Zyuu, a writer in www.curse.com is playing Aion's beta actively (seems like someone he knows had an account for him) and he has posted his personal opinion about the game.

This opinion is based on a game with texts he can't read, and a second closed beta, being only level ~9ish.

Since I'm actively playing in the Aion beta right now, I can tell you that Aion is already at least as polished as WoW was in Closed Beta. Aion also have many new features that WoW does not have. It is incredibly fun, detailed (not just graphic-wise, but oh so many other things) and it seem to have a lot of content polished and ready already. Yet... it's still in a closed beta phase with an NDA that is not enforced. Basically, the Aion development team also realise what a good game Aion already is, so that is why they don't bother enforcing the NDA is my guess.

I'm so impressed by how well designed Aion is. Everything meshes up nicely. There will always be concerns and issues, however, Aion is the only MMO I've seen come close to the polish and creativity + not to mention FUN that World of Warcraft seem to give so many players. While games such as Lineage 2 had fun aspects, it also had many flaws. Aion is a "next-gen" MMO in my eyes due to how they really have improved, learned and adapted from previous mistakes and successes and polished it even further + added new groundbreaking features.

World of Warcraft took from many other games and polished and improved upon it. Aion takes it a step further.

If Aion was to be released right now - it would do damn good. But since it won't be out for awhile, they have even more time to further enhance the game. So when it's ready to be released, it won't be damn good. It'll be superb. Excellent, better then sliced bread. You name it.

I've played many MMO's and I am picky. It's very easy for me to notice if the developers of a MMO title have that 'little extra' and Aion's development team does have just that. Comparing development teams is like comparing mushrooms with oranges. I hate mushrooms but oranges are great. =). Or how about comparing a new car with an old one. Or aliens with Swedish girls? Exactly.

My point is (and it's backed up with facts and personal experience and experience from others too, no rumors or assumptions) is that Aion is incredibly well polished, well designed and it only keep on improving.

It sure encourages me, and Im sure many other people will take these words with enthusiasm.

That's a nice thing to see Ephimero, However that's an OverKill for me, i can hardly wait up for Aion, i seem like a 8 year old children waiting for midnight to open its presents!

I'm allready pretty sure that Aion will be the Only game that will make me and my mates happy playing it (we are very picky in games, and after 3 years of WoW we need something like this).

But indeed, the words from that beta tester, make me wanna play it even more, or test it! =) i would love to be a tester in Aion Europe Beta (if it's gonna exist)
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Kind Regards

Katzu

The part I don't get is if the game is so fantabulous, then why is their web page such crap?  You'd think that with all the time and effort they're putting into a "next-gen" MMO they'd put at least a *little* effort into promoting it through their web site.  Definitely not the case here.  I get skeptical when I see something like this because it usually means they either don't care about the community and they just want our $$, or the game is a 2nd rate version of some other game that they bought the rights & engine from (a-la Archlord).

Compare this to a game like Warhammer Online where they spend a good bit of resources on their web site to promote and inform the community about the game and you see the difference between a company that's serious and one that's not so serious.

Originally posted by Sixpax

The part I don't get is if the game is so fantabulous, then why is their web page such crap?  You'd think that with all the time and effort they're putting into a "next-gen" MMO they'd put at least a *little* effort into promoting it through their web site.  Definitely not the case here.  I get skeptical when I see something like this because it usually means they either don't care about the community and they just want our $$, or the game is a 2nd rate version of some other game that they bought the rights & engine from (a-la Archlord).

Compare this to a game like Warhammer Online where they spend a good bit of resources on their web site to promote and inform the community about the game and you see the difference between a company that's serious and one that's not so serious.

The current website (www.aiononline.com, for any present landlubbers) is just a teaser website that's online until we're ready to start promoting the game with all our engines. Our web guys are currently working on a new site that should be online in the not too distant future.

We really couldn't be more serious about the community and about our game. Just stay tuned. :)

Originally posted by Sixpax

The part I don't get is if the game is so fantabulous, then why is their web page such crap?  You'd think that with all the time and effort they're putting into a "next-gen" MMO they'd put at least a *little* effort into promoting it through their web site.  Definitely not the case here.  I get skeptical when I see something like this because it usually means they either don't care about the community and they just want our $$, or the game is a 2nd rate version of some other game that they bought the rights & engine from (a-la Archlord).

Compare this to a game like Warhammer Online where they spend a good bit of resources on their web site to promote and inform the community about the game and you see the difference between a company that's serious and one that's not so serious.

And lol , they are the "1st hand" , they are making it , creating it .

It seems we have a War funboy here , what do we saw from the War devs in the past .. uhm .. 2 years ? Only artworks , SOME poor screen and also SOME poor vids and alot of talking on their website. Oh , and I remember that "funny" guy who appears in 90% from the videos explaining us how cool is War and he's showing us some .. artwork?

What do we see in Aion so far? Well, there are ALOT of IN game vids , screens and ALOT of infos from korean players/websites/tv's. Plus they have a "cool" NDA , which let players to post their vids and screens with their character , while in War they don't let you to post even an .. axe?! Oh and .. how many times have War funboy's cried when they announced 2-3 times that the game will be delayed.

So why do u boder posting in Aion forum IF you are to "lazy" to google it or watch some vids on youtube or other websites.

AT least read the thread's from this forum!

Originally posted by Ayase

 

 

Originally posted by Sixpax

The part I don't get is if the game is so fantabulous, then why is their web page such crap?  You'd think that with all the time and effort they're putting into a "next-gen" MMO they'd put at least a *little* effort into promoting it through their web site.  Definitely not the case here.  I get skeptical when I see something like this because it usually means they either don't care about the community and they just want our $$, or the game is a 2nd rate version of some other game that they bought the rights & engine from (a-la Archlord).

Compare this to a game like Warhammer Online where they spend a good bit of resources on their web site to promote and inform the community about the game and you see the difference between a company that's serious and one that's not so serious.

The current website (www.aiononline.com, for any present landlubbers) is just a teaser website that's online until we're ready to start promoting the game with all our engines. Our web guys are currently working on a new site that should be online in the not too distant future.

We really couldn't be more serious about the community and about our game. Just stay tuned. :)

 

 

 

Ah , because of this job you need to be so gentile :) Well , that guy is just not so intrested in Aion if he's lazy to do some searches :)

Originally posted by Ayase

 

 

Originally posted by Sixpax

The part I don't get is if the game is so fantabulous, then why is their web page such crap?  You'd think that with all the time and effort they're putting into a "next-gen" MMO they'd put at least a *little* effort into promoting it through their web site.  Definitely not the case here.  I get skeptical when I see something like this because it usually means they either don't care about the community and they just want our $$, or the game is a 2nd rate version of some other game that they bought the rights & engine from (a-la Archlord).

Compare this to a game like Warhammer Online where they spend a good bit of resources on their web site to promote and inform the community about the game and you see the difference between a company that's serious and one that's not so serious.

The current website (www.aiononline.com, for any present landlubbers) is just a teaser website that's online until we're ready to start promoting the game with all our engines. Our web guys are currently working on a new site that should be online in the not too distant future.

We really couldn't be more serious about the community and about our game. Just stay tuned. :)

 

 

 

Woah, nice to have some feedback from Aion Staff! :))) Really glad u guys have a open dialogue with your future costumers!

Ayase, can u inform me if there's gonna be any European beta, or are we goint straight to final version?

Regards

Katzu

Originally posted by KatzuAion

 

Originally posted by Ayase

 

 

Originally posted by Sixpax

The part I don't get is if the game is so fantabulous, then why is their web page such crap?  You'd think that with all the time and effort they're putting into a "next-gen" MMO they'd put at least a *little* effort into promoting it through their web site.  Definitely not the case here.  I get skeptical when I see something like this because it usually means they either don't care about the community and they just want our $$, or the game is a 2nd rate version of some other game that they bought the rights & engine from (a-la Archlord).

Compare this to a game like Warhammer Online where they spend a good bit of resources on their web site to promote and inform the community about the game and you see the difference between a company that's serious and one that's not so serious.

The current website (www.aiononline.com, for any present landlubbers) is just a teaser website that's online until we're ready to start promoting the game with all our engines. Our web guys are currently working on a new site that should be online in the not too distant future.

We really couldn't be more serious about the community and about our game. Just stay tuned. :)

 

 

 

 

Woah, nice to have some feedback from Aion Staff! :))) Really glad u guys have a open dialogue with your future costumers!

Ayase, can u inform me if there's gonna be any European beta, or are we goint straight to final version?

Regards

Katzu

We try our best. ;)

Yes, we're currently planning to hold a beta for EU/US. Unfortunately I can't give you any dates or specifics yet.

Arghh I cant wait for this game. Guild wars is getting boring, WoW is stupid and pointless as hell, and EVE is just...abstract... Not to mention Aion keeps on looking better and better by the day. Awsome info here, looking forward to playing this myself.

Asia has about 3x the internet traffic NA does, that is their primary market.
About the only thing the US has to look foward to is AoC (Age of Conan) next month and War (Warhammer) next year.

You can always play L2 (Lineage 2,) TR (Tabula Rasa) and LotRO meanwhile.

Any word how big the Aion beta client is, these 40 and 50GB seem to be the norm. Also will it be broadband and vista only?

Originally posted by billie

Asia has about 3x the internet traffic NA does, that is their primary market.
About the only thing the US has to look foward to is AoC (Age of Conan) next month and War (Warhammer) next year.

You can always play L2 (Lineage 2,) TR (Tabula Rasa) and LotRO meanwhile.

Any word how big the Aion beta client is, these 40 and 50GB seem to be the norm. Also will it be broadband and vista only?

Minimum hard drives requirement is 20 GB of free space, the client was around 12 gb non optimized iirc, dunno what do you mean with broadband, but Aion will have servers in north america and in Europe, and it won't be vista only, is there any "vista only" game?