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Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer

January 09, 2024

Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer is an expansion set for the MMORPG Age of Conan. It was announced on August 18, 2009, by Funcom.[3] The expansion is set in the mythical land of Khitai and features a new eastern theme. It was released on May 11, 2010.

Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer
Developer(s)Funcom
Publisher(s)Funcom
CompuExpert (NA)[2]
Deep Silver (EU)[1]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • WW: May 11, 2010
[1]
Genre(s)Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Overview edit

The expansion adds the mysterious eastern lands of Khitai to the game, a new zone for characters of levels 20-40 and four new high-level zones for level 80 characters, as well as new original music by Knut Avenstroup Haugen to convey the Asiatic atmosphere of the expansion regions. The expansion also adds the Alternative Advancement (AA) system, a new tree of character perks or feats.[4]

Plot and setting edit

The expansion is set in the lands of Khitai after the events of the short story The Tower of the Elephant when a young Conan killed the "Elephant God" Yag-Kosha out of mercy to free him from his suffering and captivity. Yag-Kosha had been imprisoned and tortured for many centuries by his greatest student and evil sorcerer Yara. This earned Conan the title of the "Godslayer". Yara was later slain by a jewel known as the Heart of the Elephant. Some time after when Conan became a king strange and terrible things started happening in the empire of Khitai. The player character must explore the dark roads of the Empire and walk the path of the Godslayer as they unravel a mature and deep storyline full of brutal conflict and political intrigue.[5]

Khitai edit

Khitai is an ancient empire located in the east regions of the Hyborian continent. It is a stronghold of the world's greatest wizards and masters of the eastern world. Khitai has a powerful army and a sound leadership based in Paikang, Shu-Chen and Ruo-Chen. Khitai is forever at war with Kambuja to the south, whose god-kings vie with them for supremacy in the arcane mysteries of the Scarlet Circle. Khitai's borders are ill-defined, as no other "kingdom" lies near it. The Khitans themselves mark their western boundary at the Great Wall and the mountains upon which it is built. This mountain range runs north to the trackless, icy wastes, and south to the Southern Sea. Khitai overall has an Asiatic feel. The contains many high level dungeons and the Jade Citadel, a level 80 raid instance.

Gameplay edit

Khitan Race edit

The Khitan race was added in the expansion. Khitan characters start play in Tortage and may choose the Assassin, Ranger, Bear Shaman, Guardian, Dark Templar, Necromancer, Herald of Xotli or Demonologist classes. The Khitans are mostly of medium height and with yellow skin.[6]

New raids and dungeons edit

Many new instances were added with the expansion. The expansion expanded the raiding level in Age of Conan and added Tier 4. The most notable is the Jade Citadel, a level 80 raid instance where players can challenge the army of the emperor of Khitai himself. The expansion also adds a number of new Khitai dungeons. More have been added since the expansion's release.[7]

Factions and new mounts edit

Rise of the Godslayer introduces the new Factions mechanic. Each player can choose their faction allegiances, and as they rise in the ranks they are able to collect new rewards such as gear, mounts, pets and other items. 12 new factions including the Scarlet Circle were added. Several new mounts were added to the game in the expansion. These are the Demon Howler, Vaaghasan Slaughter Steed and Hyrkanian Horse.[8]

Alternative Advancement System edit

Alternate Advancement (AA) is a system developed and introduced with the Rise of the Godslayer that characters to progress beyond the level cap. The system is available for use beginning at level 20, but is mainly designed for use at level 80 (everything you do level 20 and beyond counts, but you make no significant gains until level 80). There are 3 types of AA: Mastery, Expertise, and Prowess. Mastery experience is gained by doing PVE, Prowess through PVP, and Expertise can be used for either and is gained from pots for doing special tasks.[9]

Critical reception edit

The expansion was positively received by most critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the game has received an average score of 83 based on 14 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[12] IGN gave it 7.9/10.[10] GameSpot rated it 8.5/10 saying "Despite a touch of monotony, Age of Conan's atmospheric first expansion is an absolute delight".[13] Eurogamer gave it 8/10 and especially praised its environment details in their second review of the expansion. The first one was withdrawn since Eurogamer gave the expansion a bad review which led to criticism of the website by various people and video game critics. Eurogamer accepted it that they didn't give the original reviewer enough time and the original review was withdrawn.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer to Launch on May 11th". IGN. j2 Global. April 23, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  2. ^ . IGN. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on April 19, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
  3. ^ Bryn Williams (2009-04-18). "Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer Expansion Announced". GameSpy. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  4. ^ Kevin VanOrd (2010-07-07). . Gamespot. Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  5. ^ "Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer Review". IGN.
  6. ^ Leroy Ketelaars (2010-08-29). "Khitan people join Age of Conan for new expansion". Nisute gaming lifestyle. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  7. ^ Tarib (11 May 2010). "'Rise of the Godslayer' – The Gates to Khitai open!". Age of Conan forums. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  8. ^ Tom Pakinks (11 February 2010). "Rise of the Godslayer 'mount' footage released". CVG. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  9. ^ Guest Writer (23 February 2010). "Age of Conan: Unchained Dev Journals: Alternate Advancement System Explained". MMORPG. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  10. ^ a b "Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer on IGN". IGN. j2 Global.
  11. ^ Fabian Siegismund (May 11, 2010). "Age of Conan: Rise of the godslayer IM test - In Land der Tiger". GameStar. IDG. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  12. ^ "Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer on Metacritic". Metacritic.
  13. ^ Kevin VanOrd (2010-07-07). . Gamespot. Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  14. ^ Rob Fahey (29 June 2010). "Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer Review". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2010-06-29.

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Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer is an expansion set for the MMORPG Age of Conan It was announced on August 18 2009 by Funcom 3 The expansion is set in the mythical land of Khitai and features a new eastern theme It was released on May 11 2010 Age of Conan Rise of the GodslayerDeveloper s FuncomPublisher s FuncomCompuExpert NA 2 Deep Silver EU 1 Platform s Microsoft WindowsReleaseWW May 11 2010 1 Genre s Massively multiplayer online role playing gameMode s Multiplayer Contents 1 Overview 2 Plot and setting 2 1 Khitai 3 Gameplay 3 1 Khitan Race 3 2 New raids and dungeons 3 3 Factions and new mounts 3 4 Alternative Advancement System 4 Critical reception 5 ReferencesOverview editThe expansion adds the mysterious eastern lands of Khitai to the game a new zone for characters of levels 20 40 and four new high level zones for level 80 characters as well as new original music by Knut Avenstroup Haugen to convey the Asiatic atmosphere of the expansion regions The expansion also adds the Alternative Advancement AA system a new tree of character perks or feats 4 Plot and setting editThe expansion is set in the lands of Khitai after the events of the short story The Tower of the Elephant when a young Conan killed the Elephant God Yag Kosha out of mercy to free him from his suffering and captivity Yag Kosha had been imprisoned and tortured for many centuries by his greatest student and evil sorcerer Yara This earned Conan the title of the Godslayer Yara was later slain by a jewel known as the Heart of the Elephant Some time after when Conan became a king strange and terrible things started happening in the empire of Khitai The player character must explore the dark roads of the Empire and walk the path of the Godslayer as they unravel a mature and deep storyline full of brutal conflict and political intrigue 5 Khitai edit Khitai is an ancient empire located in the east regions of the Hyborian continent It is a stronghold of the world s greatest wizards and masters of the eastern world Khitai has a powerful army and a sound leadership based in Paikang Shu Chen and Ruo Chen Khitai is forever at war with Kambuja to the south whose god kings vie with them for supremacy in the arcane mysteries of the Scarlet Circle Khitai s borders are ill defined as no other kingdom lies near it The Khitans themselves mark their western boundary at the Great Wall and the mountains upon which it is built This mountain range runs north to the trackless icy wastes and south to the Southern Sea Khitai overall has an Asiatic feel The contains many high level dungeons and the Jade Citadel a level 80 raid instance Gameplay editKhitan Race edit The Khitan race was added in the expansion Khitan characters start play in Tortage and may choose the Assassin Ranger Bear Shaman Guardian Dark Templar Necromancer Herald of Xotli or Demonologist classes The Khitans are mostly of medium height and with yellow skin 6 New raids and dungeons edit Many new instances were added with the expansion The expansion expanded the raiding level in Age of Conan and added Tier 4 The most notable is the Jade Citadel a level 80 raid instance where players can challenge the army of the emperor of Khitai himself The expansion also adds a number of new Khitai dungeons More have been added since the expansion s release 7 Factions and new mounts edit Rise of the Godslayer introduces the new Factions mechanic Each player can choose their faction allegiances and as they rise in the ranks they are able to collect new rewards such as gear mounts pets and other items 12 new factions including the Scarlet Circle were added Several new mounts were added to the game in the expansion These are the Demon Howler Vaaghasan Slaughter Steed and Hyrkanian Horse 8 Alternative Advancement System edit Alternate Advancement AA is a system developed and introduced with the Rise of the Godslayer that characters to progress beyond the level cap The system is available for use beginning at level 20 but is mainly designed for use at level 80 everything you do level 20 and beyond counts but you make no significant gains until level 80 There are 3 types of AA Mastery Expertise and Prowess Mastery experience is gained by doing PVE Prowess through PVP and Expertise can be used for either and is gained from pots for doing special tasks 9 Critical reception editReviewsAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic83 100Review scoresPublicationScoreEurogamer8 10GameSpot8 5 10IGN7 9 10 10 GameStar9 10 11 The expansion was positively received by most critics At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the game has received an average score of 83 based on 14 reviews which indicates generally favorable reviews 12 IGN gave it 7 9 10 10 GameSpot rated it 8 5 10 saying Despite a touch of monotony Age of Conan s atmospheric first expansion is an absolute delight 13 Eurogamer gave it 8 10 and especially praised its environment details in their second review of the expansion The first one was withdrawn since Eurogamer gave the expansion a bad review which led to criticism of the website by various people and video game critics Eurogamer accepted it that they didn t give the original reviewer enough time and the original review was withdrawn 14 References edit a b Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer to Launch on May 11th IGN j2 Global April 23 2010 Retrieved June 23 2014 CompuExpert to Distribute Funcom s Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer IGN 22 August 2012 Archived from the original on April 19 2010 Retrieved 2010 04 16 Bryn Williams 2009 04 18 Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer Expansion Announced GameSpy Retrieved 2009 04 19 Kevin VanOrd 2010 07 07 Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer Review Gamespot Archived from the original on 2012 01 15 Retrieved 2010 07 07 Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer Review IGN Leroy Ketelaars 2010 08 29 Khitan people join Age of Conan for new expansion Nisute gaming lifestyle Retrieved 2010 08 29 Tarib 11 May 2010 Rise of the Godslayer The Gates to Khitai open Age of Conan forums Retrieved 2010 05 11 Tom Pakinks 11 February 2010 Rise of the Godslayer mount footage released CVG Retrieved 2010 02 11 Guest Writer 23 February 2010 Age of Conan Unchained Dev Journals Alternate Advancement System Explained MMORPG Retrieved 2010 02 23 a b Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer on IGN IGN j2 Global Fabian Siegismund May 11 2010 Age of Conan Rise of the godslayer IM test In Land der Tiger GameStar IDG Retrieved June 23 2014 Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer on Metacritic Metacritic Kevin VanOrd 2010 07 07 Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer on GameSpot Gamespot Archived from the original on 2012 01 15 Retrieved 2010 07 07 Rob Fahey 29 June 2010 Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer Review Eurogamer Retrieved 2010 06 29 Portal nbsp Video games Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Age of Conan Rise of the Godslayer amp oldid 1187853648, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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