Good for NCsoft. Fuck the farmers, the spammers, and the bots. When I used to play Lord of the Rings online, every time I went into town I was spammed over and over again by gold farming advertisements. It really brings you out of the experience.
I'm extremely conflicted. Part of me wants this game more than oxygen after watching this video. The other part of me is saying I don't have anywhere near the time to invest in an MMO anymore.
@Strangelove: All the best wishes to the dev team if they really are trying to do this. But if the trailer is the game you want to play, then you can safely sit out of the MMO space for at least a few years. And even then, when you're really playing rather than watching a cinematic camera, things will hardly ever line up as perfectly or seem as natural as carefully placed models and cameras and cuts will make them seem.
God that looks good... I haven't been disappointed by Aion yet, been really enjoying the change after playing WoW for a long time. As long as my machine can handle all this, bring it on!
(And PLEEEEASE don't follow Top Gear's "Ambitious, but Rubbish" ideals)
I haven't played this, but it looks nice. From the comments I've read, it sounds like being lured in by cinematic cutscenes that they put on the box hoping you think that those are gameplay graphics.
Not sure that it's a trap, but it looks great. Lots of women getting killed in this show though.
This does look very nice. Might have to pick Aion up in a couple years. Was very excited about the game when it was announced, but for some reason my interest dropped off a couple months before it came out.
I've avoided WoW for many many reasons. I'm not huge on MMO's in general even.
But mark my words, if this Aion ever actually achieves this, I will sign the fuck up. Even if the rest of the world is already playing, I'd be happy to join them.
Many years ago I never would have expected Shadow of the Colossus or even Devil May Cry could ever exist (SNES/PS1 era) but I believe this will come to be at some point if only because it has to.
I feel the same way- Wow does not interest me, and I have never participated in an MMO. However! If Aion or another title, in the future, lives up to this trailer, I might be in.
And as you say, there is no reason not to believe this will come to pass, eventually. Technically, there is absolutely nothing in this trailer that is unreasonable to expect in a game circa 2010. All I see in the trailer is a lot of razzle dazzle and dramatic camera angles. The real trick, and what would win me over, is sustaining the integrity of that particular fantasy world, holding it all together with a fun to play game.
Side note- The improved lighting and effects go a long way in improving the generally nice, but average quality of the models and animation- Which I can understand and would accept in an MMO, with the assumption there are hundreds of different NPCs, enemies, animals, etc.
I remember back in the day, playing Strider or S.T.U.N. Runner et. al. in the arcade, and thinking: "Woah! These graphics are AMAZING. Graphics cant possibly ever be better than this." And of course, the technical and artisitic standards in gaming continue to be raised year after year, and will continue to be ad infinitum. Things I once dreamed of as a kid, I now happily take for granted.
How about the comparisons between New Aion and Old World of Warcraft? Sadly this question will not be answered as the people playing WoW dont give a flying fuck about new or old Aion.
Way to make your own game look like shit. @_@ I don't think I could keep playing after "Hey! Look! We made it look way better :D But only for a trailer."
it looks very, very outdated in comparison to their examples.
@InsidiousTuna: Depends how many of them are bots... Course you say a comment like this when companies like Blizzard have probably banned 10 times the amount of people.
0-o, one for every user? Geez....I mean I just never dealt with it because I'm an offline player so I was curious about it. I'm sure if I plugged my console up to the interwebs to game I'll get spammed.
@Rachel Fogg: Yup...its great for the economics and unforgivable game play (you need to carve out your own territory), and it makes it feel like a real universe where everything everyone does effects everyone else playing in some manner. The economy and ripple effects of major actions taken by the powerful player corps can be felt from one side of the galaxy to the other.
04:38 PM
1. Holy bull-balls, that graphical upgrade is really something.
2. Why're all those folks walking? I was under the impression this game emphasized wings and flying.
3. How can somebody swim wearing that much metal? Monster Hunter Tri begs the same question.
4. That battle system looks like it belongs in a fighting game. This one is quite interested by this game now.
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06:14 AM
Fuck it, I'm getting it.
08:08 AM
03:55 AM
(And PLEEEEASE don't follow Top Gear's "Ambitious, but Rubbish" ideals)
03:35 AM
Not sure that it's a trap, but it looks great. Lots of women getting killed in this show though.
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05:42 PM
I just thought it was odd whenever there was some huge epic showdown in that video between 2 people, it was some guy demolishing a girl.
03:15 AM
This does look very nice. Might have to pick Aion up in a couple years. Was very excited about the game when it was announced, but for some reason my interest dropped off a couple months before it came out.
01:02 AM
But mark my words, if this Aion ever actually achieves this, I will sign the fuck up. Even if the rest of the world is already playing, I'd be happy to join them.
Many years ago I never would have expected Shadow of the Colossus or even Devil May Cry could ever exist (SNES/PS1 era) but I believe this will come to be at some point if only because it has to.
When and How is really the only factor here.
08:32 AM
I feel the same way- Wow does not interest me, and I have never participated in an MMO. However! If Aion or another title, in the future, lives up to this trailer, I might be in.
And as you say, there is no reason not to believe this will come to pass, eventually. Technically, there is absolutely nothing in this trailer that is unreasonable to expect in a game circa 2010. All I see in the trailer is a lot of razzle dazzle and dramatic camera angles. The real trick, and what would win me over, is sustaining the integrity of that particular fantasy world, holding it all together with a fun to play game.
Side note- The improved lighting and effects go a long way in improving the generally nice, but average quality of the models and animation- Which I can understand and would accept in an MMO, with the assumption there are hundreds of different NPCs, enemies, animals, etc.
I remember back in the day, playing Strider or S.T.U.N. Runner et. al. in the arcade, and thinking: "Woah! These graphics are AMAZING. Graphics cant possibly ever be better than this." And of course, the technical and artisitic standards in gaming continue to be raised year after year, and will continue to be ad infinitum. Things I once dreamed of as a kid, I now happily take for granted.
12:44 AM
-Some Generic Old Quote
12:40 AM
And when it is, will anyone on Earth have a PC that can actually run it?
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12:35 AM
it looks very, very outdated in comparison to their examples.
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11/23/09
Seeing that I don't play online games at all, do people REALLY spam advertisements while playing the game? That's freakin annoying.
I'm really curious about that now....has anyone ever dealt with that while playing their games online?
11/23/09
11/23/09
0-o, one for every user? Geez....I mean I just never dealt with it because I'm an offline player so I was curious about it. I'm sure if I plugged my console up to the interwebs to game I'll get spammed.
11/23/09
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#speakup