I went atop the highest mountain not for enlightenment or even because "it's there," but rather to see what a frost giant looks like when I carved one up with a spear. Turns out, at least the way the free new Frozen North expansion for Conan Exiles depicts them, they end up looking a lot like Kratos. Up on the snowy wastes on the roof of the world I hacked at one of their calves, dodging his axe and splashing his pale skin with red until he called his buds and I had no choice but to flee. No biggie. It turns out that retreating from the highest mountain gives you a fantastic view of the world below.
For the first time in several months it's a world I want to return to. Landscape-centered eye candy has always been one of the chief reasons to play Conan Exiles, but the extra diversity of the new Nordic-themed biome allows Funcom's world to feel a little more like a real space than just a pretty one. It almost doubles the size of the map and offers something to look at besides desert. It gives us trees besides palms. It introduces dreary little rainshowers and comes with an array of improvements ranging from AI enhancements to crafting systems for brewing and cooking. Even the new music enriches the mood.
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