Aion

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  • Publisher: NCSOFT
  • Release Date: Sep 22, 2009
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  1. shenkenhigh
    Aug 3, 2022
    7
    Aion was a pretty descent mmo, despite the fact that not much people like it asian-style. But that was before 3.0 went live. Then the whole game went to h.
  2. nescko
    Jul 4, 2022
    10
    Шикарная игра до версии 5.0, актуальная версия мертва. Отличная система серий скилов, красивая графика даже на 2022 год, много классов персонажей ( даже не считая после 4.6 версии), отличное пвп, осады бездны и многое другое!
  3. Amorph0us
    Dec 9, 2021
    9
    Aion was a big step forward at that time. Graphics, soundtrack and aesthetics were great, but what was special with it was the great pvp system it used. The problem was that the grind was huge (as most of the korean games) and when the game was under gameforge its administration was terrible, so it took a downfall...
  4. nexus151196
    Feb 18, 2021
    9
    Лучшая ММО , в которую я играл. Сотни наигранных часов, обе фракции - шикарные, дизайн прекрасен. Особое внимание хочу уделить проработке локаций, поселений и городов, а так же нереальной музыке. Боевая система - прекрасная и глубокая, полёт - уникальная механика, а если в бездне - так вообще. Помню как в 2010 играл в первый раз - просто влюбился в игру.Лучшая ММО , в которую я играл. Сотни наигранных часов, обе фракции - шикарные, дизайн прекрасен. Особое внимание хочу уделить проработке локаций, поселений и городов, а так же нереальной музыке. Боевая система - прекрасная и глубокая, полёт - уникальная механика, а если в бездне - так вообще. Помню как в 2010 играл в первый раз - просто влюбился в игру.
  5. Frank-G-Review
    Jun 14, 2020
    9
    To be honest, AION is the only MMORPG that made me played for more than 5 years.
    This game is just so pretty and great in maps and music.
    Back then, AION was breath-taking good.
    This game offers you one of the best fantasy worlds in MMORPG industry.
  6. Destlay
    Feb 25, 2020
    8
    Айон - Для меня, когда-то, была прекрасной игрой. Завораживающая музыка, прекрасная графика к тому времени, динамичный геймплей и красивый лор. Три постоянно сражающихся рас, две из них играбельные. Бои в полёте. Широкая кастомизация. Но всё это было до введения новых персонажей. Они испортили всё: лор, геймплей. На сегодняшний день они
    даже удалили старые локации. Печально, что такая    Айон - Для меня, когда-то, была прекрасной игрой. Завораживающая музыка, прекрасная графика к тому времени, динамичный геймплей и красивый лор. Три постоянно сражающихся рас, две из них играбельные. Бои в полёте. Широкая кастомизация. Но всё это было до введения новых персонажей. Они испортили всё: лор, геймплей. На сегодняшний день они
    даже удалили старые локации. Печально, что такая игра погибает.

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    Aion - For me, it used to be a great game. Fascinating music, beautiful graphics by then, dynamic gameplay and beautiful lore. Three constantly fighting races, two of them playable. Fights in flight.
    Wide customization. But all this was before the introduction of new characters. They ruined everything: lore , gameplay. Today they even deleted old locations. It is sad that such a game is dying.    … Expand
  7. RowanBlack
    Feb 13, 2020
    3
    Visually pleasing, the character creation is pretty good. However, that is where my enjoyment of the game ended. The story is there but it's hidden behind a ton of reading (if I'm going to read a story it's going to be in a novel) and most quests are just point a to b or kill x. As a group up with friends to do this or that, create the story with my group as I go it might have moreVisually pleasing, the character creation is pretty good. However, that is where my enjoyment of the game ended. The story is there but it's hidden behind a ton of reading (if I'm going to read a story it's going to be in a novel) and most quests are just point a to b or kill x. As a group up with friends to do this or that, create the story with my group as I go it might have more appeal...a game as a service. However this is just pretty shell.… Expand
  8. stelm
    Feb 2, 2020
    5
    Ожидал, что будет хотя бы немного похожа на "линейку". Но, к моему сожаленю, это было не так. Меня хватило где-то на 3-4 месяца.
  9. Genek13
    Nov 15, 2019
    2
    FIrst MMO in my life and last one - hate this game...
    Maybe its not game for me, but still there are a lot of better options if you want to play at least a decent MMO type of game.
  10. kaanelif
    Mar 16, 2019
    2
    Aion in 2019. Welcome to the cancer :)
    Playing Aion nowadays is very bad idea if you dont have really huge leveled friends. Nobody will accept you to their guild.
    People not helping each other.
    You always need somebody to run but remember what? Nobody will help you.
  11. Sad-But-True
    Dec 7, 2016
    9
    A lot of things has changed in Aion, since I started to play 8 years ago. And let's be honest.. Gameforge completely wasted this game and changed Aion into their another, money digging MMO with restrictions and empty servers. Shame on you, Gameforge for ruining Aion in Europe.
    NCSoft NA version, is the only one I can recommend (beside Korean).
    What you should know before joining Aion and    A lot of things has changed in Aion, since I started to play 8 years ago. And let's be honest.. Gameforge completely wasted this game and changed Aion into their another, money digging MMO with restrictions and empty servers. Shame on you, Gameforge for ruining Aion in Europe.
    NCSoft NA version, is the only one I can recommend (beside Korean).
    What you should know before joining Aion and what changed during 8 years:
    For now Siel is the most populated server, followed by Israphel. Plus I've heard rumors about server merging. Events happens basically every week or two. Every 10 levels, starting from level 5, you are getting free stuff, such as armors, weapons, wings or other useful items, which is a big help for newcomers. You can play without pvp till level 65 on fast-track server. After that you will be spending time struggling with your race enemies (beside arenas, sieges in Abyss, or battlefields earlier), so there's a lot of time to learn the basics. Maps on standard server are unfortunately empty, because most of players prefer to play on fast-track server. It might be a plus for some people, or minus for others. Everything is about new maps - Iluma (Elyos) and Norsvold (Asmodian). And while leveling till 65-66 might be easy, since 67-75 it takes months if you're not a hardcore player.
    ** Economy isn't really stable, mostly because of constant events, but many items have own stable price. You can get kinah (in-game currency) in many ways, such as: crafting (first you should learn prices and know what sells the best or what is desired), extracting armors from quests/selling coins/manastones/potions/or other tradeable stuff from quests/grinding, events, participating in Taki's mission and collecting crystals then crafting items in Luna Shop or by finding your own sugar daddy. Yes- you will need a lot of kinah if you dont want to be a training dummy in PvP.
    ** It's not hard to find a party for popular instances such as early (or endgame) ADMA or THEO, ORB, DR, Sauro, Upper Abyss Barracks or camp-switching runs in Levinshor and many other. Many new instances has been added. Many of them are pretty challenging, because rewards will make you a billionaire.
    ** There's no queues anymore.. You don't have to buy additional content, everything is unlocked. You are not forced to buy items from cash shop, since, as you can read above, there's a lot of possibilities to make kinah. You dont have to grind coins anymore (plat, gold, silver, bronze) for weeks to get a gear. You can shapeshift into one of four elements now - Fire, Water, Wind or Earth, thanks to new essence system, available for Archdeavas. There's new crafting option for Archdeavas - Aetherforging.
    Plus A LOT OF NEGATIVE REVIEWS HERE ARE OUTDATED. If you decided to quit Aion from any reasons, give it another try. You won't regret it, since Aion have changed. For good, of course.    … Expand
  12. night4
    May 11, 2016
    5
    You can fly! Oh, wait, you can't really fly in most places.

    There's cool classes! Oh, wait, you can't even change from a cleric to a chanter if you chose priest. You can transfer your account from the US to/from EU versions! Oh, wait, you lose everything, including all your characters. You can solo/duo dungeons! Oh, wait, they're still boring and give terrible loot. There    You can fly! Oh, wait, you can't really fly in most places.

    There's cool classes! Oh, wait, you can't even change from a cleric to a chanter if you chose priest.

    You can transfer your account from the US to/from EU versions! Oh, wait, you lose everything, including all your characters.

    You can solo/duo dungeons! Oh, wait, they're still boring and give terrible loot.

    There are some cool ideas here, but the gameplay itself is too tedious.    … Expand
  13. XJT
    May 24, 2015
    3
    The game is quite bad, and I was pretty surprised for an old title like this. Initial leveling is fast and then it just bogs down and gets aweful. I couldn't figure out where I was supposed to go to grind and level - so I either ended up killing mobs over my head and then dying or killing trash for no xp. So many people wrote guides on where to go, but they are obsolete after 1-2The game is quite bad, and I was pretty surprised for an old title like this. Initial leveling is fast and then it just bogs down and gets aweful. I couldn't figure out where I was supposed to go to grind and level - so I either ended up killing mobs over my head and then dying or killing trash for no xp. So many people wrote guides on where to go, but they are obsolete after 1-2 years. I gave the game a full 2 weeks, but it was just to horrible to carry on any more. I can't imagine how miserable end game must be. Good luck to anyone to tries to play this horrid game.… Expand
  14. Frozenstar
    Jan 3, 2015
    9
    Best mmorpg I ever played,and i still play after many years.The only bad thing i could say it's that Aion Europe is kinda ruined by Gameforge for the fact that the company limits almost all stuff from the players.So to progress in the game you need to pay for gold packs and proceed,in spite of the fact that NA Aion is completely free!Population on the servers is fair enough.For the newBest mmorpg I ever played,and i still play after many years.The only bad thing i could say it's that Aion Europe is kinda ruined by Gameforge for the fact that the company limits almost all stuff from the players.So to progress in the game you need to pay for gold packs and proceed,in spite of the fact that NA Aion is completely free!Population on the servers is fair enough.For the new players out there I strongly recommend this game!… Expand
  15. Orhunkk
    Sep 27, 2014
    8
    I think Aion online is still improving.This is one of my favorite mmo's due to pvpve system, the character customization , item enchanting and game play. The details are beautiful and the creatures are unique.while in combat,zoom the camera in and check out by yourself.It's much like WoW but with better graphics and few new features.
  16. Federoff
    Aug 17, 2014
    6
    I really love this game, its a beautiful game, great graphics, great game play...sometimes. You can almost never socket successfully, and you get disconnected from the moment you start playing a lot of the time. The lag is quite real as well. If they can fix this problem then my review can change, but this is the highest i can give it right now.
  17. tirumati
    Aug 16, 2014
    0
    Pay to Fail... Period. You will never socket manastones or enchant gear without paying $20-$30 for EACH ITEM $140-$210 for a full set. Crafting... yup you will need to pay for a token to level that (if you don't it will take approx 20 successful crafts to go up one level). For all this money on a "free-to-play" game you will get 500-1000 ping during fortress seige battles, no customerPay to Fail... Period. You will never socket manastones or enchant gear without paying $20-$30 for EACH ITEM $140-$210 for a full set. Crafting... yup you will need to pay for a token to level that (if you don't it will take approx 20 successful crafts to go up one level). For all this money on a "free-to-play" game you will get 500-1000 ping during fortress seige battles, no customer support (3 months and still no response to a ticket I submitted), and no community managers in N. America. Terrible, terrible, terrible game...

    Just send a check to S. Korea. Less time consuming, cheaper, and less frustrating.    … Expand
  18. aatassi
    Jul 31, 2014
    6
    very similar to World of Warcraft in many ways : quests, craft, leveling, potions
    good things : graphics better then WoW or Guild War 1, character speak when casting a spell, wings used during flight, cities architecture, flight into circles to enter Balaurds homeland, flight in some dungeons
    less : quests annoying, timed flight, need potions between fights, not too many dungeons, enemy    very similar to World of Warcraft in many ways : quests, craft, leveling, potions
    good things : graphics better then WoW or Guild War 1, character speak when casting a spell, wings used during flight, cities architecture, flight into circles to enter Balaurds homeland, flight in some dungeons
    less : quests annoying, timed flight, need potions between fights, not too many dungeons, enemy infiltration, exploring enemy world, world vs world, world vs Balaurds

    it is free now with many updates, patches and expansions.

    Game play : 5/10, graphics : 7/10, background : 5/10, lifetime : 7/10, sound : 7/10, community : 6/10    … Expand
  19. sophiebr23
    Jul 30, 2014
    7
    Feels like too much grinding. However, past that issue, I feel like it is still one of the best MMORPGs out there. I play solo, I feel that I have to buy things in order to progress. The coin system to get better armors seems frustrating and repetitive.

    Saw lots of bots in lowbie area. :(
  20. dkao12
    May 13, 2014
    7
    I started playing Aion when it just started 4.0 build. So I don't know how much changed from the previous version so don't get anger that some parts were ruined or gotten better. I am just stating what kind of impression I got from this game. It could good and bad, you can play it or not that is your choice.

    1) Gameplay = The combat system is rather average with not a lot of depth to it    I started playing Aion when it just started 4.0 build. So I don't know how much changed from the previous version so don't get anger that some parts were ruined or gotten better. I am just stating what kind of impression I got from this game. It could good and bad, you can play it or not that is your choice.

    1) Gameplay = The combat system is rather average with not a lot of depth to it at all. I have played Gunslinger and Cleric till lvl 50 and realize there isn't much to it. It is like every other MMORPG out there which isn't bad to those who might enjoy these kinds of combat but doesn't mean it's good. The skills do get flashier and flashier as you level up and replacing older skills with the updated ones makes it look more appealing but I hardly notice a difference in usage. They have chain skills which isn't that extensive but it's there and it can be convenient(less buttons to click). The flight mechanic is surprising done well, the controls don't feel awkward and it is very responsive. The only gripe I can say about it is the lack of flight locations, you feel very restricted to the ground often. If you aren't grounded, flying around is pretty neat and I wished for more flight campaigns rather than PvP uses. The PvPvE is somewhat annoying if you aren't prepared for it but luckily you can avoid most of the PvP when you stay in the Fast-Track Servers and stay away from Standard Servers. 6/10 (    … Expand
  21. berkay1122
    Feb 18, 2014
    10
    Today Aion is the best MMORPG game around. if you reach 50+ level with your character (1-2 week) you will see how Aion is great ;)

    i played so many mmorpg (gw2, wow, lineage etc.) aion is the best so far.

    Im gonna keep play this beauty untill Archeage come out for EU :)
  22. goopyGoop
    Feb 12, 2014
    10
    Aion has kind of improved. There's much less grinding, you can level your character from 1-65 in like a week. The community is still terrible and so is the NCsoft support. There are still ganks and PvP is unbalanced, but isn't that the case in almost every MMO?
    I think you should definitely try the game, though. The character customisation is great, the music and the landscape (especially    Aion has kind of improved. There's much less grinding, you can level your character from 1-65 in like a week. The community is still terrible and so is the NCsoft support. There are still ganks and PvP is unbalanced, but isn't that the case in almost every MMO?
    I think you should definitely try the game, though. The character customisation is great, the music and the landscape (especially the new places) are beautiful. It involves much more group questing than it used to and it's much easier to acquire good gear.    … Expand
  23. DarkGamer
    Dec 30, 2013
    10
    It's a good M.M.O.R.P.G. with both PvE and PvP content that offers a. awesome. experience.......
    It offers a .lot of fun for a variety of users........
  24. Rudal
    Nov 13, 2013
    5
    Something that I was curious about after playing WoW for some time.
    I touched Linage 2 and didn't like it for game play and art style.
    When buying Aion I was a little afraid that the art style of the game will be the same of Linage and I was right.
    Aion doesn't discover anything new but at the same time doesn't improve anything.
    Game play was OK but art style wasn't something I liked.
  25. Gueste
    Aug 9, 2013
    3
    Took me ages to decide to check this one out and I am glad I didn't when it was still pay-to-play. After few months of playing I can say that out of big MMOs it's probably one of the worst. Sure it still looks gorgeous compared to most but graphics are not all. Most of the elements of this game are just bad. PvP is weird and forcing it on people trying to do regular quests makes bunch ofTook me ages to decide to check this one out and I am glad I didn't when it was still pay-to-play. After few months of playing I can say that out of big MMOs it's probably one of the worst. Sure it still looks gorgeous compared to most but graphics are not all. Most of the elements of this game are just bad. PvP is weird and forcing it on people trying to do regular quests makes bunch of them quit the game. It's too chaotic. PvE is boring and reduced to mindless grinding same missions 10, 30, 100 times. Classes are not balanced at all. Some depend on gear, some not. The fact that there is actually a PvP gear and you may want to have PvE AND PvP set is ridiculous. Rewards for missions are disappointing. The game is no newbie friendly. I see people having problems pretty often and not all of them are classic dumb noobs. There is bot infestation on every server and reporting does nothing cause nobody cares or checks those reports. Community is one of the worst things in this game though. Most of high level people are self entitled elites who call everyone a noob and refuse to associate with people outside their group of friends/legion (getting a group for instances for example is nearly impossible). And the lowbies are people who will most likely quit after getting ambushed by enemy faction for the first time while they are trying to get Essencetapping skill higher fro 10 hours straight. Cause that's the most important thing in the game along with getting crafting skills high which takes days of pointless standing and wiggling your arms around. Even grinding same stuff in Diablo 3 over and over again isn't as boring and pointless as most of the things in AION. Disappointing.… Expand
  26. haleypenguin
    May 5, 2013
    10
    This is one of my favorite mmo's due to the character customization and game play. The details are beautiful and the creatures are unique. Those that say that Aion isn't a awesome gaming experience haven't truly gotten into it. It's much like WoW but with out the Creature Race's.
  27. borged002
    Apr 23, 2013
    2
    Aion is a excellent game, but the western staff has done everything to kill the western playerbase.

    I've been playing this game for over 3 years, and I've been banned a total of 3 times. Players tend to report others simply because they got killed on PvP. The support staff is incompetent, often they refuse to give answers or reasons as why players get banned and they simply ignore    Aion is a excellent game, but the western staff has done everything to kill the western playerbase.

    I've been playing this game for over 3 years, and I've been banned a total of 3 times. Players tend to report others simply because they got killed on PvP. The support staff is incompetent, often they refuse to give answers or reasons as why players get banned and they simply ignore evidence.

    Currently the game has no active Community Managers, they got fired since the Seattle Offices were closed, leaving the players clueless about updates and events.    … Expand
  28. Jaz
    Feb 24, 2013
    5
    Beautiful game with superb character models and animations. Also the ability to flight. The potential was there, but that's it. Never realised. Flight time is too small, in specific areas only, too much grinding required and demanding cash shop. This game could have been so much better.
  29. MTR
    Jan 23, 2013
    0
    Warning to all new European users! This game at 23/01/2013 is a P2P, you must use real money to buy each month "1 gold pack". Without this item you cant do basic actions like buy/sell in market (broker) and have others big limitations that make impossible to play at level 20+.
  30. Neff
    Jan 15, 2013
    9
    i've played this game since it released, and it always keeps me coming back for more. It isn't prefect, and it's low drop rates and very gear orriented style of play may keep others from long term play, but i love this game and can't help but come back.
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#70 Best PC Game of 2009
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#17 Most Discussed PC Game of 2009
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#22 Most Shared PC Game of 2009

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 42
  3. Negative: 1 out of 42
  1. RPG Fan
    90
    Without a doubt, Aion is an incredibly polished experience that refines the best aspects of the genre and creates a spectacular new world. As a fan and critic of the genre, I wholeheartedly recommend Aion to both casual and experienced gamers.
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  2. Eurogamer
    70
    A streamlined, structured, gorgeous grind, an addictive and even rewarding grind if you're that way inclined, but a grind nonetheless. An ultimately grim and unvarying pursuit.
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  3. Gamers.at
    83
    Aion has definitely more potential than other most recently released MMOs. Its already quite a polished game, but lacks still some content especially for the high level range.
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