WoW versus Aion: Graphics comparison of the MMORPGs

PC Games Hardware compares the visual quality of Aion: The Tower of Eternity and World of Warcraft on six detail shots. Apparently the Cryengine 1 of Aion can beat the graphics of WoW. They also mention that Blizzard will introduce a graphics update with WoW: Cataclysm.

[Nihilism]

I thought aion looked better than this

[Chris399]

There is NO visual comparison between WOW and this game. None at all. One is quite simply superior. I can play the game on Max settings and it looks like this:

http://www.aiononline.com/g...

From IGN, in case you think that was a bullshot:

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/i...

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/i...

Those "character" and "monster" shots in the article are indicative of how low the graphics sliders must have been tuned down for this comparison. In the actual game - running on moderate to high settings - characters have striations in their muscles, tattoos, and fully rendered manes and fur.

WOW doesn't look bad, though it certainly looks dated. Say what you will about Aion, but leave it's looks alone, the game is simply gorgeous.

[KRUSSIDULL]

Guild Wars kills both at lower system requirements lol.

[moe84]

/agree

[moe84]

It does... can look better. I have my settings at high/very high and it looks so much better than what's in the article.

**And wtf do people disagree with those asking questions? Clearly "disagree" answers what's being asked..**

[Sprudling]

I've seen better WoW-shots than those in the article. Just took a few myself. The graphics aren't great, but I still feel those in the article didn't do the game justice.

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[yesah]

youve got to be joking....

[evrfighter]

im in the open beta and to put it simply

It's Perfect World meets World of Warcraft. Not much originality to it really

it looks really nice though. I'm able to max it out completely 4xAA @ 100+ fps.

[gamesmaster]

wow, im buying my self a new pc. what system are you running? cant make my mnd up whether to get a i7 or a Q core

[Staircase]

The beta is very, very fun. I'm really excited for the full release.

[Midgard228]

ugggh hate these things.

well ontopic and my true feeligs im having way more fun in aion then i ever did in wow, and wow has been out for six yrs and aion is in beta. maybe cuz its more interactive and theres no way u can run 5 accounts at same time and raid with all ur pc's alone like in wow since Aions combat is more involved.

but graphics wtf that guy showin the screenshots has his stuff on low cuz wtf lol

tho its nice that wow will finally get a graphical update. hopefully its a big graphical update like the first everquest did with shadows of lucrin expansion. not just o its smoother or better lighting.

besides doubt they will fix all your clones running around in wow.

even at low lvls in aion almost no one looks the same, the faces, sizes of and hair styles of characters vary so much.

i say to each his own really.

hey guys did u know u cud wear a helmet in aion and in options u can hide the helm so u still get the stat increase without covering ur face or hair? i just learned that lol

[DirtyLary]

I only got through two of the private betas before I had enough of AION. Couldn't get pasted the anime look of the game, all the pastel colors and everyone wearing the same silly dresses. The game got incredible robotic and boring for me. I can't imagine going through with the Abyss Point grind. What a life waster.

[moe84]

To each their own, but just like every other mmo players start out wearing the same outfit depending on their class. Get a few levels in and start buying new gear. Get a few more, start seeing better drops and by level 10-13 you don't look like everyone else.

[moe84]

The game looks great. Don't let the pic linked to this article fool you. Aion is pretty fun as a whole. The controls definitely take some getting used to. Aerial combat especially. But all in all almost anyone should be able to get the hang of things early on.

Will Aion kill WoW.. doubt it. But here's to hoping Aion does better and lasts longer than the rest of WoWs, so-called "competition"

[NaiNaiNai]

I find aion much better then wow.

1 big reason.

I don't have to waste memory on add-ons.

[Darkfiber]

Here's your comparison. Aion is 4 years newer. It automatically has better graphics. Done. Aion will NOT kill WoW. People will try it out, but 90% will go back to WoW because it's "familiar". WoW has the advantage of being made by a multi-billion dollar company, and therefore can beat pretty much any other MMO because of the sheer size and content of the game. I played WoW for a while. It's a sh*tty game and seems to be getting even more "easy", but the majority of people who play it don't even play video games, so that game is obviously geared towards them, since there are a lot more non-gamers than gamers. Anyway, Aion will not beat WoW, but it'll probably do fairly well. The ONLY MMO that has a chance to come anywhere CLOSE to WoW is The Old Republic, simply because Bioware and LucasArts are throwing hundreds of millions of dollars at the project. Money doesn't equal a good game, but it does equal content, and at the end of the day, people care more about feeding their addiction with quantity rather than quality. Warhammer Online is hands down significantly better than WoW in pretty much every way, but it has 1/50th the subscribers that WoW does, simply because it didn't have the same budget and therefore does not have the same amount of content.

[Mutley416]

I don`t think I could stomach waiting on servers to be debugged and fixed...WOW offers a steady diet of PWNEG...I will however have to check out OR online...We all want to be a badass Jedi...The Force is what gives a Jedi his power...lol

[kraze07]

Comparing a game that's been out for years with a new one seems kind of dumb to me.