I've seen the game, and it doesn't particularly impress me. That might be because I've seen it, but haven't played it. Many things look mediocre or lame when you're watching, but when you get to play, your opinion changes rather quickly. I'm not a huge fan of the art style (ballerina combat and having to asking whether that's a dude or a girl is how I see it... nevermind ridiculously unrealistic armor and weapons) but I can get over it if the game's good enough.
I really can't believe you're going to say this with a straight face comparing it to WoW LOL.. WoW Has some of the over-the-top designs for Armor and weapons in the industry... and some of the weapons don't even look like they would do any damage, they're just crazy designs lol.
Ah.. most do this for a new mmo. For those that have played WOW, EQ2,AoC, War will be someone disappointed. Aion is a very simple game. The one starting area, and then just wait till you hit 25+ the game really takes a twist.
As for Anime and creepy.. What guy does not like a young girl running around in a very short dress, big boobs blah blah. Then the twisted thought that.. omg I bet its a real girl playing her. LMAO.. "Yea but I find it creepy that an old man is into anime".. yet its ok if the the guy is what 20? then its ok to be in to little girls? Because thats just what it is.. thats the kind of ANIME your talking about. And Aion plays right in to ALL guys. Please.. theres sick old .. young lol get over it. HELP or shut up.
I'm a WoW player that has now had a chance to see what Aion is like and I will not be buying the game because it seems so - let's try to be something cool and they just miss it. The graphics are good in some areas, yes, but in others they lack polish and seem like they were done quickly and haphazzardly. The static sky. You can keep that. The combat, though more in depth then say WoW, is still not much different and to be honest I feel WoW's is more fluid than what we see in Aion. The quest are the same old, same old so I do not see anything new there. The PvP part of the game got old really fast. So no...I think I'll stay with WoW and EvE. Aion just doesn't do anything for me at all. It's as if, and I say this will all honesty, that I was playing a rehashed version of Lineage 2 but my character has wings. Just my opinion. If others like it...hey, knock yourselves out and have fun.
You've gone from being spotlighted as a blogger to being spotlighted as an obvious troll, I guess you feel threatened.
Honestly, the only people who are allowed to like Aion are 15 yr old girls. It's so amazingly "Asian-trite" as I like to call it. If you like it, and you're not a 15 yr old girl, well, sorry, you have issues.
Oh look, another internet Tough Guy with his sexual identity wrapped up in a video game. What a petty, shallow way of viewing the world.
I dont understand it myself. I think games like Aion, Lineage 2 and GW along with a lot of FTP games have a very fresh art look compared to the "realistic" art we have seen so much of. I guess not all of us are insecure about our masculinity. I mean, look at my profile pic.
Yea but I find it creepy that an old man is into anime...........
How do you know im an old man? Perhaps am a young nubile asian girl?
I dont agree with the creepy comment. But i do agree that it is creepy that a person named Grandpagamer would try to open the option that it is a nubile asian girl. First nubile asian girls dont advertise( I've checked), 2nd what kinda Nubile asian girl would name herself Grandpagamer. No really what kind i would really love to meet her ROFL.
Ps. More to the point WoW is like Crack with really good marketing. Sure its a great way to spend your time at first but then comes all the problems associated with doing drugs. Silly WoWTard dont you know its bad for you.
Yeah you found me out. Im an old grandpa....might be asian though
Whats even funnnier is that ive been a member since 06 and this is my 3rd post and all 3 were today. I read and usually keep my opinions/comments to myself . Not so much in real life so I decided to play it diffrent in gaming life.
PS. If i find the tard that took my name in Aion He's DEAD. IM A THE ORIGINAL RECKER. I HAVE BEEN USING RECKER FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. So if you ever see Recker in a game and its not me KILL HIM( to know if its me or not just ask) you will know if its me or not by my reply HEHE.
Ok but i might not have time to ask him lol.....if you preordered and get in on the two day head start you might be able to beat him to it if you take the name first.
Yeah i did preorder even though i wasnt going to. I want the extra stuff/ early access. I better get my name or its off with his testicles with a splintered wooden spoon.
I also have that feeling, man. I need to secure the super-original-and-unique-game-name "Eric".
I hate to say it, but the op will be back to playing WoW in a month when he realizes that Aion is a huge grind fest with a really poorly done flying system. (one of the main focal points of the game) Not saying WoW isn't a grind fest, but the questing is at least enjoyable and the grinds are usually pretty small compared to other games. (casual) Why jump ship from an already polished game with tons of content to a game that is trying to redo what the polished game has already succeeded at doing. Aion is just going to ride the coat tails of WoW just like every other MMORPG will in the forseeable future.
Honestly, the only people who are allowed to like Aion are 15 yr old girls. It's so amazingly "Asian-trite" as I like to call it. If you like it, and you're not a 15 yr old girl, well, sorry, you have issues.
Oh look, another internet Tough Guy with his sexual identity wrapped up in a video game. What a petty, shallow way of viewing the world.
I dont understand it myself. I think games like Aion, Lineage 2 and GW along with a lot of FTP games have a very fresh art look compared to the "realistic" art we have seen so much of. I guess not all of us are insecure about our masculinity. I mean, look at my profile pic.
Yea but I find it creepy that an old man is into anime...........
How do you know im an old man? Perhaps am a young nubile asian girl?
Why is it strange for an old man to be into anime?
For god sake, a comment like that could only come from an american.... i know that from your point of view an old man should be into drinking bear and get fat in front of the tv watching football, but that is only in america, the rest of the civilized world is way beyond it now
Well im an american and used to like my beer (diabetes stopped that but i do like the anime art style. Hell im so old i remember the original astro boy. Never cared much for football though. Ive tried a few FTP games due to liking the art and while i dont really call Aion, anime i do like the asian influence.
I hate to say it, but the op will be back to playing WoW in a month when he realizes that Aion is a huge grind fest with a really poorly done flying system.
No? Personnaly i will try Aion when it will release in Europe and i never come back to WoW.I'm not saying Aion is better game than WoW but i just dont want to play game with "Unbalanced PvP system" , "Lack of model design"(new gear models same for every class, only colors different lol ) etc. like WoW...
I hate to say it, but the op will be back to playing WoW in a month when he realizes that Aion is a huge grind fest with a really poorly done flying system. (one of the main focal points of the game) Not saying WoW isn't a grind fest, but the questing is at least enjoyable and the grinds are usually pretty small compared to other games. (casual) Why jump ship from an already polished game with tons of content to a game that is trying to redo what the polished game has already succeeded at doing. Aion is just going to ride the coat tails of WoW just like every other MMORPG will in the forseeable future.
It's ok, you don't understand the OP because you're not yet bored from the game to the point where you don't want to even see the login screen, let alone play the game. When you reach that point, there is no turning back. If there is nothing better, personally, I'll just stop playing MMOs.
If there is nothing but boring shows on the TV, I'll close the TV and go do something else. I'm not going to stubbornly keep on watching, just because I used to really enjoy the shows in the past.
The same principle applies with MMOs, in my opinion.
I'm playing World of Warcraft for 4 years. I'm playing MMO's for 8 years. I played a lot of games. Every game is good. We don't find bad game. No. WoW and Aion. On polish sites Aion is first game that is higher in rankings then WoW. Really.
A lot of people will say that PvP in WoW is bad, and a lot of another things is bad and etc. I can say it to. PvP. Okey. DK and Pala is OP. Everybody know that. But. Some class was always imba. In TBC? Private servers exist so long time that now they just have tactics for imba Classes. All. About graphic. Sorry. 2004 year. Aion. 2009. Normal.
Maybe some players will go play Aion but WoW don't have to worry. So many people. "Oh, Paul! Come on. Buy WoW. We will play together!" <- And this is the power of WoW. But. You don't see that all games like Warhammer, Age of Conan, Aion i good... They make good for WoW (Nice :P). Maybe they don't have to worry, but they should and they are ^^. That's why they still work on WoW.
I played Aion for a few hours... sure it's pretty, but it's not a WoW killer. All of you leaving WoW for Aion will be back to WoW in a month or two. I really doubt that any Korean Playstyle game can kill the WoW Behemoth. I chuckle on articles like this comparing " * " to WoW and then kicking WoW in the teeth, and then a month later WoW is still on top. I fell for the Age of Conan Failtrain, and i'm not about to fall for another fail again.. Cheers.
BTW, I'm not dissing Aion, it's a beautiful game from what i've seen and i'm sure it's gonna amass about 200,000 faithful followers but to say WoW is failing and Aion will take it's place is a HUGE overstatement.
Smart gamers don't want the WoW phenomenon to be repeated. Diversity and choices is what we should all be looking for.
Personally, I'd prefer that Aion becomes successful and WoW remains popular. That's the only way to repel the crowd of developers wannabe gold farmers.
I think that Aion is first game that can be at the same lvl of quality (I count here gameplay too) with WoW. GW is good game, but a lot of people get bored. Age of Conan is epic fail imo. Warhammer... I have some hope with this game but... We know what happend. But I have hope that WoW will be still one of the best game. ;]
Everything that WoW does, Aion does better with a flash of brilliance. Aion has brought back that Open World PvP that gamers have been dying for, with real world meaning attached. None of the this meaningless instance garbage that can be afk grinded with 0 risk or consequence (boring, yes it is). Aion's gameplay has risk and complexity, it's a game made for the competitive gamer that will rewards success, rather than giving it with 0 effort.
Aion has garnered a huge subscriber base already in Asia after only 8 months of release, while WoW's numbers have nosedived since Aion came to town (look at the MMO data graphs). How much of a impact will Aion have in the West? the writing is on the wall ....
Long live the king.
P.S. amazing article i agreed with it entirely, gl with Aion!! ))
Nicely written article, at last someone who can put his point across with out resorting to "wow sux, aion rox".
I have played AION beta (to level 10) and I was not impressed. same old same old. The fact I hate Asia style gfx does not help.
I hope AION does well so people will lay off the WoW basing. Go AION for that reason alone.
AION is a new game, same old mechanics (with gimiky wings) but new, Id be more interested if the OP and the fan boys feel the same about AION a month after release.
I am sooo disappointed by "Aion". I thought it was something new but it is the same ol thing. I guess I am just burnt out on Fantasy MMO's. Please someone do something different ... Space ... Modern Fantasy ... Mass Effect like ... anything other than swords and sorcery ... PLEASE!
Aion is the new king on the MMO throne. Everything that WoW does, Aion does better with a flash of brilliance. Aion has brought back that Open World PvP that gamers have been dying for, with real world meaning attached. None of the this meaningless instance garbage that can be afk grinded with 0 risk or consequence (boring, yes it is). Aion's gameplay has risk and complexity, it's a game made for the competitive gamer that will rewards success, rather than giving it with 0 effort. Aion has garnered a huge subscriber base already in Asia after only 8 months of release, while WoW's numbers have nosedived since Aion came to town (look at the MMO data graphs). How much of a impact will Aion have in the West? the writing is on the wall .... Long live the king.
P.S. amazing article i agreed with it entirely, gl with Aion!! ))
Everyone is out to get WoW? mmorpg.com must be on NCsoft's payroll, since Blizzard can't afford it.
or,
Somebody bored with WoW wrote an article about why they find Y game more appealing than X game, at this point in time. I hope people will excuse him if he later changes his mind. It happens.
Edit: All this controversy is what's bumping threads up.
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Originally posted by Zorndorf
Originally posted by coffee
Nicely written article, at last someone who can put his point across with out resorting to "wow sux, aion rox". I have played AION beta (to level 10) and I was not impressed. same old same old. The fact I hate Asia style gfx does not help. I hope AION does well so people will lay off the WoW basing. Go AION for that reason alone. AION is a new game, same old mechanics (with gimiky wings) but new, Id be more interested if the OP and the fan boys feel the same about AION a month after release.
I don't agree on the "nicely written" part brother.
here is the OP's extract on WOW :
WoW's PvP system has degenerated to arenas. World PvP was too hard for Blizzard, so they got rid of it. Wintergrasp was too hard for Blizzard, so they got rid of it. Battlegrounds were to fun for Blizzard (WSG and AV anyway), so they took all the fun out of those. Battlegrounds were originally a place for enjoyable PvP, but were then turned into just another part of the grind. Blizzard turning their PvP system into a quality e-sport has ruined large scale PvP battles. They did succeed at making an e-sport, to a point. While anyone can watch an FPS tournament and know what is going on, watching a WoW tournament takes some serious knowledge about the game. It succeeded, but it still ruined WoW PvP.
The day patch 3.2 comes out - rather very good and even game altering PvP patch - it is the typical Wow trolling content we always see at our doorstep.
Supported by that dreadful Chief editor of mmorpg.com with such words as "sexy" shows it all.
Stradden was the man who found Warhammer "a very good game" btw. Remember?
Same hype same tasteless pushing of duds ...
In fact they just don't realise it ... they push WOW even to bigger heights with promoting these kind of bad copycats.
Stating that LAke Wintergrasp is ... 'get rid of it". LW is for certain the MOST and VASTLY played PvP zone in ANY MMORPG world wide.
How pathetic.
Zorndorf, let me ask you something, do you have a right to bash editors of the website? Actually, it's quite unprofessional behavior from you. Their opinion doesn't have to match with your one. Good/bad is a point of view and if you love wow and hate other games accusing them of being copycats or something that doesn't mean everyone else should do the same.
By saying that Blizzard is getting rid of Lake Wintergrasp, OP most likely wants to say that Blizzard put the limits 120 v 120. What do you mean by telling that "LW is for certain the MOST and VASTLY played PVP zone in any MMORPG?" Are you serious? Have you seen sieges of Lineage 2 in Korea where ~500-700 players fight for castles. Let's look at eve. Lots LOTS of ships. Not the set number of 240.
By the way. Tell me, how patch 3.2 is going to alter the game's PVP system. Is it going to revive world PvP? Is it going to give the meaning for pointless battleground and arena fights?
And finally I'm not a AION fanboy. To be honest, I think it will flop in US due to poor management. That thing killed L2 in the west too.
When i see stuff like Aion i start to ask myself why should i invest again all the time to lvl a toon to max lvl to enjoy pvp when it is basically the same as wow? And the answear to that is that imo it's not worth it.
Arenas especially 3vs3 in wow are the best part of the game for me. Playing competively with some friends in arenas is way more fun than dealing with the random zerg & the lag in open pvp/bgs. (Small group open pvp is fun tough)
Everyone is out to get WoW? mmorpg.com must be on NCsoft's payroll, since Blizzard can't afford it. or, Somebody bored with WoW wrote an article about why they find Y game more appealing than X game, at this point in time. I hope people will excuse him if he later changes his mind. It happens.
Not everyone gets the back up of the Editor in Chief and use really "trolling language".
Not on the same day as the famous WOW PVP patch 3.2 gets published.
Just as if a Korean game will make a difference to what people were USED to in these last 4 years of QUALTY gameplay.
The wording of the OP is nothing short of disgusting ("LW they got rid of") What a sad state of mind coming from editors of mmorpg.com.
BLIZZARD doesn't deserve this kind of opinions from official editors.
Everyone is out to get WoW? mmorpg.com must be on NCsoft's payroll, since Blizzard can't afford it. or, Somebody bored with WoW wrote an article about why they find Y game more appealing than X game, at this point in time. I hope people will excuse him if he later changes his mind. It happens.
Not everyone gets the back up of the Editor in Chief and use really "trolling language".
Not on the same day as the famous WOW PVP patch 3.2 gets published.
Just as if a Korean game will make a difference to what people were USED to in these last 4 years of QULAITY gameplay.
The wording of the OP is nothing short of disgusting ("LW they got rid of") What a sad state of mind coming from editors of mmorpg.com.
BLIZZARD doesn't deserve this kind of opinions from official editors.
BOOOOH to the Editors.
I didnt say I agree'd with the OP just it was well written without resorting stupid sound bits.
Yes what he says about LakeWintergrasp is wrong and exgragerated, LWG is massivly popular and that was its downfall. It was a lag feast (for many), Blizzard tried a few things to make it less popular or to spread its population around the zone but nothing helped so blizzard took the route to limiting the battle to 120v120 (hardly small scale). I have yet to try LWG in 3.2 but in 3.1 it was like playing WAR id click an ability and wait 5seconds for it to go off.. it was unplayable.
I applude blizzard for the change. and the EXP in battle grounds, time to roll me a Druid.
I only enjoyed WoW for the early world PvP on PvP servers. Everything else was too shallow and boring. Aion is the same for the early game PvE, but quickly the Rifts and the Abyss take the game in a whole new direction that is just fun as hell for me. I can see myself playing Aion for a long time.
NCSoft went the exact oppossite direction as Blizzard with PvP/World PvP. Blizzard killed it in favor of lame BG's and Arena while NCSoft built an entire game around it. This is why I will be playing Aion.
I'm a WoW player that has now had a chance to see what Aion is like and I will not be buying the game because it seems so - let's try to be something cool and they just miss it. The graphics are good in some areas, yes, but in others they lack polish and seem like they were done quickly and haphazzardly. The static sky. You can keep that. The combat, though more in depth then say WoW, is still not much different and to be honest I feel WoW's is more fluid than what we see in Aion. The quest are the same old, same old so I do not see anything new there. The PvP part of the game got old really fast. So no...I think I'll stay with WoW and EvE. Aion just doesn't do anything for me at all. It's as if, and I say this will all honesty, that I was playing a rehashed version of Lineage 2 but my character has wings. Just my opinion. If others like it...hey, knock yourselves out and have fun.
You've gone from being spotlighted as a blogger to being spotlighted as an obvious troll, I guess you feel threatened.
Umm...no...I am a gamer and I, like many, like to discuss MMORPG's. I have an opinion and though it may not be the same as yours I still have one, and this is a forum where we share those opinions. If you think this is only a forum to praise games and that no other opinions of a game can be made then maybe you're looking in the wrong place.
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I really can't believe you're going to say this with a straight face comparing it to WoW LOL.. WoW Has some of the over-the-top designs for Armor and weapons in the industry... and some of the weapons don't even look like they would do any damage, they're just crazy designs lol.
Ah.. most do this for a new mmo. For those that have played WOW, EQ2,AoC, War will be someone disappointed. Aion is a very simple game. The one starting area, and then just wait till you hit 25+ the game really takes a twist.
As for Anime and creepy.. What guy does not like a young girl running around in a very short dress, big boobs blah blah. Then the twisted thought that.. omg I bet its a real girl playing her. LMAO.. "Yea but I find it creepy that an old man is into anime".. yet its ok if the the guy is what 20? then its ok to be in to little girls? Because thats just what it is.. thats the kind of ANIME your talking about. And Aion plays right in to ALL guys. Please.. theres sick old .. young lol get over it. HELP or shut up.
You've gone from being spotlighted as a blogger to being spotlighted as an obvious troll, I guess you feel threatened.
Oh look, another internet Tough Guy with his sexual identity wrapped up in a video game. What a petty, shallow way of viewing the world.
I dont understand it myself. I think games like Aion, Lineage 2 and GW along with a lot of FTP games have a very fresh art look compared to the "realistic" art we have seen so much of. I guess not all of us are insecure about our masculinity. I mean, look at my profile pic.
Yea but I find it creepy that an old man is into anime...........
How do you know im an old man? Perhaps am a young nubile asian girl?
I dont agree with the creepy comment. But i do agree that it is creepy that a person named Grandpagamer would try to open the option that it is a nubile asian girl. First nubile asian girls dont advertise( I've checked), 2nd what kinda Nubile asian girl would name herself Grandpagamer. No really what kind i would really love to meet her ROFL.
Ps. More to the point WoW is like Crack with really good marketing. Sure its a great way to spend your time at first but then comes all the problems associated with doing drugs. Silly WoWTard dont you know its bad for you.
Yeah you found me out. Im an old grandpa....might be asian though
Whats even funnnier is that ive been a member since 06 and this is my 3rd post and all 3 were today. I read and usually keep my opinions/comments to myself . Not so much in real life so I decided to play it diffrent in gaming life.
PS. If i find the tard that took my name in Aion He's DEAD. IM A THE ORIGINAL RECKER. I HAVE BEEN USING RECKER FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. So if you ever see Recker in a game and its not me KILL HIM( to know if its me or not just ask) you will know if its me or not by my reply HEHE.
Ok but i might not have time to ask him lol.....if you preordered and get in on the two day head start you might be able to beat him to it if you take the name first.
Yeah i did preorder even though i wasnt going to. I want the extra stuff/ early access. I better get my name or its off with his testicles with a splintered wooden spoon.
I also have that feeling, man. I need to secure the super-original-and-unique-game-name "Eric".
I hate to say it, but the op will be back to playing WoW in a month when he realizes that Aion is a huge grind fest with a really poorly done flying system. (one of the main focal points of the game) Not saying WoW isn't a grind fest, but the questing is at least enjoyable and the grinds are usually pretty small compared to other games. (casual) Why jump ship from an already polished game with tons of content to a game that is trying to redo what the polished game has already succeeded at doing. Aion is just going to ride the coat tails of WoW just like every other MMORPG will in the forseeable future.
Oh look, another internet Tough Guy with his sexual identity wrapped up in a video game. What a petty, shallow way of viewing the world.
I dont understand it myself. I think games like Aion, Lineage 2 and GW along with a lot of FTP games have a very fresh art look compared to the "realistic" art we have seen so much of. I guess not all of us are insecure about our masculinity. I mean, look at my profile pic.
Yea but I find it creepy that an old man is into anime...........
How do you know im an old man? Perhaps am a young nubile asian girl?
Why is it strange for an old man to be into anime?
For god sake, a comment like that could only come from an american.... i know that from your point of view an old man should be into drinking bear and get fat in front of the tv watching football, but that is only in america, the rest of the civilized world is way beyond it now
Well im an american and used to like my beer (diabetes stopped that
but i do like the anime art style. Hell im so old i remember the original astro boy. Never cared much for football though. Ive tried a few FTP games due to liking the art and while i dont really call Aion, anime i do like the asian influence.
No? Personnaly i will try Aion when it will release in Europe and i never come back to WoW.I'm not saying Aion is better game than WoW but i just dont want to play game with "Unbalanced PvP system" , "Lack of model design"(new gear models same for every class, only colors different lol ) etc. like WoW...
It's ok, you don't understand the OP because you're not yet bored from the game to the point where you don't want to even see the login screen, let alone play the game. When you reach that point, there is no turning back. If there is nothing better, personally, I'll just stop playing MMOs.
If there is nothing but boring shows on the TV, I'll close the TV and go do something else. I'm not going to stubbornly keep on watching, just because I used to really enjoy the shows in the past.
The same principle applies with MMOs, in my opinion.
2.5 years ago I played wow for 2 years till at TBC. I rather stopped playing it cause the arguments that people realised years later
Anyhow watching Aion since day 1. Not gonna waste a lot of words here. I cant wait
I'm playing World of Warcraft for 4 years. I'm playing MMO's for 8 years. I played a lot of games. Every game is good. We don't find bad game. No. WoW and Aion. On polish sites Aion is first game that is higher in rankings then WoW. Really.
A lot of people will say that PvP in WoW is bad, and a lot of another things is bad and etc. I can say it to. PvP. Okey. DK and Pala is OP. Everybody know that. But. Some class was always imba. In TBC? Private servers exist so long time that now they just have tactics for imba Classes. All. About graphic. Sorry. 2004 year. Aion. 2009. Normal.
Maybe some players will go play Aion but WoW don't have to worry. So many people. "Oh, Paul! Come on. Buy WoW. We will play together!" <- And this is the power of WoW. But. You don't see that all games like Warhammer, Age of Conan, Aion i good... They make good for WoW (Nice :P). Maybe they don't have to worry, but they should and they are ^^. That's why they still work on WoW.
I played Aion for a few hours... sure it's pretty, but it's not a WoW killer. All of you leaving WoW for Aion will be back to WoW in a month or two. I really doubt that any Korean Playstyle game can kill the WoW Behemoth. I chuckle on articles like this comparing " * " to WoW and then kicking WoW in the teeth, and then a month later WoW is still on top. I fell for the Age of Conan Failtrain, and i'm not about to fall for another fail again.. Cheers.
BTW, I'm not dissing Aion, it's a beautiful game from what i've seen and i'm sure it's gonna amass about 200,000 faithful followers but to say WoW is failing and Aion will take it's place is a HUGE overstatement.
Smart gamers don't want the WoW phenomenon to be repeated. Diversity and choices is what we should all be looking for.
Personally, I'd prefer that Aion becomes successful and WoW remains popular. That's the only way to repel the crowd of developers wannabe gold farmers.
I think that Aion is first game that can be at the same lvl of quality (I count here gameplay too) with WoW. GW is good game, but a lot of people get bored. Age of Conan is epic fail imo. Warhammer... I have some hope with this game but... We know what happend. But I have hope that WoW will be still one of the best game. ;]
Aion is the new king on the MMO throne.
Everything that WoW does, Aion does better with a flash of brilliance. Aion has brought back that Open World PvP that gamers have been dying for, with real world meaning attached. None of the this meaningless instance garbage that can be afk grinded with 0 risk or consequence (boring, yes it is). Aion's gameplay has risk and complexity, it's a game made for the competitive gamer that will rewards success, rather than giving it with 0 effort.
Aion has garnered a huge subscriber base already in Asia after only 8 months of release, while WoW's numbers have nosedived since Aion came to town (look at the MMO data graphs). How much of a impact will Aion have in the West? the writing is on the wall ....
Long live the king.
P.S. amazing article i agreed with it entirely, gl with Aion!!
))
GW2 the future of MMO gaming
Nicely written article, at last someone who can put his point across with out resorting to "wow sux, aion rox".
I have played AION beta (to level 10) and I was not impressed. same old same old. The fact I hate Asia style gfx does not help.
I hope AION does well so people will lay off the WoW basing. Go AION for that reason alone.
AION is a new game, same old mechanics (with gimiky wings) but new, Id be more interested if the OP and the fan boys feel the same about AION a month after release.
8 months? It's still fresh.We have to wait longer and we will see. but we cant concentrate on east. We will what will be happend on west.
I am sooo disappointed by "Aion". I thought it was something new but it is the same ol thing. I guess I am just burnt out on Fantasy MMO's. Please someone do something different ... Space ... Modern Fantasy ... Mass Effect like ... anything other than swords and sorcery ... PLEASE!
You's trollin'!
I'm just cool like that.
Everyone is out to get WoW? mmorpg.com must be on NCsoft's payroll, since Blizzard can't afford it.
or,
Somebody bored with WoW wrote an article about why they find Y game more appealing than X game, at this point in time. I hope people will excuse him if he later changes his mind. It happens.
Edit: All this controversy is what's bumping threads up.
I don't agree on the "nicely written" part brother.
here is the OP's extract on WOW :
WoW's PvP system has degenerated to arenas. World PvP was too hard for Blizzard, so they got rid of it. Wintergrasp was too hard for Blizzard, so they got rid of it. Battlegrounds were to fun for Blizzard (WSG and AV anyway), so they took all the fun out of those. Battlegrounds were originally a place for enjoyable PvP, but were then turned into just another part of the grind. Blizzard turning their PvP system into a quality e-sport has ruined large scale PvP battles. They did succeed at making an e-sport, to a point. While anyone can watch an FPS tournament and know what is going on, watching a WoW tournament takes some serious knowledge about the game. It succeeded, but it still ruined WoW PvP.
The day patch 3.2 comes out - rather very good and even game altering PvP patch - it is the typical Wow trolling content we always see at our doorstep.
Supported by that dreadful Chief editor of mmorpg.com with such words as "sexy" shows it all.
Stradden was the man who found Warhammer "a very good game" btw. Remember?
Same hype same tasteless pushing of duds ...
In fact they just don't realise it ... they push WOW even to bigger heights with promoting these kind of bad copycats.
Stating that LAke Wintergrasp is ... 'get rid of it". LW is for certain the MOST and VASTLY played PvP zone in ANY MMORPG world wide.
How pathetic.
Zorndorf, let me ask you something, do you have a right to bash editors of the website? Actually, it's quite unprofessional behavior from you. Their opinion doesn't have to match with your one. Good/bad is a point of view and if you love wow and hate other games accusing them of being copycats or something that doesn't mean everyone else should do the same.
By saying that Blizzard is getting rid of Lake Wintergrasp, OP most likely wants to say that Blizzard put the limits 120 v 120. What do you mean by telling that "LW is for certain the MOST and VASTLY played PVP zone in any MMORPG?" Are you serious? Have you seen sieges of Lineage 2 in Korea where ~500-700 players fight for castles. Let's look at eve. Lots LOTS of ships. Not the set number of 240.
By the way. Tell me, how patch 3.2 is going to alter the game's PVP system. Is it going to revive world PvP? Is it going to give the meaning for pointless battleground and arena fights?
And finally I'm not a AION fanboy. To be honest, I think it will flop in US due to poor management. That thing killed L2 in the west too.
When i see stuff like Aion i start to ask myself why should i invest again all the time to lvl a toon to max lvl to enjoy pvp when it is basically the same as wow? And the answear to that is that imo it's not worth it.
Arenas especially 3vs3 in wow are the best part of the game for me. Playing competively with some friends in arenas is way more fun than dealing with the random zerg & the lag in open pvp/bgs. (Small group open pvp is fun tough)
Pi*1337/100 = 42
Not everyone gets the back up of the Editor in Chief and use really "trolling language".
Not on the same day as the famous WOW PVP patch 3.2 gets published.
Just as if a Korean game will make a difference to what people were USED to in these last 4 years of QUALTY gameplay.
The wording of the OP is nothing short of disgusting ("LW they got rid of") What a sad state of mind coming from editors of mmorpg.com.
BLIZZARD doesn't deserve this kind of opinions from official editors.
BOOOOH to the Editors.
Ummm, QQ much?
Not everyone gets the back up of the Editor in Chief and use really "trolling language".
Not on the same day as the famous WOW PVP patch 3.2 gets published.
Just as if a Korean game will make a difference to what people were USED to in these last 4 years of QULAITY gameplay.
The wording of the OP is nothing short of disgusting ("LW they got rid of") What a sad state of mind coming from editors of mmorpg.com.
BLIZZARD doesn't deserve this kind of opinions from official editors.
BOOOOH to the Editors.
I didnt say I agree'd with the OP just it was well written without resorting stupid sound bits.
Yes what he says about LakeWintergrasp is wrong and exgragerated, LWG is massivly popular and that was its downfall. It was a lag feast (for many), Blizzard tried a few things to make it less popular or to spread its population around the zone but nothing helped so blizzard took the route to limiting the battle to 120v120 (hardly small scale). I have yet to try LWG in 3.2 but in 3.1 it was like playing WAR id click an ability and wait 5seconds for it to go off.. it was unplayable.
I applude blizzard for the change. and the EXP in battle grounds, time to roll me a Druid.
I only enjoyed WoW for the early world PvP on PvP servers. Everything else was too shallow and boring. Aion is the same for the early game PvE, but quickly the Rifts and the Abyss take the game in a whole new direction that is just fun as hell for me. I can see myself playing Aion for a long time.
NCSoft went the exact oppossite direction as Blizzard with PvP/World PvP. Blizzard killed it in favor of lame BG's and Arena while NCSoft built an entire game around it. This is why I will be playing Aion.
You've gone from being spotlighted as a blogger to being spotlighted as an obvious troll, I guess you feel threatened.
Umm...no...I am a gamer and I, like many, like to discuss MMORPG's. I have an opinion and though it may not be the same as yours I still have one, and this is a forum where we share those opinions. If you think this is only a forum to praise games and that no other opinions of a game can be made then maybe you're looking in the wrong place.