Gamepro have a preview up of Funcom's new online-action RPG, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. The graphics impressed the reviewer, who goes so far as to say they rival the much lauded graphics of Guild Wars, and the advanced AI of the non player characters also gets high points; the NPC's have needs such as food, sleep and socializing.The combat system is obviously going to be a focus in a Conan game, and Gamepro say Hyborian Adventures lives up to its name as an Action-RPG, with sophisticated attack techniques used:
There are six directions you can swing a weapon, and players will need to determine what swing sequences are most natural to connect combos. For example, when swinging from the upper-left toward center, players can then chain it with another swing that goes from lower right toward center. It's not going to be the simple click fest of past RPGs, having decidedly more twitch-based elements. Those swings can be done without any enemy targeted, so you can probably expect strafing and swinging to enter into the equation.
Groups have an added layer of complexity as well. Parties in Age of Conan will be far more sophisticated than the rag-tag following as seen in past MMOs--players will be able to set formations to protect more vulnerable classes, such as a wizard.
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Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Announced (20 April)
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