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Published by: NCsoft |
By Emanuel Avram
Published: October 29, 2009
Print Quick, quick! Before something happens, let me get this review started! Truth is Aion was one of the unluckiest game I have to review. So many other problems occured while I was playing, that my experience with the game is limited. Yet, I will still write this article, for two main reasons: I think I've got enough for a certified opinion, and on the other hand, I don't like it that much to keep playing for now.
I know... this is a weird one... Aion: The Tower of Eternity has everything in its favor, every aspect from the impressively looking fantasy graphics to great sound and music, a complex character editor and a solid game engine based on Crytek's CryEngine 1, used in the first Far Cry game.
Yet somehow for me, the sum of its parts doesn't make the cut for me. I gave the game a few shots. You can't say I've been my usual stubborn, naysayer self. Plus I've seen some people really loving the game in the process. Everything is so much more difficult because I really can't recommend you the game or advise against it. Instead, I will try in the following lines to give you the good and the bad just as I see it and leave you there, so you can make your decision...
The lore as expected in these MMORPGs is complex and complicated. What you need to know is that the world of Atreia was created by the benevolent god Aion. Then, humans were created, and the Draken to watch over them. But some Draken rebelled, wanting more power from the creator. Calling themselves Balaur, they tried to take control of the Tower of Eternity, the source of Aion's power. Thus, Aion created twelve Empyrean Lords in order to protect the tower passing through the middle of Atreia.
In time, some of the humans learned to harness the magic energies that passed through the Tower of Eternity, the same energies that gave the Empyrean Lords and Aion their powers. Such special beings, demi-gods, were called Daevas, and helped the Empyrean Lords in their epic struggle against the Balaur.
As even the mighty Empyrean Lords became divided, the world of Atreia was shattered in the great Millenium War. Two major factions, the Elyos and the Asmodians became mortal enemies, and yet they both were fighting against the same foe: the Balaur.
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