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Another Asian-grind fest?

ArdusArdus Member Posts: 84
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Is this going to be another asian grindfest like Lineage 2 and RF online, or is this game actually gonna bring some interactivity and dynamic gameplay? i would like to know cause the graphics are really sweet, and i heard someone say this was going to be a western-style game set in a asian designed world (wich i love)

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  • XTinTioNXTinTioN Member Posts: 205

    Originally posted by Olle.k.90


    Is this going to be another asian grindfest like Lineage 2 and RF online, or is this game actually gonna bring some interactivity and dynamic gameplay? i would like to know cause the graphics are really sweet, and i heard someone say this was going to be a western-style game set in a asian designed world (wich i love)

    You already answered your question ^^

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  • ArdusArdus Member Posts: 84
    Originally posted by XTinTioN


     
    Originally posted by Olle.k.90


    Is this going to be another asian grindfest like Lineage 2 and RF online, or is this game actually gonna bring some interactivity and dynamic gameplay? i would like to know cause the graphics are really sweet, and i heard someone say this was going to be a western-style game set in a asian designed world (wich i love)

     

    You already answered your question ^^

    Could you please explain more? cause if thats true this might turn out to be one of the best mmos ever. Is the Combat system any different from lets say RF or Lineage? how is it different and how is it like?

  • Bama1267Bama1267 Member UncommonPosts: 1,822
    Originally posted by Olle.k.90

    Originally posted by XTinTioN


     
    Originally posted by Olle.k.90


    Is this going to be another asian grindfest like Lineage 2 and RF online, or is this game actually gonna bring some interactivity and dynamic gameplay? i would like to know cause the graphics are really sweet, and i heard someone say this was going to be a western-style game set in a asian designed world (wich i love)

     

    You already answered your question ^^

    Could you please explain more? cause if thats true this might turn out to be one of the best mmos ever. Is the Combat system any different from lets say RF or Lineage? how is it different and how is it like?

      You could probably find more If you bothered to use the links provided for this game.

  • ArdusArdus Member Posts: 84

    i did watch the trailers. this game seems to at least bring some exciting exploration and dynamic adventuring, it seemed to include moments like climbing and jumping

  • GadorianGadorian Member Posts: 87

    Hi, look at this video ---> http://eu.aiononline.com/images/movies/AION_Jeju_Media_Fight.avi

    here u can see the gameplay of Aion, wery cool

    image

  • freakomarfreakomar Member Posts: 415

    Originally posted by XTinTioN


     
    Originally posted by Olle.k.90


    Is this going to be another asian grindfest like Lineage 2 and RF online, or is this game actually gonna bring some interactivity and dynamic gameplay? i would like to know cause the graphics are really sweet, and i heard someone say this was going to be a western-style game set in a asian designed world (wich i love)

     

    You already answered your question ^^

    Hehehe

    Aion will not in anyway be like Lineage 

    Played almost everything...
    Currently playing nothing...
    Waiting for: Darkfall, WAR, Guild Wars 2.

  • ArdusArdus Member Posts: 84
    Originally posted by freakomar


     
    Originally posted by XTinTioN


     
    Originally posted by Olle.k.90


    Is this going to be another asian grindfest like Lineage 2 and RF online, or is this game actually gonna bring some interactivity and dynamic gameplay? i would like to know cause the graphics are really sweet, and i heard someone say this was going to be a western-style game set in a asian designed world (wich i love)

     

    You already answered your question ^^

     

    Hehehe

    Aion will not in anyway be like Lineage 

    except for the graphics... but thats a good thing

  • MarkJWMarkJW ColumnistMember Posts: 226

     

     

    Originally posted by Olle.k.90

    Originally posted by freakomar


     
    Originally posted by XTinTioN


     
    Originally posted by Olle.k.90


    Is this going to be another asian grindfest like Lineage 2 and RF online, or is this game actually gonna bring some interactivity and dynamic gameplay? i would like to know cause the graphics are really sweet, and i heard someone say this was going to be a western-style game set in a asian designed world (wich i love)

     

    You already answered your question ^^

     

    Hehehe

    Aion will not in anyway be like Lineage 

    except for the graphics... but thats a good thing

    The graphics? Like L2's? Dude, L2 was made on the Unreal Engine 2 (.5?). Aion is based on the FarCry engine (CryENGINE 1, not the DX10-based CryENGINE 2). There's a pretty big difference between the two, mainly draw distance. In Unreal Tournament 2003/4 fog was often on to obscure parts of the map so the engine wouldn't have to draw them and tax the system. FarCry is different. It manages to draw everything out to maximum distance quite easily even on a machine from four years ago (Athlon 64 3200+ and 6600GT on my buddie's machine runs FarCry just fine on pretty high settings).

     

    Expect more from Aion than you did from L2. That's all.

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  • ArdusArdus Member Posts: 84



    The graphics? Like L2's? Dude, L2 was made on the Unreal Engine 2 (.5?). Aion is based on the FarCry engine (CryENGINE 1, not the DX10-based CryENGINE 2). There's a pretty big difference between the two, mainly draw distance. In Unreal Tournament 2003/4 fog was often on to obscure parts of the map so the engine wouldn't have to draw them and tax the system. FarCry is different. It manages to draw everything out to maximum distance quite easily even on a machine from four years ago (Athlon 64 3200+ and 6600GT on my buddie's machine runs FarCry just fine on pretty high settings).
     
    Expect more from Aion than you did from L2. That's all.

    I was thinking design-wise, not thechnically

  • freakomarfreakomar Member Posts: 415

    its pretty visible that Aion has better graphics, what are you on about?

    Played almost everything...
    Currently playing nothing...
    Waiting for: Darkfall, WAR, Guild Wars 2.

  • ArdusArdus Member Posts: 84

    Graphic wise, it does remind of Lineage 2. noone can deny that. but  thats also why i like it

  • MarkJWMarkJW ColumnistMember Posts: 226

    I guess that's a little true, but L2 was a little bit more Tolkien -influenced and "believable" while Aion is more high, high fantasy: dreamlike if you will. Completely impossible, completely (floating rocks, wtf), but still "realistic" (unlike WoW, which is impossible and unrealistic in its character design, or any design for that matter). People look like people for the most part in Aion and L2, with decent enough proportions (except those female chests, lol). Swords might be possible, shields might be possible, armor might be possible.

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  • bartoni33bartoni33 Member RarePosts: 2,044

    Hmmm...Asian Grind Fest. Sounds like a Chinatown strip club!

     

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  • CaladonCaladon Member Posts: 152

    Originally posted by MarkJW


    I guess that's a little true, but L2 was a little bit more Tolkien -influenced and "believable" while Aion is more high, high fantasy: dreamlike if you will. Completely impossible, completely (floating rocks, wtf), but still "realistic" (unlike WoW, which is impossible and unrealistic in its character design, or any design for that matter). People look like people for the most part in Aion and L2, with decent enough proportions (except those female chests, lol). Swords might be possible, shields might be possible, armor might be possible.
    The chests seem to be kind of scaled down in Aion though... ;I) more like the elves than the dark elves of l2!

    And this is a good thing.

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  • Ura1Ura1 Member Posts: 29

    Of course your going to have to grind for hours on end, thats how all MMO's are.  I mean there will be boss raids etc. for awesome experience.  I do not know anything at all really about AION but if its like any other "great" MMO then your gonna have to put a lot of time into it if you want to be good.....thats my opinion.  And personally I don't mind the grinding, because if I wanna keep up with everyone else, you just have to do it and it also helps you get a feel for your character.

  • powerpolkpowerpolk Member Posts: 80

    Well Its great that you ask,

    But please try searching for the answer before you ask, There are other threads that contain this information,



    Thanks!

  • BigstAIONfanBigstAIONfan Member Posts: 12

    I'm new at this site but Aion looks fantastic and i just wanna say that i think that this game would be trash if it has like "Zones" like guild wars does it have "Zones"? And will there be mounts? Do u think NCsoft realized their mistake to make grind-games? Can u attack other enemy players anywhere anytime? Are there few armor-sets like in GW? i have only seen angel-vids, aren't there any demons playable? there MUST be demons playable, right? i hope NCsoft takes lots of times to fix bugs. 

    Aion is TRASH if it has zones(as i said), My favorite profession will be Assassin and the most boring will be the knight (the tank class). remember that there are two kinds of every profession style. there are 2 warrior, mage, cleric and scout classes! (i edited cuz of the next reply...)

  • Ura1Ura1 Member Posts: 29

    Originally posted by BigstAIONfan


    I'm new at this site but Aion looks fantastic and i just wanna say that i think that this game would be trash if it has like "Zones" like guild wars does it have "Zones"? And will there be mounts? Do u think NCsoft realized their mistake to make grind-games? Can u attack other enemy players anywhere anytime? Are there few armor-sets like in GW? i have only seen angel-vids, aren't there any demons playable? there MUST be demons playable, right? i hope NCsoft takes lots of times to fix bugs. 


    Aion is TRASH if it has zones(as i said), My favorite profession will be Assassin and the most boring will be the knight (the tank class). remember that there are two kinds of every profession style. (example: Melée: fighter and knight (you get the point!)).


    Your probably right about it being trash if it has zones but don't jump to conclusions right away with there being so little of info out about it.  Grinding is what makes MMO's so im pretty sure your going to have to put time into your character.  Thats just how MMO's are.  And of course there will be playable demon races lol theres only 2 playable factions i believe....chosen and the fallen.  So I wouldnt be to worried about this game being trash because its taken so long to make. 

     

    And Im sure theyre making the classes better and more enjoyable because in L2 the tank class was not too much fun to play, but they should be making different melee classes. 

  • CaladonCaladon Member Posts: 152

    Aion is not Guild Wars, so don't worry about total instancing. I read somewhere that there will be a *clear* focus on a persistant world.

    And making a heavy grind title such as L2 wasn't a mistake. It's one of the world's largest MMO's even today. Aion is not such a game, though. They're different. Just as Intel make both cheap, low-end CPU's aswell as extreme editions, so do NCsoft make different kinds of games. Bad analogy, but I hope you understand. M)

     

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  • M1sf1tM1sf1t Member UncommonPosts: 1,583

    Originally posted by MarkJW
    I guess that's a little true, but L2 was a little bit more Tolkien -influenced and "believable" while Aion is more high, high fantasy: dreamlike if you will. Completely impossible, completely (floating rocks, wtf), but still "realistic" (unlike WoW, which is impossible and unrealistic in its character design, or any design for that matter). People look like people for the most part in Aion and L2, with decent enough proportions (except those female chests, lol). Swords might be possible, shields might be possible, armor might be possible.

    LOL !! Yeah plenty of Dark Elves, Orcs and human females running around in g-strings and mini-skirts in Tolkiens books.image

    As for the game itself well....it's being put out by NCSOFT and basically all their games are short on substance or long in the grinding tooth.

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  • NeurolapzeNeurolapze Member Posts: 16

            I don't really know why, but alot of ppl tend to hate on anime'ish looking characters. I think the more anime'ish,

    (so long as itz not super deformed), the better the characters look. They have more expression and personality. I hate

    the American and European character models. Lifeless looking and on some, kind of downsyndrom'ish. But in any case, it'll be interesting to see how this one fairs in the future.

    "Here's your lvl 45 [Cap of the Dunce]. It'll add +10 more to your Stupidity Attribute."

  • ValentinaValentina Member RarePosts: 2,109

    This will not be a grind-fest.. It'll have alot of quests, and be story driven. Tons of exploration, as well...

  • joeshmoejoeshmoe Member Posts: 84
    Originally posted by Neurolapze


            I don't really know why, but alot of ppl tend to hate on anime'ish looking characters. I think the more anime'ish,
    (so long as itz not super deformed), the better the characters look. They have more expression and personality. I hate
    the American and European character models. Lifeless looking and on some, kind of downsyndrom'ish. But in any case, it'll be interesting to see how this one fairs in the future.

    I have to agree to some extent. But games like this and L2, while having a bit of an anime-ish feel to the character designs, seem more realistic looking at the same time. The proportions of the body are very believable, and even though most, if not all the characters faces look like attractive models (which I understand you don't tend to see on a regular basis in real life), they are still very life like. I'm a big fan of more accurate and proportional characters. Not all, but some western games tend to make like big, bulky looking characters, which isn't bad or anything, but if you brought one of the characters from Aion into real life, they would look like an attractive person, while if you did the same with a toon from one of those western games, they would look like a gorilla with less hair or something.

  • matamura54matamura54 Member Posts: 4

    Originally posted by Neurolapze


            I don't really know why, but alot of ppl tend to hate on anime'ish looking characters. I think the more anime'ish,
    (so long as itz not super deformed), the better the characters look. They have more expression and personality. I hate
    the American and European character models. Lifeless looking and on some, kind of downsyndrom'ish. But in any case, it'll be interesting to see how this one fairs in the future.

    i have to agree about the American and European character models. they seem so unimaginative and bland. i have yet to see any western developer make anything close to the stunning beauty and coolness of the anime inspired models, especially the ones from L2, those were amazing. all the western models ive seen are just dull in comparison.

     

  • kevinhhooikevinhhooi Member Posts: 6

    Originally posted by M1sf1t


     

    Originally posted by MarkJW

    I guess that's a little true, but L2 was a little bit more Tolkien -influenced and "believable" while Aion is more high, high fantasy: dreamlike if you will. Completely impossible, completely (floating rocks, wtf), but still "realistic" (unlike WoW, which is impossible and unrealistic in its character design, or any design for that matter). People look like people for the most part in Aion and L2, with decent enough proportions (except those female chests, lol). Swords might be possible, shields might be possible, armor might be possible.

     

    LOL !! Yeah plenty of Dark Elves, Orcs and human females running around in g-strings and mini-skirts in Tolkiens books.

    As for the game itself well....it's being put out by NCSOFT and basically all their games are short on substance or long in the grinding tooth.


    Dark Elves? LOL

    Sigh yeah yeah just back to your WoW /LOTRO and play ya little pathetic hobbits

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