February 29, 2012, updated: Settembre 26, 2012

Memorie di guerra: Aion diventa F2P

Anche Aion diventerà, questa primavera, Free2Play:

La modalità scelta si chiamerà “Truly Free“, che così descrivono:

Why should I play Truly Free?

Many other “free” MMOs limit players by restricting access to content,
or force them to pay for a normal game experience. In Aion’s Truly Free model,
players have unrestricted access to all content from level 1-60, no strings attached!

Aion Truly Free is a key aspect of Aion: Ascension™, which also
contains the Aion 3.0 content update. A plethora of
new experiences await, including new zones,
increased level cap, mounts, and housing,
all of which is also Truly Free!

What are the benefits of Truly Free?

The Aion Truly Free experience combines the best parts of the
Lineage 2: Goddess of Destruction™ Truly Free model with numerous enhancements.

Here are some of the key features of Aion Truly Free:

No subscription fee. Play for free!
No account restrictions. Visit any zone, chat in any channel, sell any amount of stuff on the trade broker—nothing is off limits!
Robust countermeasures to combat game abuse. We’re dedicating a ton of resources to preventing account theft, botting, and real money trading.
No hassles. Create your account, download the game, and play!
No harassment. Don’t worry, we won’t hound you with constant offers or promotions.
A lot of great stuff we’ll reveal more about leading up to launch!

How can something this good be Truly Free?

We understand that an active player population contributes to the fun factor for the entire player population, so we want everyone to experience the game as it was intended.

If you like the game, we’d appreciate a purchase from our store (game developers need to eat too!). If you don’t like the game, can’t pay, or don’t want to pay—no worries, it’s on us!

Sarà che sono come San Tommaso, ovvero non credo se prima non palpeggio con mano, ma mi pare troppo bello per essere vero. Perché; al contrario di LOTRO, EQ2 e tanti altri ex titoli con fee mensile divenuti freemium; questo è vero Free2Play. Con uno store, ovviamente. Sarà interessante scoprire cosa venderanno: se saranno solo oggetti estetici (su Eden Eternal ne vendono parecchi) oppure necessari per andare avanti (il cosiddetto “Pay2Win“)

Aggiornamento: Da oggi, primo marzo, Aion è ufficialmente Free2Play (link al sito europeo)