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High Fantasy Flourishes In Age Of Conan

aoc_fan — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:03:44 MDT

almost ^^ Already started reading the guides and gonna master the game fast :P Started on this one, it's good if anyone wants to try it, [www.killerguides.com] [www.killerguides.com]

aoc_fan

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Sardu — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:55:26 MST

Manly Pepsi.

>.<

I heard it!

>.<

Sardu

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ALLegaLL — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:37:04 MST

AoC > WoW > all mmorpg

ALLegaLL

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GamestopPatron — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:38:42 MST

@aeonite: that game was canceled last I heard...

GamestopPatron

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The Dude — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:37:03 MST

DAMN YOU FAAHHEEEEEEYYYYYYY!!!!

The Dude

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FeendRendor — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:02:48 MST

@designatedrival: Don't forget what comes after that:

d) erotic fantasy = that guy Jerry who *deleted to avoid the banhammer*

Does that make sense?

FeendRendor

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designatedrival — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:15:46 MST

So, from what I gather:

a) high fantasy = going outside
b) low fantasy = maybe sitting by a window while twiddling with your pewter dragons
c) sword & sorcery = that guy Todd with the sweet airbrushed wizard shirt.

Got it. Thanks.

designatedrival

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phunky420 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:57:44 MST

@rob2112:

Very good!

phunky420

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badmoogle — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:17:24 MST

@ElPadre: QFT!
Now lets drink some manly pepsi!!!

badmoogle

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Darkest Daze — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:17:15 MST

Yep, your plan went off without a hitch.

Darkest Daze

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Gadzooks149 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:14:27 MST

battle animations were so smooth and fluid, looks awesome

Gadzooks149

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goliathvv — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:36:02 MST

At least there aren't outdoors out in the wild with a minotaur drinking pepsi... I think it was an interesting way to advertise. XD

goliathvv

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olafson — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:26:32 MST

FWIW Conan is considered "Heroic Fantasy."

And this looks AWESOME. Decaptitation and spurting blood? Fuck yeah!

Better than helping hobbits get laid in LOTRO. "Oh please man-captain, take these flowers to widow scorchthighs in upper fridged-delving!" WTF ever.

olafson

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Gouki4u's avatar has a severe case of Jekyll and Hyde — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:03:05 MST

I think she also said something about Mary Anne.

Strictly speaking, Conan isn't high fantasy, but swords and sorcery, which means magic is darker, more dangerous, and not as common so it scares the shit out of normal folks.

Looking forward to this game. All my friends are still playing WoW, but I got sick of it, and hope I can get them all to migrate.

Gouki4u's avatar has a severe case of Jekyll and Hyde

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D Mitsuki — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:02:24 MST

@Yahto: Please, don't kill our fun, its not Norwegian, theres no such place GOT IT

D Mitsuki

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Yahto — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:58:02 MST

I didn't realize that Norwegian was classified as "nonsense words" now.

Yahto

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D Mitsuki — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:53:41 MST

wow it sounds like she says some more stuff after that too...like we can see many enemys, or teh pepsi has many m&d's, wow subliminal messages ftw!

D Mitsuki

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cowboyshootist — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:50:24 MST

This game PWNS on the spurting blood. I can't wait for the nightmares to begin...LOL

cowboyshootist

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ElPadre — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:48:29 MST

Yup, R.E.Howard's Conan is Sword & Sorcery, not High Fantasy. The MMO is a whole different story, though. It looks pretty much like a regular MMO cliche-fest (standard character classes, healers, wizards running around shooting fireworks) with some S&S touches here and there (gore). MMOs are built around things that don't belong in the Sword & Sorcery genre (no magical healers, no player spellcasters, no respawns, no grinding, no magic weapons/armour, etc.).

ElPadre

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HockeyinHD — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:31:52 MST

Whoa.

Fantasy snobs... on the internet?!?!

No.

Way.

HockeyinHD

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dgonchild — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:09:56 MST

"Manly Pepsi, thank you email now" ROFL it does sound like she says that. Anyway, I want to try this game.

dgonchild

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JonRemedy — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:01:09 MST

Yeah, but Conan is low fantasy, so...

JonRemedy

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Project Thanatos — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:00:09 MST

That's a lot of beheading going on.

Project Thanatos

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eleventeen — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:59:20 MST

totally heard the Pepsi line... damn you

eleventeen

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SchoolBusDriver — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:32:55 MST

What's even more disturbing is after she says "Manly Pepsi thank you email now" she says

"you can see Mary had herpes"

SchoolBusDriver

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bohany — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:27:54 MST

Great overall. Alright music. Needs better fabric physics.

bohany

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Tei — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:26:57 MST

These animations are in-game? I doubt it. Most are too smooth. How can the engine detect a decapitation, if is a server side event, and the lag is 200ms. ??????

This video is REALLLY strange to me.

Tei

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amazinglarry — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:21:32 MST

Not to nitpick the trailer too much, but I'd have to say that the music didn't go very well with the action that happened in the latter half. It was perfect for the beginning but... meeeh. Oh well.

amazinglarry

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rob2112 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:09:55 MST

So... by my postulation... If...

1. Lord of the Rings
2. Conan
3. High Fantasy

it follows that, IF 1 AND 2 = 3 causes you frustration, then

4. You don't have a girlfriend.

QED

rob2112

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Harteex — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:55:23 MST

Yes I can hear it...
Nice environment btw.

Harteex

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antialias02 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:50:36 MST

High Fantasy: [en.wikipedia.org]
Low Fantasy: [en.wikipedia.org]
Sword and Sorcery: [en.wikipedia.org]

To hear Wikipedia tell it, traditional Conan is S&S. Interestingly enough, it describes the upcoming game as "Low Fantasy" in the actual article.

antialias02

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Koztah — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:50:22 MST

@LeBaron:

Low fantasy doesn't mean there\s no magic. It means magic is uncommon and doesn't pervade daily life.

Also, the (first) Conan film, while not at all bad, was a gross misrepresentation of the character and world.

Koztah

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Chewbenator — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:48:40 MST

I like the graphics, for everything except character models. They look kinda clunky and EQ2 plasticky? But the environments look pretty good and I like the semi-realistic armor, something you might actually see in a history book. And I have some type of medieval fetish with roman armor so I'm glad it makes an appearance. I'll play the open beta and see whats up but not sure if this will distract me from WoW or WAR.

Chewbenator

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HfAsianInvasion — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:44:26 MST

I'm not impressed by what I've seen of the game so far.

HfAsianInvasion

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desterion — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:42:11 MST

@JorgieX: As a former beta tester, all i can really tell you is to avoid Age of Conan. It is not the game their PR claims it is. If you absolutely loved everything about anarchy online, you may like AoC. As it's basically a copy+paste of most things just with better graphics.

desterion

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knickers — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:36:27 MST

Can anyone tell me if Conan is high or low fantasy?

Thanks.

knickers

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SpiralJacobs — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:30:11 MST

There is magic, yes, hence the "sorcery," in the Sword and Sorcery genre label; the low does't necessarily mean realistic in the sense that it's fantastical elements are diminished, it means a kind of amoral realism. High Fantasy typically has a very distint, Christian set of black and white morals - there are the good guys, and the evil guys. Low Fantasy, or Sword and Sorcery, is a much more gray setting, where there is little that separates the protagonists from the villains.

SpiralJacobs

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aeonite — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:29:54 MST

Gods & Heroes:Rome Rising was better looking.

aeonite

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d43 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:28:48 MST

Conan isn't "low fantasy" its Sword and Sorcery at it's finest! The trailer while good, is a bit to typical for me. I'm still very excited about the game, and I'm finding harder and harder to await to may release!

d43

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FeendRendor — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:27:15 MST

If you want to read up on the different subgenres of fantasy, just go to wikipedia and search "fantasy." I'm too lazy to provide a link...
Anyway, I must say the trailer looks good. I'll definitely be keeping my eyes on this MMO, although I haven't heard anything spectacular that would make me want to ditch WoW for it.

FeendRendor

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Cappy — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:23:45 MST

I hope every realizes Conan is low fantasy.

Cappy

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LeBaron — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:23:22 MST

high and low? never heard of it before. if low fantasy is more realistic fantasy without magic how come conan quilify as low? im pretty sure i saw some magic in the movie..? or at least a huge snake?

LeBaron

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Pombar — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:17:25 MST

@SorenKier: does that make shrooms mid-fantasy?

Pombar

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Werrick — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:16:19 MST

I heard it! I heard the Manly Pepsi!

Werrick

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SorenKier — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:14:50 MST

I always considered day-dreams to be low fantasy, and ketamine as high fantasy.

SorenKier

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Tom Ohle - CDP RED — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:14:14 MST

bahahaha, too funny Fahey. I heard it.

Tom Ohle - CDP RED

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bleeps — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:10:26 MST

@tzaketh: What he said.

bleeps

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Pombar — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:10:19 MST

Robert Jordan and Terry Brooks are high fantasy - this is unashamedly low fantasy.

Pombar

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SnakeCL — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:08:12 MST

@tzaketh:

Doh, beaten to it.

Conan is Low Fantasy.
For comparison, Lord of the Rings is High Fantasy.

SnakeCL

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tzaketh — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:03:11 MST

GAH, As so many people have said, Conan is NOT High Fantasy.

It's Sword and Sorcery, or Low Fantasy.

Robert E Howard essentially created the genre in the same way as Tolkien created High Fantasy.

This is a travesty, Fahey, a TRAVESTY!

tzaketh

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SpiralJacobs — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:00:22 MST

Conan isn't high fantasy, it is, as Dabisu noted, low fantasy, or, in the original meaning of the label, pure sword and sorcery. Lord of the Rings is high fantasy.

SpiralJacobs

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kyosuke9999 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:59:46 MST

I thought that Conan was medium to well-done fantasy.

kyosuke9999

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TxKARATEDUDE — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:59:00 MST

Coke > Pepsi...
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The game does look good though ;)

TxKARATEDUDE

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BattleBee — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:57:06 MST

Though I have sworn off MMOs since getting off a brutal WoW addiction, this one sure looks tempting.

BattleBee

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Dabisu — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:55:27 MST

I was under the assumption that Conan was low fantasy.

Dabisu

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Duphman2 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:54:17 MST

Those crafty Pepsi advertisements.

Duphman2

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jp182 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:53:42 MST

i heard everything except the Pepsi. It sounds like Ipsi

jp182

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Tei — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:51:29 MST

I have to admit I don't know much of the Conan lore. I know and like the film, and the fun crappy clones, but maybe the comic Conan is a different animal, more flashgordon-ish than californiagobernador-ish.

Tei

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JorgieX — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:51:11 MST

I have already paid off my pre-order and I have been waiting for this game since the first BETA launch. I've played many months of WoW, FFXI, GuildWars and the free MMO's out there. This feels like something a new to the MMORPG genre. I will definatly be critical of this game once the FULL retail version is launched.

JorgieX