On May 27, 2021, the massive first addon to the survival hit Conan Exiles titled Isle of Siptah was finally released for Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, and PS5. There were some issues beforehand, but what is the mood in the community after the launch?
What is Isle of Siptah? The Isle of Siptah expands the Conan world with a completely new island that exists independently from the original setting. The new map is almost as large as the original landscape and features new elements:
- Horror setting like Lovecraft
- Storms that spawn particularly nasty monsters
- Dimension portals that drop helpless NPCs, which can be enslaved
- New dungeons known as “Vaults” containing special treasures
- New building sets, weapons, armor, and mount options
However, players with early access on Steam found many of the new features in Isle of Siptah initially unappealing. It was criticized that one could only obtain slaves through the dimensional rifts, thus being forced into PvP. PvE players would not get any servants. And while the new map was indeed large, it felt too empty and thus boring.
What is the mood in the community?
This is what the ratings on Steam say: Due to the negative reviews, the rating of Isle of Siptah on Steam dropped significantly. By September 2020, only 51 percent of the reviews were clearly positive.
This has changed now with the release. Although there are still negative reviews, during the period of May 2021, the Steam rating stands at 73 percent positive reviews and the designation “Mostly Positive”.
The developers seem to have taken the feedback from fans to heart and made some adjustments.
This is what the players say: Looking at the comments on Steam, some of the following statements emerge:
- Corben Dallas: “Beautiful game, very deep crafting system. I still enjoy it – I can’t wait to build a castle and explore the land completely.”
- [RpSq]Otter: “Getting better every day. Thanks to a dedicated group of modders, it never gets boring.”
- blagjag [G€R]: “Diverse game with building, crafting, looting, and fighting all included. Whether as a lone wolf or in a group, the fun remains immense here.”
Negative reviews continue to complain about bugs and glitches, as Steam user BORG says:
Would I recommend this game in 2021? No. I thought I would return to this game this year after it left early access a long time ago. I hoped it would have improved since then. I was disappointed to find that the same bugs, the same glitches, and then a few new ones exist in the game since early access. Sure, there is a lot of content and DLCs, but this content means very little when many core aspects of the game are broken.
Negative voices are currently in the minority, and most fans seem to enjoy the new content from Isle of Siptah.
So does our MeinMMO author Benedikt Grothaus, who has already explored the new island of the addon in detail. According to colleague Benedikt, it is no longer as bad as he feared, and the island of Siptah is actually fun.
