Aion VS Blade and Soul

[ArcDevil]

Actually TBH it's because I prefer the look of B&S over Aion. That was just the First screenshot I saw.

the engine is better, i totally grant you that. but gfx are not the be all,end all...and Aion is more "mmorpg" if u know what i mean...

still i hate stalkers rping lolis :3

[Ponder]

the engine is better, i totally grant you that. but gfx are not the be all,end all...and Aion is more "mmorpg" if u know what i mean...

still i hate stalkers rping lolis :3

I like style better. I am interested in Aion as well just more along the lines of "I wonder how it's gonna turn out" for B&S just seems alot more fun to me but, we will have too wait and see.

[rexke1]

i've chosen Blade And Soul , because it just looks more promising to me for now.

But i believe Aion will have way more players than Blade And Soul

[LeonXIII]

I was really looking forward to playing Aion, but after seeing a B&S gameplay vid, I'd go with B&S.

Pros (IMO):
-better combat system
-fast paced fighting
-Skills look cool (Hoping it isnt skill dependant like Cabal)

Cons:
-characters look kiddy...
-graphics aren't the best

As for Grinding...Could be anywhere from Guild Wars grinding to L2 (I'm hoping its WoW grinding...)

[cinderboy]

You guys have not even seen an actual interface of BS, i mean B&S, yet already hyping up via a few trailers where all games look stunning in any trailers =/

and judging from the design, i dont think there will be tons of cool equip. i dont think ppl can scale walls wearing some platemail or dragonbone armor.

[Ponder]

You guys have not even seen an actual interface of BS, i mean B&S, yet already hyping up via a few trailers where all games look stunning in any trailers =/

and judging from the design, i dont think there will be tons of cool equip. i dont think ppl can scale walls wearing some platemail or dragonbone armor.

Depends on what you call cool. I personally prefer light cloth to heavy metal.

And I remember when Aion Trailers were being released I thought it looked alright nothing I'd update my PC for, though. B&S actually looks fun to me. IDC if the gameplay fails I can't judge either games by gameplay right now since I have yet to play them.

[cinderboy]

Depends on what you call cool. I personally prefer light cloth to heavy metal.

well to each his own, i like my MMORPGs to be mainly still the old fashion way. If i wanna climb walls and buttseck enemies, I would go back to MGS =/

[ArcDevil]

I like style better. I am interested in Aion as well just more along the lines of "I wonder how it's gonna turn out" for B&S just seems alot more fun to me but, we will have too wait and see.

yeah,it will all boil down to preferences.NCSoft games are always awesome and dont dissapoint anyone...also both titles seem to cater more to the "western" playstyle ,small grind ftw.

[LeonXIII]

That's the #1 thing i hate about a lot of gamers. They only join games cuz of "cool" looking armor. Reminds me of WoW and PvP whores....

IMO, Aion armor looks like upgraded Power Ranger armor

[cinderboy]

Addressing this. RO uses the same sprite for each class. I played that for almost 7 years(On and off).

Am I the only one who is questioning why Mortal Online hasn't been up yet? It's another "Next Gen" MMORPG.

erh, mind telling me how old is RO and when it was published ? I'm surprised you brought such an old game into all these comparisons. And at least RO has different spirites for each class and class advancements, together with helmet designs.

[LeonXIII]

WoW's armors are getting more and more disgusting.

Its the first time I actually heard someone complaining about why ppl play games only for the armors. Geez. Its a MMO, dude.

I agree on the WoW portion, Blizzard designers really need to step up their drawing skills and the game designers need to step up their programming skills.

And Cinderboy, It was my opinion. Take it or leave it, that's just the way I feel. I admit, I do like cool looking armor, but that shouldn't make it the only reason for you to play a certain game. It's just like my friend who played this one game for a week straight just to get the end-game armor, then started *****ing to me about letting him play such a bad game >_>

[Ponder]

erh, mind telling me how old is RO and when it was published ? I'm surprised you brought such an old game into all these comparisons. And at least RO has different spirites for each class and class advancements, together with helmet designs.

2001 That's 8 years soon but, it's going stronger then a lot of other MMORPGs regardless of no Armour or customization and trust me it's not that hard to get too second job.

[LeonXIII]

2001 That's 8 years soon but, it's going stronger then a lot of other MMORPGs regardless of no Armour or customization and trust me it's not that hard to get too second job.

Wasn't RO2 supposed to let the player customize outfits completely?

[Ponder]

Wasn't RO2 supposed to let the player customize outfits completely?

They had equipment showing, yes. My friend in iRO made a joke one day he is an Archer he was wearing Tights and Crystal Pumps and he was like man I wish RO showed equipment, lol.

[shofuji]

I was really looking forward to playing Aion, but after seeing a B&S gameplay vid, I'd go with B&S.

Pros (IMO):
-better combat system
-fast paced fighting
-mid rate grinding
-doesn't always depend on skills ( like Cabal >_>)

Cons:
-characters look kiddy...
-graphics aren't the best

Interested in the bolded parts, the game hasn't even been released yet o.o
How can you know?
I could possibly see the skill based thing(as in skills as a player vs the player character's skills) but with nothing to base it on but videos that are almost always misleading, isn't this setting expectations a bit high?
But the grinding part could be anywhere from guild wars' "lack of grind" to L2*'s "damn it when will it end?!" grind.

Not to condemn your points but all of this speculation. Actually, the article is at fault for trying to compare an a pizza that's been already made and a pizza that is still in the oven...I'm hungry >_>

*Replace L2 with your grinder of choice.

[cinderboy]

wow...i can't tell gameplay for promo vid, damn you youtube!! All i can say is that regardless of the grind, features would still make you play

I'm not sure if you are trying to be funny, or just totally ignorant, yeah, you can't tell a game's gameplay via a trailer.

What features are there in B&S ? Care to share ?

[Ponder]

wow...i can't tell gameplay for promo vid, damn you youtube!! All i can say is that regardless of the grind, features would still make you play

Back to the topic, if anything NCSoft learned there lesson with L2 never to make another grindy again and learned that GW's didn't have enough grind so going logically the game should be a mid grind(Maybe a month or 2 to cap)

[LeonXIII]

Depending on your definition of "Features", I like the layout of the landscape, character models (I do admit it lacks armor), skill animations (I'll admit that you need skills to make the game look cooler, I'm just hoping its not skill dependant, like exp for Cabal). I think its the Promo vid that got to me... I'm a sucker for games that have a good SGI trailer.

List of my expectations:
2Moons - Crazy nice SGI, game epic failed imo
S4 League- Very nice SGI, game was good but got repetitive
All Aeria Games - nice SGI trailers, all games Failed tho

I think you get my point

[cinderboy]

Back to the topic, if anything NCSoft learned there lesson with L2 never to make another grindy again and learned that GW's didn't have enough grind so going logically the game should be a mid grind(Maybe a month or 2 to cap)

L2 was never grindy for the koreans, its just that they are used to it. not sure if ncsoft actually bothered to tweak the EXP to suit NA gamers. looks like they are doing alot of localization for the english version, just got to wait.

Depending on your definition of "Features", I like the layout of the landscape, character models (I do admit it lacks armor), skill animations (I'll admit that you need skills to make the game look cooler, I'm just hoping its not skill dependant, like exp for Cabal).

aint that more of design and style ? never knew there was more than one meaning for features of a particular MMORPG... oh well =/

[LeonXIII]

Iono, design and style always fell under features in my book....*shrug* who knows? Either way, we'll just have to wait and see

[neothaka]

a brilliant comparison, especially considering one of the two games has not yet reached a playable phase of any sorts ...

They should kill the original author of that article on *******

[raged]

I agree on the WoW portion, Blizzard designers really need to step up their drawing skills and the game designers need to step up their programming skills.

lol?
and first time i hear that wow programmers suck considering its one of if not the smoothest most fluid coded game out their.

[neothaka]

lol?
and first time i hear that wow programmers suck considering its one of if not the smoothest most fluid coded game out their.

and here comes the bias and fanboyism again ...

[LeonXIII]

and here comes the bias and fanboyism again ...

lol f'real

[Ponder]

which one has more boobs and panty shots?

That's be B&S it has "wind" and the skirts blow up all the time.