Best onlinegame EVER! If your not playing Guild Wars, your waisting your money and not getting the max fun you could be!
User Rating: 10 | Guild Wars (Special Edition) PC
I've played a lot of MMO games over the years, some pretty good (RO) some not so good (usually the free ones). Well, ArenaNet has completely changed what it means to be a no monthly fee online game! Usually with free games, you get sub-par graphics, even in the high end ones, and little to no customer support. Gameplay can range from good to subpar, but with most of these games, you wont get to have all the fun, unless you pay them. The guys at ArenaNet apperantly used to work for Battle.net, so first off we know where they came from, and its not a nameless in asia somewhere. lol Those of you that get Guild Wars (and I think anyone interested in MMOs should) will be immersed into a world of artistic graphics, beautiful ambeint music, and a fun and invovative new take on the MMO genre. The storyline of GW is written by a professional, and so was the music. And for the scenery in the game, they had artists come up with everything before hand and based the graphics on it. The Graphics of GW are unique and new! The lighting and shadows, and the landscapes and people are all part of a superve new graphics engine. I can't even begin to describe how awesome the gameplay is! I can say that something about the quest system REALLY reminds me of the ps2 baulder's gate games. (even the music reminds me of those XD) The Quests system is very simmilar to BG. This game is heavily based on quests and missions, the latter being to progress the story. This is also more like a Team RPG than a true MMO, due to the fact that they've cleverly gotten rid of the possibility of Kill Stealing! Thats right! When you leave towns, you are the ONLY person out in the wild! You can, however, bring parties with you, and in that case they will also be in the same 'dimension' XD as you. Don't like playing in parties with other people you say? Want to be cool and play alone, so you can say you got as strong as you did by your self? Thats fine! You can solo, but better not forget to bring Henchmen! Or else you'll not make it beyond the first few quests! Henchmen are NPCs that can greatly improve your chances for survival. Plus, in an NPC party, there seems to sometimes be easier monsters around. lol Don't worry about dying though, cause there really isn't much of a death penalty! but you will lose some max health until you go back to town! Another interesting new take on the MMO in GWs is that there is no more lvling after lvl 20! thats right, they caped it at 20! Well, then whats the fun you say? How can we enjoy progressing in the game? lets say 150 skills to gain for EACH jobclass! and even though your lvl wont increase, you do still gain exp and there are benifits to that! I don't know too much about the new technology they used in Guild Wars, but I do know that there are no more update to wait for! and loading screens are extreamly short! Updates are streamed to you in the background, so you'll never notice them! And on top of all that, they've managed to keep lag down to the lowest amount I've ever seen in an MMO! To date, I haven't seen ANY! Well, for one of you out there that reviewed this, you gave it a 3. something... and I'm having a hard time beleiving you even played the game. If your gonna call the story stupid, at LEAST know what the story is about! and you must have no artistic tastes at all, to not appreciate the music, story, and art of the game... If it wasn;t your kind of game, then what are you even doing playing MMOs... Your review isn't even a review, just some spam because you want to give a good game that everyone likes, a bad rating. Anyway... Guild Wars! Best online game ever!! I'm sure it will win tons of awards for 2005! 
