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The most average game ever created
posted by dfloss721 (GRAYSLAKE, IL) Jan 20, 2012
Member since Jun 2007
Conan is exactly the type of game you'd expect from just looking at the cover. There is nothing complex about a cro-mag barbarian who has a 2nd grade education. He was born to swing a sword, not entertain you with dialogue trees and fetch quests. Who needs NPCs when you have Conan and his mighty sword skills.
Conan's gameplay and control scheme could be guessed from 10 miles away. X is quick attack, Y is heavy attack, B is grab, and RS evades. A also jumps, if you aren't lost yet. With such simplicity, Conan makes for such a satisfying hack n slash game because it's so unchallenging and linear.
Conan can also wield a single weapon, 2 handed larger & slower weapons, and also dual wield 2 swords. This gives you all types of simple variety in attacks, but it's fun to switch it up at times to keep it challenging. You can purchase new attacks with gained xp. Enemies drop tons of weapons, so you just pick those up and keep hacking away. Conan can block and also throw objects if you feel the desire to press another button besides X.
There are also some very basic platforming elements like climbing ledges, jumping gaps, etc. The puzzles involved could be completed by a 3rd grader. I'm not sure Conan knows his shapes yet, so how crazy can the puzzles possibly be?
I would recommend this for the achievement hunters and fans of easy action adventurers. You can button mash your way through Conan in a few short hours, which makes this the perfect GF rental. There are no other modes or challenges, so once you complete the short campaign, you only need to mop up some achievements by replaying missions again. Get to the choppa!!
Milt Drucker
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Conan's gameplay and control scheme could be guessed from 10 miles away. X is quick attack, Y is heavy attack, B is grab, and RS evades. A also jumps, if you aren't lost yet. With such simplicity, Conan makes for such a satisfying hack n slash game because it's so unchallenging and linear.
Conan can also wield a single weapon, 2 handed larger & slower weapons, and also dual wield 2 swords. This gives you all types of simple variety in attacks, but it's fun to switch it up at times to keep it challenging. You can purchase new attacks with gained xp. Enemies drop tons of weapons, so you just pick those up and keep hacking away. Conan can block and also throw objects if you feel the desire to press another button besides X.
There are also some very basic platforming elements like climbing ledges, jumping gaps, etc. The puzzles involved could be completed by a 3rd grader. I'm not sure Conan knows his shapes yet, so how crazy can the puzzles possibly be?
I would recommend this for the achievement hunters and fans of easy action adventurers. You can button mash your way through Conan in a few short hours, which makes this the perfect GF rental. There are no other modes or challenges, so once you complete the short campaign, you only need to mop up some achievements by replaying missions again. Get to the choppa!!
Milt Drucker
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