How do players move between the regions? The setting is one far different from the high-fantasy you find in most MMOs today, even though you will travel to fantastic places and meet creatures beyond your wildest imagination. Howard, which feature a world known for its grittiness, its violence, its realism and its mysticism. The in-game world is based on accurate descriptions taken directly from the original works of author Robert E. We are currently focusing on the nations of Aquilonia, Cimmeria and Stygia, but we may go even further in expansion packs after launch. What is the setting of the gameworld in Age of Conan? Īge of Conan is set in the world of Hyboria, a fictional representation of our own planet earth some 10.000 years BC. Many other games try to create the biggest world of them all, but our lessons with the MMO Anarchy Online means that we try to go another way - towards handcrafted detail, loving and care for the characters there - rather than doing corner cutting to increase the size. Yes, absolutely, it will be huge, but our focus for these regions is actually on detail and gameplay, not on making the gameworld huge for the sake of being huge. These regions have been picked because of their importance or relevance to the lore, or what Conan did there. You will find northern regions with tall mountains covered in snow, southern regions with their sand dunes and rust-colored mountains, and everything in-between that ranges from thick forests to plains, swamps, highlands and lowlands. We are including areas chosen from Aquilonia, Cimmeria and Stygia and we are trying to show the diversity of these nations through this selection. There are dozens of different zones, or regions as we like to call them, in Age of Conan. This, however, will in no way detract from the feeling of being in a massive, persistent game world. We're using zones because we want to create such a detailed world that it would be technologically unfeasible to do it seamlessly. It is based on zones, but these zones can be quite big in size – often up to several kilometers in both length and width. Is the game world seamless or is it based on zones? The in-game world itself is huge, and will offer incredible opportunities for exploration. In Age of Conan we have focused on developing regions found within the three nations of Aquilonia, Cimmeria and Stygia, as well as the Barachan isles. Howard in his original short-stories and books – is basically a fictional version of earth some 10 000 years BC and as such, there is a lot of land to cover. Despite featuring numerous genre innovations, Age of Conan is still like a traditional MMO game where you start a life in a gigantic online world and explore it with other people or by yourself. Is Age of Conan about exploration and adventure, or PvP and city building? Īll that, actually, and more! While PvP battles, city building and siege combat are all important features in Age of Conan, it is still a game based on great adventure – either through solo-play or team-play – through a huge, massive and persistent game world. 11 How will players be able to traverse the world?.10 Are there any factions in the game world?.9 What is the needs system the artificial intelligence operates against?.8 How intelligent are the computer-controlled characters in the game world?.7 How do players move between the regions?.6 What is the setting of the gameworld in Age of Conan?.4 How many zones are there in the game?.3 Is the game world seamless or is it based on zones?.2 How big is the world in Age of Conan?.1 Is Age of Conan about exploration and adventure, or PvP and city building?.
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