Death From Above

During the beta weekend I leveled a Elyos Gladiator to lvl 19, and an Asmodian Sorcerer to lvl 10. I modeled and named them after characters from Zelda:

Linkros

Ganondorph

The character customization is the best I’ve seen in an MMO. In fact, it’s as good as or better than Mass Effect’s.

I didn’t get high enough to enter the big PvPvE zone (The Abyss), but the PvE quests I did were well written and seemed to have flow. The “campaign” quests you do sometimes show a small cut scene as your character’s story progresses.

I had a lot of fun with Aion this weekend and I can’t wait for it to be released. September can’t come soon enough.

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For those of you unfamiliar with the Zelda characters I based these guys off of:

Link

Ganondorf

The future depends upon thee, Link... Thou art courageous...

November 23rd 2008 marked the 10 year anniversary for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This is the game that started it all. My Woodstock. The game that changed the way video games were made. The spark that would ignite my passion for video gaming and fuel my longing for epic adventures, sacred blades, and heart containers.

I remember playing this all Christmas day. Trying to find enough rupees for the Kokiri shield, navigating through the maze for the Koikiri sword, braving the depths of the Deku tree. I’ve played it so many times by now I could do all 3 “kid-link” dungeons in one sitting. So many good memories tied to this game.

Except for that damn water temple.

It may be all the nostalgia that comes with it, but I dare say I havn’t played a zelda that I’ve enjoyed more thoroughly that OOT, and I’ve REALLY enjoyed pretty much every post-OOT zelda game to date. Wind Waker and Twilight Princess come close, and are both probably better games when I sit down and think about it over a glass of Lon Lon Milk, but theres something soothing about those 64-bit graphics that warms my heart and makes me want to wear a green tunic and run around chopping bushes with a sword.

I’m anxciously looking forward to see what Nintendo has in store for the next 10 years of zelda games. In fact, Nintendo, if you’re reading this….NEVER STOP. Just don’t. If Miyamoto and Aonuma pass away, just freeze their brains and put them to work on more zelda.

Thank you.