IGN has an excellent review on the PvP Beta of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, the much anticipated MMO from Funcom. Allegedly (no one has seen Conan) based on and around the literary character known as Conan the Barbarian in 1932, the MMO seems to have followed the path of other successful MMO’s - third person point of view, point and click combat with a vast world.

They have detailed some specifics about the gameplay as well which are interesting, and in particular the reality of the game stood out to me –

“Like most fantasy RPGs, you start off by creating your character’s look, class and so on. Unlike most RPGs the only species you can be is human. This is a fairly direct statement of the kind of experience the player is in for. There are no dwarves, elves or pixies. This isn’t Tolkien, this is bawdy, violent dark fantasy – you can choose your gender and race only. This may sound limiting, especially to World of Warcraft fans, but the range and detail you can impose on your character is impressively vast. We stuck with a fairly standard-looking barbarian. Mighty pecs, firm gluts, thick sideburns and a hefty Hyborian mullet. Now that we’d created our barbarian it was time to move onto the game proper.”

Continue reading at IGN, come launch day I’ll be the one with the wicked top-knot.