Age of Conan

Prolly the best review I have seen for AoC on the MMORPG.com boards.

I have not had any tech issues to speak of, so on that note I cannot totally agree aside from what I have read in forums. But the rest of the review I agree with completely.

Originally posted by Hexxeity

Originally posted by Cymdai

Truth be told, if I were not playing with good friends, I don't think I'd even enjoy this game at this time. But I lucked out there.

Sadly, it's similar to Vanguard in many ways in my eyes. I hope it doesn't go down that road though... I will be sad to see another MMO tank within 3 months

 

You really should mention this in your review.  Any game is more fun when played with friends.

Better yet, for a truly objective review, create a character your friends don't even know about and write the review based on that character's experiences.

Since this is an MMO, a review written by someone who didn't play with friends wouldn't be accurate or representative of someone's experience in the game.  It's important that when reviewing an MMO you DO play with friends because that's what most people do. 

Maybe if he had made a character on a separate server and "made" friends, but I still think more people start playing with friends than make friends after they start playing.

Point being, it's more accurate of a review this way.

Thank you for this fair and honest review, Cymdai.  So I was wise to wait-and-see before buying AoC.  I will give it a few months to cook and then check again to see if it's ready for consumption.

Very good review, but I have had two level 30 characters and over 70hours playtime and have yet to crash for a sound issue? Only crashed once, right after a patch but that was during Beta..

good review OP. pretty much agree with a lot of your thoughts.

No discredit to Cymdai, but it's funny how many people jump on the Staff Writer's bandwagon and congradulate him on a great review. Makes me wonder if he had posted this review under a different name and title, if everyone would have had such a pleasant response.

Reason I'm even saying this is because while his review was definately complete and covered all areas, from good to bad, truth is, most of his review had been pointed out by either a hater or a fanboi.

Before anyone goes into frenzy mode and starts tainting this thread with the exact type of responses we don't need. Just take a moment to understand that while some people tend to use more colorful metaphors in their reviews, doesn't mean what they say isn't spot on.

Just some food for thought...

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Originally posted by Rhoklaw
No discredit to Cymdai, but it's funny how many people jump on the Staff Writer's bandwagon and congradulate him on a great review. Makes me wonder if he had posted this review under a different name and title, if everyone would have had such a pleasant response.
Reason I'm even saying this is because while his review was definately complete and covered all areas, from good to bad, truth is, most of his review had been pointed out by either a hater or a fanboi.
Before anyone goes into frenzy mode and starts tainting this thread with the exact type of responses we don't need. Just take a moment to understand that while some people tend to use more colorful metaphors in their reviews, doesn't mean what they say isn't spot on.
Just some food for thought...

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The only review i have read to date which is honest and reasonably unbiased. Says something about AoC reviewees in general tbh, but this is the exception.

67% is generous imo, but thats just me.

Originally posted by Zinzan

The only review i have read to date which is honest and reasonably unbiased. Says something about AoC reviewees in general tbh, but this is the exception.

67% is generous imo, but thats just me.

So when I say AoC is broken because of A, B and C and get told by fanbois to get bent. Then a staff writer comes along and writes exactly the same thing and get's 100% praise for it, what do you call that? I think that has more to do with reviewers status than their honesty and unbiased statements. But what do I know, I'm not a staff writer.

Not sure if this is the only honest and reasonable. I've read many on these boards that didn't have an advertising dollar attached to them.

It's refreshing to see a person associated with a gaming company advertising site, warning consumers of a product with legitimate data/experience. 

If it had been one of us unaffiliated peoples, it would probably be under attack already.

Thanks, Cymdai

I was curious what your view was after the Siege debacle from the other day.