Comments on: [GW2] Paws-on at Comic Con

By: Stabs

Stabs — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:05:33 +0000

Very cool write-up. Gaming just keeps getting better and better.

Hope you recover swiftly and are back to proper gamer enthusiasm.

By: Randomessa

Randomessa — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:50:10 +0000

Having played a ton of GW1 and also having demoed GW2 at Comic Con I can say the two handle like quite different beasts, and GW2 is definitely not a solo kind of deal (I spotted another player doing the event arbitrary referred to about escorting the caravan and was able to dive right in to help out). This is, of course, outside of the personal story that is instanced, but that is only a part of the gameplay of GW2. You should check out the various systems at play in GW2 and demo videos of others who have tried it out to see for yourself.

Still, skepticism is healthy and all that; can’t be disappointed that way.

By: arbitrary

arbitrary — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:23:29 +0000

Pure alcohol!

By: Aufero

Aufero — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:11:33 +0000

That sounds like more fun than I was anticipating. I hadn’t particularly been looking forward to GW2 – I played GW1 for a couple of weeks, then quit and never bothered with any of the expansions. Maybe I’ll actually get into this one?

By: spinks

spinks — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:56:42 +0000

They were actually mostly sensibly dressed, did think they were showing a fair bit of cleavage for people who live in the frozen north but some of the guys were practically bare chested so maybe Norns have antifreeze in their blood.

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By: darkeye

darkeye — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:32:10 +0000

I started playing GW a year ago, not too late to start now, began with the Nightfall campaign and bought the rest after 2 weeks of play, so it must be high divisive going by the polar reactions that the game gets.

Love the setting of Nightfall the best, so glad to have started there, post-searing Ascalon is depressing, but Istan is lush and scenic and has a better flow in storyline. That said I mostly play it solo, so it’s more like a single player game with other people around to buy my stuff than an MMO. Still I enjoy the combat and skills better than most MMOs, it’s always great for a break.

By: spinks

spinks — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:57:28 +0000

I never got into GW1 either, although I was never entirely sure why. This felt quite different to me – I think it’s drawn both from it’s GW heritage and from other MMOs rather than being a direct descendent of Guild Wars 1.

By: bhagpuss

bhagpuss — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:56:04 +0000

Thanks for these hands-on reviews. Very interesting indeed.

GW2 is top of my most-anticipated list (well other than EQNext, but that’s years away). From much of what I read about it, it looks as though someone may at last have designed an MMO that’s intended to be played the way I already play MMOs, namely by wandering around and doing whatever you happen across as you happen across it, even if it completely derails whatever it was that you thought you were going to be doing.

By: arbitrary

arbitrary — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:49:58 +0000

The pics I had of my character un-leoparded didn’t come out well enough to use