BIG THANKS TO GUILD WARS! BEST RPG! BEST ONLINE RPG! My itty bitty review.

Lusence

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

12 May 2005 at 18:39 - 1
My review stands, this game is fantastic. Its all about RPing like it used to be, all rpgs should be done like this, imagine new final fantasies following this format! that would be wonderfull for us gamers.

Imagine an online rpg where you dont have to spend 3 months bare minimum to max out your char, relistically its 3 months minimum to actually get some eventfull quests and then its a year before you can max your char.Where bugs arent rampant, lag isnt horrendous, updates arent slow and few between and all the while you montly fees arent stacking up....


Well Guild Wars fills up all the great niches that mmolrpgs fail to touch on. Plus they are actually updating us with content and fixes and we dont have to pay a cent!
Newb game: 10
Graphics:10
Sound @ Music: 7
Gameplay:9
Fun Factor:10
Storyline/Plot:10
Replay Value:7
Ending game:10-?(not done yet)- Ascension was hands down brilliant, as was the searing.

Overall:10

Leventh

Leventh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

michigan

Unforgiven Clan [UF]

R/Me

12 May 2005 at 18:53 - 2
i beg to differ

Graphics:10
Sound @ Music: 5
Gameplay:9
Fun Factor:10
Replay Value:2

good graphics, nice story line.. not much after level 20 though.

Sam Katha

Sam Katha

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Canada

Furniture Liberation Army

N/Me

12 May 2005 at 18:55 - 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by Leventh
i beg to differ

Graphics:10
Sound @ Music: 5
Gameplay:9
Fun Factor:10
Replay Value:2

good graphics, nice story line.. not much after level 20 though.

??? Most of the comes after level 20.

Leventh

Leventh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

michigan

Unforgiven Clan [UF]

R/Me

12 May 2005 at 19:09 - 4
besides pvp what is there to do after 20.. please tell me, i would love to know.

(already got skills, gear, and missions)

Eclair

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

12 May 2005 at 19:09 - 5
What? Levels 1-20 is more like the tutorial of the game. The game beings when you start Ascension IMO =P

Well, what do you do in other MMORPGs after you level to the max level with the best gear? At least in GW you can pvp and GvG without grinding to the max level. Unless of course, you like to grind, then well yeah, there's not much grinding in GW =D

Definatley needs better/more varying music

Lusence

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

12 May 2005 at 19:13 - 6
From what I can tell you hit lvl 20 at about 70-75% done stoyline wise. But as far as skills,quests,gear,professions etc your at about 40-50% done total after lvl 20. But i just hit the chain of fire area, i assume this is the very end quests/missions.

Ashock

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

12 May 2005 at 19:14 - 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eclair
What? Levels 1-20 is more like the tutorial of the game. The game beings when you start Ascension IMO =P

Well, what do you do in other MMORPGs after you level to the max level with the best gear? At least in GW you can pvp and GvG without grinding to the max level. Unless of course, you like to grind, then well yeah, there's not much grinding in GW =D

Definatley needs better/more varying music
Please tell me what else is there to do after 20, if PvP is not your favorite way of spending your gaming time?



-A

Soul Monarch

Soul Monarch

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the between.

Heros Etc.

Me/N

12 May 2005 at 19:17 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashock
Please tell me what else is there to do after 20, if PvP is not your favorite way of spending your gaming time?

-A
Well, there is quite a bit of content to do PvE after 20.

But, to be fair, the game was mainly billed as a PvP game anyways. I thought it was expected from the start that the large portion of your gametime would end up being PvP.

Now, if you really don't want to do PvP, then I guess you'd have to wait for an expansion or something.

Leventh

Leventh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

michigan

Unforgiven Clan [UF]

R/Me

12 May 2005 at 19:18 - 9
I agree, the game does get fun at 20, but it is a fun that does not last and with this change to the arena system I am no longer able to play on my fav. map (Deldrimor).

"Curse you Anet.. Why must you fix that which is not broken?”

Lusence

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

12 May 2005 at 19:19 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lusence
From what I can tell you hit lvl 20 at about 70-75% done stoyline wise. But as far as skills,quests,gear,professions etc your at about 40-50% done total after lvl 20. But i just hit the chain of fire area, i assume this is the very end quests/missions.
And lets say i finish ALL the quests/missions, im talking the God areas 2, IE:underworld, rift,etc. Get all your elite skills,and skills, unlock all your runes,hilts strings etc, learn 4 new secondaries and max them, get maxed armor and weapon. Which would take forever especially considering streaming content and updates.Make new chars, and PVP only char.

If you finish all this you can still create your own guild, buy a guild house, and rank top3 in guild wars, and hall of heros which is a game in its self.

Leventh

Leventh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

michigan

Unforgiven Clan [UF]

R/Me

12 May 2005 at 19:24 - 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lusence
And lets say i finish ALL the quests/missions, im talking the God areas 2, IE:underworld, rift,etc. Get all your elite skills,and skills, unlock all your runes,hilts strings etc, learn 4 new secondaries and max them, get maxed armor and weapon. Which would take forever especially considering streaming content and updates.

If you finish all this you can still create your own guild, buy a guild house, and rank top3 in guild wars, and hall of heros which is a game in its self.

underworld/woe ~ check
elite skills+ ~ check
unlock all your runes ~ half-check
learn 4 new secondaries and max them ~ *yawn*
maxed armor and weapon ~ check
create your own guild ~ check
buy a guild house ~ check
rank top3 in guild wars ~ working on it
and hall of heros ~ check

Lusence

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

12 May 2005 at 19:26 - 12
im not saying this game wont get old lol. any game does, god dude you shouldnt want to spend half-your summer on a game anyways.

Leventh

Leventh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

michigan

Unforgiven Clan [UF]

R/Me

12 May 2005 at 19:27 - 13
summer! *hisses at the sunlight*

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just so you know where im comming from.

Ashock

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

12 May 2005 at 19:29 - 14
Quote:
Originally Posted by Soul Monarch
But, to be fair, the game was mainly billed as a PvP game anyways. I thought it was expected from the start that the large portion of your gametime would end up being PvP.

I am aware that this game was touted as a game where PvP was superior to other online games, but I do not recall reading that it was billed as a *mainly* PvP game. If it were, I and many here would not be *here*.


-A

Eclair

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

12 May 2005 at 19:36 - 15
Well I guess that's why there's no monthly fee?

If you didn't buy it for the PvP, then I guess there's really not much left for you to do. It's not like GW has any less content than the other big games, it's more like GW doesn't artificially insert grind between the find, so that's why its a lot shorter.

Lusence

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

12 May 2005 at 19:39 - 16
there is no montly fee cause they arnt greedy bastards!

this game ownz all other rpgs, im hooked!

Leventh

Leventh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

michigan

Unforgiven Clan [UF]

R/Me

12 May 2005 at 19:43 - 17
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lusence
there is no montly fee cause they arnt greedy bastards!

LOL.. for the sake of sounding like an ass.. im gunna keep my mouth shut

www.plaync.com

oops.. did that slip out?

Soul Monarch

Soul Monarch

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the between.

Heros Etc.

Me/N

12 May 2005 at 19:52 - 18
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eclair
It's not like GW has any less content than the other big games, it's more like GW doesn't artificially insert grind between the find, so that's why its a lot shorter.
Hmmmm... Eclair does have a very fair point.

For your fifty dollars (thirty if bought online) you recieved at least the 40-80 hours that you would from most RPGs. Any replay value after that is up to the player, much like any non-subscriber game.

Sure, I find lots of replay value here. I will enjoy working each of my characters through the missions, as well as extensive PvP time. But I do understand the point made by those who don't want to replay. It's just that I can't find any logical basis to say that GW has provided anything less than any other game of it's type.

Inde

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

12 May 2005 at 20:26 - 19
What part of 'Questions & Answers' implies 'post your review of Guild Wars on a fansite where 95% of the people already love Guild Wars' ?

You can PM me the answer, as this thread is now locked.