Shaking a mighty barbarian fist and throwing down the gauntlet to the MMOG boys.
Just as Schwarzenegger came to power as governor of California, so Conan came to rule as King of Hyboria. And it’s in this era of Robert E Howard’s fictionalised history of the world that your galley will be shipwrecked and you’ll be marooned on an island, and start levelling up like billy-o. Age Of Conan: Hyborian Adventures does a number of things differently. For starters, an anti-WOW approach to combat has been adopted, resulting in a more hands-on hack-and-slash. Although don’t expect anything Obl vion-y or Dark Messiah-y, since linked combos are the order of the day.

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