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Posted: Apr 6th 2008 2:37PM (Unverified) said

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I'm calling it. War and AOC are getting all the attention, but Aion will be a sleeper hit.

The vast majority of people who actually research the development of this game are pleasantly surprised. Too bad so many are just looking at a few screenshots and calling it "another asian grind fest".

Posted: Apr 6th 2008 8:48PM (Unverified) said

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Wait, a braggably flexible user interface means moving some elements from the bottom of the screen to the top? Am I missing something? There are games out now with window shaping, opacity and color options, font changes and even custom skin loading.

We can't keep patting these games on the back because they've improved upon the games of yesterday, I expect the next UI to blow the current ones out of the water to get my attention.

Though, I'm kind of a HUD-hater, and modern MMOs are half-screen HUD games nowadays. I generally minimize my on-screen clutter as much as the game comfortably allows.

Posted: Apr 6th 2008 10:58PM (Unverified) said

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I could be wrong but isn't Aion running on a licensed (and possibly upgraded) version of the Guild Wars engine? The interface & gameplay video look exactly like a re-skinned/re-imagined version of ArenaNet's hit game.

Posted: Apr 6th 2008 11:06PM (Unverified) said

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iisdev: I believe Aion is running on the Crysis engine

Posted: Apr 7th 2008 11:37AM (Unverified) said

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Crysis engine is correct.

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