Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer
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| Developer(s) | Funcom |
| Publisher(s) | Funcom CompuExpert (NA) Deep Silver (EU) |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
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| Metacritic | 83/100 |
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| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
| IGN | 7.9/10 |
| GameStar | 9/10 |
Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer is the first expansion set for the MMORPG Age of Conan: Unchained. It was announced on August 18, 2009 on by Funcom. The expansion is set in the mythical land of Khitai and features a new eastern theme. It was released on May 11, 2010.
The expansion adds the mysterious eastern lands of Khitai to the game, a new zone for characters of levels 20-40 and four new high-level zones for level 80 characters, as well as new original music by Knut Avenstroup Haugen to convey the Asiatic atmosphere of the expansion regions. The expansion also adds the Alternative Advancement (AA) system, a new tree of character perks or feats.
The expansion is set in the lands of Khitai after the events of the short story The Tower of the Elephant when a young Conan killed the "Elephant God" Yag-Kosha out of mercy to free him from his suffering and captivity. Yag-Kosha had been imprisoned and tortured for many centuries by his greatest student and evil sorcerer Yara. This earned Conan the title of the "Godslayer". Yara was later slain by a jewel known as the Heart of the Elephant. Some time after when Conan became a king strange and terrible things started happening in the empire of Khitai. The player character must explore the dark roads of the Empire and walk the path of the Godslayer as they unravel a mature and deep storyline full of brutal conflict and political intrigue.
Khitai is an ancient empire located in the east regions of the Hyborian continent. It is a stronghold of the world’s greatest wizards and masters of the eastern world. Khitai has a powerful army and a sound leadership based in Paikang, Shu-Chen and Ruo-Chen. Khitai is forever at war with Kambuja to the south, whose god-kings vie with them for supremacy in the arcane mysteries of the Scarlet Circle.Khitai's borders are ill-defined, as no other "kingdom" lies near it. The Khitans themselves mark their western boundary at the Great Wall and the mountains upon which it is built. This mountain range runs north to the trackless, icy wastes, and south to the Southern Sea. Khitai overall has an Asiatic feel. The contains many high level dungeons and the Jade Citadel, a level 80 raid instance.
The Khitan race was added in the expansion. Khitan characters start play in Tortage and may choose the Assassin, Ranger, Bear Shaman, Guardian, Dark Templar, Necromancer, Herald of Xotli or Demonologist classes. The Khitans are mostly of medium height and with yellow skin.
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