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A Vision of Aion's Future

Here's what NCSoft has been working on for its latest MMO.

Nov. 24 2009

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Aion: Ascension

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Edited By TheChaos

Anyone notice how none of the Asmo's have a mane anymore?

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Wow. I was amazed in the beggining and middle parts of the trailer... but the ending... EPIC

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Looks really good!

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The game better live up to the new benchmark that this video implicitly states. In conjunction, with a bearable frame rate and for at least an affordable pc/laptop. That being said, this trailer was all types of epic, I mean, sweet mother of christ. It just about combined most of all the elements from a JRPG (ironic that it was first released in China and Korea, no?) and an MMORPG. That's absolutely awesomely ridiculous. 

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Screw it.
 
Me and 3 friends are gonig to get back in.  
We were on one of the servers with high wait times for the first month, and dropepd out.  We're gonig to reroll, and play again, because we have a lot of game we didn't play... and eventually this update....

Well played Aion.... well played.

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Edited By jmrwacko

lol @ 5:08 - chocobo wrangling?
 
Also, that templar finisher is insane.

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@EndlessMike said:
" Anyone who played WoW at release knows that other than FPS issues WoW had most of the same problems this game has. I think given time this MMO could fix it's issues and get really good. They should have explained more in the trailer though as someone who hasn't played the game probably wouldn't notice why any of that was new. I'm glad water isn't just gonna be death now. "
Yes, you're right but the problem is that WoW didn't have to compete against "WoW" back then if you know what I mean.
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I think I should give this game another chance :D

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Edited By Alphazero

I've updated my gold farming bot to appreciate this beauty.

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@keyhunter:

Seems as though you missed that one. They are.

http://www.guildwars2.com/en/

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The best looking MMO for sure but I am so tired of high fantasy MMOs.

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I gotta admit, this make WoW look as antiquated as EQ.  I swore off fantasy MMOs for the foreseeable future but this makes me want to relent and check this out.  I might have the time in 2010.  Maybe I'll take a closer look then before the Old Republic drops.

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I thought this was going to be ab out guild wars. They should make another guild wars.

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Edited By FTY

Well, it looks stunning, but so does every other Asian MMO. What's important it how it plays and the support behind it, and  this just doesn't play right for the western world.

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Definitely a great trailer, but too bad you can't fool me.  Choreographed combat looks good, but the actual gameplay isn't like that at all.  Mounts and player housing?  Too late, by the time this comes out, I've already moved on due to the lack of content at 40+.  Sorry Aion, I've already canceled my subscription yesterday.  3 months is all you're getting from me and I haven't even played for the last 2 weeks.

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Dude! looks like they made a way to make the game not mind numbinmgly boring! consider my re-sold also...providing my computer could even run that now...i hope they're just as scalable

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wow

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Edited By emkeighcameron

Wow.
 
I stopped playing Aion a while ago, but holy shit if that stuff is really as epic as it looks, then I'll be back.
 
Seriously, that was a fucking insane trailer, considering that this is an MMO. I wonder how much of that was just cut-scenes, though?

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@Kohe321 said:
" Looks really awesome. For those of you who are playing it: Is it good? Worth investing countless hours into? "
I played it up to level 25 before getting sick of the grind and lack of quest variation. This teaser trailer has certainly piqued my curiosity and I may renew my subscription provided they address the grinding/questing issues. I'll just have to wait and see, for now.
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Consider my jaw officially dropped.

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HAHAHAHA
 
Take that, plump, defenseless little pig thing! :)  
 
*cracks up again*
 

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Edited By Xeiphyer

Oh NCSoft, You want me to renew my subscription? You win...
 
..At least when this shit actually comes out =P 
 
It looks great, and graphics tweak is awesome looking! Plus they are adding some awesome things I have been wanting, the mounts and swimming/water fighting. 
 
Also in the patch that already released a while ago, they supposedly fixed the exp stuff to make it easier, cuz in the higher levels when you needed like 14 million exp to level, a quest reward would give you around 20,000 exp.. which obviously was insane. So hopefully when this stuff roles out, I won't lose interest due to unrewarding grind.
 
Also, player houses combined with being able to destroy enemy faction houses, that seems awesome.
 
ALso also, the flying looks way better, and it looked like they had some flight racing games.. that looks good, and the airships and boats are cool =) Traveling was already awesome cuz of the super fast auto flight mechanics that looked really gorgeous.
 
So yeah.. it looks like they are adding a TON of new things, which is really impressive considering the game hasn't been out all that long, so I'll give em some money when it comes out haha.

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The new graphic effects get rid of some of that "So Pretty its Ugly" look it had.
 
Any word on the rampant CGF problem being fixed or lack of dungeon fun at max like what ran off my friends?

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@Kohe321 said:
" Looks really awesome. For those of you who are playing it: Is it good? Worth investing countless hours into? "
I am currently not playing it but yes it is pretty darn good. :)
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Ack, the frame rates is horrendous. <_<
 
Looks extremely pretty...

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So, it's still World of Warcraft with wings?

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It's a shame the game is boring.

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Why does the game look like it's running at 2 FPS?

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The flashy animations make my eyes burn.

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Nice trailer.  The game's not so great from what I played of it, that's why I quit.  I'd imagine that I'd be more impressed with the video if I didn't have this suspicion that it will be all style and not much substance.
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Very soothing 9 minutes. The last battle when they are all flying at the huge golems reminded be of FF9, the cinematic right before they enter memoria.

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rendered Bloom anyone?

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@prencher said:
" What's with the 10 fps framerate the whole way through? "
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Aion is nothing like this now.  It's not a bad game, but it's nowhere near as mind-blowing as this... it's just a very pretty fantasy RvR game. 
    
Not that this didn't get me excited... but I think anyone who's ever played an MMO knows to keep their expectations in check.

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Hey so that looksing freaking amazing, having an Aion account, though been swamped with games I can't wait to get back into it.  Everything upgrade looks awesome and fun, I can't wait for this update or expansion to come out.  The game already looks great and this graphical update is even more welcome even if it didn't need it.  Looks like they are competing with FFXIV when that drops next year.

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Nice. Swimming, houses and mounts. Did they also show some kind of graphics upgrade? 
 
I think the diving combat and swimming is something what the game definitely lacks so that will be great. Hopefully many of the old places will be expanded with this swimming thing, I'd hate to see the beach in Verteron to still have some kind of wall and drowning action happening after the update.

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I'm playing Aion currently, why doesn't it look like this!?! Arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
 
But the game shows a lot of promise. I wouldn't recommend it to people now but it could become something really great in a year or so.

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Oh god, player housing? Nothing good ever comes of player housing.

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What's with the 10 fps framerate the whole way through?

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Anyone who played WoW at release knows that other than FPS issues WoW had most of the same problems this game has. I think given time this MMO could fix it's issues and get really good. They should have explained more in the trailer though as someone who hasn't played the game probably wouldn't notice why any of that was new. I'm glad water isn't just gonna be death now.

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Mmorpgs get really boring for me. Why can't there just be an online action game with this amount of scope? Levels should be gained faster, more rewards, something to make the player want to keep playing. The best leveling I've ever seen online is Call of Duty MW/MW2. Make me feel powerful from the start and just let skill determine who's better in the end with the grind being something passive to the gameplay.

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 Cool set pieces, too bad the frame rate goes through the floor. An MMO plus mind-blowing graphics = system HOOOOGGGGGG! No thanks.

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I really like the atmosphere of this game. It's also good to see that its developers didn't abandon the game. That said, I'm still not paying a monthly fee to play a game.
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Hmmm still not for me. 
 
Looks nice, but the artstyle and creatures doesnt work for me.

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Edited By Spice

Funny, that doesn't look anything like what I played.
If this all comes about, wow that looks great. But don't expect me to come rushing back, I was already burned once.

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This trailer makes me glad I canceled my subscription.
Good looks can only carry an MMO so far.
After a while you begin to notice and feel all the negatives.
Boring PvE, forced endless grind post lvl 25. Stilted and non dynamic PvP, with bugged sieges and huge explits. No real  endgame content. Professions that are also an incredible grind and a money sink. Broken economy due to enourmous amount of bots and people buying kinah (money). Flying that was the selling point is incredibly restricted and funnily enough functions more awkardly then WoW flying mounts even. This is a Korean grind MMO to the core, just with good graphics. WoW killer this aint.

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WOW!!!, I've always stayed away from mmo games, but this looks AMAZING! I just might get into this...

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okay 3 things 
1. They found the bloom button! Though it was only horrible in the beginning 
2. Gore would make the combat more satisfying, I want to see if I'm doing damage 
3. FPS issues

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@SoothsayerGB said:
" I have absolutely no idea what the hell all that was.  But apparently it's epic and now comes with more brighter. "
Ha ha ha that is funny. Looks really good though, would love to try this out, anyone know if they are going to have a couple day trial of this game any time soon?