It is a lot fast, and the combo-based special attacks and the shields give you the illusion of interactivity． Whenever I go back to WoW, I start to wonder why by weapon swings only hit one of the mobs in front of me, the AoC way of hitting everything in your path is so much more intuitive． Combat is Age of Conan is fast, furious, and fun．

Funcom's Hyborian Adventures went and nabbed the number one chart slot from Rockstar in both Germany and Sweden, sendifng GTA IV to number two in the territories．

Grouping isn't required, though after playing every multiplayer quest available to level 1 to 20 players in and around the starter city in Tortage, I found that none of them forced me to group with other players．

Turning graphics settings down to "fugly" helped some, but I could almost hear my powerful machine whimpering in protest．Crashes were also very coMMOn in multiplayer, occurring most often when the game loaded a new area．

But, back to the actual gameplay： public quests in Age of Conan don't deviate much from the age-old quest formulas seen in past MMOs．

There are around 200 monsters to collect, and you can mix and match them to create new breeds. The idea is that you build up a squad of critters and build up their skills by fighting.

Not only are the graphics unquestionably the best available, but the unprecedented ability it offers to physically interact with the environment will allow us to create entirely new modes of gameplay which up to now we could only dream of implementing.

Funcom will be taking care of operating the servers, providing customer service and generally managing the MMO, and both companies are said to be collaborating on bringing the game to consoles at some point in the not too distant future.

"This is that opportunity, to have a detailed RPG all about you, your choices and your character, and if you win - to share that victory at an even greater stage."

They've just announced a deal with PayByCash, a long-standing Internet payment processor who, as the name suggests, allow you to pay by cash.