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• • Hypothesis: Aion & PS3

  • On Aionsource, I started a topic about the idea, and the way it turned out is that most people voted before making their educated decision of preference. The score was roughly 2/3 nay, 1/3 yea.

     

    Anyways, you can look up the thread if you like but the consensus that we reached (eschewing the opinions of fanboys who base it on nothing but distaste for the consoles) was that the PS3 was the ideal console to put it on. It's extremely high performance (I linked an article where Crytek said that they had an easily achievable goal of making Crysis run on the PS3 at high settings), it's a cheaper gaming solution than the average gaming PC, it has Bluetooth, which is a perfect solution for those who want to connect a keyboard and mouse wirelessly, and the PSN is totally stable and free. Considering that putting more exclusive IPs on the PS3 will be good business for both parties involved (NCSoft and Sony), there is no reason why it shouldn't be done.

    I also recall Ayase saying that there were no plans to port Aion to PS3 as of that time and up until now. It is totally reasonable to not port the game right now. What NCSoft should worry right now is about finishing the base product before stressing about branching out.

    I say yea for Aion on PS3. And I will defend that to the bitter end.

  • Posted: 10/14/08 8:30 PM
    Aion
• • Kinda wish the graphics matched the concept art

  • One thing that turned me on to this game was the fantastic character concept art. The style was amazing and the outfits were creative and totally badass. But one thing that bothers me is how these concepts have translated into the game thus far.

  • Posted: 10/09/08 10:50 PM
    All Points Bulletin (APB)
• • WoW Clone! AND GrindFest

  • Originally posted by ganbee
    

    Simply said aion=korean or where ever grind fest!

    I say that because free to play or ftp games are shit and always will be, does the sword look bigger than tha avatar/toon then it is korean or china develop. You give me something original and I will play it,but most asian companies follow blueprints, and guess what we kinda set the market for that! Think NEW! New standards not buy "x" weapon on item store. The most ridiculous thinking ever heard of! Entropia is a great game go play it=(

     

    First of all, there is no chance in hell that Aion will be F2P. I would bet my entire savings that NCSoft is banking on this as their big hit MMO and that they will want to get every dollar out of this. That being said, I would believe that this game will be P2P. Even so, NCSoft hasn't decided on a payment plan yet, so what you just said and what I said are speculation.

     

    I don't see how you can think this game is cartoonish. You're just being ridiculous. At best, it could be considered fantasy, which it is, and does not necessarily have to be based on reality. Having a sword that is bigger than your character is not an indication of being cartoony.

    

    This is a cartoon.

    

    This is not.

     

    By the way, I took the liberty of checking out this Entropia game, and I must say that you are in dire need of a class of art history so you have some idea of what you're talking about when you look at this sort of thing.

    

    Let me do the same thing you did: "Wow this interface looks similar to WoW's. The minimap, the chat log in the lower left hand corner, the keybindings to numbers 1-9. Oh, and let me guess, you have to grind in order to level. The environments are bare and all the models are heavily stylized (i.e. CARTOONY)."

    Aion has graphics that far surpass this game and if I had to compare which one had character models that looks more realistic, I'd say Aion leaves your precious Entropia in the crapper.

    By the way, if you've read any of the Aion previews, you'll see that writers have specifically mentioned that Aion is a complete deviation from the mindless grinding of the typical Korean MMO. Go ahead and look it up.

  • Posted: 10/09/08 8:46 PM
    Aion
• • The Ultimate Aion FAQ (from aionsource)

  • Glad to see people are reading the AionSource FAQ. It might help to dispell the stereotypes that have been cast on it.

  • Posted: 9/29/08 6:54 PM
    Aion
• • Not Another Korean Grindfest!!!

  • Much to the disbelief of many posters and anti-hypists on this here website, hands-on previews from pretty much every news source that covered the game have pointed out that this is far from a grind fest. I'll pull this particular article out just because I think the man that wrote this is a brilliant writer:

    http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=204570

    Go ahead and look up any previews or hands-on reports and see what they say. They say that this is far from the typical Korean MMO. Most strings of comparison have been drawn from WoW rather than FFXI (although I see many similarities), or any Korean MMORPG.

    What I don't like is that most people who are discussing this game are uninformed about the game or apparently have latched on to some diabolic form of fanboyism. It's a high calibur game that I think outranks the likes of WoW, FFXI, WAR, CoX, or any other MMORPG you can think of.

  • Posted: 9/29/08 6:49 PM
    Aion