AION 2

Flight is the defining mechanic. Every region and battlefield is designed around verticality, so gaining altitude means gaining advantage, and fights play out in three dimensions instead of on flat ground. Positioning matters as much as damage: diving onto a target, breaking line of sight or climbing out of reach can decide a skirmish.

Combat itself rewards precision and timing. Skills chain together, and NC's stated goal is fights that feel like decisions rather than a fixed rotation. Class customisation lets you shape your build around a playstyle, and encounters escalate so you have to adapt mid-fight.

The PvE side is huge, with more than 200 dungeons across solo challenges, five-player party content and ten-player group runs. Seasonal challenges, competitive rankings and open-world events add regular goals, and the Abyss blends PvE with faction warfare so the two never feel far apart. Between fights there is a deep character creator with over 200 customisation options, plus outfits, mounts and wings to collect. For downtime, the Shugo Festival offers minigames such as defending Shugos from waves of enemies, racing pets against other players and dodging lasers, with wings, skins, pets and décor as rewards. Everything is online, and an internet connection is required.

AION 2 is set in Atreia, a world split by faction war. You ascend as a Daeva, a winged warrior, pick a side and join the struggle across land and sky.

The Abyss sits at the heart of that conflict, a contested space where story-driven PvE and open faction warfare overlap. NC has built the world at a far larger scale than the original game, giving the war new regions to fight over and new reasons to take to the air. Seasonal updates such as the Halloween Fright or Flight event keep adding to the setting after launch.

AION 2 is out now on Windows PC through Steam and is free to play, with optional in-app purchases. It supports eight languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Korean, with no Southeast Asian language option. Minimum spec is a GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB, 8 GB of RAM and a Ryzen 5 2600 or i5-10500, though NC advises the Very Low preset at 1080p on that hardware. It needs 100 GB of storage, an SSD is recommended, and a broadband connection is mandatory.