How Does Westernization Effect Aion?
Unlike many of its predecessors, Aion has undergone a full face lift for NA consumption in their attempt to bring eastern and western together in harmonious gaming bliss. From the big things that we see, like in-game text, to the bigger things we don’t see, like optimization of localized servers, westernization touches every aspect of the game. When players get in game, the entire goal is for them to feel as though the game had been built that way from the beginning because in some ways, it truly was. Say it like ya mean it! In-game text is quite likely the most noticeable of localization features. NCsoft West put together a team to re-write every bit of text in game. Well over a million words and lines of text had to be translated, but not just translated. What sets Aion apart from many other previously translated games is that the in-game dialog was pulled apart and examined for relevancy to the NA culture and much of what you see is not a direct translation, but a cultural re-work t
