Breakfast Topic: Did Age of Conan pull you away this weekend?

by Dan O'Halloran May 18th 2008 at 8:00AM

Funcom's Age of Conan opened yesterday to those who pre-ordered. Considered one of the two MMO's this year that has a chance to take a chunk out of WoW (Warhammer Online being the other), this newest entry into the overcrowded fantasy genre officially goes live on Thursday, but Early Access was granted to those willing to lay out the cash.

Now, I'm not fool enough to predict that AoC will take down WoW, but I do believe it will take a chunk out of WoW's playerbase in the short term. There is a malaise setting in among WoW players and guilds now that we are in the long wait until Wrath's launch. And nothing kicks you out of gaming doldrums like something new and shiny (not to mention bouncy and bloody.)

This morning we ask you not if you are leaving WoW for AoC, but if you are indulging in a little weekend sideline fun in the lands of Hyboria. Or have your stalwart guildmates suddenly disappeared yesterday?

Tags: age-of-conan, early-access, hyboria, pre-order, warhammer-online

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Breakfast Topics

Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)

Jeni May 19th 2008 10:14AM

I'm not interested in Conan at all. *shrug* I read the blogs about it, read massively.com about it...so not my kind og game. I'm looking forward to Stargate and to Champions Online though!

Kelsar May 19th 2008 10:41AM

Not as much as I thought it was going to. I played AoC for about 5 hours total this weekend. I was on Wow for prolly 3 times that long.

I still have commitments in WoW I can't break away from. So while I'll be playing AoC as much as I can, WoW will prolly get the majority of my time.

BTW AoC looks crazy nice compared to WoW.. 1920x1200 at max settings and AA enable, 56fps, they did a killer job on the graphics. No issues for me at all yet.

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