Aion

That was this game reminds me of at first glace. Which has me VERY excited. I can't wait to hear more and find out when this will be released... but Aion can count me in! :)

guild wars? how you get that? guild wars artwork doesnt look like this. guild wars gameplay is all instance and not like this.

well heres my opinion.... lineage 2 meets final fantasy with a grain of wow

The the game play as far as how it works, with the armor ect is what reminds me of Guild Wars (in a good way) they style to me reminds me of Guild Wars mixed in with FFXI so I'm excited.. plus it's produced by the same people so even better, or under the same company name at least.

I actually think that Aion is like L2-meets-GW in terms of graphics and L2-meets-WoW in terms of gameplay. I started out associating Aion with FFXI a lot, but nowadays I find hardly any similarity between the two titles. Nonetheless, I am a FFXI fan and I like what I see in Aion! :)

I guess what i mean is just the whole final fantasy experience.. obviously it looks more like Final Fantasy XII but I think that's a good thing. :)

I actually thought I was looking at Guild Wars screenshots when i first came across Aion. Don't know about Lineage series, but some of the screenshots looks *exactly* like Guild Wars.

Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad thing, i kinda like Guild Wars, but to be honest I was expecting a different looking game :p

Still, I have high hopes for Aion.

guild wars was made by an american developer. aion is made by a korean developer aka the same people that made lineage 2. all 3 titles are published by the same company exept 1 is made by an american studio and the other 2 is made by a korean studio aka the main ncsoft korea.

aion/lineage2 = korean people

guild wars = american people

all in same publisher/company

its easy for me to tell asian artwork from western artwork. i dont think guild wars art look like aion art at all.

Originally posted by Nickless_man

I actually thought I was looking at Guild Wars screenshots when i first came across Aion. Don't know about Lineage series, but some of the screenshots looks *exactly* like Guild Wars.

Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad thing, i kinda like Guild Wars, but to be honest I was expecting a different looking game :p

Still, I have high hopes for Aion.

aions graphics are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better than GW anyone who says they are the same must have no eye's

Tell me if this screenshot doesn't look like a female warrior in Knights armor with Kryta background :P

www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/253/view/screens/display/14334

www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/253/view/screens/display/14312

Hell, this city looks just like pre-searing Ascalon

www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/253/view/screens/display/12548

I'm not saying they are the same, Aion uses CryEngine 1, so it has overall better graphics like detailed shadows, lighting or spell effects. I've checked every Aion screenshot I can find (on this, and on other sites), majority of the screenshots gives me a "Guild Wars" feeling with similar graphics design. Only screens that don't give me that feeling are character close ups and general flying-with-wings thingies.

Anyways, graphics aren't final yet, some of the screenshots has way too much low res textures, and some others have general higher quality than others.

Edit: Btw, I'm just compairing with GW because thats one of the titles I played, that's why I'm not compairing it with FFXI or Lineage 2, because i didn't played those.

1) Guild Wars is 3-4 years old, and even than its focus was lower-end machines. Aion is going to launch in 2009, and is aiming for mid-range machines. And even then the graphics barely are any better. Simply because GW is made by Anet (not NCsoft), and Anet got some of the best artists around.

2) Guild Wars wasn't level-based at all. Aion definately is...

3) Guild Wars was instanced, so they could focus on better quests. Aion isn't instanced, so prepare for WoW-styled quests.