Gameplay: Conan Exiles has been in beta on steam for some time, and now makes its full debut on PS4, Xbox One and PC. I was given an Xbox One review copy, so my experience may differ from those other versions. In Conan Exiles, you get to customize your own character who is banished to the desert, to die for crimes they may or have not commit. Character customization is rather plentiful andGameplay: Conan Exiles has been in beta on steam for some time, and now makes its full debut on PS4, Xbox One and PC. I was given an Xbox One review copy, so my experience may differ from those other versions. In Conan Exiles, you get to customize your own character who is banished to the desert, to die for crimes they may or have not commit. Character customization is rather plentiful and offers many interesting choices. You can of course customize your looks, but also your voice, religion, and race. Once you finish the customization process, Conan the Barbarian frees you and you're off to start your survival adventure! The first hour or so of playing the game is really confusing and troublesome, the game don't hold your hand too much. You yourself must learn how to craft weapons, food, and clothing to be able to survive the harsh fictional world of Conan. The lands are filled with many dangerous terrains and enemies, so you need to adapt quickly in order to survive. Enemies can range from animals like crocodiles and gorillas, to rather stronger enemies such as troll creatures and large monsters. Some enemies require stronger weapons to take down, so a pickaxe my not always be the best decision. As the difficulty advances, you have must too. The map is rather massive, so different areas contain different food and resources. Overall, the game-play is what you would typically expect in an open world survival game, but the many different environments and enemies, keep the game engaging.
Performance: Conan Exiles graphical aspects can look decent at times, and mediocre at others. For example, the environments generally look good and detailed, however everything besides that, looks half baked. Characters and enemies lack in graphical detail, and I know graphics aren't everything but it can actually be an eyesore in this case. Hair for most characters, looks un-renderd and almost silly. You got a lush jungle environment but your character sometimes looks as he is a rushed model. The lip syncing is also pretty bad. Almost always, words don't match with lip movement at all. It takes away from the adventurous feel. I played the game for a solid amount of time, and the frame is always an issue. There is a hefty amount of frame rate drops, sometimes it froze the game for a bit. For example, you jump, it may take a good amount of seconds to get down. Framerate drops and dips were the only bugs I have experienced so far. However, these need to be fixed soon, I know opened world games always contain bugs, but at least make it so I can play the game at a constant framerate.
ETC: There is also the option to play online with friends or on servers. You can also rent a server if you want to play privately with some friends. There are a decent amount of servers to choose from, so have fun with it. However, I personally prefer to play alone.
Overall: Overall, I believe Conan Exiles is a decent open world game that delivers on the survival promise. The game offers many challenges are test your wits of survival. The graphics are kind of disappointing for Xbox One standards, however most of my negativity comes from the games technical problems. These really need to be fixed and do affect the game-play, and can make it not fun at times. I give Conan Exiles a 6 out of 10. The game-play is decent overall, I have no problems with that. However, it's the technical aspects that make me weigh the score down.… Expand
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