In a perfect world, everything is controlled by a balance between Chaos and Order. But what happens if things start to get messy and a great evil is about to unleash an epic conflict onto the universe? This is what NCsoft decided to unveil and also explain why Aion is a MMO bound to have success.

Aion is based on antagonistic relations between the demons and angels, between "The Chosen" and "The Fallen". The core of the Aion universe is Atrea, a world who's fractured in two. On the surface, like a giant shell, lies Elyos, the world of angels while on the interior of the sphere lies the Abyss, who's inhabitants are still unknown, except their name: Asmondiands. The only link between the two worlds is the Tower of Eternity.

When a great evil opens the gateways (Balaur), it awakens the Dragons imprisoned within the Abyss, who seek revenge on both worlds.

Our hero is a young man who has no memories about his previous life. All he remembers is a great battle with a great evil and pieces of information. He was able to fly and he had a very unique, beautiful sword. Except that, everything blurry and he has no idea who he is.

The story is based on his quest to discover his identity, what that battle meant and why the final blow of the battle was too much for him, leaving no memories.

On his quest, our hero's saga will mean a lot of decisions, decisions that will shape the story. For example, at a certain point, you will be given a quest from an ancient tree that will involve woodcutters chopping the forest. But at the same time, the woodcutters could help you with future quests. Aion is all about decisions and this is beautiful. There are no right or bad decisions and that way you decide to play the game is unique.

As you progress through the game, you will transform into a demon. Your "lair" will be into Abyss, and you will be able to teleport between the real world and the Abyss. You will be able to take quests from both realms as each realm has its own life. Finishing quests will give you experience, leading you to the possibility to buy skills. There will be a lot of skills available but at this stage of development not many have been implemented. One quest was impressive though. At level 10, you will be able to fly. Unfortunately, this happens only for a short period of time so you must plan your landing in advance. Failing to reach the land in that time will lead to hurting your character in some degree or even death if the fall is too much for him. After all he is not Superman.

The demo was quite short and we couldn't find much regarding the story but the graphics were impressive. It is a mix between Asian and Western graphic styles and it looks amazing.

Powered by the Crytec engine, you will witness beautiful weather effects, volumetric clouds, nice water with foaming shorelines, and of course gorgeous cities.

Considering NCsoft's dedication to bring beautiful and interesting MMOs and taking into consideration what we saw at GC, Aion is bound to be a successful game.