The only Conan game you ever need to play!!

I'm a huge fan of the early 80's classic Conan the Barbarian. So it's a shame that over the years no developer has ever given Ahnold his just video game treatment....or have they?!

Dust off the Ps2 and travel with me back to 2002..with Sony's The Mark of Kri. This under appreciated classic gem fires on all the right sadistic cylinders and will show you a bloody...and I mean bloody...good time!

OK..so the main character is named Rau and not Conan.., but you can tell that the designers clearly had a hard-on for Arnie's sword and sandal epic. Everything from the Mako-esque opening narration to the unlockable black war paint (like the Schwarz sported when he assaulted Thulsa Doom's all night orgy paradise people soup party) SCREAMS Conan!! Believe me when I tell you this is not a bad thing!

The game is rightly focused on it's clever (even by today's standards) melee combat system which allows you to target and take on wave after wave of A.I. controlled meat sacks. A quick sweep of the right analog stick will place icons over your enemies heads and you're in business. The opponents are idiots to be sure...but the vicious combo system will simply delight you as you dole out punishment to these low I.Q. video game special edders. Human tent pole with a spear...check...decapitations...check... You will become the whirling dirvish of doom as Rau chops and impales his way through the story.

I personally take sick pleasure in the graphical style which looks like a 90's era Disney cartoon gone bad. The key plot points are told through great hand drawn style cut scenes and the music is intense at all the right times.

At a time when money is tight....a game like the Mark of Kri is just begging for you to put it out it's bargain bin misery...so what are you waiting for...seek out Rau and make him a welcome dismember to your Ps2 family!!