{"id":899,"date":"2010-08-05T22:44:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T05:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/?p=899"},"modified":"2010-08-05T23:54:57","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T06:54:57","slug":"ncsoft-dev-discusses-the-genesis-of-aion-at-gdc-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/ncsoft-dev-discusses-the-genesis-of-aion-at-gdc-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"NCsoft dev discusses the genesis of Aion at GDC Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aion<\/em><\/a> dev Yongchan Jee spilled the beans on the game’s origins as part of<\/a> a GDC Europe Q and A session. Gamasutra<\/a> were on hand to find out what exactly makes the game stand out in Korea. This included addressing a gap in the market for ‘AAA’ titles after the release of Lineage II<\/em><\/a> and World of Warcraft<\/em><\/a>, as well as focusing on a faction warfare angle which sees the two player-controlled races of the Elyos<\/a> and the Asmodians<\/a> fighting against each other and the terrifying Balaur<\/a>. Jee also discussed how the game was rebooted in 2006 and while this did affect the moral of the developers, it ultimately allowed them to start from scratch and create a truly memorable game.<\/p>\n

Lee also focused on the character customisation, discussing the concepts of beautiful and ugly characters in MMOs like World of Warcraft<\/em><\/a>, where Korean players often favour the Alliance over the Horde. He also explained why the devs chose to create Aion<\/em><\/a> as a zone-based MMO over a seamless world. Aion<\/em> fans should definitely check out Gamasutra’s write up for even more hints at Aion<\/em>‘s gestation and conception.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Aion, Lineage 2, Game mechanics, Lore, MMO industry Aion dev Yongchan Jee spilled the beans on the game’s origins as part of a GDC Europe Q and A session. Gamasutra were on hand to find out what exactly makes the game stand out in Korea. This included addressing a gap in the market for ‘AAA’ titles after the release of Lineage II and World of Warcraft, as well … Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[614],"tags":[4035,843,845,844,681],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lineage-2","tag-aion","tag-discusses","tag-europe","tag-genesis","tag-ncsoft","odd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t