Aion

*I played the game at PAX 08*  I was interested in this game when I first saw it on the internets. Showed like it had a little promise, but nothing stood out really (felt like a 'not-as-good' version of Guild Wars) when I played it at the NCSoft booth for about 10min. Then at the PC free play area, where they setup a bunch of PCs to play this game for about 2hrs or so (I only played for about an hour), you could create a new character, play through the beginning area and whatnot... and my goodness. It felt so generic, so dull, so... boring. I was very dissapointed to say the least.

I just scanned through the first 3 pages here and didn't notice any topics were people have actually played the game. So has anyone? just want to what others first impressions were and if I was the only one dissapointed when first playing it...

*this is not a troll thread, or at least not intended to be...just want to know what others thought as I was looking forward to it*

You did not research harder here about this tipe of discussion i will give a link on this forum wher this subject was hot.It seams like you r the only one that play this game at what ever was showed and not like it but i belive it is a mather of taste.So here is the link.

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http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/253/view/forums/thread/198093

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fixed link:  www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/253/view/forums/thread/198093

It might be best to find answers here:  www.aionsource.com/forum/  They have many people that played in all the CB test, and they have a few koreans that played at the site also.

aha, thanks for the link... looks like I didn't do enough searching for find it  :P

I guess it is just a matter of taste  :/

What felt generic about it?

Generic talk from a LotrO player.... :D

Not trying to bash, just pointing that out. To each their own.

Originally posted by blindside044

aha, thanks for the link... looks like I didn't do enough searching for find it  :P

I guess it is just a matter of taste  :/

Correct. It always comes down to taste. And that is the way it should be, I don't want every gamer in the world to play Aion because I would never be able to log on

Originally posted by Zayne3145

What felt generic about it?

I'm not sure how to really explain it in detail. But nothing really stood out to me to want me to come back and play it again. I have tried many MMOs, free and p2p, so I have almost tried a little of everything, and a lot of some , and nothing grabbed my attention... so take it for what you will; try it yourself and decide for yourself 

Originally posted by Cynthe

Generic talk from a LotrO player.... :D

Not trying to bash, just pointing that out. To each their own.

I'll give you that there isn't much originality in the gameplay (though it's kind of hard to be real original in that area in this day and age of MMOs). Though there are some hints of creativity in there that I enjoy, but nonetheless... not that much, and I have seen a little more creativity in other games in that sense...

But what makes me enjoy this game so much, even to the point of calling it my favorite MMO, is not only is this game better (in the areas im about list) than other MMOs, but it completely destroys and outshines them... scenery/atmoshpere/ambiance, the game is just so damn beautiful.. and can be really immserive (and I don't RP myself, but this game is RPing heaven for those that do)...storytelling of quests and missions make even the "boring" quests, like collect 10 board hides, fun to a certain extent because of the story behind it. And of course the main Books Epic storyline is truly... epic; easily the best chain of quests/missions ever, in any MMO.

But as what was said earlier, the beauty and storytelling of a game can be objective so once again it comes down to a matter of taste. (though how can you not at least be in awe of the scenery... ok, ok, I'll stop now :P ) ...or actually, one more thing that raises the game above the others for me; Best. Community. Ever. Nothing else needs to be really said about that, but easily the nicest and friendlest group of people you will ever come across in an MMO making the stay oh so much more enjoyable.

damn... that was a lot more typing then I wanted to do. Hopefully it's not too obvious I get a little over excited when talking about LOTRO