Aion Goes Gold

NCsoft has announced that the highly anticipated MMO, Aion, has gone gold.

The game has been sent to manufacturers and is being made, ready for release next month. The game has already sold millions in Asia and is tipped to be a hot seller this year here in the west.

[Maticus]

I'm counting the days....

[Medievaldragon]

Interesting. Now Champions Online and Aion have gone gold. Which would you buy?

[Malfurion]

No contest! Aion looks stunning.

[hay]

Looks isn't everything. Fortunatelly Aion plays really nice.

[Malfurion]

Indeed, looks certainly 'aren't' everything, but I meant 'looks/sounds/seems from all the previews I've read' :)

[RockmanII7]

As of now, I'm waiting for The Old Republic to come out

[Maticus]

From the last few bits of media I've seen from TOR, I think I'll be disappointed about that :(

[Myze]

@2.4 I'm very optimistic that TOR will be a great game, and probably what I'm looking forward to the most as well (in terms of MMOs), but we will be lucky to see it come out before 2011, so I know I'm definitely gonna give Aion a try as I don't see much else on the horizon, and it's a really good game.

[Leord]

I remember a time when I thought "gold" was the same as CDs going gold: selling numbers :)

[Dorjan]

Aion.. the most over-rated game since WoW...

[Malfurion]

Is there an open beta for this? Never managed to get on the closed beta :(

[Montrealien]

I suggest you grab it off of steam, at the very least if you dont like it, that 50$ will be well worth the hours it will take for you to come to that conclusion.

[Maticus]

Errr, right.

WoW over-rated? Tell that to the 11.5 million players who pay Blizzard each month to be able to play it...

And by comparing it to WoW you're actually paying Aion a complement.

[Dorjan]

I know. Just not my sort of game :)

Opinionated comments ftw!

[Montrealien]

claiming a style of game you don`t like as being overated is not opinionated, its stupid.

Aion will find its audience, and it is looking to be one solid MMO.

[Dorjan]

It maybe over zeleous but you can't call it stupid. That's just your opinion. I think the way people are drooling over this game (when it hasn't been released yet) isn't justified in the game.

Just my option (and yes I've played it, if only a little).

Carry on drooling, don't let me stop you :lol:

[Maticus]

It hasn't been released yet - here in the west. It has been out in Asia for over 8 months though, and has sold like hotcakes. 3.5 million subscribers isn't to be sniffed at.

Also, over 3 million hours have been logged on the western closed beta at last count, I expect it's way over that now since this last session. I think that's enough time for people to get a fair idea of the game and comment on it.

The hype is worth it IMO.

[Montrealien]

Then it`s overzealous, still makes no sense in my mind to say that something you don`t like is over-rated.

[Dorjan]

It's not that I don't like it, I don't mind it, I just don't think it's OMG BEST THING EVAR!!

Think of it this way: Your mates all love this one band, they keep raving over and over how amazing they are. You eventually get round to listening to their stuff and think "meh." It's not bad, it's not great. So you think: It was over-rated.

From what I read, and seen I think people are over-rating the game. Plain, simple. Nothing bad, just not amazing for me.

FFXIV though... ;) Different styles for different people. I bet you'll say that the hype for the new Final Fantasy is all pish, if you aren't a fan. IIRC some reviewers even call FFVII the most over-rated game ever. IMO it lives up to that rep.

:)

[Chris399]

It is already highly successful in the East and will find a decent market share here too. It may not "dominate" the MMO market, but I'm fairly certian it will fare better than AOC or WAR.

Those games were hyped to Hell and well in shambles before they even launched. I finally quit WAR as one year and dozens of patches later they STILL haven't fixed the mass pvp issue. Said "issue" defined as the slideshow that your state of the art computer does when playing realm vs. realm combat. I have no problem in any other MMO or high performance game and a dedicated line-in cable internet connection, it's simply a poorly coded mess). AOC is too flawed to encapsulate here in a couple of sentences, so I'll just leave it at that.

Aion is the most polished release I've seen for an MMO in a very long while. In fact, if their launch goes off without server Armageddon, it could be the most polished release EVER.

Very excited to play this game. It's gorgeous, the combat is intuitive and fun and the customization options are unlike anything on the market. You can create your own custom armor sets for Chrissakes. There are thousands of different face and body options for you toon. YOU CAN FLOAT IN THE SKY WHILE RAINING FIERY DEATH (I always play a mage toon) ON PEOPLE! What else does it take to impress? We truly are a jaded, spoiled generation it seems.

P.S. Dorjan, how much of the beta have you actually played? Did you ascend to a Deva? Because if you're basing your enjoyment of the game on the first 10 levels, you have no clue what the game is actually like. I've been in 2 of the beta cycles now, and as a long time MOORPG gamer, I have to admit that it's mightily impressive. It's fairly original for a fantasy setting (no elves, orcs, dwarves nonsense) and it is simply a really well made game.

Edit: Careful reading is key. You don't need to get so defensive. I never called YOU spoiled, I was making a sweeping gereralization that did not specifically include your name in the mix. Moreover it was addressed towards the general mass of gamers who are filled with enui, who are never impressed and constantly criticize though we live in an age that as so much variety and choice that we really have no reason not to be. Whether or not you lump yourself in with that sector is your decision.

I said "WE". So even if you want to personalize the remark, that groups all gamers in with the comment, which is clearly not how it was intended. Chill out.

And again, have you played a toon beyond level 10? Because if not, you haven't played enough of the game to have a substantial opinion of it.

[Dorjan]

Spoilt? Just because I don't like the way Aion is or the play style I become spoilt? At least Montrealien replies were on target.

I agree with your points on AoC and WAR and they didn't live up to their hype. I played AoC and the buggy POS that was and the lack of content AND the bad reaction from funcom just .. well, it speaks for itself.

In Aion you can't swim, if you go underwater you just stand there and take damage. Your avatar doesn't even react to it, it's just a soild sprite that doesn't know it's drowning... how sad.

The combat animations (for me) were un-fluid, but that is JUST ME. Others say it is great watching the same thing as me at the same PC.

Just becasue my taste is different you can't call me out from being apart of a jaded, spoiled generation for having that. I never said it was bad, just not as good as I hear from people. (It's not perfect but nothing is and it IS a massive step up from a lot of MMOs out there).

[Chazmers]

does look very pretty, whether it has enough to keep people hooked though is another question.

[AndyA]

It's a bit much to call it over-rated when it's not been released yet.

[thetamer]

There's a lot of hype around this! I'm certainly looking forward to the character customisation.

[Malfurion]

I hear they're adding even more customisation in build 1.5...

I eckon it's a given that Aion will do very well.

[thetamer]

I forgot to say.

SEXXXXXY TIMEEEE!

[majanika]

Been playing Aion CB since the CB 2..Love it..at first i thought it was a bit like wow in respect to questing and exploration. Thats not a bad thing, you feel famaliar with the controls but as u lvl up and especially after ascension things get more and more intriqueing..the game play morphs lil by lil as to not overwhelm u. Before u know it you're popping out chain skills and having a blast. Aion is very enjoyable, we've prepurchased 3 copies and cancelled all our wow accounts..prepping for some fun!

on a side note, the event at morhiem was awesome in this last beta when the Baluar attacked, I was lucky enough to see it and enjoy it..unlucky enough to be killed repeatedly by a dragon.lol..all in good fun :)

[Midgard228]

i just finished playing the last beta, it was my first time playing at all and i have to say holy crap its good. the air fighters are awesome, lol i was dueling with someone in the air they didnt mix the gliding and flying well enough and i outlasted them so he fell and died lol.

lots of chain skills, its not an autoattack game its really involved.
me and my GF and wait for it to release the game is so pretty too.

and everyone looked different, some very strange and an odd amount of children sized characters but least its not like wow where everyone looks the same. :)

right now any magic caster is hard to beat for me lol, stupid healing lol, assassins arent so strong so u know :D