I’m an absolute sucker for strategy games that allow me to do a bit of the
Why is Geoff Thompson from down the road allowed in the club, and not our Geoff? It’s plural yo, no Geoffs. Anyway, Conan Unconquered looks ready to scratch that itch and then some. An epic set in the Hyborian age and developed by Command & Conquer veterans over at Petroglyph studios, Conan Unconquered is a blend of strategy and survival.
Players need to set up a fort, gather resources and invest them in the research that’ll help stave off roving bandits, armies and giant mythical creatures who’ll come at you from all four sides? By Crom, that does sound good. And if you’d like to see some more of it in action, here’s a look at the alpha gameplay that can be glimpsed in the latest developer diary:
Now that looks interesting! Petroglyph may have been inspired by recent games such as They Are Billions and Frostpunk, but they’re looking to make their own mark on this burgeoning genre with a game that features enemies with different attitudes towards attacking your fort or other more subtle threats such as a flare-up of cooties within your growing city.
The biggest draw for Conan Unconquered might just be its co-op gameplay. Matchmaking will set you up with a partner, up the ante on the challenge and task you with a harder round of survival. It sounds awesome, because it means that the workload can be divvied up as one player focuses purely on resource gathering while the other teammate can ask invaders if they know the riddle of steel when they plunge a sword into their stupid faces. Awesome.
There’s no concrete release date yet, but you can expect Conan Unconquered to laugh at your puny gods, later this year.
Last Updated: March 6, 2019
Admiral Chief
March 6, 2019 at 14:04
Giant spoders, yikes
Dutch Matrix
March 6, 2019 at 15:31
But can you choose the size of your testicles or titcicles?
G8crasha
March 6, 2019 at 16:26
The obvious thing that jumps out at me with the screenshots above is that this looks like an Age of Empires game!
The D
March 6, 2019 at 17:46
That’s not a bad thing!
G8crasha
March 7, 2019 at 08:45
Not at all. Hell, AOE was the first game I purchased with my own money.
Frik van der Hewerskink
March 6, 2019 at 16:37
This looks awesome!
Llama In The Rift
March 6, 2019 at 13:56
Restarted C&C Tiberiam Wars recently ( Because Nod, common, gota love those guys ) This sure will scratch that RTS itch until hope is restored for a new C&C decade, NOT THAT MOBILE TRASH!!!!
The D
March 6, 2019 at 17:46
Man, when you send a bunch of Avatars into a base, fully upgraded with sacrifical units and you still have a legion of stealth tanks on standby to wreck shit up.
I get the giggles.
HvR
March 6, 2019 at 15:58
Missed Supreme Commander back in the day so got them all on a nice bundle to scratch my itch.
That loaded up Long War on Xcom, fook me that is difficult.
Dresden
March 7, 2019 at 05:49
I need this… NOW!