Why would they even change the anime-style of characters? this is AION. For western Type graphics, u have plenty of options around the corner, if u are not confortable with anime characters, u must know that, AION IS NOT for you, really, not being agressive or anything , but if you dislike the anime-like characters of Aion, you will never be able to like the game itself. (as it is based on fantasy more than anything)

WoW has Cartoonish Graphics - Me hates

AoC has kinda very Real graphics - Me hates

Aion is Fantasy/Anime type graphics, and honestly, that's what me, and alot more people are looking for :) !

Really, when i play a game, i wish the graphics are not real life copies, it makes the game look dull, and 2 much realistic, atleast i have some difficulty in being immerse in a non-fantasy type game.

Thanks Ephimero for posting the graphics.

Looking at all the sliders for the facial feats I'd rather say it's going to own PW not so much WoW.

Heck, leave the WoW players in their game .. do we need them in Aion?

PW is very dominant in Asia and that's what Aion will be. For NCSoft it's a win-win situation if they can get hold in EU and NA too.

I really hope Aion will have full normal mapping, not only on the character textures.

IMO looks stupid to have a super detailed, shiney 5000 poly avatar on a low-res flattish ground.

Well, keep it coming and send me your beta key

Originally posted by munecaroon

Thanks Ephimero for posting the graphics.

 

Looking at all the sliders for the facial feats I'd rather say it's going to own PW not so much WoW.

Heck, leave the WoW players in their game .. do we need them in Aion?

PW is very dominant in Asia and that's what Aion will be. For NCSoft it's a win-win situation if they can get hold in EU and NA too.

I really hope Aion will have full normal mapping, not only on the character textures.

IMO looks stupid to have a super detailed, shiney 5000 poly avatar on a low-res flattish ground.

 

Well, keep it coming and send me your beta key

well if u look around forsome high res vids on youtube, you'll see that  the ground is not that flat , if you cant find it , let me know and i'll post it.

Cant wait to get my hands on this beauty !

PS: im in a good mood today so i'll do you a favour, just look at 1:57 of this vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjamRG0cS90&feature=user

I think AION would do really well if NCSoft would have a monthly fee wrapped into one bill for all their subscription based games for North American and Europe. I don't think AION is a wow killer but I see it doing 250k subscribers if it all goes well and I hope it does.  

TBH i would be happy to only have 250k playing but i think you will be very very surprised at how well this game will do mark my words this will be the next big hit War may do better than AoC But Aion will do better than both and i have come to  this conclusion after playing both of the other beta's (only briefly with War) i have not played Aion but i can already see the game will not dissapoint i am yet to see one bad genuine comment yet.

I have to agree with the last comment that was made.  I think everyone is getting tired of playing World of Warcraft, I know I am.  So I think when Aion comes out this game will not only be one of the top games in the NA, but blow WoW out of the water.

I just have to say that THIS, not Warhammer or AoC....THIS is what I am waiting for that, I believe, will deliver me from the clutches of not only WoW, but EQ2.  I've been trapped in both for 4 years (back and forth between the two, never QUITE happy).

There's something about the soothing nature of the graphics and environments in general, and yet the inherent sense that danger could be present.  The game just LOOKS beautiful.

I cannot WAIT for this game, but I want them to take their time and release something that will be as amazing as it LOOKS like it's going to be.

AION!!!!!  WOOHOO!

Oh, and btw....I'm not your typical WoW gamer, I'm 44 years old, soon to be 45, and I have to agree with the comment of "do we really need the WoW players in Aion?"  Uhm no.....we don't.  Let's see if this game can't lure away, however, the imaginative, young at heart yet mature, long time gamers that value a good story, amazing art, and solid gameplay over epeen contests and chat loaded with idiotspeak....people that will be a JOY to play with and still be peacefully diverse.

Originally posted by girlgeek

 

I just have to say that THIS, not Warhammer or AoC....THIS is what I am waiting for that, I believe, will deliver me from the clutches of not only WoW, but EQ2.  I've been trapped in both for 4 years (back and forth between the two, never QUITE happy).

 

There's something about the soothing nature of the graphics and environments in general, and yet the inherent sense that danger could be present.  The game just LOOKS beautiful.

 

I cannot WAIT for this game, but I want them to take their time and release something that will be as amazing as it LOOKS like it's going to be.

 

AION!!!!!  WOOHOO!

 

Oh, and btw....I'm not your typical WoW gamer, I'm 44 years old, soon to be 45, and I have to agree with the comment of "do we really need the WoW players in Aion?"  Uhm no.....we don't.  Let's see if this game can't lure away, however, the imaginative, young at heart yet mature, long time gamers that value a good story, amazing art, and solid gameplay over epeen contests and chat loaded with idiotspeak....people that will be a JOY to play with and still be peacefully diverse.

I think I love you. lol

I agree with everything here. Ive been waiting for this game since it was just a splash page on the NCsoft america site.

Originally posted by FFandDB

I just hope that Aion wont be so pointless as wow since players seem to play wow cause they are addicted to it and not cause its fun.

I see more and more people every day that want to quit wow looking for a new game, but since there is no other good game except wow around, they stick to it.

Lets hope Aion will be the next great mmorpg and will have a large community as wow has too.

I play LOTRO for PVE and EVE for PVP. Both are very solid well done games with tons to offer.

Good luck to the devs on Aion. I look forward to giving it a try. I'm not a fan of Japanime style graphics though.

the thread makes me happy, so much good fealings about hat could be a very great game.

Originally posted by girlgeek

I just have to say that THIS, not Warhammer or AoC....THIS is what I am waiting for that, I believe, will deliver me from the clutches of not only WoW, but EQ2.  I've been trapped in both for 4 years (back and forth between the two, never QUITE happy).

One thing i hope they do not do is make the grind so easy like its is in wow  I hope they balance it out like eastern and western style and include lvling  in  that factor, I personaly would like the grind to be like 20% less then what it is in L2 and  make it harder to lvl up the higher you get in lvl,

Originally posted by KatzuAion

Why would they even change the anime-style of characters? this is AION. For western Type graphics, u have plenty of options around the corner, if u are not confortable with anime characters, u must know that, AION IS NOT for you, really, not being agressive or anything , but if you dislike the anime-like characters of Aion, you will never be able to like the game itself. (as it is based on fantasy more than anything)

 

WoW has Cartoonish Graphics - Me hates

AoC has kinda very Real graphics - Me hates

Aion is Fantasy/Anime type graphics, and honestly, that's what me, and alot more people are looking for :) !

Really, when i play a game, i wish the graphics are not real life copies, it makes the game look dull, and 2 much realistic, atleast i have some difficulty in being immerse in a non-fantasy type game.

 Its funny because they using the anime style art on thier characters but the characters also look so real but still you get people that complain.

Originally posted by Ephimero

 

Originally posted by Demz2

I just pray they change the anime looking character models for the western version, really cant stand at looking at anime characters.  other than that game looks perfect.

I wouldn't count on radical changes, anyways, the customization system has a really wide range, maybe you want to check this as an example of possibilities in the customization engine.

 

 

if you're expecting cavemen, gandalf tunics and tarzan armors, this isn't that game. Aion is high-fantasy.

Very nice screenshots, thanks for posting. Game is looking good from what I have seen so far, looks like NCsoft may just get me back as a subscriber.

Originally posted by Datcyde

Originally posted by KatzuAion

Why would they even change the anime-style of characters? this is AION. For western Type graphics, u have plenty of options around the corner, if u are not confortable with anime characters, u must know that, AION IS NOT for you, really, not being agressive or anything , but if you dislike the anime-like characters of Aion, you will never be able to like the game itself. (as it is based on fantasy more than anything)

 

WoW has Cartoonish Graphics - Me hates

AoC has kinda very Real graphics - Me hates

Aion is Fantasy/Anime type graphics, and honestly, that's what me, and alot more people are looking for :) !

Really, when i play a game, i wish the graphics are not real life copies, it makes the game look dull, and 2 much realistic, atleast i have some difficulty in being immerse in a non-fantasy type game.

 Its funny because they using the anime style art on thier characters but the characters also look so real but still you get people that complain.

I couldn't agree with you more. Yes, you can make your character look pretty anime-esque if you wanted, but from everything I've seen so far, you can make a character look as far from it as possible. Hell, I saw a screenshot of a guys character on a Korean website that he made look almost exactly like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine from the X-Men movies.

Originally posted by joeshmoe

Originally posted by Datcyde

Originally posted by KatzuAion

Why would they even change the anime-style of characters? this is AION. For western Type graphics, u have plenty of options around the corner, if u are not confortable with anime characters, u must know that, AION IS NOT for you, really, not being agressive or anything , but if you dislike the anime-like characters of Aion, you will never be able to like the game itself. (as it is based on fantasy more than anything)

 

WoW has Cartoonish Graphics - Me hates

AoC has kinda very Real graphics - Me hates

Aion is Fantasy/Anime type graphics, and honestly, that's what me, and alot more people are looking for :) !

Really, when i play a game, i wish the graphics are not real life copies, it makes the game look dull, and 2 much realistic, atleast i have some difficulty in being immerse in a non-fantasy type game.

 Its funny because they using the anime style art on thier characters but the characters also look so real but still you get people that complain.

I couldn't agree with you more. Yes, you can make your character look pretty anime-esque if you wanted, but from everything I've seen so far, you can make a character look as far from it as possible. Hell, I saw a screenshot of a guys character on a Korean website that he made look almost exactly like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine from the X-Men movies.

Yeah I also saw it, it was part of the "design your character" contest in the korean aion's website, it was awesome. Also there were some other "RL photo+character photo" and the similarities were incredible in all of those cases.

i wanna play this sooooooooooo badly

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if you're expecting cavemen, gandalf tunics and tarzan armors, this isn't that game.

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lol

Originally posted by Enforcer71

Originally posted by Ephimero

 

Originally posted by Demz2

I just pray they change the anime looking character models for the western version, really cant stand at looking at anime characters.  other than that game looks perfect.

I wouldn't count on radical changes, anyways, the customization system has a really wide range, maybe you want to check this as an example of possibilities in the customization engine.

 

 

if you're expecting cavemen, gandalf tunics and tarzan armors, this isn't that game. Aion is high-fantasy.

Very nice screenshots, thanks for posting. Game is looking good from what I have seen so far, looks like NCsoft may just get me back as a subscriber.

Very very nice screenshots,thanks a lot.

Originally posted by Ephimero

and it won't be vista only, is there any "vista only" game?

"Shadowrun" for the PC released within the last year or two.