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Tristan
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 Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:47 pm Post subject: Conan Review |
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| Conan Review by Tristan |  | | PALGN Review: Barbarically fun. | | [View Article] |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: |
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That's the vibe I got from the demo. Not a must-have, but a good ol' bucket of fun none-the-less.
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Nice review. I got extra excited about this game when I bought it cuz it sorta came out of nowhere and it really took me by surprise cuz it was such a solid God of War clone (my fave type of game). There are lots of shortcoming but at the end of the day the game is lots of fun and very brutal and this review reflects that. Awesome.
It's amazing cuz I joinged Palgn a while back looking for a site which was Aussie and not much else really, but it's turned out Palgn actually has some of the most intelligent and mature reviewers i've ever seen and that's very rare and such an awesome thing to have. I'm always reading other reviews wondering how old the reviewer is cuz something in their review made them sound like a fanboy or that they didn't really play the game and are going off some tech spec sheet or feature list they got handed to review the game or something but with Palgn I never have to worry about that stuff. I guess it helps that I speak to these guys on the forums on a regular basis so I get a better idea of the people behind the reviews but i'm consistently surprised by the quiality of Palgn reviews and imo there are no better reviews out there. The scores are almost always consistent with the majority opinion of gamers out there which quite honestly makes the reviews spot-on....there's no better way to put it.
Anyways just wanted to say awesome work Palgn, keep it up.
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Yeah i had Conan in the collection for a week and despite its many shortcomings, it was still incredibly fun. The amount of violence is just unrivalled in any game and the scantily clad women make for some more viewing pleasure.
What was most disapointing for me was the use of Ron Pearlman. Awesome actor and a very distinctive voice was just used so poorly. He says the most useless things infrequently and quite often out of context.
Aside from this major gripe it is a really fun game, probably worth a look for around the $50 mark.
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Thanks for the feedback ugh. It's always nice to hear. Especially when you agree with us 
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This game totally needs a +new game in my opinion. To get all thoses achievements instead of starting a new game for every achievement.
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| Sylar wrote: | | This game totally needs a +new game in my opinion. To get all thoses achievements instead of starting a new game for every achievement. |
Too true.That's the reason I didn't play through it a second time.
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| Sylar wrote: | | This game totally needs a +new game in my opinion. To get all thoses achievements instead of starting a new game for every achievement. |
In my opinion it should be a standard feature for every game. It's part of the reason I disliked GOW1, and it's part of the reason I haven't bothered finishing Ninja Gaiden Sigma. It's a simple addition, and it effectively doubles replay value.
I've been playing Conan (I love the way everyone in the game emphasises the 'nan') for a couple of hours, and it's quite fun. Obviously it won't win any awards, but it's simple fun. The combat system is what makes or breaks these games for me, and it's much better than I expected. The ability to switch weapons essentially on-the-fly by hurling them at your foes is definitely nice.
It falls victim to the "Rolling with the Right-Analogue-Stick" curse, which I dislike intensely. Right Analogue should be for camera control/aiming only in these games. If rolling is to be a viable option it needs to be a face button/left stick combo, it's the only way you can roll speedily and accurately. The right-stick just brings a sense of amateurism to the party, where a roll is produced by jabbing clumsily to the left with a thumb that is used to pushing buttons, rather than a thumb already dedicated to movement.
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Only downside of this game seems to be length/$ - it's still fairly expensive, for not that long of gameplay.
I'll probably wait until a cheap copy comes up on ebay, and get the must haves (AC and ME) in the next couple of weeks.
And I concur with all the positive review feedback, I love the reviews. The only one I disagreed with was Spideman 3, which I found really fun for some reason. Buggy though.
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got this today - really cheap from playasia and so far having fun with it. Looks above average in gameplay mode - the models are a bit accky closeup in cutscenes but I'm happy with my budget purchase. 
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Dood... That was bumptastic.
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I was gonna come in here and say it took you this long to review this game? But someone bumped it. You can't bump topics this old. post in the newest purchase thread.
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