Guild Wars Factions
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Video Game Reviews of Guild Wars Factions
Customer Review: Great Addition to the Saga
Summary: 5 Stars
Guild Wars Factions is a great immersive online game that is just as entertaining as the first Guild Wars. What's nice about Factions is that you don't need the original game to play, it's a stand alone game. The plus benefit to the Guild Wars series is NO MONTHLY FEES! Which is great for people who can't really play very often. Customer Review: Major Disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
Before I start, let me say I've had over 4 years MMO experience, starting with SWG, CoH, EVE, Guild Wars, and a little WoW. I've spent plenty of time playing MMORPGs and know them pretty well.
I got guild wars for the same reason that most other people did: Free Online. It was nice starting the game, and not have to go through subscription services to shovel out 15 bucks a month. When I started it though, it just was not fun. The stater city is a mess, the game doesn't help you at all, the quest is confusing, the zones are hard to get to, everything outside of the main city is deserted, not to mention that PvP has nothing to do with the actual game at all. You could be a starting the first day and when you eventually find how to pvp, you create a different character and fully level it. Meaning that it doesn't matter how much experience you have, or how much time you spend playing the actual game.
The new zones are also a problem because they have nothing new in them. They are basically the first ones with some changed names/creatures, filled with bugs. The only reason they exist is so NCSoft can continue to make money of the title, by forcing players to buy expansions. Please, take my advice and do not buy this game. It is much more worth it just to either avoid MMOs altogether, or just shell out the 15 bucks a month. You'll have to come up with the cash, but atleast it will be worth it.
Customer Review: Guild Wars: Factions
Summary: 4 Stars
This second chapter of the Guild Wars line has been quite fun for me. I got it to go along with the GW: Prophecies (the original game) I already had so there were some interesting parallels between the two, yet some major differences. Some notable changes include the fairly steep progress of monsters. However, it also has a somewhat more detailed tutorial, something lacking to a point in Prophecies aside from the pop-ups that would occasionally appear. The next explorable area is were a new player can get into some trouble considering that the monsters in that area range from an expected lvl 1 to a fairly tough lvl 12. And in some areas, the monsters are hidden until its nearly too late. Caution is advised when exploring this area, but with a little caution, one should soon be able to meet any challenge in the area.
A few things I am not so sure I like about Factions is the dialog windows that come up when two NPCs are talking as part of the storyline. Sometimes this happens at somewhat inconveinient times. Also, Kaineng City is sometimes very confusing to navigate through cause the entire city area appears as a brown mish-mash... which makes it very hard sometimes to pick your path through the city. It gets even worse when you take into account the multi-layered aspect of some sections of the city.
I feel that the story with Prophecies is a stronger than Factions, though Factions does have a fairly nice story (what I have seen of it so far). The gameplay is fun and enjoyable, while fast enough to not get boring. Plus, the scenery is terrific! I also like how there are often different events happening in Factions, that if you don't have Factions, you may not get to participate in.
Customer Review: Great Game
Summary: 5 Stars
This along with the others in the series are some of the best online games I have ever played. You get the interaction and excitement that games are all about and you get it without any fee for the online experience. You just can't beat it.Customer Review: Excellent Game
Summary: 5 Stars
The world for this game is very cool and this is coming from someone who is not a fan of the Western Asian pastiche.
The Guild Wars game itself is very fun and, I've been told, it is the MMORPG that the real gamers play, although I think there's an element of elitism in that.
In terms of new classes, Assassin is one that every GW player I know has had trouble with. I have started a ritualist but I have only played him up to about level five so I am not all that sure how useful they are, though my friend loves it and swears by it.
You level up much faster in this game then the other GW settings.