"if you dont liek the armor dont wear it"

"if you dont like the weapons dont wear them"

"if you dont like the game dont play it"

Geez.. you guys really amazing. I did like the game, just the weapons and armors are in my opinion [ and im entitled to it even if x or y doesnt like it ] badly done.

Its a phantasy game yes.. it is.. but looking to oversized and unbalanced weapons and masochist armors, kinda blows the immersion of the game pulling it towards the free 2 play eastern games wave wich share the same looks etc.

I really doubt that will help Aion in the online market..

In my opion NCsoft is going for the quick box sale and not to worried about continued subscriptions. It won't take long to find out if they will create content aimed at western gamers. Western Armor looks, weapons that do not look like swinging telephone poll ect.

Jihad works both ways

Aion was developed in Korea.

Personally, I like the weapons and armors à la Final Fantasy... The greatsword looks amazing.

But it all goes down to what you like or not... I suppose the choice of the looks won't appeal everyone, as the comic-shading of CO...

Originally posted by Cammy

Originally posted by Aikko

2 Words, personal taste. I love it a massive spear on the back of your character. The armour i also love so different, why does it have to look historically looking. Imo the armour/weapons looks are one my favorite things about the game.

 

Me too - I guess everyone has their own tastes on whats good and bad

 

Im just shocked this came up... when.... in a game like WoW I could look like a freakin clown roaming through the new parts of the game and its either a) Look like a dufus or b) Look great but have crappy items

 

At least in Aion, you have some sort of customization

Yup, I love the art direction in this game as well.  IMO it has some of the best armor and weapons of any MMO out right now. 

As for WoW.  I love how you look like a complete bum if you don't have a set.  I remember wearing some leggings that looked like torn Long Johns.  Even some of the good gear was pretty damn horrible.  Anybody who has played a rogue will remember having balls on their shoulders. 

here's american armor just so you know the difference

personally I love it far better than the crap western art styles.

Don't like it fair enough

k thx bai

Originally posted by twistydavey

Originally posted by Wizardry

To add to that it was NCSOFT themselves that claimed they were creating this version to be more Americanized,so i think my stake on the opinion is a fair one.

 if I remember right. NCSOFT said it was being made for the western market!

If i remember right NCSoft sait it was being made for the Global market.

and ya they cant please the whole world.

Originally posted by Eben

Originally posted by EduardoASG

Just my opinion.. but for a mmorpg aimed for the 'western' audiences, it fails where it comes to Weapons and Armors looks.

Too many flashy colors, nonsense armors that would hurt the guy wearing them instead of protecting.. obviously unbalanced weapons, bows that look like staffs, swords looking like unbalanced metal clubs.. come on.. with so well done pc model graphics, why did they killed the beauty of it with crappy bad taste weapons and armors art?

Imo this is one of the things bad in aion.. the bad lore / art quality. Could have been such a nice game..

NCsoft should have got some western artists, people who know what they doing for a western audiance taste. See most of us like a bastard sword looking like one, a good old longsword or even a decent twohander.. but we have seen them so much in museums that we actually 'know' who they should look like.. and aint the crappy looks aion got for them. Same with armors.

 

So wait...

Judging by your avatar and weapons mentioned in your post, you're into medieval crap.  Fair enough.  So let me see if I understand this right;

You want a game, where there is an alien race, that after a predetermined series of events, becomes a winged higher elite race, whom all live in the shattered inner remains of an exploded planet...they should all have crap that looks like it came out of the dark ages of Europe.  Where everything was foot soldiers and mounted horse combat. 

Right?  So...you think that'd make sense?

Aion doesn't take place on Earth.  Not sure if you're aware of that.  But I wouldn't be interested in it if it were just another high-fantasy game...which is what you're apparently looking for. 

Excellent response, and the response made me rotfl. Honestly i've always said, if people are going to complain about a game then just dont play the game. No one likes to hear people whine about some thing that an individual is imflicting on themselves, thats really annoying. I cant believe that some people or so nieve to think that there is a such thing as a perfect game. Looking over the mmorpg forums i simply want to post "Shut Up" to all the people whinning and trolling.

Originally posted by Aikko

2 Words, personal taste.

QFT.

Originally posted by EduardoASG

"if you dont liek the armor dont wear it"

"if you dont like the weapons dont wear them"

"if you dont like the game dont play it"

Geez.. you guys really amazing. I did like the game, just the weapons and armors are in my opinion [ and im entitled to it even if x or y doesnt like it ] badly done.

Its a phantasy game yes.. it is.. but looking to oversized and unbalanced weapons and masochist armors, kinda blows the immersion of the game pulling it towards the free 2 play eastern games wave wich share the same looks etc.

I really doubt that will help Aion in the online market..

Two points. On your original post you state as if the idea of making the game more western like had to do with the graphics. That is a bit of a stretch. What game is going to revamp their graphics and art style just for a different region in that type of matter? That is a bit much of an overhaul, don't you think? So you can't hold that against NC Soft. Just your own personal interpetation of their meaning. Not theirs. Would be silly (and costly) for them to completely change their art style just for us.
 

As for stating weapons being unbalanced and oversized pulls it toward the eastern games...we really need to get off trying to make this distinction between east and west every time. As everyone said....WoW owns a market in unbalanced visuals and is it a eastern free 2 play MMO? No, of course not. Hell, you can dual wield two hand swords! Sorry but you don't get more unrealistic than that. Well...except maybe a freaking gnome dual wielding such weapons.

So no this game probably isn't for you. But expecting it be when you know specifically it was a Korean made product is more of your own fault than that of the developer. They can't tailor make their game for everyone. We as individuals are different from one side of this globe to the other. Someone is not going to like something. There are no ways around it. And honestly there are a lot of us in the western side of this globe that actually like this art style and find others that may be more realistic bland and boring. 

Originally posted by Eben

So wait...

Judging by your avatar and weapons mentioned in your post, you're into medieval crap.  Fair enough.  So let me see if I understand this right;

You want a game, where there is an alien race, that after a predetermined series of events, becomes a winged higher elite race, whom all live in the shattered inner remains of an exploded planet...they should all have crap that looks like it came out of the dark ages of Europe.  Where everything was foot soldiers and mounted horse combat. 

Right?  So...you think that'd make sense?

Aion doesn't take place on Earth.  Not sure if you're aware of that.  But I wouldn't be interested in it if it were just another high-fantasy game...which is what you're apparently looking for. 

That says it all.  End the thread already.

Agreed, infact the whole game looks like junk for a 2009 game.

Jesus,  Aoc comes out with more realistic but drab armor and weapons and all I here is the bitching that it's too plain...Now this?

The game is great. Just because you don't like the armor and weapon designs doesn't mean u get to speak for the entire "Westerners" lol?

I live in the US and happen to enjoy the FANTASY that is in FANTASY GAMES. Maybe you should try another mmo instead of complaining about this one? Where does complaining get you anyway? If I don't like a game a just don't play it or comment on it. I MOVE ON.

I want to have a huge weapon and flashy animations because otherwise mmo's combat to me is just BORING.

Originally posted by kujii

Jesus,  Aoc comes out with more realistic but drab armor and weapons and all I here is the bitching that it's too plain...Now this?

AoC would be amazing [ again in my opinion ] if it wasnt so dam buggy and with a control system requiring 3 hands :]

On the other side.. Aion with Aoc looks would prolly be pretty amazing. Aion doesnt seem to be buggy, seems to run a solid easy to control game engine aswel.

Originally posted by Cyborg99

Agreed, infact the whole game looks like junk for a 2009 game.

I LOLed at this one...Dude throw away your pentium 3 and go buy a real computer.

 Sign me up for the "like them" camp.

I played LoTRO for a while and I hated how every weapon, even the legendary ones, looked so shitty and uninspired (yes, I'm aware of the lore limitations, you lore-nazis). I prefer the more epic/impressive art style for weapons/gear, especailly the higher level ones. If I cared about things like weight distribution and realism I'd probably put down the game and go outside. 

Personal taste.  I find the traditional style gets quite boring after awhile.

It really is all about personal taste. Take a look at many of the eastern MMO's. Compared to them, Aions weapons are small and already westernized lol. Now, if you want to complain about graphics, Go look at Champions Online. That is the very first game ever, for me, that graphics style forced me to never play it again. I am all for a cartoon look, but that is by far the worst style I have ever saw in my life. I still thank the gods that I didn't buy that lifetime membership and I feel for those that did.