The box itself looks light a very weighty old book with leather bindings and golden rivets - just like you would expect to find in a rich Hyborian's home.

The gold is slightly embossed giving it a real feel of quality.

And like a book it opens with a quote on the first page that really makes you feel for the warrior made king.

"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lies. I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky.

The subtle tongue, the sophisticated guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."

Perhaps life didn't turn out quite as Conan expected it to.

As we have come to expect from these collectors packs, there is a 128 page book of conceptual art from the world of Hyboria. And what a visual treat it.

It contains wonderful images as well as descriptions of the thought processes that went on behind designing the context and peoples of the game.

Well worth a place on your coffee table.

Now this is a nice touch. The leatherett map of Hyboria gives real sense of age to the story.

It even smells slightly musty!

The cd wallet contains the two game cds, plus a bonus content dvd and the soundtrack.

The DVD features trailers, interviews with those working on the game, behind the scenes content and some additional artwork.

This is what we have come to expect in this day and age - a 'back door' preak into what goes on behind closed doors. Some people find that these offerings spoil the magic but I tend to think that they add an additional layer of richness when you see the work that has gone into something that you had hardly even noticed!

The best of example of this for me is still the DVD extras from the Lord of the Rings movies and these would be hard to beat.

There are also extras - with the box set there is an ingame Drinking Cape, the Ring of Acheron, and depending where you ordered your copy from, a free War Mammoth or Killer Rhino. The mounts can only be used from level 40 but they will save your legs and you can fight while mounted!!!!