Age of Conan Online is Brutal

Age Of Conan a fantasy themed MMORPG developed by funcom released out into the world in May of 2008. since then it has as with most older MMOs gone through a series of remodels and along with it a number of content drops and expansions over the years selling millions of copies today we take a dive into its Sun scorched and brutal world see what it has to offer players today exploring its lands meeting its inhabitants and taking on its challenges well then my name is Mitch Maddox and this is Age Of Conan before we begin I'd like to thank the sponsor of this video Final Fantasy 14 online an incredible title that I'm sure for many of you needs no introduction and another that is a personal favorite of mine Final Fantasy 14 features one of the most widely inhabited and feature-rich MMORPG experiences on Earth all held together by one of the greatest final fantasy stories ever told players can spec into a wide range of jobs with one single character with 14 jobs included in the trial featuring some fan favorites for the final fantasy series setting up your trial is easy simply click the link below fill out a quick registration pick your platform and you're all good to go today players can Adventure through its two award-winning initial releases for free playing up to level 60 with no restrictions on Game Time use my link below to register for free and jump into an experience that is widely regarded as one of the very best the genre has to offer and a massive thank you to Final Fantasy 14 for sponsoring the video as always Our Journey Begins as the Character Creator where Age Of Conan doesn't offer much in terms of variety when it comes to character customization likely due to its source material with four cultures and 12 classes available and with of course a number of them locked out to free-to-play players but we need a hero for this harsh Journey so must of course call upon the one and only bronan a dark Templar in search of the most tubular of Mystic Powers after mixing up an evil cult with a fraternity with our hero confirmed the character customization boat is attacked and we be joined bronan washing up ashore after surviving the assault and after a while the man appears from within the jungle to greet us and is so taken aback by it all he has to kneel down twice for some reason bronan his memory lost is comforted however knowing that if he has any more issues with this NPC at least he knows where the reset button is the mysterious man tells us of the surrounding locations and advises bronan to seek out an old Seer nadani to begin tracking down and taking out a man called sudur to earn bronan's Freedom sand between his toes and a makeshift weapon on his back Ronan takes his first steps on the Island and it's quickly stopped by a female prisoner who pleads with bronan to find a way of releasing her I beg you got through iron chains are you mad you need the key oh Brown totally knew that agreeing to find the key we searched the beach and clobber its owner releasing The Prisoner We Begin escorting her to the nearest settlement while getting a look into the game's initial combat mechanics Age Of Conan uses a combo system reminiscent of Black Desert coupled with a directional attack setup taking up the first three number Keys typically assigned to abilities taking a bit of getting used to and really making for a bit of a squeeze later down the line in regard to keybinds when the system expands with keybinds to actual abilities but it was at least a system that made combat feel a lot more engaging a Rel mindlessly pressing buttons are seen with a lot of other MMORPGs initial levels keeping a key eye on the enemy's attacks no matter how much crazy flailing they attempt to the seeming enjoyment of our companion venturing on we are stopped by a slaver the haunted belly button toting siddar blocking our path to town and bronan wastes no time delivering a Smackdown with some of his newly acquired insanely loud abilities finally reaching our first settlement Ronan waves goodbye to our companion and makes his way to the entrance of tortage where a well-voiced and quite likable City guard warns us that with our prisoners iron still on we will struggle to make it into the city at least that's the gist of what bronan understood due to being a little distracted trying to figure out where the guard obtained his levitating spinning cheese along with watching it turning into an albino hockey puck with a quick visit to the local blacksmith we rid ourselves of our chains and make a triumphant walk into the game's first Hub being greeted with all manner of vendors and side quests but for now the main introductory quest line is our mission taking out an evil dictator Strom with Age Of Conan using an interesting mechanic to filter its introductory single-player story-driven content from its open world questing experiences with the format taking place within a night instance to allow for set pieces and cutscenes to assist the story along Ronan did you really have to pick me up like that when a bro is going to work out he's gotta work out there's the accursed slave chiropractor oh certain NPCs around town only appearing at night it's while working through the main plot line taking down the evil Strom where we are introduced to age of Conan's use of open world instances serving more as many Dungeons and for a large amount of the questing content making for an experience cutting out a large amount of traveling to get stuck into some fast-paced action quicker with of course a chance to run into another player who more often than not will be more than happy to cut you down mid-fight like a total bowl back just a break a brutal sight but one that does not stop there as Age Of Conan as a whole has a quite brutal feeling to its moment-to-moment gameplay with vicious execution style finishes built into the combat system and its dialogue feeling much more gritty and true to its source material as has come to be expected in more recent times excellent her blood will be tainted from years of her work and even with some of its more random unintended scenarios such as bronan's habit of terrifying his enemies to such a level that their entire face falls off the game's instances with its more interactive combat system made me feel from time to time that the experience felt more in line with the single-player RPG than an MMO but at least a couple of times bronan managed to team up with someone wandering the lands and even got to battle his ways at the top of a temple and take down a bush together the teaming up overall being quite a challenge as we'll revisit a little later in the video with a number of levels in the bag and barreling towards a showdown with Strom it was cool to see some additional mechanics that made this MMO stand out from other offerings aside from its day night instancing oh cool bro glow Age Of Conan allows players to climb the terrain in certain areas with a skill stat attached to it climbing Bridges and Vines and ladders allowing for having more options traversing the lands as well as additional angles to attack enemies which was in my time with the game very much needed as this MMO does have a bad habit of mixing up mobs of varying levels very close together as well as often packing them together so tightly that it's very easy to go from challenging situation to certain death with much more than you bargain for closing down in an instant oh come on bro climbing isn't the only infrequent Mobility feature either as Age Of Conan does something truly remarkable foreign [Music] that's right this MMO has a Sprint a truly beautiful feature that although is another game such as ESO is always a cause for celebration bronan was growing in strength and acquiring new skills for his final showdown with some more subtle than others [Music] there is no way I truly could not make this up but looking through the back of bronan's head will actually de-robe some NPCs getting a glimpse into what a ridiculous little horn doggy is not before long he had clawed back his memory and upon taking down the fabled strum earning his freedom from the island but the mysterious man appearing once more rounding out the introductory questline and charging our course to the city of torrentia a much grander location than our humble beginnings with all manner of amenities and with more opportunities for bronan to freak people out grabbing a few more quests we get a chance to see what would make up the core leveling experience traveling to the game's wider zones which while showing her age did have some atmospheric feeling areas while also carrying around some of the troubles we faced back in tortaj oh God escaping to the bushes further questing following the introductory questline definitely feels toned down with the now absence of voiced dialogue and with Ophelia kin to most other MMOs running around growing as many side quests as possible to get those levels in after getting a look into the further questing experience it was time to see what players will have in store for them if they managed to rise to the ranks of the end game in this MMORPG so after sacrificing a portion of my wallet to krom I of course Enlisted the help of no grown hand to take a look at the game's offerings of the level cab first up was to allocate my now expanded skills with a skill tree styled quite similar of that of world of warcraft's earlier expansions as well as the now available alternative advancement skill line which provides further Buffs and skills added with the release of the game's rise of the godslayer expansion in 2011 the skills themselves for the dark Templar at least consist mainly of Buffs and additions to the melee combos over actual activated abilities and since the directional system adds even more in the later levels is a welcome Choice as combat now consists of five directions to consider during combos like an incredibly brutal version of Dance Dance Revolution with no grown hands gear in check and abilities allocated and even his first player mount with a remarkably convincing animation we went in search of some Advanced content traveling to all manner of locations sometimes bumping into more exciting events such as a Kraken attacking the boat when traveling to a new Zone and getting further treated to the game sometimes odd NPC animations it's blood he's vicious Warehouse of the South dogs she's there with others of the resistance But as time went on more so than any other MMORPG I've played in the past year felt like I was far too late to the party Age Of Conan does have some solo instances available at level 80 but for the most part players we'll be looking to as you would imagine in an MMORPG group up for the worthwhile content and for me it was next to impossible to do so I joined a few discords and even tried the group finder for an eternity but this world due to its scale and Play account felt practically empty I was even excited when a player would appear and Cave my head in in the open world just for the interaction dipping my toe into the game's crafting and Gathering available at level 20 and 40 felt much the same a basic feeling system with no incentive to really Advance this hoop was no grown and going to make his patented hair pieces fall with no one to sell them to I played some pretty modest populated MMOs over the course of the channel but Age Of Conan by far felt like the most empty and passed its time leaving an experience that would best be enjoyed going in with the mind of a single player experience after all following its stories and maybe making your own I really enjoyed the far more harsh and brutal feeling environments for an MMO space and the combat although doing more to irritate me than impress I'm sure will be something that many players will feel like a breath of fresh air against the far more automated systems of most other MMOs but I think the most brutal thing of all would be leveling through the game just to realize that the game itself does not really house enough players to make the journey worthwhile developers funcom have done some really great work here as well as with their far more popular related survival alternative Exiles but for me unless you're looking for a free-to-play single-player Conan themed very mid-2000s feeling experience wait what oh this MMO will more than likely feel like a ghost town that is sprawling multiplayer environment a situation that I feel even crumb would struggle to turn around thank you so much for watching have you played Conan Exiles and oh wait Conan age of code is too many nuns either way as always I'm Keen to get your thoughts down in the comments and please consider dropping the video a like if you enjoyed it as it truly helps me out I want to give a massive shout out to the channel members who have been supporting the channel if you're interested in joining as a channel member for all sorts of perks including exclusive videos the info is down in the description and I'll see you beautiful people in the next one foreign [Music] ER being mostly due to his reputation of being slightly less inaccurate for the spells for unknown reasons

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Length: 12min 21sec (741 seconds)

Published: Sat May 20 2023