bit-tech Shopping: Eidos Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures (PC)

Rating: 4

Time with product: 4 Months

Strengths: Looks nice.Is fun - at first.

Weaknesses: You will be bored of it in the first month.

Summary: age of conan was hyped up for sure. The graphics are eye candy without question, but the lackluster gameplay ended it for me. Hack and slash level after level. My system was capable but system requirements are absurd even on low settings for smooth gameplay.The massive online gameplay was buggy, and riddled with need fixes. I played it for the month and that was it. Went back to WOW waiting for the next great RPG.

Rating: 4

Time with product: 1 Month

Strengths: Graphics, first 20 levels

Weaknesses: Bugs, still Beta when released.

Summary: Played this for the first 30 days and then stopped. Great voice acting and play for the first 20 levels. Graphics were much better than other MMORPGs. Ran into a lot of bugs, it was like playing a beta version of the game. If you like to create and play multiple characters like I do it will get boring real quick as you have to play the same quests over and over for the first 20 levels.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 2

Strengths: Outstanding, immersive graphics. Combat system is fun and actually requires you pay attention! Solo or group playable. Next generation up from WoW.

Weaknesses: Gets a bit monotonous with the only playable race being human. Everyone basically looks the same.

Summary: If you're a hardcore WoW fan unwilling to accept a superior game has come along, then don't bother buying this. You will just end up like everyone else complaining that your system isn't up to spec or find some other excuse not to like it. Age of Conan is fantastic!!

Rating: 4

Time with product: 1

Strengths: Soloing is easy, Destiny Quests were relatively fun.

Weaknesses: Too much like WoW, economy seemed weak, hack-slash MMORPG

Summary: I was really looking forward to this game, the previews looked good.... The game just was not fun for me, it was too quest oriented and didn't seem to have a strong economy. Mind you, I made it to about 34 as a Necromancer so I never really got to experience the tradeskill system but the game just didn't appeal to me. As a necromancer I found the only strategy I had for fighting was the same for me as that of a tank or a priest.... tanking while casting a few spells. I played for the month trial and then just canceled my account.

Rating: 6

Time with product: 1 Month

Strengths: Slightly entertaining

Weaknesses: System requirements

Summary: Although the game is fun, make sure you know the system requirements before buying it. If you don't have a "gamer's" computer, this is not the game for you. As far as I could tell, there was no crafting or auction hall in the earlier levels. Overall, it's an Ok game, but not one of my top 5.