Conan's going through a resurgence.
Besides the Dark Horse comics and collectibles, he's got not one, but two games coming out -- Funcom's MMO Age of Conan next March(ish) for the PC and Xbox 360, and THQ's hack-n-slash fest, Conan for the Xbox 360 and PS3, due out at the end of this month.
This latter game has a demo out, and I played through the Xbox 360 version a few times.
If the demo is any indication of the rest of the game, I think Conan will get fair to middling reviews, and I think this will be selling the game short.
To be honest, the game is pretty, and may end being one of the prettier hack-n-slash titles to date. Add to that what looks to be a faithful recreation of the Robert E. Howard mythos, and I think this game may be a solid pre-holiday game offering. And definitely something that will fill my Rune gap until the new Golden Axe comes out from SEGA.
It's straight-forward hack-n-slash, but with decent throw and combo mechanics. The demo felt a bit too easy, but I'm assuming the full game will have adjustable difficulty levels. The game's definitely mature, which I'd argue is required for a faithful representation of the Hyborian world.
I'm bummed there doesn't seem to be multiplayer, but this is a single-player, iconic kind of IP.
I'm looking forward to the full release, and hope THQ prices it competitively to keep it from being lost in the holiday shuffle.
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