Gamespot gave AoC the ‘Best Massively Multiplayer Game' of E3, saying, "based on what we saw it's the most promising massively multiplayer game in development today". A representative of Gamespy stated "every time we see it, it manages to look better and better." They awarded the game ‘Best MMO' of E3.

You bad barbarian, you. Yet another sin you can commit in the chaotic world of Hyboria is to cast dark spells. "If you draw too much dark magic, you could end up in hell, tormented by demons." Tsk, tsk. Wrath, after all, is one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Those who opt for two weapons rather than one are no less vicious. Dual-wielding conquerors have twice the weaponry, but they also have several unique combos of their own. Rallying Strike and Rhythm or War are a just a couple of the many combos they gain.

These sorts of guides, in my opinion do not take any of the fun of away from the game if they had you're showing you the correct route to go. Especially if you are paying a subscription you want to get the most for your money so a little helping hand goes a long way.

The developer has estimated a total of nine days to hit the level cap, nevertheless players will look for and have always been able to discover more efficient ways to reach the goal faster. With trial and error, the time to reach level 80 will be shortened as players eventually hit the optimized balance for both grinding and questing.

It seems that the developers from Funcom have missed a couple of important patch changes in the June 23 patch notes! Thankfully, a certain enterprising forum poster (yes, krazymagic, I mean you) compiled the undocumented patch changes for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures and released it to the general gaming community.

The time is right for some good console MMO games. There's two titles that we're really interested in for taking to console right now and that's something I'd like to see happen in the next year or so, but it's got to be the right game.

The Spellweaving system promises some very cool effects, and allows the player to customize a Weapon Arcane that will best serve his/her needs. But again, be warned! It may have been fun mixing ammonia and chlorine in chemistry class, but such idle play in the Hyborian world will expose those who know not what they have to the darkest wrath of Krom!

AOC has a very tight coin system in play, even at level 70+ you will not be flowing with coin. From level 1 to 79 I made less then 20 gold, it is true however that at 70+ the coin does start to come a little easier.

AoC while it seems interesting has many points that you might really want consider before running off and purchasing the game. If you must actively defend your city then you are looking at a major time commitment. Not something for the casual gamer. Real-time combat could be fun ... if you are a first person shooter fan.