Conan For The PS3 Game Review      

May 24th, 2008

If you like dark tales woven around warfare and sorcery, you are likely to enjoy “Conan”. This game by THQ is available for a price of $29.99. Inspired by the “God of War”, you get to play the iconic adventurer in this offering. Although not as large in terms of experiential grandeur, Conan does offer you it’s share of enjoyment.

I would have liked Conan to sound a little more Barbaric, except then I might not have understood much of the voiceovers. The game begins around a remote island and a search for a valuable gemstone. Conan accidentally sets a dark sorcerer named Graven free from his grave. Conan is left for dead by Graven.

Chance takes Conan to another island where he meets a gutsy warrior queen who wants to find Graven and recover Conan’s armor. The two team up as they fight enemies ranging from pirates, the Stygian army, beasts of all kinds, supernatural forces and an elephant demon cult.

Set in Hyboria, this game should be yours if you want a good fight. The game progresses through a series of such fights with many weapons, both offensive and defensive. If you like boss fights you will find plenty of enjoyment in this game. In the nature of the backdrop, the fights are truly barbaric. The game is interspersed with light puzzle solving, though.

The only issue I had with this game was the briefness - at just about 6 hours it ends pretty quick. But if you are a sucker for senseless violence, you won’t mind it at all.

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