Aion 2 Has One Heck of a Character Creator Before You Ever Even Get to the MMO Gameplay | IGN Preview

My first MMO was Ultima Online, and despite the fact that my computer could barely run it, UO kicked off a long love affair with the genre that included time with games like EverQuest, Star Wars Galaxies, The Matrix Online, City of Heroes, FFXI and FFXIV, World of WarCraft, and a lot more. But I never really got into the Korean aspect of the scene, so when I got the chance to see Aion 2 at Summer Game Fest, I was both interested and knew I had some learning to do. My time with Aion 2 wasn’t hands-on, but I got to sit down with several members of the Aion 2 team – including Chief Business Officer Seung-Uk Baek, Director of Operations Daniel Lafuente, Executive Publishing Producer Merv Lee Kwai, Publishing Producer Scott Choi, and Senior Live Ops Producer Andrew Long. It’s rare for so many people from a studio to be present for a demo, but it helped me understand what Aion 2 was. By the time I walked out of that room, I came away with a much better appreciation for what it was and why you might want to check it out when it hits the West in September. My demo started with a look at the character creator, which is… extensive, to say the least. You can make the most beautiful person you