Guild Wars

At this moment there are 3 guild wars titles in the top rated MMO's.

I don't really understand what this game has more than any other? I understand the other titles in the list: Lotro is big, nice lore, nice graphics,... Even though i find it a bit high rated.

the same counts for Everquest II and EVE.

But guildwars??? Except that it is free, and on its own a good game, I don't understand why its so high rated. In my eyes its not even an mmo. So what is the main reason that peope seem to like it a lot???

Because it's f2p and has good PVP.

If you want some hard numbers, as of around October 07 it had 12.6% of the entire MMO market share, which accounted to around 4.5 million subscriptions.

By comparison, EQ2 had 185k and EVE had 195k subscriptions.

I guess what people like so much is that, even if it's 90% instanced, its a good pve game with some, again instanced, nice pvp. All this easy willy with no grind.

I have purchased GW (prophecy) more than 1 year ago. Played for about 2 weeks and left early at lvl 17. I couldn't finish it, I didn't like the instanced game play. Huge open worlds are so much better.

Anyway, I still have the game lying around in a drawer. Can someone tell me if the game updates have changed/improved the game during the past 2 years, or is it still the same ?

I really don't get the whole it's not an MMO argument. It is. It's Massive (sure it's not seamless) its Multiplayer and its Online. It passes all three initials so it is an MMO just not the typical one that you are used to. It's is basically the best Free to Play MMO out there with Great PVP and decent PVE. PVE could be better but that's what GW2 is for. It's a popular game and it's numbers keep rising...

Originally posted by samuraislyr

I really don't get the whole it's not an MMO argument.

The game play is comletely instanced. You select your team members in the cities, and then when you go out into the world you are completely alone with your team. It's impossible to meet someone else when you are playing in the game world.

It's not an MMO. It's a multi player game.

2 biggest reasons this game is successful?   no monthly fee and no grind. 

without a monthly fee, you don't feel forced to play.  without the grind you don't have to waste tons of time building a character to enjoy pvp. 

All games today are so desperate to keep players logged in that they create this huge world full of so many things to accomplish, that one can literally spend the rest of their freaking lives trying to do so.   Ya great life.

Guildwars on the other hand is all end game content.  You don't spend all your time leveling, you get to max level quickly then you can do whatever you want.  If you want the high end armour, go for it.  It's optional and has the same stats as your regular easy to obtain max armour it just looks cooler.  

Bottom line, it's a game you can pick up and play whenever you feel like it, no pressure attached.

Originally posted by SinzOfMan

2 biggest reasons this game is successful?   no monthly fee and no grind. 

 

without a monthly fee, you don't feel forced to play.  without the grind you don't have to waste tons of time building a character to enjoy pvp. 

 

All games today are so desperate to keep players logged in that they create this huge world full of so many things to accomplish, that one can literally spend the rest of their freaking lives trying to do so.   Ya great life.

 

Guildwars on the other hand is all end game content.  You don't spend all your time leveling, you get to max level quickly then you can do whatever you want.  If you want the high end armour, go for it.  It's optional and has the same stats as your regular easy to obtain max armour it just looks cooler.  

 

Bottom line, it's a game you can pick up and play whenever you feel like it, no pressure attached.

Good post 

The PvP is good, so is the PvE. It's large, long and deep. It requires you to use your brain. You can't mindlessly just throw on your skills and charge in. It's a good game considering it's B2P (Buy to Play). To name a few of the reasons why it's good.

The people who made Guild Wars really thought the game out. The character classes are numerous yet balanced. The design is very detailed and pleasing to look at. They made sure inflation doesn't go out of hand by controlling what you can or cannot buy from other players, for example you can only buy armor from NPCs. The game itself also takes a very long time to finish and has alot of choices and variation. Plus it's constantly supported with holiday events and game updates.

In simple - the developers worked very hard on creating a world that has all angles covered right from the beginning. They heavily built up lore and thought things out to very minor details in that department. As such their storylines, though not necessarily amazing, far exceed the quality of many other MMOs out there. Apart from that, they kept things simple. The interface is clean and refined, players are told exactly where to go when they are questing and instant map travel was included instead of another means.

Also, one should note that Guild Wars is a very polished titled, and is updated regularly. The team hosts events every week, with parties and a festivals being a common sight. Updates are also usually applied at least on a weekly basis. Not to mention it looks darn beautiful too!

So in summary, it offers what many other MMOs out there offer, but in a much easier-to-play offering along with no monthly fee. It screams win.

agree 100% with what everyone said about guild wars (only the good parts). awesome balanced pvp, good pve with plenty of dungeons, deep story, nice graphics, f2p.

what more would you want in an mmo... except less instancing...