Is it any good? I've tried several MMO, like LOTRO and D&D, but never really gotten that into them.

I tried a trial of it back before Rise of the Godslayer came out, and I loved it. Now my only problem is that, my computer could barely run it, and now that they made it prettier, I doubt very much it would be anything other than a very pretty slideshow on my computer. But by all means, try it out!

I was very dissappointed with it. I bought it when it first came out, to see the new WoW killer. The only slightly positive difference was a tweak to combat where you had to stay alert to where the 3 different angle things were. Maybe they've improved it, but the original game was a massive anti-climax.

There were many negatives, including a huge amount of arrogance about being a "real" MMO and therefore not having a LFG channel. Only the first introductory quests had voices speaking them, then suddenly it was all just text based. They didn't have the respawn rate worked out for all the hundreds of fetch quests and kill 10 quests, meaning that you spent ages waiting for respawns in the small area you were directed to.

Of course this was 2 years ago.

Loved the soundtrack...and that's about it.
'Meh' game otherwise, wpegg nailed it.

We'll see then. I put it on dl as I am an old Howard fan after all. Tough being a Tolkien fan didn't safe me from the disappointment of LOTRO.

If you're a Howard fan you'll love the scenery. They did a great job of making the world reflect the original stories.

I played it 3 years ago as well and the world feels Howard accurate; I had fun for the first month despite its brokeness. Then Funcom really broke it - by trying to force only groups of the proper size and level to play various areas. No longer soloing these areas at a higher level or even going at a higher level with a properly levelled group. That would have been fine except grouping was broken - every time I grouped something mechanistically bad would happen. Also, the higher level the content was, the more likely it was broken. So it became frustrating to play.

BTW - I am not sure how patching is handled now but if you are download capped be aware the 3 years ago there were gigabytes of patches. So investigate

Agreed, even better than what John Milius or that hack Marcus Nispel could ever envision. IMO. Apart from it being an MMO and therefore creating a breeding ground for fuckwits, my other problem with the setting is the liberal use of magic, which in Howard's Conan is sparsely used, more mystical and better associated with black magic as we know from contemporary stereotypes than Harry Potter-ish abracadabra-hocus pocus. Other than that, FC really did a good job with the pseudo-ancient Europe and Nordic feel. Tortage is how I really envisioned the Barachan Isles to be like (cue emoragequit for bringing Strom to life after The Black Stranger xD)

I'm somewhat lukewarm to the actual game itself though, but I'm still considering re-subbing just to re-experience Hyboria, and of course it being F2P is a bigger incentive.

Well, now that I've played it for a couple of hours, as in not that much for a MMO, I can say I like it better than any other MMO I've tried before. I really like how the world looks like and the music is pretty good.

And bonus points for not providing beginners missions with goal of killing of huge spiders, frogs or any other critters. Picts and slavers, now that's some decent enemies right there.

Is it worth a try?

Like I said, I like it better than any other MMO I've tried, but I really don't have that many hours under my belt to fully say pros and cons of the game.

As it's have gone free to play route, there really is very little reasons for not to try it. For what it's worth, for now I like it. But I can't say how long till I get bored with it.

Definitely. Even though the rest of the game devolves into grindy hack-n-slash, the beginner's area is one heck of an experience.

Yup, agreed. The Shire in LOTRO is still one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. At times, I just walk around admiring the scenery.