Here's
the lowdown on the game from the official Conan site for those
unfamiliar with the title:
Conan
is a 3rd person action game, with few elements of RPG and adventure.
The
game is divided into chapters, each chapter with different enviroment
and creatures. Each chapter contains several levels.
Its
powerful graphical enviroment, with breathtaking special effects, is
outmatched only by its epic atmosphere and incredible action. The new
engine, developed especially for Conan, allows real time lighting,
volumetric lights and shadows and also a huge number of fantastic
graphical effects . This engine makes it possible to create different
outdoor and indoor enviroments, from frozen landscapes to deserts and
lava lakes inside burning volcanoes. The special effects include water
reflections, smoke and fire particles, magic attacks and much more. All
of them and the fierce battles with deadly enemies, many of which have
never been seen on a computer screen before, makes Conan a smashing
action-adventure game.
There
is a number of logical puzzles and traps, which are waiting to be
solved. The RPG system allows Conan to gain experience and learn new,
more powerful attacks or abilities to vanquish his enemies. The advanced
AI makes possible various defensive and offensive tactics against
different enemies, dependig on their inteligence level (animal, undead,
human, etc.).
There
are many of different arenas waiting for players to be entered. In these
bloody battles you can take part as one of the game characters,
including Conan himself, or as an absolutely new character, developed
only for the arena mode.
New
original music tracks are combined with the monumental music from the
first Conan movie, Conan: The Barbarian, by Basil Poledouris.