Is It Really The First Guild Wars ?!!

I was just going through youtube in school, during my free block, and came upon this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKgmyMuZNdA

If you pay close attention to the video, you can see FDS, Yak's Bend, a 'SAD' version of ascalon armor, and some other GW related material. However, the monsters do not really look much like monsters in GW.

Some of the comments on the video states it is the Alpha/Beta testings of the original GW, (before Anet joined NCSoft). It was said this is the test environment of GW just to test out matters such as damage, combat, and general game mechanics.
There are two problems with the stated theory above
1) I have seen videos from the alpha and beta testing that was made public, and they do not look like that.
2) How did this person get his/her hands on such videos and content? you cannot access really far adventures of the game in a beta testing.

Please help out on identifying its truth.

PERSONALLY, I was like : " NO Freaking WAY THIS IS GUILD WARS!!!"

PS: Now I believe this is the version of GW before the E3 event.

Yeah it is it was the first video that came out. I remembered because I was looking for a new MMO (got tired of Ragnarok online) and I stumble upon that, then I started playing the beta weekends.

Really? it really doesn't look anything like GW currently.

It's actually like a replica of WoW, not unexpected, the lead programmer of GW was the lead pogrammer of WoW, and many design team specialists are from blizard too.

BTW, I also quitted RO and RUNESCAPE for GW

Fun blast from the past. ^^

Lol... look how bad (and WoW like) the gfx are, weird parties and textures and colors in town. How much it has changed! 0.0

Exactly my point !!! Hey if anyone got a link to a full gallery or video, good quality prefered, can you post it here?

Its REALLLLLLLLL Old Alpha testing, like before the "public" even had beta testing weekends.

Jeez, this is even before BWEs..

Yeah it is really GW. I used to have the issue of GamePro where the first pictures were shown. I remember it because of the whole "free gameplay" thing.

Look at the bottom screenshots
http://www.gamepro.com/screen_galler...lobalid=107300

Alpha FTW. That is the alpha of Guild Wars, lol. And EARLY Beta, before the current engine was put in place. Ah, memories.

Isn't just inspiring how the graphics for GW have matured SO much!!??
Compared to many current RPGs, GW still has some of the MOST intense, detailed and realistic graphic creations around.

honestly 50% of WHY i play GW, is the environment. The landscapes and attention to detail in so many aspects of this game i just LOVE!...

I came barely too late for the alpha/beta testing, but i sure as heck remember the vids. LOL nice find!

cheers!

That video clearly shows that Guild Wars was made in part by some of the creators of WoW.

I love how GW is made to look as real as possible (ignoring the levitation of people and plants).

It makes me miss Beta

it was before they hired the curretn head dsigner

It actually looks kinda fun lol.. but maybe that's because i like Guild Wars? hehe

Makes me think of the capes from beta that looked like bibs.

O_O thsat video made me go "Look its WoW" ut its not (5 months of playing gw at this point)

Proof that ANet devs sold their souls to the devil at some point. No way you can jump from that piece of crap to the current game.

Amazing difference though =P They must've done lots of reworking with those stuff =/

LOL, agreed fallot.