Garrett Fuller had the chance to check out Funcom's Age of Conan at the recent Game Developers Conference.

At GDC this week, we were lucky enough to get a chance to look at the new demo for Age of Conan. Funcom is certainly putting the polish on this title and continues to work to make the game look and feel like the barbaric Hyborian world that Robert E. Howard had created. Last time we saw the game was at E3 back in May. The look of the game has been upgraded considerably in the graphics department with a very crisp texture and great artwork in the world. Despite having the launch delayed, it seems like the team are in the polishing phases before they plan for Beta in the coming months. Some of these features you may have heard of before, but several new elements were also shown at GDC.

In regards to character creation, players can start out as a Cimmerian, Aquilonian, or Stygian. Funcom describes each with the Cimmerians as the barbaric viking type race, Aquilonia as ancient Rome around the time of its fall, and Stygia as having an Egyptian influence. The customization in the character creation is very in depth. Players can spend a long time creating the look of their characters or allow for the game to randomly give you a certain look.

Read the whole article here.

The first undeniably 3rd generation MMO in existance

oh man this keeps sounding better and better

      Amen

Originally posted by b0rderline99

The first undeniably 3rd generation MMO in existance

oh man this keeps sounding better and better

Originally posted by b0rderline99

The first undeniably 3rd generation MMO in existance

oh man this keeps sounding better and better

Agreed!!!!!!!!!!!!

October sounds so far away

Yeah consoles are what the devs of MMOs yearn for. They know that the number of console outnumber PCs. Now that it seems the technology is allowing the MMO industry to cross platforms that will be the standard

Hi all, long time lurker, Game on listener

great article; lots of new info. Would like to see you guys do an interview with Funcom for game on. Hopefully you're one step ahead of me and recorded something during gdc (hint hint)

would love to know more about the dark and light paths mentioned

Awesome! Some semi new info for us here.

For those who found this article informative, read the article over at Warcry. It has some new info and is an interesting read.

http://www.warcry.com/news/view/69503-GDC-2007-Age-of-Conan-Preview

ET

Good news, they definitely stir up my interest.

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Originally posted by MaeEye
FFXI has great depth, and it's on consoles.

Why all the console hating?

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Controllable territory, combat that requires some player skill (not just repetitive 1-2-3 button pressing ad nauseum), interesting character customization for all the RPers out there, varied quests that reflect the truly brutal world, all wrapped up in a shiny polished box...

My boner for this game gets bigger every day.

As for the cross-console thing, to be honest I don't care who I'm carvin' steaks out of. Bring 'em on.

Originally posted by fansede

Yeah consoles are what the devs of MMOs yearn for. They know that the number of console outnumber PCs. Now that it seems the technology is allowing the MMO industry to cross platforms that will be the standard