Aion

...is there still a chance that I could like this game?

Of course there is.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate or even dislike manga or animé. I used to watch animé when I was a kid and still today I can find myself slightly charmed by the manga art-style.

BUT, somehow I get the feeling that the devoted Aion fanbase believes that one must love manga in order to truly be justified to follow the games development and have an opinion.

Originally posted by Caldicot

...is there still a chance that I could like this game?

Of course there is.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate or even dislike manga or animé. I used to watch animé when I was a kid and still today I can find myself slightly charmed by the manga art-style.

BUT, somehow I get the feeling that the devoted Aion fanbase believes that one must love manga in order to truly be justified to follow the games development and have an opinion.

If is there a chance for you to like this game? Well that depends on how do u see the perfect mmo for you. Just take a look at some videos , screens , and also some article and fine out by yourself if you will like the game. Also I would not call Aion to have MANGA graphic.

If you are looking for a game like AoC with his graphic , then this is not your place for you.

Originally posted by IceAge

Originally posted by Caldicot

...is there still a chance that I could like this game?

Of course there is.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate or even dislike manga or animé. I used to watch animé when I was a kid and still today I can find myself slightly charmed by the manga art-style.

BUT, somehow I get the feeling that the devoted Aion fanbase believes that one must love manga in order to truly be justified to follow the games development and have an opinion.

 

If is there a chance for you to like this game? Well that depends on how do u see the perfect mmo for you. Just take a look at some videos , screens , and also some article and fine out by yourself if you will like the game. Also I would not call Aion to have MANGA graphic.

If you are looking for a game like AoC with his graphic , then this is not your place for you.

Nono, nevermind the graphics. I want gameplay.

It's just that I realize this games potential but at the same time I'm put off by the "asian-grinder" reputation. I'm not saying that manga = grind but i can't deny myself from making such a resemblance.

Originally posted by Caldicot

Originally posted by IceAge

Originally posted by Caldicot

...is there still a chance that I could like this game?

Of course there is.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate or even dislike manga or animé. I used to watch animé when I was a kid and still today I can find myself slightly charmed by the manga art-style.

BUT, somehow I get the feeling that the devoted Aion fanbase believes that one must love manga in order to truly be justified to follow the games development and have an opinion.

 

If is there a chance for you to like this game? Well that depends on how do u see the perfect mmo for you. Just take a look at some videos , screens , and also some article and fine out by yourself if you will like the game. Also I would not call Aion to have MANGA graphic.

If you are looking for a game like AoC with his graphic , then this is not your place for you.

Nono, nevermind the graphics. I want gameplay.

It's just that I realize this games potential but at the same time I'm put off by the "asian-grinder" reputation. I'm not saying that manga = grind but i can't deny myself from making such a resemblance.

The graphic are high fantasy which I like it :)

Anyway , the gameplay is focuse more on PvP . There are two races , Asmodians and Elyos and a 3rd race Balaur which are a non playable race . Hence , for more infos you can check some videos here : http://eu.aiononline.com/en/movies and for any other questions that you might have , take a look at this FAQ http://www.aionsource.com/forum/general-discussion/3323-ultimate-aion-faq.html

Hope you enjoy !

Originally posted by Caldicot

...is there still a chance that I could like this game?

Of course there is.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate or even dislike manga or animé. I used to watch animé when I was a kid and still today I can find myself slightly charmed by the manga art-style.

BUT, somehow I get the feeling that the devoted Aion fanbase believes that one must love manga in order to truly be justified to follow the games development and have an opinion.

I am a huge anime/manga fan :) but thats not the reason im getting it :)

Originally posted by Caldicot

...is there still a chance that I could like this game?

Of course there is.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate or even dislike manga or animé. I used to watch animé when I was a kid and still today I can find myself slightly charmed by the manga art-style.

BUT, somehow I get the feeling that the devoted Aion fanbase believes that one must love manga in order to truly be justified to follow the games development and have an opinion.

Well Aion is Korean, and that means its Asian.

Asian culture on games tends to anime style, as were western tends to the typical cartoon style. No you don't need to love manga or animé to like this game, because its a game, and not an anime, if your problem is gameplay, you will problably like Aion.

However i'm pretty sure you won't like the world/environment/characters so much as the rest of the fans, because as you says, you dont appreciate the type.

Concept arts are mainly based in Manga. 

But it's another kind of manga, there's difference between the Ragnarok style and the manga seen in Aion, Devil may cry or Final Fantasy. While there are games that try to show Manga-like characters, with big pink eyes, blue spiked hair, a small shadow instead of a nose and cute mouthes without lips, Aion tries to approach realism without loosing the style, which result imo is gorgeous.

Everything is up to preferences, but let's not forget that games with the same style as Aion, and Aion itself always get high scores in the graphics department by experts who rate them, even if you don't like the style, the quality of work and textures is undeniable, the ammount of details is also great, making it way more complex than making a white tunic (seen many times in western style fantasy games) the enviroment, and the way the world fits with your character's design is perfect, and that's what defines good graphics for me.

And, as OP states, even if you don't dig the graphics, the game concepts and things shown in betas are also awesome, so I'd guess some people can still like this game just by the gameplay.

Originally posted by Ephimero

Concept arts are mainly based in Manga. 

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But it's another kind of manga, there's difference between the Ragnarok style and the manga seen in Aion, Devil may cry or Final Fantasy. While there are games that try to show Manga-like characters, with big pink eyes, blue spiked hair, a small shadow instead of a nose and cute mouthes without lips, Aion tries to approach realism without loosing the style, which result imo is gorgeous.

Everything is up to preferences, but let's not forget that games with the same style as Aion, and Aion itself always get high scores in the graphics department by experts who rate them, even if you don't like the style, the quality of work and textures is undeniable, the ammount of details is also great, making it way more complex than making a white tunic (seen many times in western style fantasy games) the enviroment, and the way the world fits with your character's design is perfect, and that's what defines good graphics for me.

And, as OP states, even if you don't dig the graphics, the game concepts and things shown in betas are also awesome, so I'd guess some people can still like this game just by the gameplay.

yest hank god the game is not a chibi :p