Awesome stuff. Meteor shower and the static field were my favorites.

Is it just me or are you affecting the flight path of phoenix by moving your character? =P

So who's your daddy now! Huh ? Huh ? ArenaNet you are awesome! Looking fantastic!

awesome awesome spell animations! major improvements from GW1

i love everything they showed here, my favorite is the Phoenix that damages enemies and comes back to the caster to heal him!

casting animation and voice acting reminds me of offline RPGS. i like the direction this is taking. keep it up!

Originally posted by illyana

awesome awesome spell animations! major improvements from GW1

i love everything they showed here, my favorite is the Phoenix that damages enemies and comes back to the caster to heal him!

casting animation and voice acting reminds me of offline RPGS. i like the direction this is taking. keep it up!

 I actually liked the earth magic the best but all of them look great.

Originally posted by SaintViktor

 

 I actually liked the earth magic the best but all of them look great.

Liked that one a lot as well.

Originally posted by TwilightEdge

Is it just me or are you affecting the flight path of phoenix by moving your character? =P

I think you sent it to a target while it hits every other target on its path, and then it moves back to you, giving some (health?) boost, again hitting any other target on its path back. Awesome stuff, agreed :)

Churning Earth looks devastating as well.

Awesome stuff!

About time someone makes the effort to get spells looking like quality 2010 stuff and not again like the poor caster crap still seen in most of the current titles.

I want to cry they're so beautiful =D Spell effects are my favourite part of the game as silly as it may sound.

Getting more and more excited about this with each little tidbit of info that comes out. The graphics are looking to be far better than I thought they would be with the early screen shots we saw. Looks like they are giving them an overhaul as well.

I'm not really convinced of the water trident. It seems more like someone throwing a bucket of water toward someone.

Also, for some reason when I click on the image above for water trident I get the phonix spell. However, if I click on their link and then choose the water trident it works correctly.

lastly, I can't say I'm thrilled about the little quips they make after they cast. Seems a bit trite to my tastes.

If any game has the potential to be a major contender in the post wow era, it is going to be GW2.

It will be our last hope in a dieing genre to bring it back to it's feet. I hope it does well.

I know we have SW and FF coming out soon, but both are niche games. Yeah SW has the cult following unlike the world has ever seen, but in the end it will be just for true fans of bioware story telling and SW fans.

Pretty much the same story for the new FF game, might be good, but will be hindered by the fact that noone really gives a crap about FF except FF players. It isn't going to pull in the world.

GW1 is already the most successful (that is partly opinion based) but we do know it sports one of the highest game pops for a free to play game.

I can easily see GW2 topping the several million mark on subs, placing it well above anything else we have on the maket aside from wow.

Very very cool stuff.  Graphics and the animations look wonderful.

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Originally posted by SaintViktor

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Originally posted by illyana
awesome awesome spell animations! major improvements from GW1
i love everything they showed here, my favorite is the Phoenix that damages enemies and comes back to the caster to heal him!
casting animation and voice acting reminds me of offline RPGS. i like the direction this is taking. keep it up!

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 I actually liked the earth magic the best but all of them look great.

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Eh? Sw ToR a niche game?? I think with the SW IP and Bioware's special touch they can easily reach the 1+ million mark and more and keep it, that is if they don't screw it up in the upcoming year.

But even with some innovations SW Tor will fall into the same category of MMO as WoW, I think. But I can be surprised, it's too early to really tell yet.

But GW2 will be the one that will make its own path, with its own very distinct gameplay. They did it with GW that sold 6 million copies, and every bit of news I see shows that they have progressed and build further upon it. This will not be just another sameish, bland MMO :D

Whether they'll be competition in the monthly subs department for other MMO companies, I don't think so: GW2 will be just like GW, you buy it and then you can play it any time you want without having to subscribe. So it'll be a MMO you can easily next to your other MMO's (time permits ofc).

Originally posted by cyphers

Eh? Sw ToR a niche game?? I think with the SW IP and Bioware's special touch they can easily reach the 1+ million mark and more and keep it, that is if they don't screw it up in the upcoming year.

But even with some innovations SW Tor will fall into the same category of MMO as WoW, I think. But I can be surprised, it's too early to really tell yet.

 

But GW2 will be the one that will make its own path, with its own very distinct gameplay. They did it with GW that sold 6 million copies, and every bit of news I see shows that they have progressed and build further upon it. This will not be just another sameish, bland MMO :D

Whether they'll be competition in the monthly subs department for other MMO companies, I don't think so: GW2 will be just like GW, you buy it and then you can play it any time you want without having to subscribe. So it'll be a MMO you can easily next to your other MMO's (time permits ofc).

 Exactly cyphers! After they finish making Guild Wars 2 I think many will consider them to be one of the best mmo devlopers even greater than Blizzard was back in 2005. ArneaNet is just an swesome developer.

Did they ever annouce GW2 would follow the free to play model?

GW2 is going to be b2p like the first one and my god I can't wait for this game to come out, I forsee myself spamming phoenix and water trident a lot.

Yay! No matter how much we may argue to the contrary, we are won over by shiny things.

I like Churning Earth and Static Field, but the others are just "okay" to me.

Originally posted by neonaka

Did they ever annouce GW2 would follow the free to play model?

 It will follow the same pay model as the first game, purchase the game but no subscription pay needed to play.

Yes in the developers blog they said it would be free monthly just like GW was. They have kept this philosophy since the first GW and have no desire to change it to the typical p2p model.

The phoenix was cool, but I'm bias there, says the forsaken one (points left)

I like the Meteor Shower the best tho.

This isn't gameplay footage, is it? It would be awesome if it was, but it seems more "cinematic trailer".

Originally posted by Comnitus

Yay! No matter how much we may argue to the contrary, we are won over by shiny things.

 Among other things :)

I also like the world vs world pvp, the large variety of possible team skill combos (1 person creates a disease cloud, another sends his pet through it after which the pet infects any target it attacks; or 1 person shoots an arrow through a firewall someone else created after which a fire arrow hits the target), the environment PvE quests where you dont need to group to do them with other people, and the fun minigames they add to the several cities, as the GW2 blog of yesterday and interview today mentioned.

That's gameplay footage, btw, as far as I can tell: the graphics have lots in common with the graphics and animation of GW.

Not half bad, much better animations then the first game. 

Wow i was blown away on how good this game looks. great sound, animations and textures......great job Arena net.....if this game is going to be b2p it will blow every MMO out of the park. (have not been following the game closely sorry if we already know the payment scheme), 

The spells are pretty cool looking. I'm definitely digging the Churning Earth spell. (:

Originally posted by PhelimReagh

This isn't gameplay footage, is it? It would be awesome if it was, but it seems more "cinematic trailer".

 

Umm... no its not CG. This looks to be actual in game footage in my opinion, If it is pre rendered they did a poor job on it.

Best spell annimations in any MMO ever...

These guys are destined to make the best MMO ever... and they might even succeed at that.

Very, *very* smooth animations. The care and concern for quality visuals is telling. If ArenaNet simply stay par for the course in terms of developmental orientation, there's no doubting this MMO will be very much an imposing factor in the industry.

I like everything but the battle shouts. I hope there will be an option to disable those.

meh

yeah the battle shouts ruin it for me

Ok if anyone was on the fence about this game these should set the minds at ease . I so cant wait to be playing the game .hurry we need GW2.

If we could amend the battle shouts or make thems possible for edit and or

change

Nice looking spells now if they can just give us a more open world something GW failed to offer i would be onboard.

Originally posted by karat76

Nice looking spells now if they can just give us a more open world something GW failed to offer i would be onboard.

 Guild Wars 2 will be a persistent world with only missions and your own personal story will be instanced. You will be able to roam Tyria and see other people who aren't even in your group whereas in the original Guild Wars we could not do this. It will be a very similar world to WoW and Lotro.

It's open world for GW2.

Welcome aboard :)

Game looks fantastic.

I like the battle shouts. Adds a bit of flavor.  But then again, I play with my ingame music and sound on, so I'm just cool like that.

Looks absoluelty breath taking. Finally a good MMO is coming out.

LOVE the spell animations! This game wasn't really on my radar as one to purchase until I saw these videos, AWESOME spell effects to say the least. The chatter after the spell or prior to casting in some cases is pretty cool imo, it adds something different, though I'm sure after awhile I will get tired of it and hope at some point it will allow you to disable the speaking portion. Overall, this game is shaping up EXTREMELY nicely and I am now definitely keeping an eye on this one!

im gonna make an elementalist just for the water splash

Just think we have 7 more classes to go not to mention, pvp discussions, racial abilities, character customization, event system, weapon discussions and probably a few more I left out. This is only the beginning. :) Brace yourselves!

Gief Necromancer nao!!!!!

all i can say is...omg omg omg omg omg omg!

I am not seeing what all the fuss is about these vids... all those animations just looked really ordianry to me...

The game itself looks decent, but I am wondering a little here about objectivity.

Originally posted by vesavius

I am not seeing what all the fuss is about these vids... all those animations just looked really ordianry to me...

The game itself looks decent, but I am wondering a little here about objectivity.

 

Objectivity in what way?

Finally persuaded my WOW junky to look at these animations and his reaction was 'meh, I am not impressed!' what do you do? *Sheesh*

I mean to type: -

Finally persuaded my WOW junky FRIEND to look at these animations and his reaction was 'meh, I am not impressed!' what do you do? *Sheesh*

Originally posted by Neopagan

Finally persuaded my WOW junky to look at these animations and his reaction was 'meh, I am not impressed!' what do you do? *Sheesh*

WoW players typically have poor taste in video games, and mindlessly defend WoW to the bitter end. 

WoW players have to defend their game cuz they're paying $15 monthly and invested so much of their time grinding

Originally posted by Zeroxin

Originally posted by vesavius

I am not seeing what all the fuss is about these vids... all those animations just looked really ordianry to me...

The game itself looks decent, but I am wondering a little here about objectivity.

 

Objectivity in what way?

Well, just maybe more with less excited hype... these animations are pretty ordinary, and the character models (at this stage) look nothing beyond what we have seen already.

Not saying it's awful or anything, but. I am just not getting the 'ZOMG NEED NEED NEED' kinda of posts I am seeing here in this thread.

Originally posted by vesavius

Originally posted by Zeroxin

Originally posted by vesavius

I am not seeing what all the fuss is about these vids... all those animations just looked really ordianry to me...

The game itself looks decent, but I am wondering a little here about objectivity.

 

Objectivity in what way?

 

Well, just maybe more with less excited hype... these animations are pretty ordinary, and the character models (at this stage) look nothing beyond what we have seen already.

Not saying it's awful or anything, but. I am just not getting the 'ZOMG NEED NEED NEED' kinda of posts I am seeing here in this thread.

I know what you mean. I think many are excited for the game in general, because it sounds like they'll be going back to the old philosphy of making MMos, rather than the modern WoW one, as well as some innovation. Add onto that good looking graphics and animations, and its got peoples tongues wagging.

It looks good alrights, but then, there are more good looking son's (or daughters for you) out there, as the saying goes. I play my MMO for other reasons.

I must admit I am quite burnt from GW1. It was free so (at least here in Germany) the chat was AWFUL aggro and dirty talk of the kind I dont want to hear again. Prolly had to do with a game being free, which often seems to attract a less healthy kind of gamer. Second, the way you were always alone in your instances was also quite a letdown. GW1 already looked great, but I dont want MMO worlds where I am always alone in my personal world copy. So we'll see. On a sidenote, I never would play a mage ever. Way too squishy, but each to his.

Originally posted by Garvon3

Originally posted by vesavius

Originally posted by Zeroxin

Originally posted by vesavius

I am not seeing what all the fuss is about these vids... all those animations just looked really ordianry to me...

The game itself looks decent, but I am wondering a little here about objectivity.

 

Objectivity in what way?

 

Well, just maybe more with less excited hype... these animations are pretty ordinary, and the character models (at this stage) look nothing beyond what we have seen already.

Not saying it's awful or anything, but. I am just not getting the 'ZOMG NEED NEED NEED' kinda of posts I am seeing here in this thread.

I know what you mean. I think many are excited for the game in general, because it sounds like they'll be going back to the old philosphy of making MMos, rather than the modern WoW one, as well as some innovation. Add onto that good looking graphics and animations, and its got peoples tongues wagging.

 

 

 

 well, this is kind of what I mean by objectivity...

The fans in this thread don't seem to be seperating their general enthusiasm over the game, which may or may not be justified, with a bunch of really average spell animations with really cheesy speech ('I am stunning' or whatever it was??).

I just don't get the excitement for these vids... if anything they just make me wince a little, just from the character speech.