Guild Wars. A way of retaliation from Arena.net to Blizzard, or something deeper?
We were going to see a movie with the school, so I used the time downtown to buy the game. I never really saw the movie since I were sitting and reading the lore of the game, and it's a lot to read.
I got home, popped the disc into the computer, started the installation. Very little to install, since most of the game was streamed to me as I started playing. I swore over my slow broadband, but it really wasn't that bad. 5000 files took 3 minutes to download on 0.5 mbit. Applause to Arena.net for this great tactic.
The game takes place in a fantasy world called Tyria. Your character starts in a tutorial like environment called Ascalon. Here you get to know the game, do some quests, and gain some skills before the real game starts.
You get shipped of to the academy when you think your ready, and as you're here, the Charrs, very nasty creatures, blow up Ascalon City, thus making everyone pissed.
The rest of the story is basically you and everyone else trying to destroy the charr, and at the same time get the hell out of Ascalon.
The game's got the RPG part, wich can entertain you for some time. But the real deal of this game is the PvP.
It's something special about it, that no other game create. World of Warcraft and all the other MMORPGs out there, deliver a really funny RPG part, but lack the things that makes PvP fun. Guild Wars got them.
PvP in Guild Wars are divided into two parts. Regular PvP and Guild vs Guild (GvG). The regular PvP is then divided into several different parts. You can fight in random arenas, team arenas, and the Hall of Heroes. The Hall of Heroes is where you get tested for real. As you get into HoH you must first fight several fights, before you're really in HoH. When you do get into HoH, you must fight for your region. America, Europe, and Korea all fight here. It's basically America vs. Europe vs. Korea. When one of the regions do win, they get the power of the gods for their region, unlocking special areas for other players in their region to play in. These areas contain special quests and items.
All in all this game's great, but the PvP is what makes it excellent.