Review: Conan Unconquered (Steam)

Rating: 7.2
Author: Jim Smale

by Jim Smale · Published June 24, 2019 · Updated June 24, 2019

Conan Unconquered

Build your stronghold and assemble an unconquerable army to survive the savage hordes in this real-time survival strategy game set in the world of Conan the Barbarian.

Pros:

Nice graphics.
7795mb download size.
Steam achievements.
Graphics-resolution, quality presets, fullscreen, v-sync, hardware mouse, particle/geometry/environment/texture detail slider, Bloom, heat distortion, dynamic lod, ao, fog of war and volumetric sand.
Rebind keys.
Enbiggen cursor.
3 modes- solo, co-op, and challenges.
Pause-can still plans, execute and manage your army.
RTS horde mode gameplay.
Solo-two difficulties easy and moderate, pick from the four heroes and a level.
Challenge mode-share played levels to compare scores and levels randomize resources and placements.
Online Leaderboards.
Co-op mode-host/join, settings like map density, resources, creeps, wave count, difficulty and score modifiers. Each player has their own build queues and timers.
Feat progress-basically an easy to read achievements tracker.
Comic-unlock issues as you play.
Steam trading cards.
Full RTS arsenal of shortcuts like micro and macro management, overwatch, patrols, groups, etc.
Earn/find resource chests in the world.
Easy to read Ui with tooltip pop-ups.

Conan Unconquered

Cons:

Really long initial load.
Weird resolution bug where you have to tinker with windowed and fullscreen options in order to change your resolution.
Long loading times.
Bad Ai pathfinding and instances of the Ai not attacking the enemy even when next to them.
No proper tutorial just occasional pop ups.
Small text.
No proper story.
Maps feel the same.
Not many enemy types.
Fire is way too powerful.
Little help/guidance.
First few levels are very slow and really does a bad job at pacing and teaching you.

Conan Unconquered

8/10

Graphics - 8/10
7/10

Sound - 7/10
7/10

Accessibility - 7/10
7/10

Length - 7/10
7/10

Fun Factor - 7/10

7.2/10

Summary

Conan Unconquered is an RTS game at the core but instead of playing out like a star raft or Warcraft, you have a base at the outset and must defend it against waves of increasingly stronger enemies. You can go out and explore the world in between waves, you get a timeline that shows when the waves hit. Each world will have random resource chests to find along with mobs that once cleared out will drop a chest. Controls are as you would expect and have the breadth of shortcuts and systems that any top tier RTS would have. Unfortunately, the core gameplay is very one not, badly paced and the Ai is really bad at following orders especially with traversal as they take the longer route or getting stuck. You get very little help or guidance and if this is your first RTS experience it’s a rough one. Vets will get some fun at first due to the gameplay twists but it will soon feel tired and overdone. I managed just fine going through all the story missions without going all Starcraft 2 esports in here. Conan Unconquered is a mediocre game with problems that drag it all down to a basic RTS.