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So what exactly is AION? Set in a world of magic, more specifically the planet of Atreia, dragons and other wondrous creatures roam the lands with this planet being broken asunder by two warring factions, "Asmodians" and the "Elyos". AION Game Walkthrough Guide
To compound a situation, a gateway into the abyss has been breached which threatens to wake an ancient dragon and both factions are now in danger which is where the players comes into the story. Thankfully Impulse Gamer was given an exclusive invite into the BETA testing of the servers and on the 18th of July 2009, it was time to venture into the world of AION.
The first thing you will notice about AION is the graphics which are visually quite impressive and the attention to details is quite surreal. Using the Crytec game engine (Farcry), the minimum specifications include the following, although we would highly recommend something slightly more powerful to play the game in full detail and resolution which I must admit is a amazing graphical experience. All the characters in the game are very well modeled with some high resolution texture details, hence the reason for a high-end system.
Minimum System Requirements: Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 2.8GHz CPU or equivalent 1GB RAM NVIDIA® 5900 Ultra with 128MB RAM / ATI Radeon? x700 with 128MB RAM or higher 15GB hard disk space DVD-ROM drive DirectX® 9.0c (6/2008 update) Sound device Broadband Internet connection
Recommended System Requirements: Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2/ Vista Dual Core CPU 2.0GHz or equivalent 2GB RAM NVIDIA® 6800 with 256MB RAM / ATI Radeon? x800 with 256MB or higher 15GB hard disk space DVD-ROM drive DirectX® 9.0c (6/2008 update) Sound device Broadband Internet connection
There are a variety of impressive effects in the game from spells to realistic weather effects and even the small touches in the game such as a mage creating a giant leaf from thin air in order to use as an umbrella makes the experience quite magical. AION PC Walkthrough Strategy Guide
AION allows you to explore this giant gaming world, however where the title does shine is through the ability of flight which allows gamers to fly through the clouds and reach difficult to reach areas in the game.
However, before walking through the world of AION, players must create their Avatars and needless to say, the game boasts one of the best customizations around that is only limited by the players imagination. The game two factions that include "The Asmodians", a strong race who have become twisted and scarred from the cataclysm that split the world. Even though once human-like in appearance, their disassociation with the world have caused them to evolve into something "cursed".
The "Elyos" on the other hand have transformed into something uniquely different from The Asmodians and have become creatures of light who still believe that they are blessed by the Creator God, Aion, however their burden has become their forced superiority.
Apart from these two races, The Balaur are a threat to everything decent in this universe and were the creatures responsible for this breach to occur. Even though they were sealed in the Abyss for their actions, some have managed to escape and once again threaten the very fabric of reality.
Once you have chosen your race and one of the classes to play which include Warrior, Scout, Mage and Priest, you then have the option of selecting a character from either the Asmodians or the Elyos, thus giving you access to plethora of customization options from facial appearance, hair, voice etc, giving you ownership of the character. Of course, the classes represent the standard Sword and Sorcery archetype characters.
Thankfully once you reach level 10, you can then customise your classes, giving the player even more choices in this MMO. When you do reach level 10, you also get your "wings" which allows you fly in the world of Atreia, although unfortunately we could not test this feature as our humble Mage Kalthanan was only up to level 8 by the time we finished playing this BETA testing weekend. It should be noted that flying has a time limit and is restricted to certain areas due to key elements in the story. This keeps things fair as well.
Once in the world with no manual or instructions, we were a little lost and most testers were in the same boat as us. We of course started attacking the local creatures in the game to boost up our experience points.
Eventually our experience points started going up and upon visiting the local town, we discovered a mage who assisted us with new spells and spell books. Back hunting for more monsters and our experience points soon started an upward spiral.
In the mean time, we chatted to other BETA testers who were thoroughly enjoying this experience and some of the entertaining emoticons were quite cool. The battle system was quite easy to navigate, simply right click on your enemy and viola, it's fight time.
Mages have access to different spells that in relation to warriors, they have access to different equipment. Some of the spells lead onto other spells such as the fire spell which opens up another spell that is timed and is a great for a final attack.
The menu system in AION is a little confusing, however after a day of playing, we finally figured out where most of the information lived. The game is dubbed as a PvPvE game which allows players to battle monsters and of course each other.
Thankfully there are safe zones for players to venture into and you can challenge players politely as well. Of course the main crux of the game is to join a group and travel to distant lands in search of fortune and glory plus a healthy dose of experience points.
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Posted by on September 27, 2009