Age of Conan Zone Preview Videos

[Ethec]

At CES 2008, Funcom developers Jørgen Tharaldsen and Jason Stone sought to prove that Age of Conan is on track for an impressive release by showing us three regions with resource-intensive NPC behavior enabled, netting framerates of a respectable 40 FPS on a typical gaming rig.

Have they lived up to the challenge? What do you think of the gaming environments and landscapes of Age of Conan?

You can find the videos here:

• Field of the Dead
• Eiglophian Mts.
• The Maze

[Cody Bye]

HUZZAH! Let me tell you folks, these zones / graphics were AMAZING. Even with a majority of the NPCs visible to the camera, we ran with virtually no slow down the entire time. It's just a testament to the power of the upgraded graphics engine.

Just wait until you see The Maze. That portion of the content was jaw-dropping.

[B. de la Durantaye]

Ya know, I take it all back. Some of the screens up till late had me thinking "the graphics are respectable, but could be better." After seeing this vid, I'm hugely impressed. Way cool.

[SirRobin]

Good to see that its shaping up well.

[Ryun]

Nice video. I saw some hitching but I dunno if that was the game, or the video player (I'm thinking the latter though). Anyway, looks great from a technical standpoint, anyone jot down what kind of PC they were using?

[Boomjack]

Originally Posted by Ryun

Nice video. I saw some hitching but I dunno if that was the game, or the video player (I'm thinking the latter though). Anyway, looks great from a technical standpoint, anyone jot down what kind of PC they were using?

I wasn't there, but usually the computer is well hidden from prying eyes, fingers and wiggling toes.

[Abal]

Thanks a lot for this video and the upcoming ones.

I know that you are studying the possibility of making available the HD ones. Can hardly wait for that

I just beg you to make downloadable versions if possible so that I can see the videos on my laptop without being online.

Thanks in advance.
Abal

[SirRobin]

Originally Posted by Ryun

Nice video. I saw some hitching but I dunno if that was the game, or the video player (I'm thinking the latter though). Anyway, looks great from a technical standpoint, anyone jot down what kind of PC they were using?

I'm betting it was the video player too. They would be insane to not use the most powerful pc they can get their hands on for these sneak peeks.

I would bet a four gig, dx10, dual 8800 gtx, extreme quad core myself. With a quantum singularity one billion watt psu of course.

Originally Posted by Abal

Thanks a lot for this video and the upcoming ones.

Welcome to TTH!

[Medeor]

Pretty Pictures. But I want to see some combat!

That NPC was really cool looking in part 1. Between the art and animation, I likey.

Landscape is nice looking - going towards the photo-realistic EQ2/LotRo style?

Ok, I'm ready to start playing, send the box now, kthxbye.

[Acidbaron]

If it's succes is dependant on setting a good atmosphere with visual and audio elements it will already be a winner.

Let us hope the rest delivers just aswell.

Abal, i'm pretty sure you can download that with the latest real player it lets you download movies from everywhere also youtube, pretty handy tool.