I'm surprised no one has made a thread about AoC (Age of Conan) before. I'm really hyped up about this game. It's the first rated M MMORPG, it comes out May 20th (in North America), and it was created by FunCom. It has a fee of $15 a month and the game itself is $50, but I think it's well worth it. I'll be talking about the features & other stuff of this game.

The Features

- You can build cities - (Watch AoC Crafting and City Building / read this)
- You can have massive sieges against other cities (and destroy the other cities)
- You can decapitate people
- You can have guilds
- There are 3 races and many classes, so there is something for everyone
- You can, of course, have mounts - (Watch AoC Mount videos)
- This isn't like other MMORPGs where you just click to kill the enemies, you have to do certain moves to do some attacks - (Watch AoC Combat)
- NPCs actually have a reason for killing you, they don't just attack when they see you - it may be that they're looking for food, or something else - (except for demons & crap, they just want to kill you xD)
- You can make your character look very unique by shaping the nose, changing the hair color, and LOTS more - (Watch AoC Character Creation)
- There are lots of PvP games such as capture the skull or just plain death match
- The level cap is 80
- There are PvP, PvE, and PvP-RP servers

Mounts

There are 3 types of mounts in this game - rhinos, mammoths, and horses. You get to choose what type they are too, such as for horses you can have an armored horse or a fast horse, it all depends on what you want to do. Mammoths and rhinos also can be used to destroy buildings when you're doing a siege against a city. Mammoths may be very large and hard to kill, but they're also harder to navigate. You also can attack with your mounts, with horses you swing your weapon off of them, and with rhinos and mammoths they attack for you. If you die on your mount though, it dies with you.

Classes

- Assassin: "Assassins are the most lethal killers in Hyboria. Those aspiring to the top of this profession face the most deadly regime of training, discipline, and study, but the ones that survive are executioners supreme."

- Barbarian: "The barbarian is one of the most dangerous and feared sights on the battlefield. Their combat style focuses on strength, aggression, and relentless assault."

- Bear Shaman: "The spirit of nature is strong in Cimmeria and has begun to manifest itself amongst the barbarians of the north."

- Conqueror: "Conquerors are a sword-wielding fusion of heavy armor and battlefield command, rare individuals rising from the ranks of Aquilonian generals and barbarous Cimmerian war-leaders."

- Dark Templar: "Dark Templars combine heavy armor, martial prowess and blood-thirsty magic with an all consuming desire for triumph."

- Demonologist: "The demonologist is the mightiest of sorcerers, wielding the power of hell and earth and capable of conjuring pillars of flame or titanic storms of electricity."

- Guardian: "Guardians are the most heavily armored and well drilled soldiers in Hyboria. Capable of withstanding punishment like no other, they also have an array of deadly attacks that deal devastating damage."

- Herald of Xotli: "Heralds of Xotli are hybrids of the mage and soldier archetypes who wield alien spells and two handed weapons, making them a formidable enemy on the battlefield."

- Necromancer: "Necromancers summon and command the undead, and they are legion. Their ghoulish minions are capable of tearing men apart or casting their own death magic."

- Priest of Mitra: "Priests of Mitra wield divine power that can aid, heal, and even bring the dead to life."

- Ranger: "Rangers are the finest marksmen in Hyboria, capable of stalking an enemy and delivering devastating shots with pinpoint accuracy."

- Tempest of Set: "These priests wield the awesome destructive might of Set, the snake god of Stygia."

Videos

AoC Theatrical Trailer:



AoC Character Creation:



AoC Controls:



AoC Combat:



AoC DX10 (Contains game play & some other cool stuff):



AoC Mounts 1/3:



AoC Mounts 2/3:



AoC Mounts 3/3:



AoC Crafting and City Building:

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Links

Official AoC Website: Click

AoC Community: Click

AoC on Gamespot: Click

AoC on IGN: Click

AoC Wiki: Click

AoC News: Click

AoC Beta Sign up: Click

AoC Dev Journal - Building a Guild City: Click
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If you have any questions about the game feel free to ask me, and if you have anything you'd like me to add you can tell me. If you pre-order the game you get a mammoth in game and an 8 slot pouch in game to carry stuff. You also can choose to get early access (costs $5 extra) which lets you download the game as early as May 14th, start playing the game May 17th (3 days before the game comes out), and gives you 10 days of extra game play.