4 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 3,085.0 hrs on record (480.2 hrs at review time)
Posted: 3 May, 2018 @ 2:16pm
Updated: 28 Dec, 2022 @ 10:27am

I have been a long time fan of the Conan franchise since I first saw the movies back in the 1980's. Since then, I discovered Age of Conan about 5 years ago and fell in love with the non-auto-attack combat system.

Conan Exiles in Early Access has been a wonderful experience as a gamer and as a fan of the Conan syndicate. Below is a brief explanation of why I feel this game will be a huge success when it launches and why early access has been in my opinion greatly successful in achieving its goals.

1. Competitive price. I have been on Steam for almost 3 years and as far as I can see the price of this software is not only competitive but offers far more than other MMO's do with no monthly subscription. That is a huge plus, recurring fees to play games are very unattractive for many of us.

2. No paywalls or cash shop purchases for content. The content for this game is largely driven by the Steam workshop and the developers at Funcom. There is no cash shop or special coins, crowns or other virtual currency needed to purchase access to content.

3.Outstanding communication between end users and community leaders/devs. I have had a great pleasure taking part in the development of this game by submitting suggestions on Steam as wells as bug reports on the official Funcom managed forums for the game. It is really exciting when a developer sends you a personal message and asks for your help with something. It has been a pleasure to work with the mod builders and devs at Funcom for Conan Exiles.

4.Amazing living biospheres. The exiled lands you spend your game time in are in an ever evolving, non-static world. You can watch as clouds form in the sky and a thunderstorm rolls in. See the rage of the deadly sandstorms taking shape and find shelter before you are devoured in the abrasive torent. No matter where you are the climate and weather have a huge impact on your gameplay and survival skills.

5.Visually appealing. In every aspect of the game, the visual content, whether its the character model or the armor and weapon skins or the landscape of the world around you, the visual appeal will keep you interested in the game and giver you a desire to explore.

6. Rich crafting and building system. The craft and build systems in Conan Exiles is so full feature I could write a review based only on this aspect. Let me just say that if you enjoy collecting and building without many limitations, this game will indulge your imagination.

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I have over 2000 hours of game-play. Yes, there have been bugs and crashes. Yes, I got frustrated with game-play issues. But I have beta-tested a few games in my years of gaming and always feel it's a privilege to have access to a game before it's released. I salute the Steam Workshop Mod developers and the whole team of Community Support and Developers at Funcom for making this game, in my opinion, a huge success.
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