Guild Wars 2 Delivers Eye-Popping "Manifesto" Trailer
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Well, I still play from time to time the first Guild Wars and I still like it, and right from the start ArenaNet said that GW2 would have a LOT (read TONS) of things the first didn't. Also let's be honest here, the first game is an acquired taste, but one that's really worth it if you give it a chance. It has it's quirks and whatnot, but it's still pretty fun and it still has quite a big community.
GW2 will simply be AWESOME, I was already excited for the game before this trailer came out, and after seeing this trailer I'm seriously considering to freeze myself for time to fly by faster... whenever this game is coming out...
GW2 will simply be AWESOME, I was already excited for the game before this trailer came out, and after seeing this trailer I'm seriously considering to freeze myself for time to fly by faster... whenever this game is coming out...
This isn't a new setup for Guild Wars, though. With Guild Wars, it's always been the "You buy the game, the game's yours. You want new content, we'll put it out in an expansion that you can buy." I'd honestly suggest giving the current Guild Wars a look.ZeroMachine said:
Uh... excuse me? Did you just say it won't have the standard dwarf-human-elf races?Tandtroll said:
I... umm... I think we might be referring to different games.
See, I was talking about Guild Wars 2. The game that will feature a race of small people with advanced technology, a race of bog-standard humans and not one but two varieties of nature-loving elves [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXlzIRYA4NE].
Sure, there's the big muscular werewolf things and I suppose one could argue that the dwarves are more like gnomes. But I certainly don't feel like I'm looking down the barrel of any real innovation here.
Oh well, at least all those standard fantasy races will be able to jump when the need arises.
ALL of the questions being asked in here, with the exception of "when is it coming out?" (when it's done), have been answered there [http://www.arena.net/]. There has been a LOT of information revealed, so settle in and enjoy the read.
If ANet and NCSoft deliver on even half the stuff they're promising, Guild Wars 2 is going to be one hell of a game.
OP: YES, you can jump, and swim. Personally, I'm a little disappointed there won't be any flying (yet?) but it's still freaking awesome.
If ANet and NCSoft deliver on even half the stuff they're promising, Guild Wars 2 is going to be one hell of a game.
OP: YES, you can jump, and swim. Personally, I'm a little disappointed there won't be any flying (yet?) but it's still freaking awesome.
I did. Ain't my thing. This world looks shinier (I fully admit that this part of my interest in it is completely shallowNaheal said:
) and the combat more visceral, though, as well as more story driven.I wouldn't say it's an acquired taste, but rather it's just not what people expected from an mmo. To be exact guild wars 1 is not an mmorpg. It's an rpg with online multiplayer feature, sort of like diablo 2.SupahGamuh said:
It's not about the number of level, it's about the amount of time it takes to get to that level. But yeah they're also thinking of a no level cap model, dunno if they abandon that or not.ragecandybar said:
The asuras are not dwarves since there were dwarves before but they got turned into stone, the Sylvari are more like fairies than elves and the charr are unlike any I'VE ever seen atleast. I can see your point ofcourse, but I dont really know what you'd rather have??twasdfzxcv said:
the lack of innovation here is in your attempt to pigeon hole everything into broad fantasy tropes.Zhukov said:
Here's a few questions that need asking:Zhukov said:
1) Do dwarves and gnomes have giant robots and laser weapons? If anything they're alien greys (or Protoss, heh).
2) What's wrong with wanting to be a human?
3) Can elves turn into bears? and do bears love nature?
4) What is the difference between loving nature and owning it? Look closer at the Sylvari beast for a hint.
5) Can you really say anything bad about a giant, murderous kitty cat?
If none of these questions occurred to you, I suggest you pay closer attention to that video.
What it is is a variety of character archetypes that are interesting to play (one might argue them as "standardized", for lack of a better term). What it is not is yet another rip off of Tolkien (which every other fantasy adventure does, including DnD and it's offspring).
I think that's what Tandtroll was talking about.
