Reply #7: Yep, delayed until 3/08 [View All]

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Disappointing. That means it will go head-to-head with Warhammer and I suspect Warhammer will crush it. What concerns me are the rumors that Conan's developers have a long way to go in their production cycle. I haven't checked in the past few days, but I know that they had released only snippets of game footage.

Meanwhile, I have started reading the Robert Howard books. Yes, they are brutal and dark, but they also are eminently entertaining. The guy was quite a storyteller. I was surprised to see him referred to by one Internet writer as an "early feminist," but after reading him I can see why it's not such a stretch. Amidst the prostitutes and slaves there are some strong female characters. The "Queen of the Black Coast," for example, features to a female pirate who takes him as a lover. He is the brawn and she is the brains as they cut a bloody swath through coastal towns. LOL, whether the strong female prototypes translate to a video game will be quite another question. The material should make a compelling game, though.