Guild Wars Factions is the next chapter in ArenaNet's popular Guild Wars series. Factions expands on what made Guild Wars amazing, revolutionary, and addictive. If you've played the original Guild Wars, you can bring in your character form Tyria over to the new continent called Cantha. If you brought a character over from Tyria to Cantha you immeadiately feel a difference in landscape and the overall feel of the game changes dramatically. If this is your first Guild Wars game, players (newbs) tend to catch on very fast and within minutes you get used to the smooth controls. With can Asian style theme, Jeremy Soule does a great job with the music, and the Arenanet designers did a wonderful job with the game's visuals. As you were expecting there is a considerable amount of new gear as Guild Wars lacked the amount of gear that most MMO players expect. The gear is mostly all asian looking that follows the new asian theme. Now the one thing most people are asking, how are the 2 new professions? I've played both of them, the assasin is an easy character to pick up while the ritualist is definately nothing you've ever played before. Factions seems to give you more of a PvP (player vs. player) expirience as the game is trying to force you to level your character up faster than int eh last game. In Factions you will level faster and have to endure a lackluster story with disappointing acting. Everything you know and loved about the first Guild Wars is brought back into Factions, but more PvP intended. Guild Wars had a great PvE (player vs. Enviroment), if you're trying out Guild Wars for the first time i would say buy the original first as it doesnt rush you while leveling and creates a better PvE expirience. Factions is well put together and is still an awesome game, which would have gotten a higher score were it an expansion. Faction's is shorter than Guild Wars, but it doesn't seem to matter as its more PvP oriented anyways. With over 1 million players hooked on this game with more expansion and players to come who wouldn't want to catch in on this new Chapter in Guild Wars.
When the original Guild Wars launched in 2005, no one truly anticipated the impact it would have on the online gaming industry. While not as substantial as World of Warcraft, it stood alone as a remarkable gaming master... Read Full Review
While I loved the original Guild Wars, the drab, destroyed and dreary world post sundering was just depressing to me to play in. The Asian-inspired game world of Cantha in Factions is infinitely more appealing to me and... Read Full Review
