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crainey92
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Im just wondering how many people who are posting about gw2 have actualy played the first one.
Me and my friends played guildwars for 3 years or so back in the day and to date its still one of the best gaming experiences ive had in online gaming, this is the reason I look forward to getting my hands on GW2, I am confident ArenaNet will do a good job of it. Whats your thoughts?
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I played since alfa testing and still do. The pvp can't be rivaled by any other game out there, I tried them all nothing comes close.
I played it and I didn't like it, for the simple fact that it is NOT a true MMO. It is more of like a single player co-op experience with hub cities. I really didn't like that and that was the main thing that turned me off to the original game. I like to see plenty of people running around in the world. Not just be in my own instance by myself. Makes it feel less of an MMO imo.
This is why I am hoping that GW2 goes the MMO open world route. I think they are doing that, but I am still somewhat skeptical. I definately hope the game is more MMO than the original, from what I am hearing it will be. Just gonna have to wait and find out more information when people actually get a chance to play the actual game.
"When it comes to GW2 any game is fair game"
I never really got way to into it. I played it for a few months off and on over the years.
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GW2 will be a huge MMO leap for Areanet and I'm glad to see what there doing with this game. I know this game seems to be over hyped with ads and news and videos and so on, but it's all looking solid and pretty impressive.
I tried GW off and on when it came out, but with EVE and WOW in my grasps, I never had to chance to really experience it. I just started playing it again and I'm glad I did.
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I have played GW1 since release. I still play to this day off and on. I have my HoM already full and ready to go and have the GWAMM title. I don't play nearly as much as I used to but I still log on a couple times a week.
Played it for like 3 months.... it was a fun game, i really loved the duall class system, the only game that ever kept me from creating alts.
In the end i missed the MMO part, and moved on. I tried to return recently just to find out that i could not log in because i could not remember my characters last name.....
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
Played it and enjoyed it, but I enjoy spontaneous world pvp and sandboxes mainly so it wasn't my mmo mainstay.
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i just started playing it a month ago to see what the hype is all about. i would type a wall of text explaining why i don't think it's that great, but i know the fanboys will pounce on it like wolves and tell me how i'm wrong.
let's just leave it at it was a decent game.
Tried it for a short period of time. I have to admit I wasn't very enamored of it. I didn't like the non-MMO feel to it, even though I know it wasn't billed as a strict MMO.
Was going to play it again just tog et a feel for the game in general, but I think my video cards are busted (at least one of them).
I am getting blue vertical stripes across my screen, so if I can assume it is the cards, then I have to order new ones.
That's what I don't get. Gw2 will probably be an epic if not awesome game in a true MMO form. But some of the people here cannot even accept the fact that the original game was not that great, hell it wasn't even an MMO.
Even recommending people to go play it is probably not a wise marketting decision, because it is a Turn off to most MMO players. I would try to seperate myself from that game as much as possible if I were A-net and the fans of GW2. I am anticipating GW2, but I know better than to refer a potential player to gw1, because IMO it wasn't an MMO and wasn't that good, and I wouldn't want a potential buyer of gw2 to get the wrong impression.
"When it comes to GW2 any game is fair game"
one of the main reasons it did so well was the no sub move. every person i know irl that bought the game, bought it because of that reason. most players i meet in the game said the same thing. if they slapped a $15 fee on the game, i'm willing to bet that 50% of the population would die off.
i played it and enjoyed it for a decent period. However, I was under the spell of WoW back then and Blizzard won. Now I wish I spent more time with you, GW. For I hear you are not only a fun romp, but a good companion..
I was under the opinion that most people here didn't even think guild wars was an MMO and in general just didn't play it because it didn't capture the whole MMO idea.
Just look at responses in this thread there is I think 2 that said they absolutly loved GW 1.
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I've played GW since E3 for everyone back in 2004, Prophecies was some of the greatest game experience I've ever had. After factions it went kind of down hill; although very little games stay interesting for four years consecutive ofcourse
I also played GW for about 3 years myself. I loved the story present in PvE and found it to be more engrossing than I have encountered in any other MMO. At the same time PvP had a lot of depth and tactics involved. If it was not for the city hubs being the only place to encounter other people I believe this game would have netted a ton more players.
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I've played it off and on since the first box came out. I prefer MMOs more than co-op lobby types so it was never my 'main' game, but I got hundreds of hours of fun out of a few bucks. I still consider it one of the better PvP games out. I am excited for GW2 based on how well I thought ANet did an online game, even if it wasn't my usual cup of tea. I'm also excited because I think they have magic at ANet and can make great looking games that run on commodore 64s, so I expect it to have the accessibility of WoW with great video.
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2 years. Quit because eventually did the fact that my character didn't evolve since after the first 2 months in any way. It was really fun, both the PvE and PvP and I can't wait for GW2.
OP: A Poll (Played GW a lot, little, not at all, not interested in GW2 but want to see the result) would help here. But GW sold a lot so at least some of the GW2 fans will be GW fans, and I think it is more than that.
I don't know. From some these post it seems like people are hailing this game as one of the better MMO's they have ever played.
I don't know if they are serious or if they are trying to convince us this because they like gw2 and want to add to the hype, or confirm to everyone that we are all safe because GW1 was such a great experience and one of the "best MMO's".
It's just not true, IMO. But then again that is just my opinion. I didn't like GW1 because it was not a real MMO. Had that not been a problem in that game, who knows I probably could have enjoyed it.
I just wish people would distance themselves from GW1 because from what we all know GW2 is gonna be ALOT different. So please do not compare these two games, and praising GW1 is probably counter productive. People will go buying this game thinking it is as great as these people say it is , then when they find out what it is they may decide the hell with guild wars one and two, because of a misunderstanding of the difference that will be in the 2 games.
"When it comes to GW2 any game is fair game"
I'm in 100% agreement here. While I never played GW1, I came close to playing it at one point. After doing alot of studying up on the game, reading about it, looking at pictures, and even watching videos, I concluded that the game looked OKAY, but that was it. While the lore seemed interesting, there was nothing else about the game that was strong enough to pull me in, so I never tried it. Just didn't seem interesting. Besides, I wanted a large open, persistent world. That is almost a gamebreaker for me alone when we are talking about MMOs. Even now when I look at it, I still don't see why I would ever try it. Other games out right now just look so much more fun. I was glad when I saw A-Net's announcement that they were going to start making a sequel with a persistent world. Ever since then, I've been interested in GW2. Still don't wanna play GW1 though.
This is not to blast anyone who likes the game. I'm really happy to hear that so many people had so many great experiences, because its hard to find them in games today, so all power to you.
I just think that there will be alot of disappointed players who try out GW1, thinking that it may be something like what GW2 is going to be. The fact of the matter is that GW2 is a TOTALLY different game, with some of the concepts and lore still remaining from the first game, and nothing else.
All that aside, I'm hoping to make GW2 my new MMO home for years to come.
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I've read every post in the thread and no one said anything about it being one of the best mmos. Maybe you are thinking of another thread?
I've seen people say certain aspects were better than other games, namely the PvP - which the game is famous for. Most people would have preferred a persistent world probably.
There's nothing wrong with praising GW1, but I agree that it's important to mentally separate the two games. That's really just a matter of not letting yourself form unwarranted assumptions. Not all sequels (of anything) resemble the originals - so it's worth researching both separately if you're curious.
I would consider it a very unvise thing to try to put as much distance as you could to a game that 1) sold 6.5 mill pieces and 2) is hold in high regard bye a lot of its former players.
while every one knowing just a bit should agree that GW1 was not a true mmo , i think it is lack of insight to connect that with that games qualities or lack thereoff. And to say that GW1 is a turn off to most mmoplayers is so biased that its shamefull. While you are entitled to your oppinion , you should know that I find that very wrong and respectless.
I think any compagny or fans not standing by there legacy is much more likely to give the wrong impressions. And i am wondering what you got wrong if you can't see the qualitys of GW1 and still are are hyped about GW2?
I played the first GW, and it bored me to tears. I could only play for a few hours, and I never had to the desire to play again.
I think GW2 will not have too much in common with the first one. I'm looking forward to it.
I can be hyped about gw2, but I have played GW1. My problem with gw1 was the co-op singleplayer hub city format. That is the main problem. GW2 does not appear to have this problem, so that is why I am waiting for this game.
6.5 mill boxes? Well, I imagine it may have sold them because it is a b2p game. People look at that and say, hmm no sub fee? I'm there. If it had a sub fee, I am sure plenty of people would not have continued to sub, just based on the fact that it is not a true MMO. If games like AoC are having trouble keeping their subs, you can believe a game like GW1 would have more problems mantaining a sub base.
All I am saying here is that the game will NOT be anything like gw2 other than the lore and a few minor similiarities that may have carried over, but the whole format of the two games are going to be different.
Of course fans will hold it in high regard. You see that with every game, but GW1 is probably not what the average MMO player will want for their game, and it can be misleading and give people the wrong idea about gw2. There is absolutely no REAL reason, aside from having a vet tag or accomplishment of some kind, for anyone that never had the desire to play gw1 to all of a sudden play it now because they are highly anticipating gw2. The games are like Nite and day.
"When it comes to GW2 any game is fair game"
I've played GW for about 2 and a half years for about 1800 hours. I actually didn't care that the world was instanced. And the PvP in GW is better than most games because it's instanced.
I never got to play GW1 because at the time I was full on progression raider mode for The Beast that Blizzard Built™.
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