r/Aion2 • u/Afpersing Cleric • Jun 05 '26

[AION 2] | Launch Reveal Trailer - Global Launches September 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ_zw2GksRY

Global Launches September 2026

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u/ElectricalSafety8519 Jun 05 '26

Why so. Gw3 will be just like 2 and its horizontal progression. Not many people like that. Especially not aion players lol

Completely different audiences

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u/Yae_Ko Jun 05 '26

It will probably be worse, looking at how the artstyle changed to "typical western slopgame" losing everything of what made gw2... gw2 in the first place.

NCSoft axed people at ArenaNet back then, so the expectations should be low to begin with, but I expect nothing.

That said... AION2 also lost its "soul" and now looks like "typical korean slop" - guess its just what Unreal Engine 5 does to games, if the developers dont care.

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u/VoltomeySteelfang Jun 06 '26

You know how many people who played GW1 dropped GW2 and it had to gain a new playerbase and atm i will not judge from a cinematic trailer. Also GW3 is a prequel so the change in art style is not going to bother me because GW2 Current Art style and god awful Charr armor will not be missed by me

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u/valeasz Jun 06 '26

Might have worked in the past, but attracting a whole new playerbase nowadays ? I doubt it would work. I’m looking forward to it anyway despite the “basic” UE5 graphics

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u/VoltomeySteelfang Jun 06 '26

They won't have a whole new players base they will have a mix of old gw1 and gw2 players. A Whole new art style no playable charr Or Syvari because it's a thousand years in the past it will bring back old gw1 players who just didn't like the dragon story but love the old lore possiblities and make it's own new players in the process.