http://disqus.com/by/roquen777/enThu, 23 Jul 2009 04:27:15 -0000http://www.geekistry.com/?p=367#comment-13195565<p>Just glad to finally hear someone making some real noise about Aion. This game crept up on a lot of people, but I take that as a good thing as it seem's to be gaining popularity by word of mouth more than anything, especially among the WoW community.</p><p>I took part in CB4 and was pretty blown away. The game itself seems to take all the solid elements from WoW and tweaks them to the next level. yes, this game is pretty, but it's in the details that the game itself shines. The dev's seem to know what matters to a player; things like the dye system and the fact you can swap armour and weapon skins thereby maintaining stats while still looking cool and more importantly, unique. Then there's the combat system - much more depth once you get in to the combo's and using DP effectively. Even the fact I can move my UI windows around where I please without the need of a third party addon is just such a simple but nice thing to have in there!</p><p>I do have a few worries about the game though; mainly, is there enough of a would to explore and quest through? Just a casual look at the maps would suggest not. I know this game will be more about it's PvPvE and RvR but I just hope the world itself doesn't just become a series of BG's strung together. Still, I have high hopes for release as in Patch 1.5 alone we are gaining 12 new instances!</p><p>Either way, this game will certainly fill my MMO need's until Blizz decide to tell us about their next big thing, 'coz seriously, WoW is just to easy mode these days and Aion, even in Beta, feels more like the good 'ol' vanilla we knew and loved. Keep talking about Aion on the cast Mike, we could do with some decent podcast info about the game!</p>roquen777Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:27:15 -0000