"Do people realize that they can quit a MMO without declaring legendary hatred for it?"
I wanted to start my entry by explaining what I meant by that statement, but hell, that's boring and who really cares what I think about MMOs right?
So let's talk about something more definitive and recent, Aion.
Aion Main Background
Since NCsoft released the first Aion trailer back in 07, it had always stayed within my gaming peripheral vision, mainly because of the graphics and art style. Vain, I know, but why fight instinct and nature.
My interest in Aion resulted in frequent searches for information with the tenacity of a starving chikadee during a snowy winter. Tidbits of concept art and screenshots pop up here and there, with some information about game mechanics, classes, the usual. Come April 8th and the Chinese open beta started. I'm able to read and write Chinese, so ecstatic is an understatement.
Taking a break
A couple of hours later, Aion was up and running. The character creation is a marvel to behold. There are the usual options such as hair, face, color. The head and body geometry of your character can be manipulated. The geometry manipulation is very pronounced, allowing you to create monstrous giants, tiny knee-high people, fat bastards or Calista Flockharts.
I'll get into the actual gameplay and game mechanics in the next entry.
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