Age of Conan Online is Brutal
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00:00 - 00:33 Intro
00:33 - 01:26 FFXIV
01:26 - 11:35 The Age of Conan Experience
11:35 - 12:20 Outro
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For those asking I chose the PVP server as both were listed as having the same player population ingame, and with that in mind didn't want to miss out on any world PVP shenanigans when covering the game👍
Like a true enjoyer of AoC, back in the day. :)
If you were led to believe both servers are equally populated, you were lied to, lol. The PvE server actually has population. The PvP server is infamous for being empty.
(Oh, and toplessness is a feature, not a bug! lol)
@@schwann145 "population" lol nice joke. Last time I played two years ago it had sub-100 people at max level on at any given time. Still, I suppose your point stands about it being better than the PvP server that currently exists.
How do you join a different server?
@@foddey_3543 It's a choice at character creation. You can't swap after you choose.
- Bronan, what is best in life ?
- Drink beer, crush the can on your head, and high five your bros
AoC is always gonna be special to me. Sometimes I crave playing it a lot
Played it a ton on the old Eu servers Corinthia, later Aquilonia. The Rp scene this game had was out of this world, still miss it to this day. This game had a very different atmosphere, and I still find myself thinking about it a lot to this day. Made a bunch of friends which I still play games with too! This game really meant a lot to me. It's a bit sad seeing it so empty and desolate, surprised to see that there's still servers up for it actually. Crom.
It looks really fun but I’m not thrilled about someone randomly walking up to you and just killing you like that, doesn’t seem like a friendly community so that’s gonna be a definite pass for me, elder scrolls online is 70% off on steam, I’m gonna try that instead.
I guess it's the PvP servers that are empty. Maybe two or three years ago I reinstalled it and played on PvE servers, and there were always enough players to help with difficult quests.
The PVP server always seems empty outside of events. Such is its specificity that it attracts mainly prizes, but most players play PVE.
The RPvP servers were the best. It was the first MMO I went to level cap. Sucks that sieges literally burned your PC down unless you had the top of the line.
I was on Aquilonia too. It was completely other kind of experience than today "switch to max in a week" mmo's.
Music is still top notch in this game and if you were lucky to have played when it came out it was absolutely a blast.
Agreed the music in this and exiles is really good
@@MitchManix Dude love your content always keeps me and the wife laughing :)
Hymn of King Conan slaps
@@MitchManix It's the same developper, Funcom, and apparently the same guy who did the soundtracks of both games.
You've taught Josh a harsh but important lesson.
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I'm 36 and never been first to a video before. What a grand day this is.
Haha well done I remember my first time. 😂
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Took you 36 years?
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Still my favorite MMO. Best combat system I've seen yet. Played at release and off and on through the years I really wish it could get an update and more development.
I remember being blown away by the graphics in this game. And the 6 FPS.
Going into the raids and having my stuff seize for entire fight but still get tied gear was amazing at 13
Seeing you came across couple of world pvp moments, you probably picked the wrong server for this review. I don't play AoC for years now but my friend is still playing actively and as far as what I know from him, %90 of the player population is playing on the pve server. Well either way it was a nice video as always.
They both were listed as the same population. I feel cheated 😂 tryna keep a Bronan down
Yeah unfortunately when you make a new character it defaults to the PvP server unless you manually switch it. No idea why.
@@MitchManix Indeed. Crom is the server with population. There are some quite active clans there that raid regularly. If you ever decide to return to AOC, as to join in Global, and they will throw you an invite. Raidfinder is useful there too.
Let's not forget this game also has the best MMO class ever : the bear shaman. This game defined the style of gameplay I chose for every RPG/MMO/++ after because of this class.
Where can i get bear shaman style gameplay? U would make my day! Loved it to death.
Bear Shaman and Dark Templar changed my MMO experiences forever...
@@kylemceachran Same question for you, did u ever find something similar?
@@emeukal7683 Unfortunately, I haven't found it... I think what made BSham feel so good was the grittiness of AOC. I'm still on the never-ending hunt for it...
@@emeukal7683 Never found a class with the exact same feeling. So i tend to play something similar when possible, such as cleric archetype classes.
The PVP server (Fury) is more or less dead but the PVE server (Crom) still got enough people.
100% I see players even in the areas outside of tortage. Still not as populated as wow but I still encounter players every time I play.
@@tachikomaomechodeth2297 i recently came back to AOC after 15 year hiatus, its still fun to play and as you say pop is down from the past but still ppl doing raids and whatnot.
😂😂 Hahaha Bronan is amazing, keep these wonderful characters coming Mitch! Always looking forward to the next game, new adventure and a good laugh. This game may not be for me, but your content is consistently so entertaining! Grats on the FF14 sponsor too!! So happy to see you're getting some of the recognition you deserve.
Bro!
Came here from Josh, and Ive already seen this video! Time to rewatch and make sure to sub!
I still love AoC, wish more played it. It was very innovative for it's times and the combat is brutal for an MMO.
Was at the launch in Oslo, played in the early days and i still to this day wish that this WAS a single player RPG. It could have been something magical and the soundtrack is truly amazing. Still have the CE box sitting in my bookshelf and find myself thinking back to the opening of the game every now and again, because it is one of the most memorable game experiences i have ever had.
Soon the servers will be gone and no one will ever have a chance to play it again, which makes me truly sad.
Nice... I actually just redownloaded this about a month ago and was wandering the map with my guy. My Dad I think still plays it time to time with a group that I think likes to reroll new characters to enjoy Tortage with.
Man I remember guildlife there where we had our own fort. And then there was also some pretty good RP too. And then there was times I remember playing parkor with my horse and would try to jump while hitting a hill at the same time while also sprinting it with people watching my landing. So much airtime.
【Shades Finnish Pirates】I played with my BFF years ago, i enjoyed it but as it was named on the forums "Age of Casters" as first the ranged classes complained that they die all the time, now with the melee combo system and the ranged spell casters reciving the insta cast abilities in our time when we played atleast PVP was dominated by these insta casts. It works like this, you run with your melee character, try to do the combo and the ranged spell caster runs & does the insta cast rinse & repeat as cooldown allows till you're death.
You were on the wrong Server friend lol
😂 it was the only pvp one
it was the first MMO with a subscription that i played for a longer time. Exploring the world was pretty cool. Tourtage is still one of my favorite tutorial areas in an MMO
I love your videos and channel so much! Great video Mitch, please keep them coming😊
Who knew "Bronan" would be such a CHARACTER!
I really do wish there were more groups in the game too man.
Played this with my brother back in ‘08. I was 18 and he was 12. He loves Conan.
One of the best MMOs i've played, glad it's still alive. Too bad it isn't popular these days.
Hey Mitch! I remember playing this shortly after it launched back in '08. it was BUGGY AS HECK at the time. im glad that it has been continuing to be updated bit by bit. as one of the one time WOW KILLERS, im really sad that it didnt take off more successfully!
Aside from the game, i Got my start date for my job, June 6th! im so excited! thanks for the love and support, my friend ! :D
Wicked mate! Best of luck with the new job but im sure you dont need luck 😎
played this game, rolled as a thief, spent alot of time hiding from necromancers with giant undead armies, 10/10 i really wish it had more players i like the world and the game alot.
“Mixing up a fraternity with an evil cult” 😂😂
Ah, Bronan before he was filled with greed and power that he killed Bronad in cold blood…
loved the mmo, might have to play again soon too :-)
HoX and BS Classes are a must see for everyone!
I remember playing this back when it came out with a guild, was a lot of fun. Best time I ever had was playing as a necromancer in pvp matches and being so good that I got reported for hacking several times. 😊
That kneeling twice animation bug has literally been in the game since launch.
I remember the hype around this game was pretty high with the seige battles and faction vs faction pvp content but I also remember that, at least in 2008, the system requirements to play this game were very high. I dont think it ever had the population of some of the other games at the time
Man in 08 this game made my old pc struggle, my modern laptop runs it better now.
Age of Conan's world design is something special. Seeing the armors being ported from AoC to Conan Exiles, along with the tattoos etc being present in Exiles too, is really cool.
are these different IPs or? never played this, dont know when this game was made, but looks better than wow? :D
@@Microphunktv-jb3kj Age of Conan is pretty old, its glory days are definitely gone but I know there's probably a good bit of fun to be had.
Conan Exiles is a Survival RPG that came out about 5 years ago. Being updated now more than ever, more action-oriented than the Age of Conan MMO, but tonnes of fun
@@Eradicati0nn checked videos out, exiles looks ugly , is age of conan good, is there playerbase.. im looking for some mmo to play (wich isnt wow, not sure what happened to that bile of shit, but they have dumbed down and casualized it to the point of being meaningless, too casual... )
my current candidates are everquest1 and daoc possibly , will see if i can overcome the cumbersome UIs and outdated graphics
@@Microphunktv-jb3kj There's always Runescape 3. A little different from WoW, AOC etc, but I've got 10k hours and it's still entertaining me every day
@@Microphunktv-jb3kj Give LoTRO a shot its been in a much better place and still has people playing it but, it is not super on the graphics part.
Thank you so much for the content Mitch! I love how informative you are and be able to throw criticisms without bias is a wonderful skill, I feel most youtubers fail to possess.
I have recently begun playing Ragnarok Online(2002). I would love to see you make a video for it.
Cheers! - New fan/Subscriber
being a fan of the conan universe makes this game much easier to swallow, and all you need is a solid friend group to lvl with to make this game fun for hours
I was there at launch for Conan. You absolutely killed me with "Bro-nan." The name is genius and I only wish I had thought of it.
Cackling like a maniac at the "brooo" jokes, loved this video!!
This video was great! I don't know why but the in character as Bronan segments had me in stitches, even more than usual!
I would unironically watch more Bronan content. Those bits were hilarious.
Used to play it back in the day.. was one of the best looking mmorpgs for a very long time..
I want an entire playthrough with an in-character Bronan narrating his experience.
Ahh, Age Of Conan. So dark. So gory. So bare-breasted. So jank.
Loved that game. The jank eventually exceeded my limits, but damn was it as amusing a romp as Hyboria could get in the 2k's. An MMO the likes of which wouldn't be made today.
Funcom loves their Jank. Conan exiles is no different..
I was a big Anarchy Online fan, so when Funcom announced this game, I picked up the collector's ed. Still have the comic. I think I started playing Rift a few years later. Another game that was fun with a large player base. Even the starting areas had large open world boss battles.
Man, I miss the old days of AO. Such a unique mmo.
@@StinkyGreenBud You and me both. I was in a great RP guild. That may be the most fun I've had in a MMO guild.
This game was my favourite mmorpg as a kid. The graphics for its time were amazing too. Loved the combat system. The music was also beautiful. Field of the dead and the music that played at Croms rock on the level 60 destiny quest were the best. Only completed tier 1-4 at endgame but played from a year after release. It was fun to also play the unconquered mode.
The pvp server merge battles had some epic 100v100 attempts before players moved on, huge battles. Some one has to have some video of it.
I’m mainly a singleplayer gamer and I love the Conan world so this is right up my alley. I’d play Exiles but I’ve already missed out on so much stuff I’d want due to the battlepass seasons ending I’ll probably never pick it up.
Funcom has said that the older stuff will cycle back in to be available, whether in future battlepasses or the bazarr
AOC was my first MMO, that I started playing after I graduated high school. It was an incredible game for many years, and I spent so much time enjoying it for its amazing open world PvP and PvP mini games. I have so many memories that I look back fondly on quite regularly.
Running and hiding from level 80 HOGG guild members as a level 40 player in the Field of the Dead, until other level 80 players heard of them there and came to our rescue.
Getting my guardian decked out in the best gear at level 59 so I could play with my friends in the lvl 40-59 pvp minigames and lock down the Eiglophian Mountains map. I spent probably an entire year at level 59...
Finally getting to level 80 myself so I could participate in the player-made dueling arena at the entrance to Kheshatta for hours on end.
Just the complexity of the combat system, and the skill needed to really master it was something I have never experienced in another game, let alone an MMO. It was sad to witness its downfall, as Funcom mismanaged it and ignored its player base, but they gave me 3-4 years of the most enjoyment and fun I've ever had, and I will never forget that
Spent an enjoyable couple of months playing Age of Conan quite a few years ago. Seemed like an unfinished game but did enjoy the combat mechanics.
Not so much unfinished as the opening area of Tortage is misleading in that it makes it seem like the game is going to be a narrative driven PvE experience, when in reality it was meant to be a PvP focused game with the main game mode being the Guild vs Guild content. Tortage was just an extended tutorial and once you leave it and enter the open world, the PvP was meant to carry the game with the questing as nothing more than a means to get xp in between the bouts of GvG shenanigans. And thus the game died the same slow death that all PvP focused MMOs do. Once the PvP scene died down, the game died along with it.
Some fun memories, a shame it seems they never bothered to try to polish anything beyond the starting island to the same degree though. I will say it does make me wonder what Secret World is looking like these days. I know they re-released it as Secret World Legends, but otherwise didn't do any new content beyond what was there already. However it sits as a very unique MMO to this day given it's set in the "modern" day, and the free-form skill system felt really unique.
I didn't notice the sprint. I thought the feature you were talking about was the ASSet
Nice vid like usual. Conan the game that sold massive numbers at release and no one continued the subscription after the first 3 months because the game was not ready.
Man this was big nostalgia. I liked that game a lot in my youth
Man, I played AoC back when it first launched. I remember it being alright, but I was so integrated into World of Warcraft no other MMO held my attention long.
Love your content. You rock.
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First 20 levels in tortage is one of the best mmorpg experiences I've had. Pretty solid design.
Hey I just found your channel and I have to say your videos you put out are most excellent quality. Might I suggest looking into Dark Age of Camelot, it has excellent PVP akin to your Warhammer MMO video, albeit it is even older. The castle invading and defending battles and world pvp are incredible and left me with many fond memories of playing.
I remember playing this years ago when it was still populated. The combat system took some getting used to, but the fact the game had mounted combat, player guild constructed cities and sieges made it really fun. I remember being part of guild who owned a city/fortress & had enough players to pretty much field an army of infantry, archers/mages & cavalry. Those were fun times. Sad to see how the game has been totally ruined later on by greed, stupidity & its eventual bleeding player base.
The music you used is amazing. I wish you'd link them in the description. :'(
I loved this game at launch. Excited to watch this video.
I had bought the collectors edition back before it released. Came with a fancy box, a map of the world, soundtrack, and a unique mammoth mount. I had fun for a good long while. Eventually I did tire of the grind and broken mechanics so I stopped playing it. When I eventually did go back, I ended up finding out that not only did it go free to play, but that mount I had from the CE, gone. It had become a paid mount and it seemed like anyone who had it before had it plucked from their inventory. As soon as I realized they had done that I shut the game down and never looked back.
Some of my best pvp moments were from this game. Sadly at release it lacked any type of endgame content, so lots of people quit soon.
Played this at launch, herald of xolti. Great class and not sure I’ve seen a shape shifting melee fire mage in any other mmo. I recall constant crashes driving me away, to bad.
Still have PTSD from grinding Villas for hours on end. Was a great game.
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Vid on the same, consistent very high lvl, full of humour and in uplifting mood ^__^ keep em comin!
I 100% agree! Well said
I did play this between GW1 and GW2 and really enjoyed it, but I'm a massive Conan fan.
It was more popular back then, and I actually got to play some of the raids.
Overall, I remember loving the zones, but the combat was old fashioned even then, and the classes were balanced so that the premium ones were simply better, which felt really weird if you'd picked the iconic Conan class, the Barbarian.
I also chose a PvP server, and to be honest, the constant ganking got a bit too much, and instilled a deep and lifelong hatred of the game's Assassin class.
But still, for a Conan fan, there were lots of neat little nods to the books.
Great video as always, thanks!!!
I played AoC at launch and it was one of the most fun and ahead of its time MMO for me. Yep.. you did miss the hey days of this gem.. I felt blessed to play it when it was filled with players and grouped in the dungeons that were great and challenging. The PVP was hilarious as well. Sadly, it died for me when they waved the nerf bat all over and ruined my favorite and many other classes. Lots of people left about that time as well. Still, I have good memories of this game and surprised it hasn't shutdown yet. Might give it a run just for nostalgia's sake.
I just came back to the game after years away, still people playing and still alot of fun
If you were ever killed in Atzel's Approach by a horde of mobs, that was my father
If you were ever Khitai and had a bridge drop out of under you before you fell to your death, that was my father.
If you ever seen a polearm guard main-tank t1 raids, that was my father.
We were Knights of Ironspine
I still get the urge to play AoC on and off from time to time. I do wish that there was a more active playerbase but I understand why it's so empty at the moment. I do hope that maybe there will be a resurgence sometime.
Hey man, looks like you chose the PVP server? the PVE one is more populated.. relatively anyways
I remember playing this at release and being completely blown away by the starting area and then the crushing dissapointment when discovering that the starting area was apparently the only location that FunCom put any effort into. Maybe it got better in the endgame but I got so bored I quit pretty quickly.
Did you join a PvP server? I remember way more players when I tried it last time (2 years ago) and I've never seen a red player. I enjoyed the experience until the level cap: the world is interesting to explore, enemies are tough, overall even a good graphic, considering its age. I'm surprised you didn't find any player running around with the tits in the wind (at least in the first map it was very common).
Yeah this was taken on the PvP server, this video is really misleading in that aspect, as there are tons of people still playing on the PvE server only.
There are several games that came out back then that didn't make it. It took Funcom a few relaunches to get it right. Another Funcom title I liked was The Secret World, but that one just couldn't keep players either.
Yeah Mitch there are two servers left on AoC.
You chose the abandoned server Fury which is only used by a few tragics. There was a mass exodus years ago and everyone plays on the Crom PvE server now.
It really is a shame you didn't know this going in because the Crom server is very much alive.
There is more PvP on Crom in the form on 6v6 or 12v12 mini games and once a month there is a week long in game PvP festival held in one of the Border Kingdoms (3 zones with open world PvP and Sieging enabled).
The 6 person PvE Dungeons and 24 person Raids are absolutely the best content for new comers and veterans alike. There are Dungeons and Raids for all skill and experience levels.
Age of Conan truly has an impressive Group/Raid system.
There is still a whole lot of fun to be had on this game, you just messed up and picked the dead server!
Crom player here... those day back then man pff.. i miss them hard.. AOC is a game that i will always miss
I hate funcom for killing this mmo, probably still my favorite mmo till this day.
An ex member of Clan Koragg.
Might have to come bsck tp this but only would if there were more players
Oh man this game was SO good at launch. Then we all got past the tutorial and went "WTF where is the detail?" lol
True, the regions after Tortage were disappointingly empty after launch, and also rather quiet as there wasn't much voice acting anymore.
I played it back in the day, but it was so clearly front loaded with content that I only got so far before looking for another option. I do love Exiles though.
While I've never played Age of Conan I do own and enjoy its sort of spiritual successor, Conan Exiles. Where Age of Conan was an MMO that kind of flopped in its attempts to dig itself into the MMO market, Conan Exiles is a fun(ky) sandbox survival game with no small emphasis on multiplayer, like countless other games that have done similar since the DayZ days. However unlike Age of Conan, Conan Exiles' multiplayer is completely optional, so you can have fun with playing in a Hyborian Age inspired sandbox world without the worry of raids, an obnoxious chat, or Chinese hackers dominating game zones and holding ransom entire server lobbies.
Was surprised to see this pop up on my playlist as I haven't uploaded anything from my AoC account in years. Still log in daily & played since launch although I play solo these days to while away some time brutalising enemies in various dungeons across the world of Hyboria using my roster of 21 characters.
Hope the game stays alive a few more years so I can return to raiding & group content after I retire when I'll have time to invest.
To all new players I can only say, Go! With luck as you ally
While we are at funcom games, would love to watch you take a look at The Secret World. I'm sure you have funny things to say about that game. :D
Played this for years, still the best game in my opinion, you truly had to have skill to be good, true Tanks, true Healers etc.
Bronan, "I'll cut you down."
Lady, "You can't cut through iron chains."
Bronan, "Who said anything about cutting through the chains."
As a LotRO player, who's mostly interested in the lore, the stories and the environments, will I like this game? Do the Devs do justice to Robert Howard's works as LotRO does for Tolkien?
I played it at release, it was REAL rough in the early days.
I loved this game. The gameplay felt so refreshing.
The video made me think about many hours spent playing AoC. I was feeling the urge, until I saw you get mobbed, a lot. It was always pretty challenging. The raiding was so good.
I started playing last December and the tutorial island was fairly with a good amount of people, I'll search some Dc groups, I'm being fascinated by the game for now
I remember my old days on fury pvp 10 ranger ,priceless days..was the best mmo out there
josh viewer, now also a mitch viewer \o/
A game from my past. I think I have leveled up about a dozen characters over the years I played it.
Anyone else when they see the word "brutal" immediately think of Josh Brolin's Gurney in the new Dune movie talking about the Harkonnen?
😆 Bronan is far to powerful! Not only can he melt your face off, give off a chad like glow at night, but he can process what the ladies look like even when clothed.
This man is unstoppable!!!
Another great video my friend you always deliver top tier videos! 😄🍻
This looks alright, but I played the heck out of Conan Exiles (the survival open world) with some friends for a couple hundred hours a few years ago. We built all these castles, an elevator from desert to the highlands, outposts. Total Minecraft status with slaves everywhere that we captured doing tasks at every one of our castles. Mining and making all our gear. Heads of all sorts of beasts we killed decorating the walls. We beat every boss eventually, and it was the most epic thing ever. Play THAT game!
Had a lot of fun in this one back in 2009 or so.
when this game came out tons of people played it and finding groups was super easy, really fun time. If you make a character now stick to the pve server, the most unique and interesting content in the game is group content and you won't find anyone doing that on the pvp server.
Special game, I miss those times