Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer Review

By Eurogamer staff Published 11 May, 2010

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  • cianchristopher #1 2 years ago

    Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of their women... (Best line ever)

    Take that, Hamlet!

  • Kanjin #2 2 years ago

    I'm kinda partial to the daily mail jab myself

  • lucifonz #3 2 years ago

    Surprising considering all I've heard about the expansion has been extremely positive. I'll still be checking it out, havnt played AoC since launch.

  • tachometer #4 2 years ago

    Ishtar's Privates!

  • Malek86 #5 2 years ago

    This reminds me of a certain frontpage picture.

  • gmmonkey #6 2 years ago

    I refuse to give funcom anymore money. It was such an unfinished mess the game when it was released. I stopped playing because of crashes to desktop every half an hour. I played to about level 28 and couldn't handle the crashes anymore. It annoys me that some think it's acceptable to release an mmorpg all buggy and unfinished, "because an mmorpg is never finished" but unacceptable as a singleplayer game. Any other industry, you would expect compensation.

  • Miths #7 2 years ago

    I've been playing AoC casually on and off for the last five or six months (highest level character still only level 55) and I'm quite enjoying it.
    Looking forward to the new expansion today, alongside all the Might of Crom bonus items I was tempted into buying when I pre-ordered the expansion.

  • Pac #8 2 years ago

    +1 cianchristopher

    Must always be pronounced with a Germanic accent for added effect.

  • Fibe #9 2 years ago

    Horrible review.

  • Arselbengt #10 2 years ago

    It is ridiculous of the reviewer to think that all good mmo expansions should come with a level cap increase, one such does more bad than good for the game and is just a crutch (sp?) for developers in expanding the content of a game.
    Edited by 2 at 11/05/10 @ 12:45

  • waffle #11 2 years ago

    *Horrible review.*

    Brilliantly constructive criticism. You've expertly detailed why the article is lacking and what changes could be made to make it a more complete piece of writing.

    Please direct me to your own body of work so that I might compare the works of both yourself and the reviewer.

  • Gurgeh #12 2 years ago

    Sounds like a pretty honest review to me (especially the bit about the stability of the client - yes, Funcom promised to fix them before release, but this is Funcom, not Blizzard).

    If you want a fantasy MMO that isn't WoW you're better off with LOTRO or even DDO, which has the big advantage of being free (which makes up for it's many disadvantages).

  • Suder #13 2 years ago

    Is this called a review or a 5min play trough?

    First of all.
    There are 5 zones, not 4. Peikang is the last zone. Which is in many opinions the best zone.

    2nd of all.
    There are 12 (6 man instances) and a T4 raid instance.
    How do you do a review with out trying to do any of the big contents?
    Did you do the new destiny quest from Conan?

    I mean. Do a review when you actually have played the game. This review was very bad.
    Signed from someone who has played the beta for 6 months.

    Edited by 1 at 11/05/10 @ 13:05

  • Egediuspike #14 2 years ago

    That's by far the worst Age of Conan review out there. I'm surprised that someone who does not know the product is put to the task of reviewing an expansion. He says so himself - he had no idea how the level 80 skills were working. Having played AoC from 1 to 80 AND the beta I am more than a little disappointed over Eurogamer. How long did the reviewer play the game? How did he feel the new AA feats worked with the existing skills? How does the AA skills help the mid-game? What are the new raids like?

    For £19.99 customers are getting the deal of the century with this new package.

    Eurogamer is bringing nothing but death to the PC gaming scene IMO by not giving this a proper review. Can you see the cataclysm review: "Not having played WoW before i was presented with 4 bars of something called "skills" - it took a bit of getting used, but in 10 minutes I know how to play the game end-game and it sucked, too many things to do at the same time".

    Why didn't Eurogamer use their proper reviewer that KNOW the game, and not some kid of the street?

  • telboy007 #15 2 years ago

    Do you get to punch any camels in AoC at any point?

  • Egediuspike #16 2 years ago

    This PC game 19.99 pounds - includes original game, expansion and retail version includes virtual item package and an exclusive pet. Seems like price should be higher to get a better review score? Or price does not affect the rating of a game? Console games could start selling for 99.99 and it'd be ok?

    Are Eurogamer serious about this review?

  • Egediuspike #17 2 years ago

    SPEAK UP EUROGAMER: HOW LONG DID YOU GUYS ... ACTUALLY _PLAY_ THIS GAME?

  • RedVelvet #18 2 years ago

    The review is a lie.

    He actually complained about no level cap increase :o
    Its what the comunity voted for and we are greatful for it you dumbass !!!

  • RedVelvet #19 2 years ago

    Besides this is not a review, its a preview. You cannot review somthing unles you play it EXTENSIVELY.....something not possible when the game launches today.

  • Fibe #20 2 years ago

    @Waffle
    Why bother explaining it any further, when the reviewer clearly didn't spend any real time playing the game, a MMO, which takes considerable longer time to review. It's clear no matter what the game would have been like it would have been given a low score. If he had any clue about the current state of the game, he would understand why certain decisions were made, and as a result improve the game a lot more then what he proposes.
    Added to that he could have written this review by reading a FAQ and looking at some videos. Hardly anything in the review shows he actually has played to game to get more information to the readers of Eurogamer besides what's arleady out there on the internet.
    Edited by 1 at 11/05/10 @ 13:14

  • chokedcat #21 2 years ago

    I am too interested in punching camels, when will this be possible?

    Have to agree with some comments here, not sure if the reviewerhas spent the appropriate time needed on an MMO to be able to post a review. I understand the 'want' to publish a review on launch-date, but this seems hurried and rushed in a way. I figure you have to spend around a week solid to get a good grasp on an MMO, and you certainly need some experience in one before reviewing an expansion. I'll still probably buy the expansion, other previews and indeed reviews ont he web suggest a score much higher than 6/10.

    also: wtb camel mount.

  • Velora #22 2 years ago

    Are you kidding me with this review ?

    What really caught my eye is this guy saying theres a leveling gap, there hasnt been for over 1½ year now, dont review things if your not willing to get your facts right, Eurogamer is quickly becoming one of the least trustworthy sources for reviews on the net.

  • Eisenstein #23 2 years ago

    "For £19.99 customers are getting the deal of the century with this new package."

    No they don't. Firstly, I still have to pay a subscription fee, so the initial costs are only a faction of the final costs anyway. Secondly, the game only now approaches the state it should have had when it was released (and I paid 45 Euros for it back then. It would only be the deal of the century if Funcom puts a cheque over 25 Euros into the package).

  • tiny_Callo #24 2 years ago

    Ok, given this is the worst review I have read in long time I have registered just to comment this piece of shit:

    1.) The reviewer did not like the first game. So it is absurd that he is the one who reviewed the game (this point is not so strong so lets go to nr. 2)

    2.)"the place often feels less fantastical than you might expect from the Conan universe and more like a wild, uneducated stab at Chinese history with monsters doodled in the margins. Unimaginative pagodas, paddy fields and jade carvings make a poor substitute for the occasionally spectacular architecture of Age of Conan's other areas."

    Conan is low fantasy - even the amount of fantasy present is a bit to much for conan universe. As for him saying that the architecture and the world is unimaginative it makes me wonder if he played the game AT ALL. Because he is the first person I know or I have read that said something negative about probably the most beatiful MMORPG on the market.

    3."Behold the magical, mystical land of... China! They should have rolled with it and made Age of Conan: Conan vs. Communism."
    Unprofessional at best. And it is not China that was copied but Korea. Again, here the reviewer has shown that he knows nothing about the game. It was said gazillion times that they are copying Korea.

    4." The lack of content that puts Conan players at risk of having to grind appears between levels 50 and 80, not 20 and 40"
    Again, the reviewer shows 0 knowledge about the game. Gap of 50-60 was adressed by ymirs pass 1 year after release and another gap 70-80 was filled with Tarantia Commons half a year ago
    20-40 was the only level that did not get much love since start. The decision here is obvious - if you make lvl 20-80 content in Khitai there is considerable danger that your old zones will get deserted. INSTEAD they offered additional quests in old lands and that was imo good move

    4."Khitai is big enough to render the fact that Rise of the Godslayer doesn't include a level cap increase absolutely absurd. There are four huge, wide-open areas to explore, each as big as Gateway to Khitai, except with more dungeons. By Conan's standards, there's enough here to hypothetically nudge a player up to level 100, or perhaps even 110."

    "The game is lacking depth" was one of the major complaints for Age of Conan. Alternate advancement was offered as a way of progressing without having to grind more levels. I don't see why adding levels is such an important thing ...

    Oh btw, the announcement that there will be no new levels was accepted very positively by majority of existing AoC players. So again, writer shows his inability to see why certain decisions were made and ignores the response of the players to the decisions.

    5."It's through factions that you'll acquire some of the epic loot that's your only real goal in Khitan, since you're not levelling up."
    Clearly a bizzare statement. If author would click on AA system window he would see how much advantage certain perks give to players - lvl 80 players will have to "grind" through the content in order to progress through AA system which will probably be a must have for T4 and certainly for PVP action

    4+5 alternate response gives author himself "Addictive play in RPGs doesn't simply come from "dings", but from growing your character in meaningful ways." ...

    6."Age of Conan already had redundant abilities and a wealth of tactical options, so with the addition of dozens more perks and powers, character advancement can begin to feel a little sordid. Dropping into one of the level 80 characters Funcom kindly provided me with, I found myself having to study four racks of abilities and stances with at least a dozen more powers sat eagerly in menus, waiting to be given slots. But then once I did figure out what I was doing I found I could slouch through every fight with the same series of combos."
    I suggest author to do the same series of combos against my bearshaman.

    7.It's also worth pointing out that on the beta server I played Godslayer on, the memory leaks and general instability of the client were still an issue, and crashes were regular, although Funcom assures us things will improve in the live version of the game.)
    I have not crashed a single time through beta. But than again I have decent clean computer.



    --> I think I have shown why this is an article eurogamer should delete. I appologise for my broken english but I hope you will understand the points I was trying to make anyway.

  • FIGHT #25 2 years ago

    this review is a joke...
    probably: 1st time played the game, never in guild, no raids, no friends, solo on lent char, shot time played, beta server, incorrect info, never done 1-80, no pvp and many more fatal errors.

  • tiny_Callo #26 2 years ago

    East is least.

    Almost forgot this brilliant piece. Are you kidding me? For this alone the review should be deleted.

  • Icoyce #27 2 years ago

    This review does not live up to Eurogamers usual excellence, unfortunately.

    The reviewer seems to belong to the group of people who believe the game has not evovled since launch 2008, and continue to bring up flaws that have long since been corrected. Do people who review World of Warcraft still bring up its instabilities at launch to drag down the reivew? I think not.

    Not raising the level cap was one of the best decision they have made. It is a shame the reviewer does not realize this.

  • sargeant_paulson #28 2 years ago

    Bit silly to compare directly to how Blizzard did it, and if it's different then it's bad. The players didnt want more levels, and as far as I can see that's the direction Blizzard is taking in the future too. There is alot of content in the expansion the reviewer has not tested, and dont seem to know about. The AA system is designed for players who have spent more than a few hours in the game, and know a little more about their class. I don't think a veteran player will get lost in the AA feats.

    AOC is designed in a way that gear matters less than in other games, player skill is important too, both in pvp and pve. The gear might look like small upgraded to existing. But that's how it is. There is no 300% gear diference in AOC.

    The factions are designed so that casual players can get some decent end game gear, that takes time and comitment to gain. The raiders have a new T4 raid instance.

    This game is designed for adults, not 12 year old kids.

    I also don't understand the lack of quests. Many new quests have been added to existing zones, two new zones, in the 60-79 area. There is also offline leveling, so you can put in a level or two if you have skipped some quests and want to move on faster.
    Edited by 1 at 11/05/10 @ 13:36

  • Bodd #29 2 years ago

    AoC must be doing really badly for subs - I remember the Darkfall review getting hordes of new signups to bitch about it, compared to the handful we have here ;)

  • tiny_Callo #30 2 years ago

    troll is a troll

  • Pogec #31 2 years ago

    What a horrible review. Id like to ask the author how much time did he spend playing? Was it 1 or maybe 2 hours? And is the review based on actual gaming experience or on reading through the patch notes on the official beta-test forums? Why doesnt the author mention the strong points of the expack like new dungeons or new raid instance? He is for example moaning about that he doesnt understand all abilities of his "instant-made" character, but thats perfectly normal, because thats why there is something called leveling my friend :D just lol. Or how is claiming that no lvl cap raise is huge weakpoint :D What a bulls..t, raising the would make instantly the old content redundant and not worth of playing, not to mention forcing players to grind another bazilion of mobs. And there is a lot more contradictions in his so called review.
    P.S. I dont know on what piece of junk are you guys playing but surprisingly I dont experience any crashes at all (apart from sieges tbh, but thats another issue).

  • wardeana #32 2 years ago

    May be worth mentioning a new feature that is live at the moment, 'offline xp' - basically after level 30 or so your account gains a level every 4 days or so that can be spent on any of your characters, really torn on whether I like it or not but couldn't resist using some of the levels to bounce my conqueror to level 60 and the next party of the story quest. May be a good way for people to see a lot more of the new expansion. dunno.

  • levitate #33 2 years ago

    I see the AoC fanbois have finally come out of their hiding. *brings out popcorn*

  • actionfitz #34 2 years ago

    "most of Conan's free updates after its launch concerned themselves with adding content that should have been there in the first place."

    well said that man.

    ----

    -4 for agreeing with the reviewer.
    nice.
    Edited by 1 at 11/05/10 @ 14:17

  • daywheed #35 2 years ago

    Thats because the aoc community is way older and most of them are still working.

    Anyway the preview shows quite clearly that the author has absolutely no clue about the game. He doesnt say anything about the dungeons, chosain and paikang and there are some factual errors.

  • tiny_Callo #36 2 years ago

    @action something
    Stating the obvious that has NO relevance to the review since it is not base+expansion review but a simple minded expension review. So relevance here is non existing
    Edited by 1 at 11/05/10 @ 14:06

  • dbranchevans #37 2 years ago

    Have no idea how long they played it for but frankly if your playing it now as a lot of the critics on here seem to be then you're going to carry on playing it. I personally thought it was an interesting perspective having someone new come to this, like most I did the first twenty levels and then immediately gave up, it does sound like they've fixed a lot of the 'gap' but I don't read anything more into this than every MMO review, he had a high level character, he gave it a run through, he wasn't that impressed, shock horror. Most of the criticisms seem perfectly valid, albeit applicable to the majority of MMO's. Star Trek Online, Champions Online, Aion all have issues he's not saying Conan's a terrible game, just an average one with potential that was unfufilled. Guess I'll be waiting for Star Wars online then...

  • Egediuspike #38 2 years ago

    Here's a video a gamer made from the beta: [link url=http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=ELcjGD6Fc8g
    ]http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=ELcjGD6Fc8g
    [/link]

    I wonder how much of this content Mr Quintin Smith from Eurogamer has seen.. if any at all.. ;) Mean-spirited and "Conan vs communism" oh well, just strikes me as unprofessional.

  • tiny_Callo #39 2 years ago

    show me one criticism that is valid. Sure there are problems in game - currently minigames and sieges. T4 might not be working at all, etc. Every game has problems. But I see none of the criticism he made valid.

  • actionfitz #40 2 years ago

    LOL at all the butt-hurt funcom fanboys complaining about the review.
    Reviews/previews etc are just opinions people...

    and opinions are like arseholes folks, everyone has one.
    As a former player myself, I'm still not rid of the bad taste in my mouth from the AoC launch, it hit the shops in a pathetic state.
    Seriously unprofessional to ship it as incomplete as it was.
    I got my Barbarian past 63 or so before quitting.

    I'm well aware that the ones responsible have already fallen on their swords, so to speak, and Craig Morrison is doing his best to work with what's left and please the remaining fans - again (see anarchy online).
    But many of us wont throw good money after bad.
    I'll hold out for 'The Secret World'.
    If that game sucks, me and FunCom are 'Done professionally' - to paraphrase Mr Christain Bale :)

  • levitate #41 2 years ago

    The game is on the ropes, it gets an expansion that is next to abysmal and the fanbois are crying louder than ever. That's hardcore indeed. Makes me NOT want to start with it because, from what I've seen, the general playerbase has so far shown signs of worse behaviour than the kids in that other-MMO-we-shan't-mention-by-name.

    That says a lot. Grow up kids!

  • Wyrmdale #42 2 years ago

    All I can see out of this article is, that the author does not like Age of Conan at all.

    And he proves it several times. It's not a review of the new expansion. It is nothing more than a try to convince other people of the author's opinion.

    There are so many flaws in the article, showing, that the author did not (and obviously will not) spend the time to dive into the game at all.

    To the remark about the level cap: All MMO's have proven, that rising the level cap is not a good solution. Example: travel to the old zones of WoW: empty places. Shattrath, once bustling with live, is now a dead city with some occassional players levelling an alt. I think Funcom is on the right way not to jump on the same waggon and it is good there is still a company out there, which is brave enough to try something new.

    And for Eurogamer: you did yourself not a favor allowing someone with no clue about a game to write a review. Shame on you.

  • actionfitz #43 2 years ago

    Hmmm...
    I hurt someone's' Epeen I see.
    Lets have a look...
    ------------------------
    Alias: tiny_Something

    Location: Slovenia
    Post count: 5
    -------------------
    yeah, thought so.
    Bugger off back to the FC forums with the rest of your whiny 'lets start EG accounts to bitch about one review' mates.

  • Metalfish #44 2 years ago

    There ain't 'arf some wankers in this comments thread.

  • misterlee #45 2 years ago

    What a dumbass. Eurogamer you should be ashamed of having this dick on your staff. Call that a review? The guy has never played the original game and logged in to the beta for 10 minutes having already decided to hate the game and then spewed up that piece of crap. Apart from the nonsense guess work and extremely biased opinions it's also full of incorrect facts about a game you clearly haven't played much of if at all.

  • xentar #46 2 years ago

    this is a surprise for me. So far i could understand every EG revier even if I had different opinion. Today I dont understand. Day 0 review of a MMO is new for me. The open testing was only three days over the weekend... Screw you mister Smith, screw you for making gaming journalists look bad

  • actionfitz #47 2 years ago

    Hehehe... All the wankers praising AoC and giving Negs to anyone who agrees with Quintin's Review have an average post count of 2.
    hmmm... Start an EG account today just to bitch about one review much?
    your tears make us stronger.
    nom nom nom nom nom.
    :)


  • actionfitz #48 2 years ago

    misterlee, post count 1.
    thanks for the post fanboy!

  • ChaK #49 2 years ago

    shame on you EG.

    You lost the little trust remaining I had in your writing.

  • tiny_Callo #50 2 years ago

    I did not even buy expansion yet. Chill ... I just use arguments while you used statements. I win. If you have read my comment you would have seen that I indeed used this account only to comment this article. But not because AoC is soooo good but because this is bullshit journalism at best.

    You see, opinions have to be justified. this one is not. I have shown why

  • sargeant_paulson #51 2 years ago

    @Quintin Smith: Hi, I think you really should consider removing this review and let someone else do a proper review. There are certain things that's just wrong and your making jokes about it as if it really is a problem.

    "The lack of content that puts Conan players at risk of having to grind appears between levels 50 and 80"
    "But let's say you do reach level 80..."

    This is not correct and it's missleading potential players to belive you have to grind from 50 and up.

    There is also some bad asian/political jokes. The reviewer dont seem to understand how important the asian market is to MMO developers. Even Blizzard, the flagship og western MMO have adjusted the game to asian players. The original Horde races were extremly popular in asia, while most western players prefered Alliance. Not untill BC expansion did both sides get classes that made the sides more equal in east/west.

    This expansion is a major release and I think a site like eurogamer should do a proper review. If you don't have time to review it properly then dont do it. There's many game sites that dont review mmo's because of lack of time/knowledge/money.



  • Kahmoros #52 2 years ago

    I specially signed up here, to comment this "Review".

    Sorry, but this is the retardest Review ive ever seen.
    I think this Guy is a motoric AoC hater, and want to lower the interest on this Game. I have no other assertion for this here...
    Playtime 1-2H or what?
    Funcom shuold sue for libel the Autor or this Site for this horrible thing.

    Or just FIRE them NAO! :-)

    Edited by 1 at 11/05/10 @ 14:37

  • Vanmunt #53 2 years ago

    I don't know anything about this game and have never played it but I am enraged!! grrrr... Conan The Destroyer was crap.. apart from Pat Roach.

  • actionfitz #54 2 years ago

    "Sorry, but this is the retardest Review ive ever seen."

    LOL.
    the 'Retardest'?
    really?
    Oh by the way, Irony called, it was for you.

  • AccidentProne #55 2 years ago

    Ooh, it's like Dorkfail all over again.

    /popcorn

  • Kahmoros #56 2 years ago

    @actionfitz

    Go back to your Mr-T granades u Kiddy, und STFU when Grown Ups talking! xD

  • George-Roper #57 2 years ago

    Kiddy? LMFAO!

  • actionfitz #58 2 years ago

    "Kahmoros
    @actionfitz

    Go back to your Mr-T granades u Kiddy, und STFU when Grown Ups talking! xD"

    Kiddy?
    I'm 31 years old actually :)
    BTW your grammar makes my eyes bleed, in fact, it's the "retardest" grammar i've ever seen.
    hehe.

  • Bodd #59 2 years ago

    Hardstyle

  • levitate #60 2 years ago

    Me and actionfitz seem to be the only sane people in this sea of fanbois and bad grammar. Please rage some more so nobody want to subscribe to the game, hopefully the half dozen people still left playing this dung might get their senses back and leave too.

  • Kahmoros #61 2 years ago

    U can try to answer me in my Language! ;-)
    Lets see how your "grammar" is.^^

    btw:

    [14:53]:[Whisper]:[actionfliz]: I like men, u too?




    Whats this??

  • tiny_Callo #62 2 years ago

    Let me help reviewer collect valid points so he can give game bad grade

    The most obvious and the most disturbing thing was not even mentioned. That is no new starting area. Imagine playing Oblivion time after time after time. This is probably the most hated area by vets because they have been through it many many times and it's design is SP - it is one, max 2 time fun ... it has no replayable value. Therefore a new starting area would be something logical to include in expansion

  • pasham #63 2 years ago

    Quintin Smith- Did u seriously try playing this game . I think money involved with this article . U sold credibility of eurogamer . I hope worth it.
    If u had just reed the qq s at aoc forum u could write alot better and more reliable slander .
    Its still not too late . Pls delete this "joke" article and write again after playing this game untill u work out what is what .

    too bad too bad too bad

  • actionfitz #64 2 years ago

    "@Kahmoros
    [14:53]:[Whisper]:[actionfliz]: I like men, u too?

    Whats this??"

    Erm by the looks of things it's a line of text whereby you imply i've been sending you some form of instant messages professing my esteem for my fellow man and inquire about your feelings on the issue.

    "U can try to answer me in my Language! ;-) "

    erm ok, here goes:
    OMGWTFBBQ!!?11 noObZ u r tEh sUxOrs KTHXBYE!!11

    did I get that right?
    Im not 100% fluent in Retard, apologies.

  • Kahmoros #65 2 years ago

    @actionfitz
    "Im not 100% fluent in Retard, apologies."

    You can read the "Review", so you are! ;-)

  • levitate #66 2 years ago

    @Kahmoros:"U can try to answer me in my Language! ;-)"

    ..Which is?

  • Kahmoros #67 2 years ago

    @levitate

    As actionfitz sayd! ;-)

  • chokedcat #68 2 years ago

    review is gone, oh snap.

  • actionfitz #69 2 years ago

    "We believe the review provided an accurate and reasonable account of the game in its present state".
    all that needs to be said really.

  • Fibe #70 2 years ago

    If that was the case they wouldn't have pulled it.
    I'm sure it was accurate for the single hour he spend in-game with hardly to no previous knowledge about the game.
    And that's far from enough for a MMO.
    Edited by 1 at 11/05/10 @ 15:52

  • levitate #71 2 years ago

    People are whining about one person's opinion of a videogame.

    And you call yourself "mature players"?

  • Suder #72 2 years ago

    @levitate You dont understand. Its not the opinion I am complaining about. Heck, he could give it 5/10 if he wanted to, thats his opinion. I respect that. But if you give it a score, you have to explain the reason. And how can you explain the reason when you only played for 1-2h by staring at the sky?

    But here was a very poor written review which made me wonder did he play this game at all? Did he knows anything about the current state of the game?
    Ive spend 6 moths beta testing this game, done every instance, every content there is. He havent even tried a single instance, not a single raid, and by the looks of it he hasnt even bin in the last playfield. He hasnt tested how the AA system works, how faction system works etc. He doesent mention there is a whole new 24man raid. What about the new destiny quest that is very important to the story. What about games music score?
    Summary: This review was like reviewing a car by it looks, but not testing its engine.....If you understand. Poor review, thats all.

  • Waffleaber #73 2 years ago

    The amount of single digit posters in this thread is amazing and I can't believe EG have taken the review down.

    Please re-instate the review and delete the comments thread.

  • daywheed #74 2 years ago

    A good review should
    1. Inform
    2. Evaluate
    3. Give opinion of the tester

    The evaluation should be based on objective criteria, the personal opinion of the tester should be stated in some sentenced at the end of the article.
    Thats the way most of the testers do it.
    So what was wrong with the article?

    1. Lack of information: There was nothing about the 12 dungeons, nothing about the emote system, nothing about t4 raids. So you got the feeling the tester didnt play any dungeon at all. Since they are an integral part of the addon and a mmorpg in general this is a very big mistake. Only few sentences about the aa system more opionion than facts. He didnt say anything about chosain or paikang 2 new zones which are the best ones in the addon. Hardly any information about the new factions the new credo choice and consequence, nothing about the massive amount of new armor and items. The new pets you can raise were handled in 2 sentences, but they are quite an important factor for the addon.

    2. Evaluation was not well founded. It was more opinion than fact based. Of course a game should make fun and thas in the end personal taste and feelings.
    But how can you suppose to have fun with a mmorpg after making a level 80 char and rushing into high level content without having any clue about the game and the char you are playing. Of course there will be too much combos and skills you have to choose from.No wonder it will be confusing. But thats not the games fault.Its yours. So you cannot say we it doesnt need more skills and so stuff as it already got so much.

    3. Opinion
    He stated in nearly every second sentence that he didnt like this and that but he didnt say why it was bad or he didnt like it.
    As I said opinion in a review is important but if the opinion overweights the facts and is mixed with evalutation it messes everything up. And the tester already started with his opinion so after reading 2 sentences you already got the feeling he does not like aoc at all.And that just continued and got worse.
    Ok you dont like an aa system, you want more levels. But does that mean an aa system is crap? Does that have to mean its a big con if there are no new levels? you dont like it? No problem. Write it down but say that it is your opinion or say why it is bad based on objective facts.

    4. Facts
    He made some false statements like "there is a content gap at level 40-80".
    This has been fixed months ago.Just shows he has no clue about the game at all, but he should have as a serious tester.

    So much for now, sorry for my bad english, its not my native language ^^.
    Another note: I hardly doubt you can test an addon for a mmorpg in some days, thats just impossible and will result in a desaster both for the game and the tester.

    edit: grammar
    Edited by 4 at 11/05/10 @ 17:30

  • dbranchevans #75 2 years ago

    Hmmm, interesting they took it down, could go either way I guess, either he didn't play it enough and the negs are right (although we're back into the age old question of how longs enough for an MMO...) or as a couple of people have suggested theres a slightly disturbing campaign of people signing up with suspiciously similar comments around what he hasn't reviewed...

    If its the later then I guess it'll all come out in the wash although shame on you for damaging a guys career, if its the former then shame on him for wrecking what might well now finally be an excellent game, however, having read plenty of his reviews before I'm leaving towards the later...

    Edit: Although I have to say Daywheed does lay out his concerns rather well and with some decent explanation unlike the others...
    Edited by 1 at 11/05/10 @ 17:44

  • dbranchevans #76 2 years ago

    Oh and Kahmoras, your utterly pathetic, 'actionfitz likes men' oh god well thats me sold on the expansion then. Go back to your gold farming and money whoring ways...

  • thegreatheed #77 2 years ago

    @actionfitz

    Yep, I'm creating an account here just to post this comment. Mostly because I've never had a reason to visit this crap hole of a website before, but you've motivated me so. You think it's sad that fanboys create an account to defend a game, from which they gain entertainment value, against what they perceive as a very incomplete and unjust review. I think it's sad that you feel the need to call them out and try to correct random anonymous posters that have zero influence on your life or your entertainment. Oh noes! Someone is wrong on the internet... must correct... must ridicule... ...

    My 2 cents, have a nice life.

  • bluefunk #78 2 years ago

    What a useless review and reviewer. Eurogamer you got this review completely wrong. I was in the RotG beta and this is just totally, totally off the mark. The expansion is great in many ways, no extra levels, AA is awesome and the level design is superb.

    Unbelievable joke of a review. Pathetic, shame on you.

  • Mascalzone #79 2 years ago

    You're a bunch of 'uppets :D
    Edited by 1 at 12/05/10 @ 23:04

  • lucifonz #80 2 years ago

    Those defending the review should consider that it actually contained factual inaccuracies but also that the expansion isn't even live on the servers yet, meaning the review came from the beta. You simply cannot review the final product with beta code, its unprofessional - this is no doubt why the review was taken down. Not saying the score was wrong as I havn't played it yet, just simply pointing out the facts.

  • litote #81 2 years ago

    to thegreatheed,

    agree, its unbelievable how such forum parasites can pretend to be more mature than the ones who defend their opinions with meaningful and reasonable claims, who take their time to explain why a review (that i didn't get to read sadly) is far off the mark.
    On top of that, their SOLE overused and pretty silly "argument" (which is more trolling bashing, aiming to enrage than anything else) is that the others are "fanboys" (ad hominem of course, why bother) ,how often did i read this one on the forum?.... Oh yeah and they have inaccurate grammar....

    err, can you actually add anything to the discussion, like, why you found the review accurate etc...?

    you know , no one will hurt you, you can freely express your opinion, if you have one that is.

    from levitate: "Me and actionfitz seem to be the only sane people in this sea of fanbois"

    yeah right...
    Edited by 2 at 12/05/10 @ 01:59

  • bandyta #82 2 years ago

    It was another poor MMO review by Eurogamer. Waiting for REAL one from somebody who actually played AoC and expansion.

  • Shabbaranks #83 2 years ago

    Never read the review but at least EG listens to the common man and pulled it. Am sure the reviewer is now locked in a room playing the game clockwork orange style.

  • Waldo #84 2 years ago

    Better than Darkfall, then?

  • aufi #85 2 years ago

    if there were factual inaccuracies, excessive editorializing and major aspects of the expansion given "short shrift" by the reviewer, then we have a problem. a serious published work a games review is not, but such errors--unintentional or not--are cause for a serious hosing in most other publishing circles. here, at best, it misleads the EG readership. at worst, it's agenda-setting, plain and simple.

    if true, a degree of anger is justified and to be expected. opinion on the part of commentors who "agree" with the review is just as likely to be tinged by past experience with the game as opinion on the part of the "negatives" is by any alleged fanboyism.

    note: long time AoC vanilla player, haven't subbed for the past year, have not yet played the xpac in question.

  • GuyNoir #86 2 years ago

    Never played an MMO(?), no idea what the interweb is all about, and can't type or spolle, (also my gran'ma is want'in). But why can't everyone be fiends?

  • Yargh #87 2 years ago

    Having actually read the review, and noted that the author expressly states that his time with the expansion was during a Funcom provided beta period, I can't say I see anything wrong with it.

    I guess complaining really loudly does work, just like in politics.

  • Guildenstern #88 2 years ago

    Wow, I haven't even realized before how sad Conan fanboys are. Being addicted to terrible, failing mmo will do it to you...

  • kabukiman #89 2 years ago

    "Never played an MMO(?), no idea what the interweb is all about, and can't type or spolle, (also my gran'ma is want'in). But why can't everyone be fiends? "

    Because fiends are enemies, lol

  • daywheed #90 2 years ago

    German eurogamer gave it a nine.........lol

    http://ww w.eurogamer.de/articles/age-of-...

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  • mmogamers #92 1 year ago

    Age of Conan has a lot of potential, proposes some new interesting game features for an MMORPG game of this genre and might just have what it takes to be the next big hit. But not just yet… For now the game is buggy, the story is inconsistent, the gameplay can be frustrating, the world is a series of instances that brake the game into tiny, tasteless pieces, the classes are unbalanced and overall the game has a feeling of closed beta it just can’t shake off.