Aika Gameplay – First Look HD

Before even considering to waste your time downloading and playing this game … think back to Allods Online??? Fear of Death controversy ….

Now we have a Aika Online Bs/controversy. Seems gPotato are getting famous … but for the wrong reasons. Aika Online is indeed a stunning game … great graphics, great gameplay, all good )

So I spend hours playing and leveling up my character … waiting on the item shop to open, so I can upgrade my character with better equipment … then this BS happened.

Then I read this announcement. http://aika-forum.gpotato.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8541&sid=ddace40617543d943fe94123a02e15ad

Dear Aika players,
We have an important announcement to bring you tonight. Starting tomorrow night after our weekly scheduled maintenance, we will be restricting our area of service for Aika Online to North America, given Gala-Net’s status as the North American publisher for Aika Online. This decision may result in gPotato blocking IP addresses which originate outside of North America (for Aika only – other gPotato games will not be affected). We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this action causes, and we encourage you to email us at aika_support[at]gala-net.com with any comments or concerns you may have.
-The Aika Team-

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COMMENTS:

This is not acceptable in my opinion, this is absolutely no warning to a game that has already started their cash shop. This announcement doesn’t state if existing players will be able to continue or not.

While this has always been a possibility, this is the absolute worst way GalaNET could of handled this. Your management needs to get a clue and stop driving customers away – if existing customers are effected by this ban, will you be refunding all their money from the cash shop? Some of my guild members have spent hundreds on the cash shop already and they aren’t within the USA. We deserve answers.

Important update: With this announcement, I have decided that if gPotato block existing accounts – I will be moving myself and my guild to AIKA Global if possible (including our American players). I ask that other guilds threaten the same and hopefully we can force gPotato’s management’s hands in this major issue.
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COMMENTS:

This company is building itself a reputation … no doubt … I can’t foresee players investing money in the game/s surrounded with so much controversy.

Seems the only way for Devs to pay attention is to voice concerns on gaming review sites … and twitter. Trust me … I went through all of this debacle with the “FoD” on Allods online.

http://www.massively.com/2010/02/23/allods-online-releases-updated-statement-solicits-player-input/

I have to say, they accept money from outside of North America … then surprise you with an IP Ban. Sounds like a world wide law suit.

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1000 x 1000 is a shitty idea, and epic lag unless you have Alienware or a super cpu