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Age of Conan - Collectors Edition (PC) | 
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| From: Eidos
Category: Video Games
List Price: £59.99
Buy New: £45.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3995
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: role-playing-games
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 10.9 x 2.9
EAN: 5021290035485
ASIN: B0013N600C
Release Date: May 23, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New, despatched by an Established UK Store (Customer support by E-mail & telephone Office hours Monday-Friday)
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| Customer Reviews:
 Overall very impressed May 27, 2008
Dud (Bedfordshire, England)
So far so good. I am up to level 11. It's "WoW-like" but at the same time isn't, in a good way.
The gfx are much better as mentioned by others. The gameplay is also more interactive, no more point and autoshot make a cup of tea, as the AI learns your moves and you have to change them or they become ineffective.
The game and storyline are much richer.
I havent seen any bugs or crashes yet. I have a very high spec machine, dual FX74s, 8800GTS and 8Gb RAM on Vista64. Seems much more stable than WoW (is today!) so I dont know what the fuss is about. I can play on 1900x1200 full AA and get around 60fps which is good enough for my eyes.
There is a night mode for single player in the starter town (effectively an instance) or you can play during the game daytime for interaction with others - nice touch. The manual also mentions instancing of areas to avoid game lag, which would be impressive.
there is an extra layer of money, tin copper silver gold
Points to come across yet:
there are mounts you can ride in combat and you have to swing your weapon on the correct side of the mount to hit your opponent!
group quests and instances
cant make a guild until level 20+
guild raids to conquer other guild towns!
the CE cape and ring - not sure where they are.
Summary
Looks promising as a potential WoW replacement. I will play both equally until the Lich King is released then take a view. Hope to reach say level 40-50 by then. I am not in a rush to level like the kids are and want to enjoy the experiences the game has to offer. If you havent played WoW or similar, the interface will take some getting used to.
Disagree Mr Hicks May 26, 2008
Stephen G. Moss (Dubai)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Graphically the lanscapes are fantastic and char detail is very nice. Combat is fun with differnt attacking points and moveable defences. You actually have to think about how and where to attack each enemy. the fatalities are fun to watch and seem quite varied depending on weapon type. Leveling is quick in comparrsion to other similar games. I've played since early access start on 17th and yet to see a single L80 char, highest I've seen in mid 60's.
My experience so far has been good, I'm having a lot of fun. Something LOTR, Guildwars and Warcraft just did not do for me. First MMOG that has a lot of potential since Dark Ages Of Camelot IMHO.
Mr Hicks Spec guide is totally incorrect. I've tested on my home rig with single and dual Sli 8800GTS cards and with 2 Gb and 4 Gb ram, the Ram made no difference at all 2Gb is suffient ti run on High quality settings. Even with 2Gb and a single 8800GTS card it runs at 60+ fps and 30+ in the main cities.
I also play it on a Tosh X200-23g laptop with 3Gb Ram and dual M8600GTS cards. It runs fine on high except in the main city where fps is down to 15-30. Outside its 40+.
I'll be perfectly honest, there are plenty of bugs with quests and some zones crashing. But, it is early days and we have to give Funcom some time to fix them. They are constantly doing updates and monitoring the performance. I'm sure they will get there in the end.
 Graphically great, but overall a very poor launch. May 24, 2008
D. Hicks (UK)
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
This game exceeds with it's selling point (the graphics), but overall it's very poor.
Ok to start -
Good points:
* Graphics are amazing even on low.
* Quest system is a breath of fresh air. Very few fed-ex style quests.
* Combat system is a great change from the auto attack most games have.
* User UI is customizable, and user friendly.
* Leveling is fast. (both good and bad, depending on your view)
* Ganking is minimal overall
Bad points:
* Very poor launch.
* CE editions arrived with keys that didn't work.
* Pre-order keys also did not always work.
* GM support is limited.
* Leveling is fast. Funcom advertised 2 weeks solid hardcore gaming to reach 80, there were people lvl80 within 3 days of the early access going live.
* Unless you a PC that meets the recommended specs, it'll run pretty poor.
* An 8800GTX (or similar) and 4gb RAM is needed to run high settings at a reasonable rate.
* Not true open world PvP. Zones are instanced. So grouping can be troublesome.
In my personal opinion, wait a few months before buying. Funcom are swarmed with complaints at the minute, and those are growing by the day.
This isn't to say everyone has had issues, some are happily playing away.
For me personally, I think I wasted 60 buying the CE. This game was launched 3 months too early. It's pretty much still in beta in terms of support, glitches, bugs etc
Don't go canceling that WoW sub just yet.
Quick spec check: (to get 30+ fps)
Required to play high - 8800GTX (or similar) 4GB RAM, 3GHz C2D
Required to play medium - 8800GT, 3GB RAM, 2.5ghZ C2D
Required to play low - 7900+, 2gb RAM, 2.2ghZ C2D
It'll play on lower spec machines, but Funcom's minimum spec are a complete joke.
Buy at your own risk.
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