Guild Wars Factions scores 8.5 from gamespot!

Omega X

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisiana, USA

Boston Guild[BG]

W/Me

15 Jul 2006 at 22:30 - 41
Quote:
Originally Posted by thesecondrei
I guess the warriors were godlike and overpowered in the championship matches
Well, they did say themselves that "balancing" is executed after every season is over with.

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

15 Jul 2006 at 23:05 - 42
Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega X
<nerfing> its done after every championship. Which is why we hardly ever see an update until then.
There is truth in that. Changes are made to fix imbalances, and simply to shake up the metagame. Apart from pure bug-fixes most such changes are made AFTER rather than BEFORE tournaments, to give teams time to adapt.

JoeKnowMo

JoeKnowMo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Wessst Siiide, USA

Mo/

16 Jul 2006 at 00:09 - 43
From gamerankings.com which creates an average of scores from all major reviews:

Prophecies: 89.1%
Factions: 85.5%

Not bad considering Factions PvE is a whole lot shorter. However, the ABs and the PvP missions make it last.

I think the test will be how many players are still pretty active 4-5 months from now. There was a big decline in prophecies before Factions came out. I expect that the ABs and FFing will keep a lot of players tuned in to factions.

My rating:

Prophecies PvE: 9.5
Factions PvE: 7.0
Prophecies PvP: 8.0
Factions PvP: 9.5