If I payed $40 for Conan Exile's vanilla base game... (as in NO DLC whatsoever)

[chefcook90]

...how would it compare to what's currently in Valheim?

How do you think it would stand up to Valheim once the game is out of EA?

People keep bringing up Conan Exiles on this board, and I'm interested in looking into it, but I don't to get it if I have to pay $40 for an unfinished product and $200 for the complete experience :P

[AnthraX]

Hmm Conan for pvp this for pve

[Mononymouse]

completely different game feel, its closer to the Forest.

[S P Y M A S T E R]

Originally posted by AnthraX:

Hmm Conan for pvp this for pve

Couldn't be more wrong. Conan lives by RP servers, you can look up my hourse if you don't believe me. Also Conan still has by far the best building system in a survival game ever. The structures you can pull of are retarded if you have the imagination for it.

[S P Y M A S T E R]

Originally posted by Golden Snowflake ❄:

completely different game feel, its closer to the Forest.

Not at all, these are very similar games, to the point that there is already a mod for Valheim that enables placement of items like benches, walls, floors just like you do in Conan, the inspirations are visible. Conan is much more polished with more content rn but I like Valheim for it's freshness and potential. Curious to see where it goes.

[Rhoklaw]

Originally posted by S P Y M A S T E R:

Originally posted by AnthraX:

Hmm Conan for pvp this for pve

Couldn't be more wrong. Conan lives by RP servers, you can look up my hourse if you don't believe me. Also Conan still has by far the best building system in a survival game ever. The structures you can pull of are retarded if you have the imagination for it.

I've played my fair share of Conan Exiles and yes, it's definitely the best Sandbox Survival game out right now. I wouldn't go as far as to say that it's PvP servers are empty. All servers have been busy with the new 2.1 updates. I play on two different official servers, both PvE-C, but one is Exiles map, other is Siptah map. The only reason they made the Siptah map is because the Exile map is capped out. There won't be any more new lands to explore in Exiles because there's no room left to put it.

The Age of Calamity mod as well as a few other mods does offer the game some additional longevity, but even with that and the new 2.1 update, it will only continue to lose people's interest without any new expansions.

As for this game, it's like Minecraft and Skyrim had a baby. Seed generated worlds means an endless supply of new maps to explore and uncover. While the progression may never change, it will probably be possible to add a lot more content. This game has literally surpassed even ARK at it's highest popularity peak. With 3 million copies sold in 17 days and 60k+ reviews averaging 96% positive. I think Conan might have a run for it's money in the Sandbox Survival genre.

[Tachyon]

I have Conan and from the first few days just liked it less and less. The friends who played on the same server didn't last long either. We all gave up on it, not that there is inherently anything wrong about it. I just had a quick look and 8,500 people are playing Conan, 227,748 are playing Valheim. They are two different styles of games though, plus one is old, one is new.

It's not as if the extra player numbers means it will be easier to team up in Valheim, since everything is almost 100% locked behind passwords. All I can say is that I got bored with Conan after 51 hours, and in Valheim I have 87 hours and still really keen to play. Make of that what you will, if anything at all.

[troyboy]

once if valheim add thrall like mechanic poof conan done for..

[chefcook90]

Originally posted by Rhoklaw:

Originally posted by S P Y M A S T E R:

Couldn't be more wrong. Conan lives by RP servers, you can look up my hourse if you don't believe me. Also Conan still has by far the best building system in a survival game ever. The structures you can pull of are retarded if you have the imagination for it.

I've played my fair share of Conan Exiles and yes, it's definitely the best Sandbox Survival game out right now. I wouldn't go as far as to say that it's PvP servers are empty. All servers have been busy with the new 2.1 updates. I play on two different official servers, both PvE-C, but one is Exiles map, other is Siptah map. The only reason they made the Siptah map is because the Exile map is capped out. There won't be any more new lands to explore in Exiles because there's no room left to put it.

The Age of Calamity mod as well as a few other mods does offer the game some additional longevity, but even with that and the new 2.1 update, it will only continue to lose people's interest without any new expansions.

As for this game, it's like Minecraft and Skyrim had a baby. Seed generated worlds means an endless supply of new maps to explore and uncover. While the progression may never change, it will probably be possible to add a lot more content. This game has literally surpassed even ARK at it's highest popularity peak. With 3 million copies sold in 17 days and 60k+ reviews averaging 96% positive. I think Conan might have a run for it's money in the Sandbox Survival genre.

AH so Conana's world map is fixed and not procedurally generated?

Yeah, that's a dealbreaker for me.

I like to have ENDLESS exploration in my sandbox games - thanks a lot for this post, it was extra helpful :)

[HellSlayer]

the UI in conan exiles is atrochous. Hideout UI with HUUUGE icons.. like wtf do I need this junk cloging my screen? no thanks I will pass.

[V.V.]

I think you'd get more out of this game IF you enjoy vast exploration on randomly generated worlds (your world will be unique unless you use seeds that others use), boss fights, sailing and a linear progression system.

Conan's world is always the same, you'll always know where everything is at, but it has thralls and mounts if that's your thing.

[Ghostlight]

Originally posted by chefcook90:

...how would it compare to what's currently in Valheim?

How do you think it would stand up to Valheim once the game is out of EA?

People keep bringing up Conan Exiles on this board, and I'm interested in looking into it, but I don't to get it if I have to pay $40 for an unfinished product and $200 for the complete experience :P

I'd recommend The Forest first. It's better than Valheim and cheaper.

[Doggy]

Never played Conan, and I typically avoid "open world crafting survival" games.
However, Valheim reminded me a bit more of games like Breath Of The Wild and even STALKER, meaning exploration is fun and satisfying, and the game can be decently challenging as well.
It's one of those "one more game / task...!" -types of experiences.

[AnthraX]

That’s why Conan is dead tho pvp died only weirdos left rping

[AnthraX]

But anyway games are cheap as fk does it matter?

[120 BPM]

Conan dlc is purely cosmetic and mostly useless. Their island explansion is very unifinished and inferior to base game. That being said, with just the base game though the amount of PvE content alone is more than Valheim will likely ever be, even at full release. Conan also has mod support which is not coming to valheim. There is already a decent modding scene and tons of great community content that you can customise your game with. There is also a multitude of server settings you can adjust to your personal preference ( harvesting, damage, base raids, timescale, drops, etc. ) unlike in valheim, where in single player the game becomes a sloggish grindfest since they balanced it around coop.
Not only that, conan has damn human npc's that you can both fight and recruit. It is finished in terms of content and also has an offline mode as of the newest update. For some it may not matter but in Conan you can climb any soft of vertical wall or object which is an amazing feature in my eyes.

Now valheim has procedurally generated world which rarely is a thing in those types of games. It's definitely an interesting feature but the problem is that there just isn't enough variety. Most often you just have to traverse dense forests and meadows with nothing in between whereas in Conan you will be stumbling upon unique points of interest and there is a lot of them. In Valheim you can also shape landscape to a limited extent which is an amazing feature when it comes to building. However, this means the game will never support PVP properly as it's designed around cooperation rather than rivalry. Despite no landscape shaping, conan is absolute king when it comes to building with the insane variety of set pieces and decorations. You can literally place plates on tables and decorate them with individual pieces of food.

Despite conan being an overall better and more complete game, valheim still has it's medieval european theme and fable-ish atmosphere that is very appealing. It also has sailing and sea monsters which aren't available in conan. Both games are good, conan is better but if you re looking for viking theme nothing can replace valheim.