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Conan is an action adventure video game featuring a story of epic brutality, sheer evil and visceral combat within an expansive fantasy setting. Players will follow the journey of Conan the Cimmerian as he fights a vicious battle against a variety of enemies and an elusive power that threatens to consume the world. Using everything at his disposal, including deadly weapons and environmental objects, Conan must fight everything in his path as he traverses a variety of unique realms within the Hyborian world

User Reviews about Conan

Starring the classic barbarian hero of Robert E. Howard's stories, "Conan" is a sword-swinging testosterone-heavy hack and slash game that, while not necessarily innovative, is a fun romp in the spirit of the archetypical warrior.

"Conan" is basically a game that wears its heart on its sleeve: it's a game about hacking through legions of enemies and monsters, getting treasure, and rescuing attractive, scantily-clad women. It's a beat-em-up in the same vein as games like God of War. By default, Conan uses his famous Atlantean sword, but other styles of weapons (picked up from weapon racks or taken from fallen enemies) include dual-wielding weapons, two-handed weapons, and sword-and-shield style. Each style has its own moveset, purchased with "red runes" gained by opening treasure chests and killing foes. Unlocked moves function like combos in a fighting game, for the most part; some moves have special traits, like breaking an enemy's block or even stealing their weapon. The game relies fairly heavily on QTEs, which can get annoying quickly and detracts from the overall feel of the game (especially during boss fights).

As the game progresses, players also unlock magic spells in a linear fashion (one per stage, essentially, for a maximum of four). These vary in usefulness - the basic spell is a petrification spell that can basically clinch fights against most opponents, while more expensive spells are arguably less valuable in terms of mana cost. Advancing statistics like health and magic power is done by finding "triumvirates" in each level - essentially a short puzzle that results in a boost to one of those two stats or a lump sum of red runes.

The enemies and obstacles provide the main content in the game. These can range from standard soldiers with different weapons and armor (swordsmen, spearmen, archers, and so on) to wild animals (dogs and gorillas) to outright monsters. Finding their patterns and how best to deal with them is a relatively exciting part of the game, and they're varied enough that it doesn't get old quickly. For the most part, they feel like challenges, too: even a simple soldier can defend himself well enough to be more than a speed-bump.

The game's graphics are reasonably good. They're not worth it by themselves, but the locales and designs are at least detailed and pleasant to look at. The sound is all right, being primarily memorable for the endless stream of one-liners that Conan spouts ("You scratch like a child!" or "My blade thirsts!"), though the music is pretty impressive too.

Conan is essentially a "fun" game. It's not necessarily notable or well-made, but it's the kind of game you can pick up and work your way through without having to think about it too much. If you like hack-and-slash games, you'll probably enjoy Conan.

Rating: 7/10.

FTC Note: Conan was purchased from a game store with our own money.
-- classic barbarian hero

Fun hack and slash game that suffers compared to God of War. For fans of the genre it is a gem. Nudity, blood and gore with decent graphics. You do learn new moves along the way and power up in various ways, but for the most part it is a button masher. On the easy level I got through the game in 8 hours. There are hidden things along the way to find, but replay value is not very high. The game itself can be at times a bit repetitive even one time through. Graphics are solid and voice work is good but also suffers from repetition as well. You do not control camera angles with the right stick so you are at the mercy of the game to give you the right angle. For the most part it is not an issue, though a few times it was annoying not to be able to look around. The game is linear and mostly comprises fighting with the usually end bosses and a couple of puzzles to solve to advance. The one thing I liked is the multiple save places as well as checkpoint saves. For the final boss which has multiple stages and was difficult for me, the game saved as I hit each stage so I did not have to repeat the long battle from the beginning each time I died. Good game to be had for the right price. -- 3 1/2 Stars

Along the likes of God of War or Dante's Inferno.

Endless, mindless slashing of enemies. Sort of boring after a while.

Last boss is retardedly hard and will piss you off.

I would pay no more than 10-12 dollars for this game.

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women -- not bad

Conan has all the makings of the classic arcade games, be it a little more on a "adults only" level. Since there's so many reviews, i'll list only a few highlights:

1.) There no complex puzzles in this game, but you get the feeling after playing a little while that the game designers wanted it that way. Just keep pushing ahead, slashing and chopping up bad guys. Remember the arcade days?
2.) there are save points, so you'll be restarting a few parts over again when you die. The game has a lot of checkpoints though, so unless you quit, you'll start close to where you met your doom.
3.) it took me approx. 8 hours of actual saved game playing time to beat it. Not a long game, but i had to replay a few parts over, and try a couple of times to beat some of the bosses.
4.) there are a lot of special moves to learn and 3 basic weapon setups to master (big sword, sword and shield, dual swords).I was still learning moves when i solved the game.
5.) This game is definitely a "dude" game. A lot of senseless violence, topless women to rescue, no big plot just smash everything, etc...
6.) Small replay value. Now i've solved it, i'll put it on the top shelf and forget about it unless i'm really bored.

bottom line: it's really cheap and well worth a few bucks used! Not a brainbuster, but fun nonetheless. -- a slashfest, just like the good old days (except more violent)!

I'm a huge Conan fan, and I really wasn't expecting much out of this game. Sure, it could be called the poor man's God of War, and sure, it's no where near that level of production, but I had a great time playing it. The Conan in the game is spot on in his attitude and ruthlessness, and is just a blast to play. Graphics are good, combat is fun, all in all I was really impressed. -- It's Conan... that alone makes it fun.