Originally posted by Unlight

Did he say "tower defense"?  He did!

Kickass.  Can't wait to see that.

Indeed. I wonder if personal story events can be repeated (and not just through multiplayer), would be cool if after the story version of the  event there was a repeatable version you could do for fun.

Originally posted by Kakkzooka

"but our goal with the personal story steps is to make each one a memorable gameplay experience, not just a collection of interesting cutscenes." - Nail meet head.

 

This is why ArenaNet doesn't worry me. Plus, they've been showing us the game the whole time - demonstrating that their design concepts are working in each build.

Indeed. Some designers have clearly completely lost sight of this.

Originally posted by jondifool

hover hammocks

emphasizing the most important part

Originally posted by Shroom_Mage

As long as the ending doesn't involve choosing what color explosion you'd like it should be fine.

ME3 reference, and I had to do a double-take on what you said for it to sink in.  HAHA! You are completely right!

I didnt like ME3's ending because it was just plain boring.  I didnt even really catch on that the only thing that REALLY changed, was the color of the explosion.  Id say what an epic find, my friend, but I am sure I am the only noob that missed that haha.

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by needalife214

was about to post this...but you beat me to it.... This means that, to experience every potential storyline being told from level 1 to 10, you’d need to play the game 30 times (5 races times 3 initial stories times 2 internal branches in each storyline). And that’s just the first ten levels of the game.

Game already confirmed more dynamic and more powerful choices then SWTOR.  (sorry just had to say this)

Uhgg... here we go...

Anyway..

All fine and dandy if it plays out that way in game. Most companies talk about memorable choices in their stories prior to release, even the best fail at it much more than they succeed.

excellent post and a valid concern:

http://tinyurl.com/7srkwdt

"I love that the only time I made a decision in my main storyline, it was a decision that immediately and powerfully impacted the gameplay of the next quest."

Originally posted by austriacus

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by needalife214

was about to post this...but you beat me to it.... This means that, to experience every potential storyline being told from level 1 to 10, you’d need to play the game 30 times (5 races times 3 initial stories times 2 internal branches in each storyline). And that’s just the first ten levels of the game.

Game already confirmed more dynamic and more powerful choices then SWTOR.  (sorry just had to say this)

Uhgg... here we go...

Anyway..

All fine and dandy if it plays out that way in game. Most companies talk about memorable choices in their stories prior to release, even the best fail at it much more than they succeed.

Theres actually already an example of this in the yogcast videos where the two of them have completely different storylines for their Norns in the beggining, so at least thats a good sign.

i thought he had some interest in this game, but he doesn't seemed to have watched a single gameplay video that shows any of the stuff he's always naysaying. i mean, i get it you have to be that way after the whole TOR travesty, but this game actually contains the stuff hat is talked about in these articles. 

it's not as if he wouldn't find anything to complain about if he stopped using strawman arguments. it would be even better because his issues would be real issues worth taking seriously.

Originally posted by Dream_Chaser

Except that ArenaNet have had their mettle tested countless times by people in betas - not just by fans, but by press, and the general public. All have come away impressed, and the content wasn't even complete.

So we kind of already know.

Press previews tend to be positive for terrible games, which makes it hard to trust much of what they have to say.

I'm a believe it when I'm playing it kind of guy, so, I remain skeptical until that day.

played the demo several times at PAX east 2011 and NYC meet & greet in 2010. the stories are different based on your choices, which is all they're saying here.

Originally posted by RizelStar

Some key things in there are interesting I wonder did any on else spot the key things.

Considering your post is an opinion of those key things I would doubt anyone knows exactly what you are talking about.  That being said I really like just about everything they said in this article.  The immersive aspect of the story line is going to be unparelled IMO.

the one thing I like the most is the fact that the scaling of your personal story follows the scaling in any event in the game.  Bring your friends to show them a part of your story or to become part of your story.  This is a great way to make an RPG experience into a mmo feeling type experience.