Guild Wars
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Video Game Reviews of Guild Wars
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: Don't be fooled because it's "free" online play
Summary: 5 Stars
Guild Wars is giving me truly one of the best online gaming experiences I've ever had. Not only is it a quality game, it also has no monthly fee, which is always a given bonus. Don't let that fool you into thinking the game is shallow or has sub-par content however; this game has definitely exceeded expectations.
This game is skill based. Basically, if you've played any MMORPG before this one, you will know what I mean when I say that they're typically less focused on actual skill during combat. Certainly there is always some, but Guild Wars puts all the focus on skill. The 'difficult' parts of most MMOs are the grinding sessions when gaining levels, getting better equipment (which usually involves rather grinding or 'crafting', both of which are usually obscenely boring and time-consuming), or just waiting around for a PUG (Pick Up Group) to complete necessary missions or quests to advance your character in ranks and/or ability. Guild Wars tries to satisfy everyone's MMO woes by making an online experience as painless as possible.
1. AI allies called henchmen and/or heroes can accompany your travels instead of actual people when you do not have the patience to create your own party. This greatly eliminates downtime waiting to fill up a whole group for a mission or just traveling around on the world map. Many people choose to do quests alone. Every mission can be completed with a mix of both, or an entire AI party in many cases (although AI will often be inferior to skilled allies with actual brains).
2. Your world map is INSTANCED to you and your party members. To those who don't know what that means, basically the world map is you or your party's world to explore without worrying about bumping into anyone who may steal a 'claim' from you (rare spawned monsters in other MMOs that drop expensive items do not exist in this game. Their replacement? Extremely challenging quests that require skill to complete instead of sitting around for hours waiting for something to 'pop'). Towns and outposts are not instanced and you can meet people there.
3. Best rated armor and weapons is moderately affordable to everyone. The really expensive stuff still exists but the superiority is minimal. A lot of people find these extremely expensive armor and weapons appealing because they are aesthetically pleasing. The coolest, baddest armor will require those who enjoy that sort of status motivation to get it.
4. Battles are intense, and based off of skill. You can equip up to 8 skills at once and modify attributes scores in towns and outposts. You can gain up to roughly 300 unique skills for your profession (Elementalist, Warrior, etc) and there are 10 professions in all the campaigns combined. Because of this there is a great amount of strategy put into setting up your 'build', and in fact there are thousands of builds that people are discovering.. all are clever skill and ability point set-ups with strengths and weaknesses.
4. The level cap in this game is 20, and is fairly easy to achieve nearly halfway through the game (in the other campaigns outside of Prophecies most of the game is actually done at max level once you get off the beginner stages)! This is because the aquisition of skills throughout the game and the focus on skill and applying it to a variety of situations is the true challenge of Guild Wars.
5. This skill-based approach is exactly what makes Guild Wars PvP so much fun, and so incredibly complex. Setting up builds for up to a team of 8 players which complement each other well (some cases in alliance with other groups of 8 with a total of 32 people fighting each other) is extremely complex and fun. It wouldn't be far fetched to say Guild Wars has some of the best PvP ever. If you are into that thing, then the Factions campaign is perfect for you.
So there you have it. There is no grinding EVER necessary, the PvP is the best out there, the graphics are very beautiful (better than WoW's graphics IMO), it's skill based, and there is no monthly fee!
This means that you could play this game, and even if you got tired of it and put it down for a while, you could always come back to it. You could easily afford to play this game along with another completely different MMO and there would be no conflicts; not playing this game does not mean wasting a monthly fee, because there is none.
Lastly, the game is pretty cheap to buy so why not? Just make sure to NEVER buy it used! There is a non-replaceable CD-key that is basically the game itself. If it is 'used', the game is unplayable.
Customer Review: Excellent Game
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first MMORPG that I have played and, honestly, I'm not sure I want to switch to anything else. The gameplay is excellent, though a bit slow in sections (Nightfall and Factions both allow faster levels). I highly recommend this game.Customer Review: Spectacular, Innovative game..
Summary: 5 Stars
....... that doesn't alienate traditional MMO fans.
GWs has won more awards than any other game as far as I know and it deserves EVERY one of them.
GW has so many facets that it's easy to understand why it's the #2-* selling and #1 rated game against the Brittney Spears of MMOs, WoW.
While WoW was the game that brought a huge influx of gamers to MMOs, GWs is the game that brought a huge influx of intelligent players to MMOs.
You won't find Ned Flanders wishing you a 'happy day' here. You won't find the crappy music-score that has become the norm in MMOs. You also won't be plagued by griefers, beggars, nor Asian pharmers SPAMMing all the channels. Almost the entire game is instanced.
If you play the game completely solo I as do, you need NEVER be bothered with ANY of the annoyances that are standard in MMOs.
The toons in the game are by FAR the most detailed and really gorgeous. I'm a girl-gamer and I'm sick of really butt-ugly short-haired toons. Not a problem with GW. Almost ALL the HUGE array of female toons are drop-dead gorgeous. And with really nice looking LONG hair options. And oh yeah, GWs also offers a lot of really sexy-looking gear for their girl players.
The graphics WERE the best in the business prior to the release of Lord of the Rings Online. There are NO silly cartoon characters here. There is NO Disney-scape here. If you prefer more childish cartoon graphics you may not be able to appreciate how beautiful GW is.
The epic storyline and instanced crusades are supremely compelling especially because of the way they are implimented. I solo the entire game yet I feel uniquely important to the very excellent and evident storyline.
This is a multi-award winning game that charges NO subscription and it's one of only two MMOs currently in release that I would pay-to-play.
*Guild Wars is most likely the #1 seller of all MMOs to LEGIT players since pharming doesn't have a market in GW.
Customer Review: This Game Is AWESOME
Summary: 5 Stars
I LOVE this game. It's Awesome!
Guild wars is a role playing game, and a good one at that. The graphics are excellent and there are tons of choices.
Like I said. the graphics are awesome! You gotta buy this if just for the graphics!
There are also tons of choices. Its hard to list them all. This game is just so dang fun.
So anyways, if you like runescape, WOW, or any other rolplaying games, GET THIS GAME!!! oh ya, there are no subscription fees. But this game is Awesome!!!!