Aion: The Tower of Eternity Steelbook Edition | 
| From: NCsoft
List Price: $49.99
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 992
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Genre: online_massively_multiplayer_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Steelbook
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 8043243
Model: NC00468
UPC: 875646000468
EAN: 0875646000468
ASIN: B000VL4J9Q
Release Date: September 22, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The Thrill of Flight: Flying is a strategic and integral part of the game, adding a fresh dynamic to all aspects of the genre, including combat, quests, and exploration. | | • | Stunning World: Discover a meticulously crafted fantasy world brimming with otherworldly inhabitants, mysterious enemies, and ancient secrets. | | • | Innovative PvPvE: Aion introduces a new dynamic to MMOs by combining both PvP and PvE gameplay into an exciting new style. | | • | Intense Visceral Combat: Engage in a spectacular and evolving combat system utilizing combos, skill chains, counterattacks, and spectacular aerial combat. | | • | Unprecedented Customization: Take individuality to a new level through an incredibly in-depth character creation tool, advanced crafting systems, and extensive item customization. |
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Product Description
The MMORPG genre spreads its wings and takes flight in Aion the latest title from developer NCsoft. Aion is a visually stunning world where you fight in an epic celestial war between twin races of winged beings. Wielding devastating powers and the capability of genuine flight you must restore the balance to a beautiful world shattered by cataclysm. Customize your online experience like never before including character weapons and item customization in preparation for story-driven quests and innovative combat on land and in the air. Choose your side spread your wings and claim your rightful place among the immortals. Features: The Thrill of Flight Soar to great heights and battle in the open skies of Aion. Flying in Aion is not just a way to travel -- it is a strategic and integral part of the game dding a fresh dynamic to all aspects of the genre including combat quests and exploration. Stunning World Discover a meticulously crafted fantasy world brimming with otherworldly inhabit ants mysterious enemies and ancient secrets. Epic Adventure Experience captivating and story-driven quests as you play a critical role in a celestial civil war that has raged for hundreds of years. Intense Visceral Combat Engage in a spectacular and evolving combat system utilizing combos skill chains counter-attacks and spectacular aerial combat. Plan and execute raids against rival factions earn special ranks and rewards through victory. Unprecedented Customization Take individuality to a new level through an incredibly in-depth character creation tool advanced crafting systems and extensive item customization. In-Depth Crafting Created potent tools of war and defense through a highly flexible crafting system that extends to hundreds of items weapons and abilities. Innovative PvPvE Aion introduces a new dynamic to MMOs by combining both PvP and PvE game play into an
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| Aion is a visually stunning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), where players ascend to divinity and fight in a celestial war. Here they will wield divine powers and the capability of true flight, to bring deliverance to your people and restore balance to a world shattered by cataclysm. Choose your side, spread your wings, and claim your rightful place among the immortal legions of Atreia. This is the glory that is Aion. 
Develop your skill as a warrior.
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Admire the beauty of an ancient world.
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Delve into ultimate customization.
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Experience the thrill of flight.
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Quest through vivid environments.
View larger. | Explore the Stunning World of Aion
Explore one of the most amazingly beautiful and detailed MMORPGs ever as you fight to save a vibrant world ripped asunder by a celestial war. Choose between two divine factions, the Asmodians or the Elyos, and save your people from an ancient evil that threatens to destroy everything in its path. Over 1500 story-driven quests lead you through a wondrous and expansive world like no other. Experience the Thrill of Flight
Soar to great heights and battle in the open skies of Aion. Flying in Aion is not just a way to travel--it is a strategic and integral part of the game that adds a new dynamic to all aspects of the genre, including combat, quests, exploration, and harvesting. Engage in Visceral Combat
Engage in a spectacular and evolving combat system utilizing combos, skill chains, counter-attacks and stunning aerial combat. Group with friends or fly solo in the Abyss, where attacks can come from any direction. Experience the thrill of combat like never before. Unprecedented Customization
Totally customize your character through an incredibly in-depth character creation tool, advanced crafting systems and extensive item customization. Take individuality to a new level with the innovative Stigma system, allowing characters to utilize and combine skills and abilities not normally available to that particular character’s class. Key Features - Fight for the radiant, luminous Elyos or the grim, foreboding Asmodians in a massive celestial war raging all around you.
- Soar above the world and fight while airborne--the chains that bind you to the earth are gone.
- Adventure through captivating quests fit for an immortal.
- Hurl enemies down into stony chasms or pullem them mid-air in the Abyss. Tactics and strategy rule the skies in Aion.
- Customize your avatars to be truly unique.
- Reign over a world whose beauty, vibrance, and spirit shines with the brilliance of divinity.
- Join the battle in massed legions, with thousands of avatars to count as friends or to fight against as enemies.
- Experience an exotic atmosphere for adventure with an amazing musical score by Yang Bang Ean (Ryo Kunihiko).
- Behold a new graphical standard among MMORPGs--CryTek powers the heart of Aion.
Battle in a New Breed of Conflict
Battle for control of valuable strongholds and artifacts within the Abyss, a hotly contested battlefield resting between the upper and lower halves of Atreia. Plan and execute raids against rival factions, earn special ranks and rewards through victory, and prepare for unexpected attacks by the Balaur, an ancient race freed from imprisonment within the Abyss. System Requirements: | Minimum Specifications: | Recommended Specifications: | | OS: | Windows XP/Vista | | Processor: | Pentium 4 2.8GHz, AMD Athlon 2800 | Pentium Dual Core, AMD Athlon 64 X2 | | RAM: | 1GB RAM | 2GB RAM | | Video Card: | GeForce 6600, Radeon X1550 | GeForce 7600, Radeon X2600 | | Sound Card: | DirectX 9.0c compatible | | DVD-ROM: | Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive | | Hard Drive Space: | 30GB of free space or more | | Other: | Internet connection, keyboard and mouse; Fee for online play | | |
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 Good game ruined by NCWest incompetence/indifference November 24, 2009
Product Master (Silicon Valley)
As far as I can tell, as of 11/23/09, this game seems to be dropping off significantly in terms of population, at least on my server. Personally, I credit this to inability or unwillingness on the part of the game developers/operators (NCWest) to
1. Balance the two races such that meaningful PvP can occur. As it stands now, being an Asmodian is a constant series of losing battles where you are outnumbered at least 2 to 1. I would imagine that some might enjoy being on the other side (the Elyos) and slaughtering other players with no effort, but such is not for me.
2. Bots (characters controlled by software, with no one actually at the keyboard) are rampant, almost completely uncontrolled by GM's (Game Masters), simply because there is very little GM presence in the game. I suspect that since GM's need to be paid at least some salary, their numbers are kept low.
3. Kinah (game money) sellers (usually closely aligned with bots) not only broadcast in the chat channels, and send you private messages, they camp right in front of the brokers. Again, GM enforcement of the rules against this is almost nil, which causes any respect for the other rules (Terms of Service) to evaporate.
4. The logic for gaining XP (Experience Points, which drive the advancement of your character) is such that, at least in the general player opinion, grouping with other players is actually detrimental. Almost everyone solos. Expect a lonely first few weeks of play, until you have achieved the crucial level 25, at which point grouping becomes more necessary to survival.
5. Last, but not least, the chat channels (especially the critical LFG (Looking For Group)) have been taken over, generally, as a teen chat channel, full of obscenities, racism, anti-semitism, and references to illicit substances and adult activities. Yet again, no GM oversight. I have encountered some mature, reasonable people in groups, but not many. I do not recommend that parents permit children under 18 to play this game.
In short, the better-known World of Warcraft has nothing to fear from Aion Online. I expect it to soon go the way of other MMORPG failures, such as Age of Conan, Vanguard, or Everquest II.
 Play it now! November 22, 2009
Wendell Albin
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this game, knowing it won't last me forever- but it's a really great MMORPG and has faster ways of grouping. You can even solo your way to 50. The time taken to achieve level 50 is dependent upon the class you chose to play. In my own opinion- I found Spiritmaster really easy to get around. (Just overload your character with Magic Boost and some Magical Accuracy and you can tear through mobs like nothing). People keep complaining about RMT , but money isn't even hard to earn in this game!
What's hard is earning Abyss stuffs.
Just give it a shot.
At least stick to this MMORPG prior to the release of FFXIV Online :)
Needs work November 14, 2009
Ryan Scobey (Michigan)
This game is lacking after level 25, content is a grind and the pvp is a giant zerg in the abyss.
 Aion review November 13, 2009
Andy Ryan Dillon
Its okay, Assassin class does too little damage to make up for being weak, making the class extremely difficult. Nothing major that some balancing couldnt fix. Great visuals and storyline. Quests need to give out more experience than they currently do, its not making them worth it, grinding seems faster.
Lacking... to put it nicely November 12, 2009
C. Blair
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
They claim this game is "polished" yet to me it seems like it should still be in beta EASILY! My character stops attacking randomly, gold spammers ruin any type of chat system, falling off cliffs tends to show you fall off of them multiple times (horrible network code I guess), the gold system is designed to be inflated (i have 768k at half way thru the game! what does a rich person have?? like 20 gajillion?), gathering is screwed up because if you click on a node and successfully gather it then try right again it fails you (they make you wait some small delay but it's all guesswork on your part), healers don't get points for healing friendlies in pvp, it's a grind fest, very easy to end up running out of quests and not knowing where to go next, the list can go on and on.
I'm sure there are some good points to it but if I had to give someone the choice of WoW or this game (since they are basically same $) I would go with WoW by FAR.
NCSoft seems to not think they need to fix anything either. There have been no major patches and only patches I have seen fixed stuff like typos!!! haha TYPOS?? ?that's what they are focusing on right after North America Launch??
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