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 - Dissapointed and UpsetThe second falls onto the shoulders of the online companies where the game was pre-ordered from - the companies did not provide the pre-order keys to the customers until EA was already closed out. Amazon provided the keys right away so there wasn't much worry with Amazon falling into this group. (This was stated by someone else) Yeah right, I pre-ordered back in March, never received any pre-order key. Amazon still hasn't responded to any e-mails, and I might receive something by June 9! WOW, this is horrible service. And because of this I will never order thru Amazon again. Rating:  - Thanks for nothing AmazonAs the person before me said... the game is great... Amazon is not. Thanks for nothing amazon. I preordered this weeks ago and now you "cant locate the item"? Buyer beware... DON'T TRUST AMAZON WITH YOUR PREORDERS Worse still is that since the limited edition is sold out I may never be able to get my hands on it due to Amazon's incompetence Rating: - The Game is great..Amazon Sucks!The game is aeverything it claims to be. Amazon's business practices leave a lot to be desired. First off, if you are considering preordering anything from Amazon DO NOT! Amazon does not hold up their end of the bargain and will leave you less than satisfied in the end. BUYER BEWARE!!! DO NOT PREORDER ANYTHING FROM AMAZON! Rating: - Age of Conan- Next Generation MMO(I posted this review on the regular version of the game as well, so if you are reading it and it sounds redundant, that's why... I did add the part about the Collectors Edition though!) This game is unbelievable. It is definitely the next generation of MMO's. Beautiful graphics (yes, an upgrade on the computer was necessary in my case) amazing storyline and game play. No lag, and the combat system is fantastic. The Collectors Edition is an amazing package- from the ingame items that can be given to all your characters, not limited to just the first one you have claim them to the package that you receive. The map, I have to admit, I am not certain what I will do with, but it is a nice addition. The score is beautiful and I can't wait to play the cd that they give to hear it all. The art book is also great value. If you can get your hands on one, I recommend it! Graphics 10/10: Though they have announced that DX10 will not be released till later on this year, I am extremely impressed with the graphics in their current state, and can not wait to see how much better they get once it is released. The scenery is beautiful, the rendering and overall detailing is amazing. You really FEEL like you are there in the jungles- and the character movement itself is smooth. In this game, you run into actual characters- not like a lot of games out there where you run through them. The collision detection enhances the overall experience, making it seem more realistic. Character Creation 9/10: Amazing. I can spend hours just doing this part of the game. Similar to EQ2, you are able to customize a great deal- body type and size of certain parts of your body, as well as facial reconstruction. You can even make your nose appear as if it had been broken and healed incorrectly. The only thing lacking in this department is hair styles. There aren't a great deal of them. Also, depending on the race you pick your colors are very limited i.e. Complexion, eye and hair color. Story Line 10/10: From the moment your slave ship crashes, and you are washed up on an island, the game takes off immersing you in the world of Conan. You have to help escort someone to the major town (a lot easier than other escort quests) and right away you feel a sense of urgency with making certain you get out of the jungle. Once you arrive in the town, you have a series of quests that you need to complete in addition to your own class questline. Once you complete this, you move on to your home area... I unfortunately have not yet gotten this far. Game Play 10/10: The combat system does take a little bit of figuring out, but once you do- wow. Not only does the AI (Artificial Intelligence) respond to what you do, but its amazing how you are able to effect multiple opponents with a single hit of your weapon. The spell casting graphics are quite impressive as well. In the game play, when you converse with the characters, you're perspective changes and the camera angle zooms into the conversation, making you feel like you are actually there. I really like this about the game as it incorporates the player right from the start. You do have to listen to the dialog and make choices which I know will not appeal to some gamers who don't really care about the lore of the game, however when I play a video game I tend to immerse myself in it... and this game definitely allows one to do that. Sound 10/10: The score in this game truly sets the scene. At night as you run around through the jungles outside of town, the music makes you sit on the edge of your seat in anticipation, waiting for something to jump out from around a corner and grab you. The character voice acting is wonderful- the speech inflection makes you believe that you are actually talking to a live person. You CARE about what happens to the characters, versus them just being paper dolls just standing there doing the same thing over and over again. So as a recap, I definitely recommend this game, however, I suggest if you don't meet the minimum system specs to a T, to upgrade your system to the maximum specs. The minimum will get you there, but if you upgrade, you may as well go for the best of the best. Gaming is my hobby and I have already realized that I have a very expensive hobby. :) See you all in Hyboria! Rating: - What a disappointmentI'm editing this after having "finished" the game. First off I'm more PvE than PvP so if PvP is still where it's at then go for it. Hands down funcom had a good idea but never fulfilled their commitment to improving the game. End game content was nothing more than tank and spank, grinding at certain levels was horrible, hours of just killing things around your level to get to the next level only to be disappointed by finding out there is nothing at the end other than some raid bosses that were nothing more than tank and spank. In game exploits to create unlimited gems never got fixed, FUncom nerfed the gems to "fix" the problem. FUncom would put in patches without testing only to find the system became more unstable. Zone crashes would happen 3-5 times a night, not just my computer, since our guild is on Vent, during raids we'd all get kicked only to be relogged in a zone with repopulated mobs and half the time the party would end up in different instances and couldn't get back together, calling a GM would take an hour or 3 days, if you que'd a petition, you'd get deleted if you didn't update it. Guild Cities never worked, maybe they do now but it's too late for me, all that time and resources to build a tier 3 city only to find out buffs weren't working, Keep battles were a joke, walls that couldn't be destroyed, or holes in them so the attackers could just walk through. Male/Female toons not attacking at the same speed so they nerfed male toon attack speed instead of fixing female toon speed but not adjusting mob attack speed, nerfing every class, necro for example 50% decrease to spell damage across the board, but didn't adjust the amount of aggro. Also when attacking with pet, you can have them attacke a mob, hide, go into another room and as soon as your pet attacked the mob knew exactly where you were and would make a bee line for you ignoring the attacks of the pets More gold spammers than I've ever seen. Come on, when you search for people and there are 150 on the server and 60 of them are lvl 1 guardians with names like Assdssdfg and Assdssfgh? Grouping? never found an easy way to do that in PvE, if you were more than 5-7 levels differnent you'd lose XP and trying to find a group in your level range for a given quest was near impossible, even in a guild of over 75 active players we mostly ended up solo'ing all the PvE content to the end and tried the raids. Started beating the bosses but quickly realized that all the bugs in the game were ruining our game experience, we all left for previous MMO's or moving to Warhammer. Travel was never fixed or sped up. Yeah wonderful graphics but having to spend 45 minutes to run from one side of the realm to the other for a raid or party quest is annoying, so if there was a party you could find, they'd have to wait for your to run from zone to zone to zone and run through each zone. If you do play the game, get a game card, enjoy it till you cap a toon, try a raid and then get rid of it. FUncom is coming out with an expansion already and they haven't even fixed the first release.
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