Mordiceius' Gaming Blog Flying Away on a Wing and a Prayer

A Little on Aion

Aion came from completely off my radar to right in front of my face. Previously, I had heard very little about it but my first impression was to just shrug it off as another crappy Asian MMO - this time with angel wings. After reading some of the buzz on the Something Awful and Gamers with Jobs forums, I gave the game another look.

The storyline premise seems pretty interesting and apparently the game has an epic storyline with character cutscenes like Guild Wars. That aspect right there pulled Rynala and myself in immediately. The end game consists of massive groups of players (hundreds upon hundreds) participating in a PvPvE (player faction vs player faction vs npc faction) in keep and city sieges.

Another big aspect of the game is flight. You will spend a good amount of time just using your wings to fly and engaged in aerial combat.

The game was released in Korea last year and had a Chinese beta earlier this year. The US beta had initial testing last weekend and will continue testing next weekend. From everything I have read, the game plays flawlessly even when there are a hundred or more characters on the screen fighting. How they can pull this off in a game with such beautiful graphics and games like WoW and WAR cannot, I may never know.

Either way, I preordered the game this week from Gamestop and picked up two beta keys so Rynala and I can start trying it together. The Goons have had been talking a lot about the game on the forums and a lot of people are getting excited for it. If there is a large end game presence of the Goons after release, this game could end up being even more fun. I look forward to that.

Also, I may or may not have two addition beta keys coming my way. If I do, I will give them away here.