AION: tower of eternity

kaina: ~50 eu

menesinis mokestis: ~13 eu

* NCsoft

* Release: Sep 21, 2009

* ESRB: Teen

Aion is an MMOG from NCsoft in which divine beings battle for control of the skies and the earth.

While I'm a big follower of the MMO scene, I must admit that it had been a while before I checked back in on Aion and suddenly it was upon us. Generally speaking I'd give most of the major releases a look in to see the direction the genre was heading. Not that this actually means anything as for the most part everyone's looking for a WoW (World of Warcraft) killer. I personally can't see why decent MMO's can't exist side-by-side instead of having to face a public showdown. After all, Everquest and Asheron's Call are still going and have been for a damn sight longer than WoW has and I'm sure that's no skin off Blizzards back.

Aion steps into the scene with 2 major features. (1) that you can fly and (2) that it uses the Crytek engine. Flying of course holds a big attraction for people playing the fantasy side to MMO's as that's never really been offered in any mainstream way before and while people might jump-the-gun on using the Crytek engine as they're used to with Crysis it's actually been scaled extremely well to offer the chance to run it in the highest possible settings for a truly stunning result.

The general storyline is that you awake from a nap, being chastised by your seniors for falling asleep on the job and being sent off to start completing tasks for the generals and officers of each town. The first 10 levels of the game are basically an intro; something to get you used to your character choice and work towards becoming a Daeva (the bit where you get your wings). As you reach level 9 you'll get a quest that after completing means you'll transcend into another location, get your wings and have to choose a sub-class.

Starting off you get to choose between 2 factions and 4 classes. The faction you choose means that's where you'll stick – seeing as they're at war, socialising with the opposing side isn't really the 'done thing'. Each class you choose will later divide into 1 of 2 sub-classes once you reach level 10. The 4 classes you can choose from are:

The Warrior

The Scout

The Mage

The Priest

As always, with a factional choice, you can choose between the happy-shiny people (Elyos) or the dark-brooding bunch (Asmodian), while the general goon population is reserved for the Balaur. Thus completing a decent trio of Player Vs. Player Vs. Enemy (or environment) and opening up an array of challenges and scenarios that I'm sure NC Soft hopes will entice and retain interest from a wide scope of players. Seeing as Aion is still in it's Closed Beta stage time will tell on that one, but the hype and feedback that has surrounded Aion for some time now seems to have held it's chin above water. Whether this will be the case when other anticipated MMO's hit the shelves (Star Wars: The Old Republic, Final Fantasy XIV etc) time will tell. And no, I don't think it's a WoW killer, but God why do we always need to compare one against the other people?

So, the first 10 levels then. I felt like hitting things so went with a Warrior for eases sake and that I hopefully wouldn't have to worry too much about being thwacked about by everything I came across in noobsville. I was thankfully right about that much at least.

The graphics are great, I have to say that. I knew Crytek would have to think about how they'd scale their engine for the likes of an MMO and they seemed to pull it off really well considering I had my graphics all up to max. Very impressive. Additionally it's all the little things they've thought of, I mean not just the combat animations which at times are completely over-the-top, but just the little animations you character will do while standing around. If it's raining he'll grab a leaf to shelter under or if he's standing in a river he'll try to catch a fish. Of course, this doesn't make or break the game and I'm sure a lot of people will overlook this – but for a game that I was expecting to be all about the wings and nothing else it's been nice to see that they haven't forgot that immersion is particularly important in an MMO.

The first 10 levels are straight forward enough. You get quests in the typical fashion by asking for them and returning for your reward on completion. A new system that seems to have become popular for this is that you have your main storyline quests and you have some side-missions. Presumably the storyline ones will become more difficult at later levels resulting in groups completing them rather than trying to go it solo. It's a strong system that works for me as while we all want to complete the main missions to get the best gear, I can't stand simply grinding mobs in-between levels and so having some sub-missions at least gets a player involved once again with the world around them. Another valuable tick in the immersion box.

Once you do those first few levels and transcend to becoming a Daeva, obtain your wings and choose a sub-class, things start to get interesting. Not particularly from a quest standpoint, more that the options and interests increase. Customising your character in the first place was impressive enough for an MMO, but then to customise your armour to level you can means that no one should ever look the same. Something I can't bloody stand when it comes to MMO's. The crafting system is straight forward enough that most can at least have a go at it. Furthermore, the dynamic that is flight will bring a whole new level of strategy to PvP.

The music, graphics, animations and content are all there for sure. It's now largely going to come down to whether enough people join and the content keeps coming to keeping people around. In that respect I can see the game doing extremely well in the long run when players start to sink their teeth into the offered quests, raids and Player Vs. Player content

What will be the system and Internet connection requirements for Aion?

Minimum System Specifications:

Microsoft Windows XP SP2

*2.8GHz CPU or equivalent

1GB RAM

NVIDIA 5900 Ultra with 128MB RAM / ATI x700 with 128MB RAM or higher

**15GB Hard Disk space

DVD-ROM drive

Direct X 9.0c (6/2008 update)

Sound Device

Broadband Internet Connection

Recommended System Specifications:

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 / Vista

*Dual Core CPU 2.0GHz or equivalent

2GB RAM

NVIDIA 6800 with 256MB RAM / ATI x800 with 256MB or higher

**15GB Hard Disk space

DVD-ROM drive

Direct X 9.0c (6/2008 update)

Sound Device

Broadband Internet Connection

*Please be aware that on AMD processors the model number does not represent the actual CPU speed. A good list of AMD processor speeds can be found here. For example the Athlon XP 3200+ runs at 2.2GHz - which is below the minimum requirements.

idomu ar atsiras zaidzianciu globale (turbut po to kazkada atsiras ir private) as kolkas svarstau, zaidima kaip ir ipirkciau bet tas menesinis mokestis is manes tai graziai litus issiurbtu. veliau screenu game sumesiu

wallpapers, screenshots, concept art - the good stuff:

Got the key, tommorow gona try it out.

taigi, dar iki sekmadienio vyksta beta, i kuria jeigu neklystu reikia rakto. o rakta galima gauti, taipogi jeigu neklystu, is fileplanet, ten prisireginat ir turetumet gauti

Pats jau losiu ) spatalos serve (globalas)

Aion Vision Trailer

 

 

cia kaip galbut atrodys zaidimas ir ka sugebes kazkada ateity po atitinkamu patchu, be atrodo tikrai ispudingai

i watch this wid and i jizz in my pants nusprendziau kad man reikia darbo ir tada naujo pc

seip dabar su saviskiu ant minimumo losiu private. biski buggy bet bugus po 3 kartus i diena tvarko ir tikrai matos. servas: http://infiniteaion.com/ neperseniausiai pradejau bet zaidimas geras. vientik malonus dalykas kad jis gyvas. reaguoja i tai kur tu stovi arba oras. jeigu lyja issitrauks didziuli lapa, jeigu stovi vandenyje tai prades zuvytes prie koju gaudyti ir panasiai. reik eit dar pazaist ji dabar.

Man tai ten absoliuti WoW kopija. Net exp bar'o negalejo originalaus sugalvoti. Pasilieku as prie WoW

EDIT: Siandien gavau ban WoW serve kur as losiu tai eisiu pas jus i aion turbut

EDIT EDIT: kiek ten mazdaug zmoniu losia vakarais?

mane is wow isbanino nes hackinau taip pat noriu paklaust ar yra ant aion hack ?

Ir dar is kur man parsisiusti? -

Na oro/paros kaita buvo jau ir wow ir gan senai. Zhinoma aion chia pasistenge labiau, nes oras yra gerokai interaktyvesnis, veikeju idle animacija priklauso nuo oro, kas yra gan cool. Nors prie paros laiko kaitos galejo ir labiau padirbet, tai, kad tau akyse sutemsta per 1 sec ingame laikrodzhiui ishmushus numatyta valanda, tikrai neatrodo rimtai O sheip zhaidimas kaip ir visi, turi savu pliusu ir minusu ir kiekvienam svarstykles gali pakrypti i skirtingas puses.

Tai uz kokias klases losiat? As vis neapsisprendziu kuo but

matosi kad nerealus MMO! Bet jam irgi reikia nerealaus PC...damn!

Jis labai gerai optimizuotas, su netbooku losiu (o jis grabas yra ;D , heroes 5 su lagais paleidzia ) .

Jis labai "gerai" optimizuotas, kol nedalyvauji piliu puolime. O ten praktishkai net ir su galingiausiais pc daugiau 10 fps nematysi.