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General Discussion  » Is GW2 like an online version of Skyrim?

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  darker70

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9/16/12 4:58:23 PM#21
Why bother with this post on this very site there is a in depth review, comparing this to Skyrim is bonkers they are like chalk and cheese,do some research at least it might then save you wasteing time with a post like this.

  Loke666

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9/16/12 5:08:57 PM#22
Originally posted by Denambren

Guild Wars 2 is nothing like Skyrim whatsoever. Skyrim is an awesome open world sandbox RPG, and Guild Wars 2 is a themepark MMO with a lot of pvp and a lot of world events that you zerg for XP and items. GW2 is basically Rift and Warhammer Online combined together with much better graphics and a much more polished game engine.

Exactly how is Skyrim so much of a sanbox?

I mean Minecraft is a real sandbox where you build everything yourself and people have always said the same thing of the elder scrolls game but there is not really much player created content in the game.

Sure, you can ignore the story and just explore and do anything the game allows you instead but you can frankly do most of that in GW2 as well.

No, the word "Sandbox" have been used far too much, Skyrin is if anything a hybrid. True sandboxes let you create your own content.

Edit: I am not saying the games are alike though, they arent.

  Miklosan

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9/16/12 5:23:44 PM#23
Originally posted by Lord.Bachus
No, its much more then skyrim and wow packed together.

Haha, this made me laugh.... 

  ShakyMo

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9/16/12 5:29:30 PM#24
Yes you can play it like skyrim just wander about and go where it looks interesting while doing your crafting.

You don't HAVE to do the personal story
You don't HAVE to do the hearts
  ShakyMo

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9/16/12 5:31:03 PM#25
Gw2 has a better engine than rift
Handles crowds better
Looks better on high end systems
Has better physics

rift uses the gamebryo engine BTW, as used in oblivion, warhammer and fallout 3
  SaintPhilip

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9/16/12 5:31:08 PM#26
Originally posted by Loke666
Originally posted by Denambren

Guild Wars 2 is nothing like Skyrim whatsoever. Skyrim is an awesome open world sandbox RPG, and Guild Wars 2 is a themepark MMO with a lot of pvp and a lot of world events that you zerg for XP and items. GW2 is basically Rift and Warhammer Online combined together with much better graphics and a much more polished game engine.

Exactly how is Skyrim so much of a sanbox?

I mean Minecraft is a real sandbox where you build everything yourself and people have always said the same thing of the elder scrolls game but there is not really much player created content in the game.

Sure, you can ignore the story and just explore and do anything the game allows you instead but you can frankly do most of that in GW2 as well.

No, the word "Sandbox" have been used far too much, Skyrin is if anything a hybrid. True sandboxes let you create your own content.

Edit: I am not saying the games are alike though, they arent.

DING DING (we have a winner)

Skyrim gives the "illusion" of being a sandbox- Actually most of its mechanics are "illusions" . Its a cool game (and phenominal once modded) but a sandbox it is not...

Sandbox is far too over used these days. In MMO terms many think it means FFA PVP and thats it.

  ShakyMo

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9/16/12 5:32:57 PM#27
Also skyrim isn't a sandbox, its a hybrid.

I guess you could call it a sandbox if you are heavily into messing about with the editor / construction set though. But hell you could call half life 2 a sandbox in that case - messing about with hammer.
  Teala

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9/16/12 7:05:35 PM#28
GW2 is like Skyrim - yes, in the same way a rock is like water.

  Roxtarr

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9/16/12 7:06:14 PM#29
I wouldn't say that it's like Skyrim.

If in 1982 we played with the current mentality, we would have burned down all the pac man games since the red ghost was clearly OP. Instead we just got better at the game.

  rikilii

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9/16/12 7:18:10 PM#30
Yes, it has the same horribly imprecise mouse control as Skyrim.

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  SaintPhilip

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9/16/12 7:35:40 PM#31
Originally posted by rikilii
Yes, it has the same horribly imprecise mouse control as Skyrim.

LOL- Thats funny as hell. =P

Great Answer.

  Naqaj

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9/17/12 8:16:53 AM#32
Originally posted by casshyr
Also, do you need to be part of a guild to enjoy dungeons? If I'm more of a game-loner type where I don't really want to be part of any guild, but just want to explore, can I still do those dungeons? 

You can do the story mode of any dungeon with a group of random players, provided they aren't completely behind on gear, and have a least a basic understanding of how to play their profession.

Explorable mode is intended to be played with a well-equipped and well-coordinated group. You may want to make at least a few friends online if you want to tackle those, and you'll want to make yourself familiar with combos and group combat mechanics.

  Kuinn

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9/17/12 8:37:57 AM#33
Originally posted by casshyr
Also, do you need to be part of a guild to enjoy dungeons? If I'm more of a game-loner type where I don't really want to be part of any guild, but just want to explore, can I still do those dungeons?
 

 

First of all, the game is not much like Skyrim. What comes to the dungeons though, for instanced group content you need a group, but open world you can explore without the help of others. Though some hidden caves / puzzles can have a bit tough mobs sometimes.

 

The group content dungeons arent much about exploration imo anyway, the content is more tailored for completing the challenge rather than exploring. At least to my limited experience on dungeons.

  Kuinn

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9/17/12 8:42:08 AM#34
Originally posted by Denambren

Skyrim is an awesome open world sandbox RPG

 

It's awesome that I agree with, but it's not a sandbox. All the content is fixed in the game. It's a static world with triggers for events. Surely that's not a definition of a sandbox game.

  Carnafex

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9/17/12 8:52:37 AM#35

I have over 350 hours in Skyrim and probably over 100 hours in GW2 and based on the way I play I can definitely see similarities. Though I spend the majority of my time exploring, crafting and gathering.  With quests thrown in here and there.

  Robsolf

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9/17/12 9:33:21 AM#36
Originally posted by GrumpyCharr
I wouldn't say that it's like Skyrim.

At higher levels it feels like Skyrim, to me, as you can wander all over the map and find a challenge.  The big difference in this respect is that your level is lowered to match an area but not raised; whereas Skyrim just matches the game world to you.  Obviously the Skyrim method wouldn't be feasible in any MMO without having heavily sharded areas(areas instance matched to your level, or having advancement become trivial(your level matched to the area, higher or lower).

Again, I said it FEELS like Skyrim to me for those reasons and a handful of others, but I wouldn't go nearly as far as to say that it's LIKE Skyrim.  It still uses a UI bar interface which makes combat much different.  It uses tab targeting, though other creatures in the attack radius will still be damaged if ya wave yer sword at 'em.  And you have much more control over your advancement in Skyrim than you do in GW2. 

But as far as the world you're in is concerned and how you go about traveling it, I feel alot of similarities. 

Anybody that says GW2 is small, even when compared to Skyrim, is smoking some serious crack.  I'm not sure that Skyrim is the size, area, or quest content of even half of GW2.  The biggest cities in Skyrim are maybe between 1 and 2 slices of the Divinity's Reach pie, sizewise.  And the other races in GW2 have their own good sized cities.

With either game, like Loke said, the word "sandbox" is a stretch.  Skyrim is more "sandbox" than GW2 due to your open advancement, but hey, TSW has open advancement, too.  That doesn't make it a sandbox.

So, OP, I guess it depends on what appeals to you most about Skyrim.  If it's the big world and how every bit of it is still available and useful to you as you advance, GW2 could well be down your alley.  If it's the character advancement or the combat, GW2 is basically an improved (IMO) MMO system whose choice is based as much on the weapon type(s) you choose as much as your class.

 

 

 

  Betaguy

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9/17/12 9:34:35 AM#37
Originally posted by casshyr
Also, do you need to be part of a guild to enjoy dungeons? If I'm more of a game-loner type where I don't really want to be part of any guild, but just want to explore, can I still do those dungeons?
 

Lol, not even close. Skyrim has much more than GW2 and to everyone above saying otherwise is just simply delusional.

  Lorkii

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9/17/12 9:36:11 AM#38
It almost makes me throw up a little to say GW2 and Skyrim are alike in the same sentence. Please stop with the terrible posts.
  Darth-Batman

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9/17/12 9:37:04 AM#39
No, but ESO will be just like GW2.
  Naqaj

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9/17/12 9:39:05 AM#40
Originally posted by Darth-Batman
No, but ESO will be just like GW2.

They are trying, certainly.

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