Preview: CVG
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To be honest, neither Robert E Howard's original pulp fiction, the Marvel comics or the Hollywood Schwarzenegger romps (and we're fans of all of them) sprung to mind while we got stuck into a lengthy hands-on with the immortal harbinger of doom this issue; this is very much THQ's Conan. Voiced by Ron 'Hellboy' Perlman, and sporting an uncanny resemblance to Daniel Craig, this muscular lump prefers to rape and pillage first and ask questions later. Which is... good.
We're been jokingly branding this 'Conan of War' around the office, and while comparisons with PS2's classic classical Greek hack-'em-up are well founded, Conan's combat system is infinitely more sophisticated. Okay, so you've got your staple light and heavy attacks and harvest red orbs from fallen foes to pump up your attributes, but if God of War's move tree was a sturdy pine then Conan's is a freakin' giant redwood - packed with gory finishing moves with such imaginative titles as the 'double death stomp'.
Sep 19, 2007, 02:01 PM
