29Jul/090
The next big thing
After playing in the past couple beta events, I can say with a good amount of certainty that Aion has a chance to be the next big MMO. Will it unseat WoW from the top spot? Unlikely, but it'll certainly have more players than AoC and WAR...combined.
The video below uses all in-game graphics! No CGI at all. You can watch a higher quality version of the video over on Facebook. YouTube always sucks for quality, even in HD.
Now for as good as this game looks, the performance is even better. On my 8800GT system with 4G of RAM, I get around 120FPS outside, and around 80FPS in major cities. Those are better numbers than I get in WoW, by a long shot. The CryEngine is far and away the best engine found in any MMO to date.