Conan Exiles - Will You Survive Hyboria? -

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Conan Exiles - Will You Survive Hyboria? -

Funcom has announced Conan Exiles, a multiplayer survival game based on the Conan IP. The game is considered a multiplayer title that will be available on both private and public servers and will also feature a robust single player experience as well.

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Andistotle

looks awsome:) hyped for this

Sovrath

Andistotle said:

looks awsome:) hyped for this

I wish we could see some game play. It seems that the video is just a "promo video".

Still, Funcom does "do" the look and feel of the Conan Universe very well.

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Wizardry

I got absolutely nothing out of that video,it was too short and didn't show anything.

I tried twice in the last few months to go back to aoc but i couldn't get past the starter isle both times.I guess i could try and figure out my old account and see if i enjoy it from there but i doubt it because almost always  i enjoy a fresh start over continuation.Last i remember i think i was in some dungeon but dungeons are laid out so badly you need a a group of even 3 players because mobs are just spammed all over the place no room to breathe.With so few players hardly a good option to play the game.

So if i was running the show ,what i would do is add in mercenaries to form your party.Not just add them in but  have players search for them or have to do some favor/quest to get their attention.
Personally i just wish games were laid out in a realistic fashion,why are mobs just littered everywhere for no reason?Why are they even there don't they eat or survive,example where are the ECO systems in these rpg's ?

BillMurphy

I know I'll be strung up, but I just hope you can do a PVE or factional PVP server.

ThumbtackJ

Went to the website, and the first thing I see (Aside from the video) is 'AN OPEN-WORLD SURVIVAL GAME'. I'll have to pass. Open world survival games are a dime a dozen at this point, and it's kind of hard to be enthused by this with so many still in early access, and many of which are just awful.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Hyborian Age setting and all of Robert Howard's works, but I can't see the setting alone being enough to carry this game, especially with this too launching in early access.

If they could just revamp some of the post Tortage questing in AoC, give owners of RotGS access to some of it without subbing, and finally bring out the crafting revamp, I think I'd be set. The game already oozes atmosphere, and the combat is great too IMHO. 

I guess I'd rather just see money being spent on something they already have, rather than into yet another survival game.

A1learjet

To little shown but obviously enough to stir the hype

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heerobya

Website says you can play single player, or in private/public servers.

Hopefully they give you some control over the server's ruleset - so you could do a public server with factional PvP instead of FFA, that kind of thing.

Lobotomist

So hyped.

I am saying for long time now. The survival games are the next gen MMOs we have been waiting for so long.

ElRenmazuo

heerobya said:

Website says you can play single player, or in private/public servers.

Hopefully they give you some control over the server's ruleset - so you could do a public server with factional PvP instead of FFA, that kind of thing.

But it wont have cool armor like destiny

heerobya

ElRenmazuo said:

heerobya said:

Website says you can play single player, or in private/public servers.

Hopefully they give you some control over the server's ruleset - so you could do a public server with factional PvP instead of FFA, that kind of thing.

But it wont have cool armor like destiny

Awww someone is still butthurt I called out Division for not being the second coming greatest game of all time!

Andistotle

Sovrath said:

Andistotle said:

looks awsome:) hyped for this

I wish we could see some game play. It seems that the video is just a "promo video".

Still, Funcom does "do" the look and feel of the Conan Universe very well.

I really hope Knut Avenstrup Hagen makes the soundtrack. AoC music is my favorite of all time

Po_gg

ThumbtackJ said:

...Open world survival games are a dime a dozen at this point, and it's kind of hard to be enthused by this with so many still in early access, and many of which are just awful.

Yep, I'm not a fan of ow survivals either, and early access is indeed a scam. But this still looks promising

At first, I'm with Bill in the PvE aspect. Average survival games are craps mostly because of the boring, 24/7 kill-a-thon, which pushes every other part of the gameplay behind. H1Z1 tried a PvE mode, but... not a big success. However, and I praised this setting already when Garriot said with SotA, this single + private servers + public servers layout could work.
(Actually FC was the first I think, when they planned the single server tech for AoC, years before SotA. They wanted dynamic phasing, and -if you want- only putting players on the same shard with you who are on your friends list. Kinda like a private server, or SotA's friends-only setting)

Gathering, crafting, building - if they implement it from the existing AoC mechanics, that's cool, AoC has a decent one. Or, imagine if they put in there the upgraded crafting, which is in works since years (ok, just kidding, crafting revamp is just a myth anyways)

Concept arts looking great, based on Khopshef mostly, flavoured with some Kheshatta and TSW's Egypt. I guess The Park was a good warmup project for working with the engine on existing objects.

Combat, whatevs ( (c)HL). AoC's combo system is good, but if they go with a new one, I still don't really care, I just want to gather and build  

thundercles

Sounds like another Life is Fuedal.

GrumpyHobbit

The only male power trip going on is the one where someone thinks a PvP server has any more merit then a PvE server.

flizzer

BillMurphy said:

I know I'll be strung up, but I just hope you can do a PVE or factional PVP server.

I agree. 

Po_gg

MisterZebub said:

The Conan universe is the ultimate male power trip fantasy.

GrumpyHobbit said:

The only male power trip going on is the one where someone thinks a PvP server has any more merit then a PvE server.

Hear hear, fellow Shire-ling

Also, no such thing as "Conan universe", Hyboria is massive on its own, and even Howard had some slight connections to his other works, which resulted several books after his death, combining the worlds. So it's a huge Howard universe now.
Also, re-read the books... neither his young years, nor when he's already on the throne, are "ultimate male power trip fantasy"  
And far from pvp as well, some barely even has a combat scene...

garrett

Played early survival games...DayZ, RUST, but stopped. I never got into ARK. However because its Conan I will play it. If they do it right, it could be awesome. Age of Conan definitely got better with age. Hopefully the lessons they learned will go into this game. 

Octagon7711

"Play alone in single player mode" sounds interesting. Sounds like PvE.

FacelessSavior

Omfg. This is EXACTLY what I've been waiting for! Fantasy Survival! And the bonus is it's a setting a love! Hope the game play is better than AOC :)

turinmacleod

Survival games have never really caught my interest, so I will pass on this one until I get some word of mouth feedback.

T

FacelessSavior

Lobotomist said:
So hyped.



I am saying for long time now. The survival games are the next gen MMOs we have been waiting for so long.


100% I get the same feeling of atmosphere and community from Reign of Kings and Ark servers that I've been missing for the last decade or so in MMO's.

Distopia

MisterZebub said:

BillMurphy said:

I know I'll be strung up, but I just hope you can do a PVE or factional PVP server.

"Mongol General: Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life?
Mongol: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.

Mongol General: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?

Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
Mongol General: That is good! That is good."

And Bill Murphy wants a PVE server ...... *sighs and shakes head*

For shame, calling them Mongols...I'd think they'd be from  Khitai or Kusan... or one of the other hyborian eastern provinces... Mongols pfft..

Asm0deus

Looking forward to seeing more about this game.  Always wanted to play in a Conan IP but AoC I just didn't like the combat.