{"id":1055,"date":"2007-10-21T21:15:35","date_gmt":"2007-10-22T01:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/10\/21\/conan-ps3-demo-impressions\/"},"modified":"2007-10-21T21:15:35","modified_gmt":"2007-10-22T01:15:35","slug":"conan-ps3-demo-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/10\/21\/conan-ps3-demo-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Conan (PS3) Demo Impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not sure what to make of the Conan demo.\u00a0 On one hand, I guess I should be thankful that we are getting demos.\u00a0 On the other hand, let\u2019s just say that I need to withhold judgment on this one for a little while.<\/p>\n<p>Conan is pure hack and slash carnage.\u00a0 I cannot recall a game that has this much blood, guts, beheadings, dismemberments, and then some.\u00a0 If you want to see an M rated game; here you go.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly the game is going to have nudity, which is another reason for the M rating, and I am sure that some well rendered breast will help push a few copies.\u00a0 If the opening scene in the demo is any indication, we are in for a treat.\u00a0 When the scantily clad vixen asks Conan if he would \u201cserve\u201d a woman, his reply is classic \u201cService\u201d smiles \u201cAye\u201d\u00a0 Good stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I have read comparisons to the God of War titles and Heavenly Sword, but I have played neither, and it has been a while since I owned a true hack and slash game.\u00a0 The demo seems a little rough around the edges, the graphics, while stylistic (Dark Horse comic book like), and are not really top notch for a PS3 title.\u00a0 I am sure that the Xbox 360 version will look tons better, because that is pretty much how all the ports work these days.\u00a0 It is just a damn shame that the developers do not hold this one back for another 4-6 weeks to pretty things up, and still make the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>This is a game I want to like.\u00a0 I enjoy Conan \u2013 from the Robert E. Howard novels to the Conan the Barbarian movie (a staple of all males my age).\u00a0 I am just not so sure about this game.\u00a0 I know there are going to be combos and some strategy involved with the fighting action, but I also know that I just mashed buttons in the demo.\u00a0 I do not need a game to see boobs, so that novelty will wear thin quickly.\u00a0 It is also hard to justify \u201ctrying something out\u201d for a $59.99 price point, which for this gamer, makes a huge difference over the PS2 days of $39.99-49.99 games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not sure what to make of the Conan demo.\u00a0 On one hand, I guess I should be thankful that we are getting demos.\u00a0 On the other hand, let\u2019s just say that I need to withhold judgment on this one for a little while. Conan is pure hack and slash carnage.\u00a0 I cannot recall &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/10\/21\/conan-ps3-demo-impressions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Conan (PS3) Demo Impressions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}