Eidos Picks Up Conan MMOG 54
Gamespot has the word that Eidos will be publishing the delayed Massive game Age of Conan, with a release date sometime next year. They've also revealed it's being developed for one or more of the next-gen consoles. From the article: "The deal marks the first time that Eidos has become involved with either an MMORPG or a game based on the Conan character. The fictional barbarian was created by the late author Robert E. Howard in print during the 1930s and played by Arnold Schwarzenegger on film in the 1980s. (The Conan films also costarred Japanese-American character actor Mako, who succumbed to cancer over the weekend.) The franchise has since spawned novels, comic books, and a short-lived television series starring German bodybuilder Ralf Moeller (Gladiator). "
Aha. (Score:4, Funny)
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Conan, what is good in life? "To crush Gray Davis, to see him driven before you, and to hear the emptying coffers of his campaign donors!"
But this isn't politics, it's a MMORPG. The dialogue from the original movie will have to be...
"Crom, I have never prayed 2 u b4. I suck at typing. No 1, not even u, will remember if we were teh r0x or teh sux, why we PVP, or how we got pwnt. All dat matters is that my guildies griefed teh Chinese gold farmers. Dat's wut's important. Valor pleases u Crom, so grant me 1 request, grant me teh win! And if u do not listen, then up urs n00b!"
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That would be pretty sweet: *Hair swish* *summon Max Weinberg and the Max Weinberg Seven*
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"Did anyone else think "Conan... O'Brien?"."
Yes, but only because of those blasted YTMNDs. >:(
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Triumph: "Who do you think you are? Conan the Librarian?!"
Wow, was beginning to worry a bit... (Score:2, Funny)
Now we can add yet another new game to the list of announced-but-will-never-be-released MMORPGs! And in about a year or two we can add it to our ever growing list of cancelled MMORPG's.
And for the love of God, don't try to create anything innovative or different or try new things or be original, as it will totally screw up the list.
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Plus it will be labeled a "gimmick" by the gimmick police that seem to have sprouted up in the past few years.
Another MMO? (Score:3, Insightful)
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Even though I'm a pretty hardcore gamer, I hate MMORPGs in general.
Amazingly, WOW has held my interest for the last 1.5 years, and will continue to do for the fo
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You run the same 3 raids once per week. How is that not "grinding?"
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Awesome (Score:3, Interesting)
What's next? (Score:2)
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Why not ? Considering Greek tales about Zeus it would actually make a lot of sense for a few million demigods to be running around... But they'll still have to start by slaying or being slain by rats or chickens.
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http://www.play.net/aoh/ [play.net]
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Xena is a soccer mom dressed up as a drag queen, the two aren't anywhere near the same realm.
I hope the movie does not influence the game. (Score:5, Informative)
Conan is brutal, lightning fast, crafty, and bloodthirsty in addition to being muscular. He used the best equipment he could get, and fought for fun, wealth, and women. The literary character would have escaped slavery. He would have engaged in pit fighting for fun and profit. He would have worn armor and not stalked around with a loincloth.
Does this sound like a boring, stupid, lumbering brute to you? "The fighting madness of his race was upon him, and with a red mist of unreasoning fury wavering before his blazing eyes, he cleft skulls, smashed breasts, severed limbs, ripped out entrails, and littered the deck like a shambles with a ghastly harvest of brains and blood."
Capturing that kind of intensity in the game will mean the difference between making something that does well, and something that offers Diablo 1 with better graphics. I like the Arnold flick as much as anyone, but it doesn't represent the fun of Conan at all. It also gives Sword and Sorcery writers and fans a worse stereotype than they deserve.
Re:I hope the movie does not influence the game. (Score:2)
I've never gone for an MMORPG, but if they get it right, it would appeal to me.
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That particular Conan will probably have to stay in the books. Slightly OT, but I always found the story behind howard's writing more interesting than his subject.
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It's a description of a certain kind of feeling. You sit in fr
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Interesting Take (Score:2, Interesting)
I've love to play and re-play character creations just for fun, taking only my favorite characters farther. If the single player can be
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Ideas on the fee structure [conan.ch]
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well that is until someone decides that SOE would be the greatest fit for them. I could just imagine all the fun new game enhancements!
Forget Conan! I want... (Score:2)
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Mako died? :( (Score:1)
I am quite saddened to hear Mako died.
Not immediately finding an obituary, here's a link to his IMDB entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538683/ [imdb.com])
We'll miss you!
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List of requirements... (Score:1)
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By Crom! (Score:2)