A very pretty grind. That's all you will get out of Aion. Classes are very imbalanced making PvP laughable. The graphics are excellent but it only seems to mask the bleak and boring gameplay.

The visually stunning environment quickly grows old as it becomes clear that there is no creativity in the game play. I leveled to 40 and canceled my account after realizing that there is nothing but a grind.

The boss fights seemed to be tank and spank, followed by spank and tank for some variety. The crafting system is repetitive and monotonous. Buy mats, hit a station, click go, and wait. After a couple minutes you get a point. Repeat 100’s of times if it pleases you, but watching bars scroll isn’t exciting.

Aion is a wonderful looking game and is full of great animations beauty and its such a shame to see that the game is very simple and lacking in depth.The Quests are boring as they are your typical MMORPG rubbish, Grind or Collect Quests(Many of which are repeatable which is horrible).

If only they had some inventive quests like some of ones i've seem on World of Warcraft or Warhammer Online.The Worst thing is that with the flight element there could of been some fantastic quests but the developers have seen fit to basically make a lot of the PVE Zones a "No Flight" areas which completely ruins one of the games best parts.

 The Game is also too contained and linear as it is very low on zones and you just work your way around one and then another and another..... etc.The One Feature i do like about the game is the PVP or as it is in aion PVPVE which is essentially a huge never ending battlefield known as the abyss where your in a constant battle against an AI and Player race where you attempt to capture Artifacts (Which can be used to unleash great powers to either benefit the controlling race or destroy there enemy's.The Abyss allows flight so combat can be interesting and fun.The Abyss also allows you to get points to buy the very powerful Abyss gear. Another Problem is the game does not get very interesting until after level 25 as this is when you can enter the abyss and start doing instances but i fear that many players will get bored before they reach that level and quit without fully experiencing what the game has to offer.

Another nice feature is the Stigmas which are items that when attach to the character allow them to perform powerful spells. A character can only use a certain number of stigmas at a time and must equip them at a Special NPC who will charge them Stigma Shards to Equip.

Character Creation is also an enjoyable part of the game as they are many options to choose from a palettes for parts like hair colour, eye colour, skin colour etc but way to many Emo Haircuts.

There are many improvements this game could use including some inventive quests, more zones, more pre-25 content and an addition of land mounts to name a few. Aion has heaps of potential and needs some major changes to fulfill it. Hopefully it's developers will see the light and make appropriate changes either in the form of content updates or an expansion pack.Though i will kill NC-Soft if they don't get some decent bot protection and a report button for gold sellers.

PS. Theres a reason this is the only mmo i have made a female character on. ;)

AT ALL I GIVE THIS GAME A RATING OF 6/10