AoC Character Immersion

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AOC Crest LogoAs some of you no doubt already know, I’m a stickler for proper immersion. It’s the difference between feeling thrown into a living world and a game that starts the same way 2D side scrollers did in the 80’s *cough* Hellgate.

Age of Conan is doing something different. Heck, I think it’s flat-out fascinating.

The game is single player until you’ve hit a few levels. It’s so simple, yet I can’t think of a better way to grant the storytellers 100% control over a brand new player’s environment for those first few all-so-crucial levels. (more…)

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Conan Lore Master Interview

Age of Conan LogoEarlier today I stumbled upon an interview of one of the Lore Masters for “Age of Conan”. Good stuff, and nice to see they’re taking Robert E. Howard’s work seriously.

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“Age of Conan” in itself is interesting as it’s one of the few ‘low fantasy’ games out there. With every other fantasy game being derived from Tolkien, it’s refreshing to see a next generation MMO that isn’t.

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