Aion Gold

Once you're in-game with your shiny new character, you may find yourself having to adjust your keys as the first thing you do. Mac laptops are lacking buttons such as "Page Up", which Aion uses for some of its more important features, namely flight. Luckily, you can adjust these without problem. However, since you can't save your keyboard scheme as a default, you'll have to do this on every single new character you create, which is a nuisance for those of us used to having all of our options and key settings pre-loaded. On the bright side, this is a fairly minor issue on its own and Windows users who like adjusting keys aren't immune. While I don't have personal experience with the card, the horror stories I have heard about it give me doubts. But, until word says otherwise, don't let that stop you from trying if you're serious about playing Aion from your Mac. And finally, don't be entirely deterred if Boot Camp doesn't work for you. There are other programs out there, such as Parallels, which may do the trick.

The most noticeable issue with Aion is cinematic cutscenes. My Windows-using friend reports that they work just fine for her. However, in my case, I was suffering from stuttering and choppy audio throughout any cinematic, leading to the audio getting slightly out of synch or skipping. On worse occasions, the video would suffer the same trouble as well, resulting in something that resembled a movie with a badly scratched DVD. Fortunately, everywhere else in Aion this is not an issue. Gameplay and in-game cutscenes run smooth as silk. And, on the bright side, a thousand or so people will post the cutscenes on YouTube, so you won't have to miss out on them entirely if you're determined to see them. I suspect at least some others may find the same to be true, largely because I blame the fact CoH is emulated instead of truly ported, but it will depend on your system specs. Stronger and faster is better, of course. However, I do strongly suspect those using the notorious GMA 950 will have trouble with this game.