Guild Wars 2: Fractured (Nov 26)

KhinRunite

Next update coming soon!

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/november-26-2013/

Their promotional videos are getting better and better. They started from concept art cutouts, to a little bit of machinima, to pre-rendered stills, and now they mixed them all with fully animated drawing and prerendered in-game models. It may not be farfetched at all to expect a fully cinematic video just like WoW and SWTOR had.

 

I like the new fractals. Incidentally these were the ones that I missed during deployment (Flame and Frost, and Sky Pirates). The Thaumanova Reactor fractal seems to be new? I believe this shows the story of the ruined Thaumanova Reactor in Metrica Province.

 

More details here:

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/upcoming-changes-for-the-fractals-of-the-mists/

Ikkei

That video looks like a mature disney-style on steroids. Really great!

Siphaed

Guess what?  That video is something they've been sitting on for nearly a year now.  It's something they planned to throw out there during the first Fractal launch (thus why it includes only originals).  However, technical limitations prevented them from releasing it at that time.   And so they wanted to release it when the next wave of Fractals released, which is now.  That's what the devs said on the official forums.

Volkon

Originally posted by Siphaed
Guess what?  That video is something they've been sitting on for nearly a year now.  It's something they planned to throw out there during the first Fractal launch (thus why it includes only originals).  However, technical limitations prevented them from releasing it at that time.   And so they wanted to release it when the next wave of Fractals released, which is now.  That's what the devs said on the official forums.

 

They also promised more vids in this style, which I'm looking forwards to seeing. Very nicely done!