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6/17/09 3:21:17 PM#101
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) |
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Valentina
 Hard Core Member
Joined: 5/28/06
They told me I'd never survive, but survive was my middle name. |
6/17/09 3:22:23 PM#102
Originally posted by Nadril
September. Playing: Star Wars: The Old Republic Waiting For: Absolutely Nothing. |
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6/28/09 2:30:57 PM#103
Originally posted by Keridwen I prefer the term European American.
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6/28/09 2:44:22 PM#104
^ XD 1.For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical. 2.To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself. |
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6/28/09 2:54:03 PM#105
Originally posted by Keridwen
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.
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6/28/09 3:02:39 PM#106
Not this again. |
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6/29/09 10:45:34 PM#107
Originally posted by heartless
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. |
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Keridwen
 Novice Member
Joined: 6/13/09
"Femmmes Fatales - The Power of the Feminine in the Art of MMO" |
Aion - Obama plays Aion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-2BzE4fqsU So cute :) Femmes Fatales - The Power of the Feminine in the Art of MMOs. Played: |
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10/16/09 10:40:31 AM#109
Originally posted by Ruckup
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10/16/09 10:43:21 AM#110
As a EX DAoC Veteran, I do not see Aion being a game for us. Sic semper tyrannis "Democracy broke down, not when the Union |
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10/16/09 10:53:01 AM#111
Originally posted by Ruckup
Dude the first month has only just ended, your pre-determining something that has not happened yet. Currently playing: |
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10/16/09 11:07:17 AM#112
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. |
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