Being a fan of the books written by Robert E. Howard, i had to try this game out. I even got into the beta version, playing it some weeks before release and i thought it was a really nice game. I tried a few different characters, leveling them up to level 10 before moving on. They would all be deleted anyway, so i didn’t bother investing more time going beyond level 10.

Now that the game is out, i must admit I’m kind of disappointed. In Tortage, the first town you visit, every quest is given to you in spoken dialogs. There are a lot of cinematics and storyline missions, which i found interesting. Rewards almost come in non-stop as you receive new skills, points to distribute, feats to organize, everything sounds perfect right?

I understand that hardcore MMO players will not even care about this. Their goal will be to reach the end-game content, which is not quite there yet unfortunately. After Tortage, unless you’re a completionnist, there’s not much to do except doing chain quests, changing zones from time to time and finally get to that ultimate level 80. And leveling from level 20 to 80 is a demanding task, without much rewards or incentives to go further.

I didn’t expect the game to be perfect but i canceled after a short 3 weeks of play, not even completing my first free month. I’ll try it again in a few months to see if Funcom managed to bring the same quality to the later parts of the game. Have you tried it? What’s your take on AOC?

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