This game is flying pretty low on my radar so far but if it comes down to it I may give it a shot. (of course I don't even know the games release date)

Originally posted by Nadril

This game is flying pretty low on my radar so far but if it comes down to it I may give it a shot. (of course I don't even know the games release date)

September.

Originally posted by Keridwen

 

Gotta cringe every time some Caucasian talks about something being "too 'Anime"

I prefer the term European American.

^

XD

Originally posted by Keridwen

Here are a few reasons why AION is the best option for EX DAoC Veterans. ......

 

Ok sounds good but I have a question.

Word on the street is that Aion has a simpler skill system than WoW's.  When considering the amount of differing builds.

Is this true or isn't it?  Because WoW's was very simple. 

If it isn't true how about some proof.  Like a few screenshots of skill selection or a build calculator.

Not this again.

Originally posted by heartless

Originally posted by Keridwen

 

 What does that mean?

Other than that it seems like AION is the game WAR should have been. Too bad it has that weird Anime style, really hate that and probably the main reason why I wont like the game.

 

Gotta admit the anime thiing is a turn off for me too. I really do not want to be this guy:

 

Gotta cringe every time some Caucasian talks about something being "too 'Anime"

'Anime' refers to Japanese animation, and it consists many different visual styles, from Dragonball to Witch Hunter Robin. It wouldn't bug me as much if specific artists or studios were mentioned, but people tend to generalise too much.

Saying Aion is too 'Anime' is like saying Warcraft is too 'Disney'. Actually AION is not anime at all. It's much closer to Guildwars and I aint heard that called anime. And one thing is for sure the graphics are way ahead of Warhammer, Chronicles of Spellborn or AoC. There is huge diversity of charcter creation in Aion. The character creation system uses slider values similar to the one used in Oblivion. You can create a character that looks like Gandalf or Aragorn if you like.

There are 20+ premade faces but each face can be manipulated. Eye shape, eye height, nose shape, nose height, nose protrusion, ear shape, lip shape, jaw shape. The list goes on and on. So you could start with an anime charcter and turn it into anything you want. If your fancy takes you, you can make Barak Obama with angel wings!

Are these AION images anime?

http://img151.imageshack.us/i/aion0003j.jpg/

http://img205.imageshack.us/i/aion0011m.jpg/

While there are many different types of anime, they all share some defining features. That is how people can tell that it's art style is very anime-ish.

Aion looks very "asian" (for lack of better word). While looking "asian" is not a bad thing, it's just a different art style and direction,  the style does not work well in the west.

The character graphics, while good, do not really get me excited. I am well aware of the character editor's capabilities and I do agree that it's one of the best around, although I do wish that the body sliders did more. The characters look too "clean" and most of the male features are metrosexual.

Also, the armor and weapons top WoW in looking unrealistic. Plus the whole flight mechanic is unintuitive, restricted and simply not as fun as it is advertised to be.

Now look, Aion is a decent game and it will do relatively well in the west. All things considered, it will probably get about the same number of subscribers as Lineage II. It will not, however, be the next WoW, DAOC, UO or any other MMO you want to compare it to. It's just not that much different from the rest of the new MMOs out there, nothing really sets it appart.

I for one find the flight system to be very fun actually. True the armor and weapons don't "look realistic" but let's face it, we play games because they aren't "realistic". When's the last time you played "Joe Average Goes to Work: On Monday!"?

Aion looks "asian" DAOC looked "normal" and WoW looks "Cartoony"? Is that how you might classify MMO looks? Guild Wars falls into the asian category obviously. What would CoH fall into? My money is on Comic Book... My point is there is no friggin reason to dislike a game because of art style. The world is beautiful, the characters don't need paper bags on their heads, and the feel of the game is more realistic then looney toon land (also known as WoW).

I'm not saying Aion will (or even should) kill WoW. I fear the game that kills WoW will be equally boring, pointless, and a waste of colored pencils. What I am saying is it hurts no one for Keri to present her own opinion, especially since she, unlike so many others in this thread, presents a series of points which are more or less accurate.

And I know ex DAoC players who dove into War and, for all I know, are still there. So obviously those of us major fans of DAoC desperately want to find a game that can match it for fun. I think Aion might be that game for me.

Aion - Obama plays Aion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-2BzE4fqsU

So cute :)

Originally posted by Ruckup

The ONLY thing anyone needs to know about AION is it's ran by NCSOFT, If you do not Mind BOTS, and not like WoW, BOTS that control all aspects of the game including running quest chains for them and assisting themselves with 8 man pvp parties all controlled by one person.  YOU people that never played L2 just can't understand how NCSOFT works.  HIgh Level "Hardcore" players are untouchable in most cases, they scam, cheat and run the servers. 

Let us not forget Auto Assult and Tab Mode:  Enhanced Editor BBML (all browsers)

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ula Rasha, we all saw how well NCSOFT took care of those titles.  Oh and I am SICK of seeing people say "This is NCSOFT North America, it's a different company"  Ehh hate to burst your bubble but it is not and NCSOFT always releses content to Foriegn countires prior to NA getting it and does not do anything without Koreas approval.

 

GL Fanbois you won't last 2 months in this game.

 

LOL look who was Spot on baby

As a EX DAoC Veteran, I do not see Aion being a game for us.

Originally posted by Ruckup

Originally posted by Ruckup

The ONLY thing anyone needs to know about AION is it's ran by NCSOFT, If you do not Mind BOTS, and not like WoW, BOTS that control all aspects of the game including running quest chains for them and assisting themselves with 8 man pvp parties all controlled by one person.  YOU people that never played L2 just can't understand how NCSOFT works.  HIgh Level "Hardcore" players are untouchable in most cases, they scam, cheat and run the servers. 

Let us not forget Auto Assult and Tab Mode:  Enhanced Editor BBML (all browsers)

Watch this thread?  Cancel Post 

ula Rasha, we all saw how well NCSOFT took care of those titles.  Oh and I am SICK of seeing people say "This is NCSOFT North America, it's a different company"  Ehh hate to burst your bubble but it is not and NCSOFT always releses content to Foriegn countires prior to NA getting it and does not do anything without Koreas approval.

 

GL Fanbois you won't last 2 months in this game.

 

LOL look who was Spot on baby

 

Dude the first month has only just ended, your pre-determining something that has not happened yet.

Ex DAoC players would be aghast at the simplistic shambles of a game that Aion actually is. All NCSoft have done is gather every stale mmorpg idea and every antiquated quest they can find, slap them into an uninspiring combat system with some (pretty average) eye-candy and charged the gullible a fee for it.