It's hard to believe that anyone who is an MMO-phile hasn't been following Guild Wars 2 with wild abandon but...it's true! We've got a wet-behind-the-ears n00b on our hands whose written about his first steps in the game. Read on and then let us know what you think in the comments.

I haven't read previews, interviews, or participated in betas. I wanted to come to this game fresh, without preconception, and to be pleasantly surprised by its mechanics and nuisances. At this point, if the game turned out to be an adventure that takes place in the mind of a sexually curious mackerel, I'd simply have to say "fair enough."

Read more of Adam Tingle's Guild Wars 2: Through The Eyes of a Newbie.

I just wanted to read first impressions -- not fight the mental image of some MMORPG.com writer rubbing one out to "boobies on the internet." Grow up, guys.

"It's hard to believe that anyone who is an MMO-phile hasn't been following Guild Wars 2 with wild abandon"

Very hard to believe.

Not sure why you are looking for a revolution at all.  Evolution yes, and for me, GW2 has done that.  Evolved the current themepark MMO into their game and it's awesome.  But revolution?  Not sure what you mean there and really not sure what you are looking for.  Sometimes, I think people have very unreasonable expectations of what innovation or revolution should be like.  We are limited by being human number one and we are limited by what current technology allows, number two.

Anyway, glad you enjoy the game, for me I find the game world more alive than most, even if there are a few NPCs just sitting/standing around.  That's the point where the game aspect exists.  Until we have sentient programming, get over it.  Hehehe, sorry to be rude there but to enjoy a GAME one must put away certain things that might detract from believing it's "real".

Well, not playing it, but of course i've been reading a bit or two..

I just hope that the evolution continues. We're not in 2k4 anymore and we need technical changes to the genere.

But also idea changes.

In this world some develop a winning recipe, zillion others copy. 

Crossing my fingers.

No lie- Not sure of its becoause its a new mmo- or a its been a lousy year for expansions and expectations of new games, but this game has me hooked  all my free available time!

it dosent feel like a grind fest-nor a rat race to finish level cap (for game to begin)- it just feels 'Right' as an mmo should feel! in this decade.

well done Anet-cant thank you enough!

"I hotly anticipated EverQuest 2, couldn't wait for Age of Conan, and wet my pants with excitement over The Old Republic: in short, I expected too much, knew too little, and ultimately filled the gaps with my own desires instead of what was on the developer's mind. The result? Those MMORPGs just couldn't ever live up to the hype, and I was sorely disappointed. So now is the time to tell you that for 5 years, I have purposely stayed blissfully unaware of NCSoft's plans for Guild Wars 2."

    Those 3 games you list are very different from each other, what is your point?

Originally posted by Adelbern
Great read but the ncsoft comments, be aware ncsoft is just the publisher ArenaNet is the producers/developers.

This^.

~ "but after 15 years we've only advanced past the point of tapping "A" to now dancing between "1, 2, 3, and 4.""

Ouch. More on the combat, would be interesting.

After many years of playing MMO's I've found out  prefer single player offline games rofl.

I've also become less tolerant of the occasional rude trololols who use the medium as a way to behave badly with no accountability.

Having said that, I'm going to try out GW2, a PvP based game doesn't force you to socialise per se to raid/instance.

This is the first free to play game I've got high expectations of , the fact that I'm not paying for a subcription should be less frustrating.

As for the boobies thing, I can't believe people bothered seizing on a bit of lighthearted albeit bad taste humour, it's a non-event, like Prince Harry nekkid, like his grandad having a bladder infection which ran as news fo 3-4 days! 

As for the trololols who will call me emo, ...get a life.

Originally posted by eddieg50

"I hotly anticipated EverQuest 2, couldn't wait for Age of Conan, and wet my pants with excitement over The Old Republic: in short, I expected too much, knew too little, and ultimately filled the gaps with my own desires instead of what was on the developer's mind. The result? Those MMORPGs just couldn't ever live up to the hype, and I was sorely disappointed. So now is the time to tell you that for 5 years, I have purposely stayed blissfully unaware of NCSoft's plans for Guild Wars 2."

    Those 3 games you list are very different from each other, what is your point?

 So you read what was posted but you dont know what the writers point was? I thought it was quite clear what he was saying.

Originally posted by Senadina
Please give kudos to the artists at Arenanet. NCSoft is a publisher, not a game developer.

Arena Net is a wholly owned subsidiary of NCSoft which is a game developer and a publisher.  NCK are the developers and publishers of Lineage, Lineage II, and Aion among some others.