confused,please help

i really want to get guild wars but with so many packs out im all confused,iv found http://www.game.co.uk/ViewProduct.as...144&mid=326617 and http://www.game.co.uk/ViewProduct.as...144&mid=326605 and a few expantions.
whats the deal,is there a guild wars 1 and two or can i just buy guild wars and upgrade the same game as and when i want?
i didnt want to jump straight in and buy the expensive copy if i can try a cheap version first to try.
also are all packs in the same online world or are all packs in a seperate world?

Basicly you can do exatly what i have done:
1) pick up the copy of Propacies for £9.99. GWP is the "origional" GW. its great to start with

2) at a later point, get factions for £29.99. GWF is the next "chapter" of GW. you can add it to your GWP account to allow you to do the new missions and travel to cantha. you could alternativly just get GWF- it can be stand alone as well

the new chapter Nightfall comes out in a week-you could just wate for that- but i recon that GWP for £9.99 is a hell of a bargin and worth grabbing

all the packs are on the same world, just different continents. having GWP, GWF and GWN when it comes out means you can travel between each continent.

where would i get propacies for 9.99? iv found a few online for 14.99 but its all sold out.
can i keep my chars from the origional if i upgrade? and will it all be fused into one game or are they seperate games from each other?
im really confused

Yes, you can link the three different games.

They can be used standalone or linked (your account is linked with the cd-keys for each game).

Prophecies is the original
Factions came second
And Nightfall releases oct. 27th.

Each has their own "world", or pve element, pvp is shared (not all, but alot is on the battle isles), so if you see a character you're not familiar with in let's say, heroe's ascent, he's from a different chapter , as prophecies only has 6, the other two chapters add two characters.

so i can still see players from other versions of gw but they will just have a different char or attributes?
are there any graphical changes

Propacies is the 9.99 game on the first link in your OP

Yep, Characters on accounts that have multiple chapters linked together can travel between continents. So, with Prophecies only, you will still come across Assassins and Ritualists from factions. All chapters have the core professions (Warrior, Monk, Assassin, Necromancer, Mesmer, Ranger, and Elementalist), while factions has added Assassin and Ritualist and Nightfall has Paragons and Dervishes.

If you mean "graphical changes" in the technical sense, then no, it's all the same. In the ascetic sense, then yes. Prophecies, Nightfall, and factions characters all have their own faces, hairstyles and all that. Each chapter also comes with its own armor selections, as well, but characters from one chapter can get the armor from any other chapter on the account.

the 9.99 on my first link was sold out

You really can't go wrong with starting on the original Guild Wars, aka Prophecies. It is a good campaign, good start-up for new players, good learning curve, good deal of content and hopefully a good price since it is an older title now. It also brings you into the story at the start as opposed to starting with Nightfall which is the 3rd of the series/trilogy.

Once you decide that you like it then at any time you can add Factions and/or Nightfall to your account to expand your content. Just be sure to add them to the existing account rather than create a new account for them since you want to be able to move all your characters between all the content.

They are standalone so you could start with any that you prefer though and add them in any order if desired.

awww im sorry i didnt spot that

here, Play.com have it for 14.99 http://www.play.com/Games/PC/GENBRW/...6/Product.html

its not quite as cheep but its a good price still

I missed out on the trial of PvE nightfall but from what i have heard it ties with factions and i think factions had a descent story line, so if you want to start with proph i would say get factions then nightfall if u do decide to upgrade. and another thing is were i live u CAN NOT take the game back once you opened it so yes buy the cheaper one first.

The reasong being is that once u open the cd key thing that is your acount, and you can play without the CD aslong as u have the Acount.