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| From: Eidos
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy Used: $3.77
You Save: $36.22 (91%)
New (43) Used (31) from $3.77
Avg. Customer Rating:  166 reviews
Sales Rank: 2533
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: SAGECPUS00
Model: SAGECPUS00
UPC: 788687100670
EAN: 0788687100670
ASIN: B000RZPW9W
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: NEXT DAY FIRST CLASS SHIPPING! Box has some wear, but contents look great! Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Should Still Be in Beta May 23, 2008
9 out of 23 found this review helpful
Anyone who remembers the launch of Anarchy Online knows what a debacle it was. Broken infrastructure, missing features, persistant bugs, massive downtime and non-existant customer service. Sadly, it seems Funcomm learned NOTHING from the experience. The repition of "All launches are like this" from Funcomm and it's supporters are getting tiresome, since I can think of at least four major MMORPG launches in the last few years that were virtually trouble free.
If Age of Conan actually provided everything it claims to it would be a five-star game. Possibly six months from now it will be an awesome game and a wonderful, immersive experience. But if you buy this game now you're paying a Funcomm to beta test their product, when it should be the other way around.
There's certainly nothing here that has me rushing to cancel my Lord of the Rings Online subscription. If you're waiting for a "WoW killer", this ain't it.
 What isnt there to like about this ? except the UI May 22, 2008
12 out of 22 found this review helpful
Firstly about a couple of reviews i have seen here, likely by Blizzard staff.
The graphics in this game are the best of any MMO to date, but if you put everything to max, your going to need something decent in the Video card area to support it (especially in group and PVP play).
The first 20 levels in Tortage, each NPC has speech which is very nice.
In fact i would go on to say this is the best intro to an MMO i have ever played (first 20 levels in Tortage).
PVP is optional, yes there are certain areas where its unavoidable, but you do not have to go to those areas. They are meant as PVP areas, where you can also PVE if you so wish (give the PVPers something to do in between wiping out enemy groups i guess).
The game itself is the best feel to any MMO in history. Graphically its brilliant, storylines are very good, and combat as i am really becoming to realize is second to none (im currently a level 30 barbarian).
Combat is based on three basic attacking strokes, front, left and right (2 more come at later levels). Combine these attacks with special attacks, to string combination attacks together for big damage and special effects.
Shields are controllable, by shields i mean defensive. For example, you have 3 shield points, you can put 1 or all in left, right or center. You get to defend against where your opponent attacks most, reducing damage and effects.
Similarly, your opponent has graphical shields shown, the heavier shielded in an area he is, the more you want to avoid it. Special attacks also use left, right and center attacks, so you have to pick your special attacks based on how your opponent is defending.
In summary, combat isnt just mash some keyes, you have to pay attention to the fight and act accordingly.
Now for the mature rating combat, if you like to have fatalities where you chop off body parts of your opponents in a killing move, or break their neck, or plunge your sword through their body and scream at them (a bunch of others for caster's and the like) then go right ahead.
If you DONT like it, or you dont want your kid to see it, you can turn it off in the SUBSCRIPTION website. So, if your paying for your kid to play, you can control the level of gore he gets to see.
Now for the bad points. The UI, User interface. It really is very poor compared to MMO's of the past couple of years. Cannot move popups around almost at all (a couple of exceptions). The map shows where quest items/people are, but not all quests pop up on the map, and there is nothing in the quest blurb to tell you where to go. In a group, little black dots appear on the map showing where your groupmates are, yet they are so hard to see.
But, you can really look past this and just play the game and have some serious fun.
Positive opinion ABOUT THE GAME, allmost all the negative ones are about amazone`s service May 22, 2008
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
Well written story line and amazing grapichs. This will be hours and hours of fun, and the monthly payment is not to high either. Think I will just recomend people to read Pipsqueak "Pip" well written review! He says what I`m thinking anyways!
Game is great but Amazon is disappointing May 21, 2008
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
The game is really great. Nice combat system that requires skill and practice. It has the potential to become a competitive MMORPG game without the pain of endless item grinding (if they are going to follow this path in the end-game contents). I am giving 5 stars for the game based on my current experience.
However, Amazon has really disappointed me with their handling of the launch of this game. I pre-ordered the game almost two month ago through Amazon because I have been a long-time customer and satisfied with their services. Then it really went south. First of all, their pre-order bonus is a stupid lv 25 bow, which may not be useful at all for some classes, and will be ditched soon given that the max level is 80. Compared with nice mounts and bags offered by other venders, it is basically trash. Then the early-access emails were apparently sent out later than the other venders and gave those who ordered here less chance to get in. I was among the lucky ones that got in but I know quite a few guys did not make it. Now two days after the release, my game box is still not shipped yet. Without the box code I can not claim that stupid bow and I am already above lv 25. Worst of all if the box does not arrive before my early access expires (27th), my account will be frozen and I won't be able to play anymore. Guess what, just when I decided to get a box from local store instead, I found that it does not allow me to cancel this order now on Amazon.
MMO and Amazon equal a bad combo May 21, 2008
3 out of 25 found this review helpful
The best part about playing an MMO is at launch. Everything is new, we are all stumbling around in the confusion. Its crazy but fun. Its also a race to discover new things, be the first at something, etc.
Having said that, I couldnt tell you how the launch was because amazon just sent me an email telling me my order is delayed !!! Not only that, but amazon took too long sending me my early access cd key so I didnt get in.
People have been playing AoC since May 17th. Im now expected to wait until the 26th to get the game.
This also will affect which server I choose. I cant select certain FFS servers because there will be a ton of 9 day vets waiting to camp my weak toon.
Im cancelling this order and going straight to Best Buy. Thanks for nothing amazon
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