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Conan Demo Impressions

I took some time today to catch up on the demos I’ve been downloading and not playing. I started with the Conan demo. It is a controller killing button masher…I mean hack-n-slash game. As you can see in the screenshot you play as Conan. I’m not sure if there is a real story line to the game, but there were some cut scenes in the demo to give my thumbs a rest so that was helpful. If you like button mashers you might want to check this one out because there are some pretty decent combos. The game is not for the faint of heart or younger gamers because it is very bloody and gory. Most of the finishing moves involve a lot of blood and include decapitations. The graphics were ok, but nothing special. The one big issue I had with the demo besides my thumbs getting tired was that the dialog is very repetitive. By the time the 10 to 15 minute demo was over I was already tired of hearing the same stupid one line attack phrases. I’ll not be bothering to play the full game, but if you’re really into button mashers this one is not the worst one out there by any means.

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