Aion Needs a Free Trial

Every single major pay to play MMORPG from World of Warcraft
to the more obscure Nexus: Kingdom of the Winds has an MMORPG free trial.
Gamers today can practically play ANY MMORPG for free, including the
pay to play ones, even if its just for a short while. Heck, I tried out
both Pirates
of the Burning Sea and Poxnora the other day. I
didn’t really like either, but after trying those games I wanted to
give NCSoft’s newest title Aion a try, but to my surprise they don’t
offer a free trial. NCSoft offers a free trial for their other games
including Guild Wars and City of Heroes,
but they don’t offer a free trial for Aion. That’s absolutely nuts.
There’s no way I’m going to fork over $30+ to purchase Aion without at
least trying the game first.

I’ve actually paid for numerous MMORPGs in the past. I’ve held a
subscription for Ultima Online and
Dark Age of
Camelot for years. Same with World of Warcraft. I got into both of
these MMORPGs through free trials. World of Warcraft, Ultima Online and
Dark Age of Camelot all offer 14 day free trials which let gamers get a
good feel for the game. I honestly think NCSoft is losing out on some
serious cash as well as players by not offering a free trial. I’ve seen
so many awesome HD trailers for Aion, but I’ll never give the game a
chance because it doesn’t have a free trial.

Seriously though, what on earth is NCSoft thinking? Even obscure pay
to play MMORPGs like Alganon, Age of Conan: Hyborian
Adventures and Star Wars
Galaxies offer free trials. NCSoft needs to wake up and step it up.
Come to think of it, Star Trek Online doesn’t have a free trial either.
How dumb is that? That’s another game I wanted to try, but I can’t.
There’s no way i’ll buy a game without trying it so, Atari is also
screwing themselves over.