So, Elyon, which was formerly known as A:IR (Ascent: Infinite Realm) has finally made its debut in the West and I do want to say first and foremost I had fun. Now, I’m not going to make Elyon into something it’s not. It’s not GOTY (Game of the Year) material. It’s built on Unreal Engine 3, it has dated graphics, they have gutted a large part of the Aerial Combat, and it has a potentially P2W cash shop.
All those things aside, that stuff shouldn’t matter. What should matter if the game is fun, and I’ll say this, I wish the CBT had been longer. I got bogged down playing Warlord and didn’t give enough time to Mystic. Well obviously I know what I’m going to be playing first come the next CBT.
Also shout-out to Karim the Community Manager at Kakao Games focused on Streamers and Streaming. He was nice enough to hook me up with Beta keys this time around. Always like working with Content Creator programs.
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00:00 – Video Start
00:25 – A+ to the team for handling Day 1 Delays
01:17 – Con 1 – P2W
03:00 – Star Blessing Package
03:39 – Con 2 – RNG on Gear
05:05 – Con 3 – Dailies and the game being a second job
06:02 – Transition to Pros – The Game is Fun
06:52 – Pro 1 – Intense Character Customization
10:01 – Pro 2 – Housing
11:14 – Pro 3 – So much to do every day
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Glad you enjoyed it! I do love the skill trees, I love been able to change it up they have done really well, I enjoyed that the most. But the game didn't keep me hooked all weekend, so i'll take that as a sign and pass. But I hope you keep providing content as it's always great to watch.
I bet in less than a year this will have items to increase enchanting chances/lessen failure cost in cash shop, just like BDO. Bait and switch.
Very good even-handed review. I especially like the Cons then Pros approach. Well done.
Even though I'm giving it two soft passes, which equals a hard pass, I wanted to hear your positives, so this review style lends itself to open-minded understanding. You can consider this an endorsement of future content in this style.
The questing design in this game is dogshit lvl sorry, the fact that you can't change some keybinds is just stupid, I had fun in beta with character customization but looking at the pve side it lacks quality overall.
hmm your voice change , did you change your mic ?
I will not buy this game, if it was a sub base then yes, they will turn this into a P2W cash grab. Something with Sword of legends online it will turn into a P2W cash grab
It looks like Black dessert ate Tera and took a shit and that shit is called elyon. I can see the little bits of both games in this vid but none of the fun parts, lost me at cash shop and rng gear progression.
ah sadly it looks like scuffed BDO from cons
The gear RNG is not really a con for me. It just means those upgrades you get will be more meaningful and something to grind for.. that's just my take though.
Star Blessing is going to be a Must Have, just like Gift Pack in BDO. You will need this if you are Maining Elyon and plan to play it 'Hardcore'
They will also sell RNGesus Fighting items, which you will want if you are Maining Elyon and plan to play it 'Hardcore'
If you don't want to play it Hardcore, you won't need to spend anything after the cover price.
I had a GREAT time in the CBT and, barring SOLO being just AMAZING, I'm going to be playing a LOT of Elyon this Summer/Fall!
Tested Warrior as my main and tried Ele to level 22, but EVERYONE was playing an Ele and I figure they will need Tanks so…
Now; as a 60/40 Crafter/PvP'er the Crafting is a bit lack-luster. It's less about the Crafting and more about Grinding for the Mats to make a LOT of stuff.
With no system to 'remove' gear from the game, at SOME point the market will be flooded w Max Level God-Rolled gear but it will be fun while we make that climb.
Looks like bdo remake haha. I've played bdo so I'm sure it would be fun until you reach a point where it would feel like you need to invest money so sadly gonna give this one a pass, even though it looks amazing from a side
this video really encapsulates a lot of my own thoughts on the game though honestly it strikes me as a little bit too safe. the game doesn't do enough to differentiate itself or take any real risks so it comes off as generic and bland in my opinion
Was already an hard pass for me, but i like your content and so i watch it to give you views and hear your pov… This game lost me at daily + infinite level + insane rng, just another random kr mmo.
Great job
Apparently it uses a shit ton of Tera (tweaked) assets (mobs, bosses etc). Didi they scrap the baby toy assets for the west? Didn't see any so far.
looked interesting until the cash shop. i dont need to get archeage'd a 3rd time….
It looked and felt too generic for me. Couldn't hang lol. The combat is good though; wouldn't mind seeing that style/weight of combat in Ashes.
The luck could be acceptable, if you have better chances next time like it is with hiram gear from aa. That is the point, they have to change in the first place in my opinion.
Thanks for the good impression. Keep us up to date, pls
This is BDO all over again
Having played BDO, I can tell you now that the shop will be pay for convenience, but there will absolutely be a cost of entry to play. Not just the game cost
I'm looking forward to CBT2 as I did not have much time to play CB1. This game looks really intriguing as I played Blade & Soul a lot and enjoyed the asian art-style and raids. Hope you keep covering this game as you are very informative.
It feels like this game will be fun until you hit a paywall and/or a RNG wall. A real shame, truly. It also looks and feels a lot like a mobile game, I guess I'm gonna play V4 from Nexon again.
Loved the video, I was very curious to hear what you thought of it, since I couldn't tune in to your Elyon streams! I had much of the same experience, the character build customization was really fun to play around with, and the housing system was pretty cool. I personally prefer the instanced housing, because I would prefer not having random players trample through my front yard (and living on a floating island), but I assume there are advantages of the higher tier housing that'd make more sense to me, I haven't had the time to look into that either. I already know lifeskill stuff will play a significant role in my everyday playtime though, if I do end up playing the game long term. I had a pretty great time during the CBT in general – definitely enough to try to get into the second test, maybe enough to get the game, depending on the pricing, my friends, and other games launching in the near future.
A bit of a different perspective on the game that'll certainly affect my friends and me when making the final decision about getting Elyon: the friends I played with (and myself) all came from TERA Online, Bluehole's previous mmorpg. For us, one of the main turn offs was all the copied bosses we've noticed from Tera. Of course, sometimes assets are reused and that's fine, the problem is more in the context for this particular developer. Our worry is that the same thing will happen in Elyon that has been happening for the past 3 or 4 years in Tera: no new boss models, all reskinned garbage with boring mechanics, requiring near to no skill from any experienced player. Their recent work on Tera sets a bad precedent, and we're all completely sick of seeing nothing but reskins. We were really hoping that Elyon would be a breath of fresh air, so seeing this is a bit of a blinking red light for us. (Not speaking for the entire Tera community of course, I've seen some comments on videos who seemed to welcome the similarities, this is my friends and my feelings on the situation. Additionally, this is not marketed exclusively to people who played Tera – someone who never played Tera or barely played it probably doesn't care much about this right now 😀 )
That said, even though I originally didn't even want to get into a new Bluehole game, I had such a genuinely good time with it that for now, I'm willing to looks past those worries and give this game a proper chance instead of just hard passing because of this stuff. This is a new project so I'm doing my best to give it its own chance, even if I'm worried about the long-term implications.
Fantastic Video. The game felt like a BDO/Tera mix to me. I really enjoyed it. There were some things you didn't cover which was how they fast track the first 30 levels which I didn't like. I would have liked more difficult enemy AI and a more difficult leveling experience through the first 30 levels. I prefer an MMO to take at least a week to get to level 30. I know I'm probably the minority here. Overall the game was a pleasant surprise and I plan to play it heavily.
Good video thank you!