a single player experience it would have been a real hit.

    That said, I'm still on my way to discovering what everyone says is wrong with this game, so I can't comment any further on the later content. But on WAR, despite assertions that it is "nothing like WoW" that's just disingenuous: WAR is definitely a lot like WoW....only a better evolution of the same formula. Still, I find AoC a much more interesting game (at low levels so far) to play than either WoW or WAR.....am bracing myself for the post-Tortage disappointment that it seems is inevitable.

    But WAR is a great game; I think it will be topdog by this time next year. WotLK is going to have to be pretty impressive to drag me away from WAR.....for one thing, WAR offers new, shiny content that's casual friendly; WotLK looks like its shaping up to be a festival for 7-80 level hardcores and pvpers, of which I am neither. 

  • Posted: 9/18/08 3:45 PM
    General Discussion
• • Returnee Impressions

  • I've returned after a lengthy absence to TR, and am enjoying it immensely. I can easily see how hardcore MMOers will burn out quickly on TR, but as a casual player myself (ten hours a week to play these games, tops) TR is very rewarding to me. I've also noticed that the game has some noticeable improvements in performance, too, which is very welcome indeed. I don't know....there's something about this game that really appeals to me; I think the shooter/rpg sci-fi elements are just a pleasant change from the overabundance of fantasy MMOs on the market right now.

    Anyway, like many others, I am sticking with TR (and i've dumped all other MMOs now) until WAR, which I am really, really hoping won't be the disaster AoC apparently was (haven't personally played it; too many reviews have convinced me it's not worth the risk).

  • Posted: 8/13/08 10:55 AM
    Tabula Rasa
• • TR Picking up Speed??

  • Well, I'm back in TR after a long absence; played from Dec through Jan and got to about level 30 before I had a MMO burn out....nothing really to do with TR, just was getting sick of the MMO scene for a while. I gradually returned to WoW to play with friends, but WoW is just painful to me these days. On a lark, I found TR and decided to load it up again and see how it felt now. The game is noticeably improved, not that I had many issues with it before, but most importantly I found myself compelled to play, and losing sleep over it....a good sign of a good MMO (bad sign for normal life, but oh well!)

    So at this time, TR is the only MMO I am paying for, and I've decided I'm not touching any other MMO except this one until WAR arrives.

  • Posted: 8/13/08 10:30 AM
    Tabula Rasa