Eye Of The North, The Most Rewarding Guild Wars Yet!
Not only are the graphics and scenary stunning, the music very fitting and greatly composed and the voice acting and cinematics very much improved there are lots of little additions that i'd certainly like to see crossed over to past GW campaigns.
The introduction of bare knuckle boxing and polymock, two mini games that help in breaking up questing are a great addition.
The missions flow very well into the storyline, I found myself completeing missions without even knowing that they were as they are fitted in seamlessly.
Dungeons are one of the great additions to Guild Wars, 17 or so dungeons with upto 5 levels to explore, each with a unique chest at the end.
Think of them as your World Of Warcraft instances, only fun.
Dungeons make for great fun with friends or fellow guild members, their designs are interesting so you will come back to play again and again to get that unique green item, rare crafting material, polymock piece or even one of those miniatures you get every year.
Of course, GW:EN also introduced new races, although not playable they will join you as Heroes.
There is alot ot get on with in Eye Of The North, and unlike Factions you don't feel railed. From the start you are pretty much free to explore wherever you like. New title tracks are also an addition, each like the "lightbringer" title track give you a unique enchantment which really do help. Not only that, but by completing quests you get PvE only skills, many of which will really help out when vanquishing areas or hard mode in past campaigns.
Guild Wars Eye Of The North is definatly the most rewarding Guild Wars yet, and clearly shows the direction of where Guild Wars 2 is heading, and if ArenaNet / NCSoft keep this up, its going to make for one hell of a game.
But lets hope that this isn't it for the original Guild Wars, its going to be a long wait for GW2, and now with this dungeon system introduced it leaves the game open for designers to add as much content as they like (due to dungeons being underground). You never know, we make get some Free Updates like "Sorrows Furnace".
- Jason Orme Aka Pinhead The Undying