Aion is nominated for 7 prizes at MMOsite Reader's Choice Awards 2010. However, the result of the current phase shows total failure of Aion. The votes Aion got is laughably few.

http://contest.mmosite.com/gameprize/webapps/index.php#Aion

MMOSite is a horrid horrid site.

F2P games direct their players there.

Good games generally don't.

So any results are pretty useless.

Originally posted by terroni

MMOSite is a horrid horrid site.

F2P games direct their players there.

Good games generally don't.

So any results are pretty useless.

This. ^

Well WHO would hide behind a newly created alt, opening up an thread out of nowhere about Aions once again supposed "failure" because of ranking low in a some another popularity vote, yet coming close behind the supposed most played MMORPG on earth idling on the least places either, which isnt mentioned because it would make the point of this thread moot?
It couldnt be someone starting of with "Z" and ending up with "orndorf"? That'd be atleast the fourth alt on this site this month...

I don't know if it is a failure or not but I do know that I am glad that I only paid $12 for it. 

Aion seems to be an old school MMO with a slow leveling rate mostly dependant upon grinding away at mobs and has a high dependency on items.  Most "western MMOs" (i.e. massively successful MMOs) have shunned these things in favor of a faster-paced less gear-dependant design. 

Then again the whole "skill matters" idea is a bit too new to blame Aion devs for not catching on to and the whole gear trumps skill approach is pretty much standard fair for a Korean game. Though NCSoft could have just looked at the success of Guild Wars to see this shift in game approach.  Its hard to do well in today's MMO filled environment if you don't pay attention to the trends, let alone without having a really strong first year showing.

The armor is really cool and the character customization is amazing.  Flight is pretty fun too (or could be if were less restrained).  In the end, I don't know if it is a failure. I do know that it certainly wasn't the success that NCSoft hoped it would be and I know that I'm losing interest in it surprisingly quickly.

Originally posted by dreamscaper

Originally posted by terroni

MMOSite is a horrid horrid site.

F2P games direct their players there.

Good games generally don't.

So any results are pretty useless.

This. ^

Have to agree with this. MMOSite goes to the point of IMO making MMORPG.com's F2P column look impartial.

Anyway it is #2 on the Best of P2P list losing only to WoW, which had me laugh a bit considering Ragnarok Online is still listed as P2P, TCoS and Hellgate still exist (or have been re-released already) and that does server to prove the favoritism towards F2P.

Originally posted by fugue14

asian garbage

Quoted for absolute truth.

Originally posted by foulu625

Originally posted by fugue14

asian garbage

Quoted for absolute truth.

Hardly. This 'asian garbage' is better than 99% of the MMOs listed on this site.

Originally posted by dreamscaper

Originally posted by foulu625

Originally posted by fugue14

asian garbage

Quoted for absolute truth.

Hardly. This 'asian garbage' is better than 99% of the MMOs listed on this site.

Most MMO's today are garbage. Aion is just one more piece of trash piled up in the landfill that is the current MMO industry.

Everyone agrees the game was bad.

The true question is, which game is worse...This or the new FF?

Seems like only yesterday this site was full of people saying Aion is the greatest game ever. 

I'm going to give blade and soul a shot.

If that ends up being  a stinker too, then I'm officially done with south east asian MMOs.

Originally posted by Swanea

Everyone agrees the game was bad.

 

The true question is, which game is worse...This or the new FF?

Everyone? I like Aion. And actually I like the new FF also.

So not really everyone.

Originally posted by Sovrath

Originally posted by Swanea

Everyone agrees the game was bad.

 

The true question is, which game is worse...This or the new FF?

Everyone? I like Aion. And actually I like the new FF also.

So not really everyone.

I liked the game too.  I agreed with my wife to come back when they fixed two things.  The 2 gig memory break limit (fixed) and melee flight (introducing ground abyss is not fixing it).

Once they fix flight melee I'll be resubbing.

Originally posted by Hekket

I'm going to give blade and soul a shot.

If that ends up being  a stinker too, then I'm officially done with south east asian MMOs.

Um Korea isn't in South East Asia, just so's you know.

Originally posted by Swanea

Everyone agrees the game was bad.

 

The true question is, which game is worse...This or the new FF?

Yes, I'm sure the 4million+ people playing Aion think it's simply terribad and should be taken down immediately...

I realize the game isn't for everyone, but trying to make the game look like a failure simply because you don't like it only makes you look silly.

Originally posted by Alchemist322

Originally posted by Hekket

I'm going to give blade and soul a shot.

If that ends up being  a stinker too, then I'm officially done with south east asian MMOs.

Um Korea isn't in South East Asia, just so's you know.

K, I'll rephrase that for you then:

then I'm officially done with Asian MMOs.

Done.

Aion is definitely not a failure globally. In the West? Maybe. It depends who you talk to and their expectations.

Is Aion a failure ? 

NO but like all the other games on the market, it's not for everyone.

Originally posted by Rynne

Originally posted by foulu625

Originally posted by dreamscaper

Originally posted by Swanea

Everyone agrees the game was bad.

 

The true question is, which game is worse...This or the new FF?

Yes, I'm sure the 4million+ people playing Aion think it's simply terribad and should be taken down immediately...

 

I realize the game isn't for everyone, but trying to make the game look like a failure simply because you don't like it only makes you look silly.

Since when did furries, 4channers, and the creepy anime obsessed become people? Not to mention the asian market, they haven't produced entertainment significantly different in decades (including those obnoxious tv shows), it's a rehash of a rehash repeating indefinitely. Due to the culture there, they're completely ok doing the same thing a million times provided that's what others are doing.

This and FF14 should be the extra little ammo in the "stop buying crap from asia already" canon. Of course, it's difficult to detract the perverts and demented from what essentially might as well be their homeland.

That has to be the worst comment I've ever read on this site..

Well with your sig, I'm comfortable with that.