I´m one of those people who preordered Age of Conan, and yesterday I was let into the MMO.

Of course there was a bunch of connectivity problems, and problems downloading the patch, but in the end I hooked up to the world.

I must say that this game really intrigues me! Besides from the obvious blood, gore, and naked people (yes you can take of your clothes in the game….), it also has a very nice feel to it.

You can play a variety of classes and “races”, but that isn´t really all that exciting.

What is exciting is the combat system!

Usually I play a mage type of character in RPG games – but not with this combat system!

Basically whenever you are in combat you need to decide from which side to swing your weapon, and need to change your strategy constantly depending on the defense of your opponent. Combine that with special combo-moves that make you push the buttons in a certain way to accomplish them, and you have a very engaging combat system!

My current verdict is….

If you played WoW and found the game a bit too cartoonish – play Age of Conan.

If you played MMO’s and found the combat to be very dull because you just needed to activate the “attack” function and then sit and wait – try out Age of Conan, it´s completely different.

So far I´m very impressed by the game!