New GW Video!!!

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Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

I am dling now.
http://www.guildwars.com/gallery/movies/default.html

TheRealDecoy

TheRealDecoy

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2005

The Bay Area, CA

The Cornerstone

Mo/Me

It's a nice little video, if not a little short (the first third is the NCSoft and ANet logos). The new environment is a great addition IMO. What concerned me slightly was how all the monsters were just variations on previous models you see earlier in the game, but I'm sure that's nothing to worry about.

Strycker

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Enjoyed it, very cool. Too short though.

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Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

QUOTE: This movie reveals a new region of Tyria and provides a first look at a map that you will be able to play during the event.

Now i can't wait to paly Friday, not that i could before, but now i am even more excited (if that is possible).

Epinephrine

Epinephrine

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Wow, some amazing environments. Those GW artists are earning their salaries, that's pretty cool stuff. Can't wait to maybe get there this weekend

Sir Erec

Sir Erec

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sweeeeeeeeeet! Is it Friday yet?

tp648

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

cool, a video, looks awesome, i owunt have noticed it unless i read this post =)

Dreamsmith

Dreamsmith

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Minnesota

Beguine Guild [BGN]

I'm guessing this is where you go on that ship after finishing Sanctum Cay. For those of us who have done so and gotten dumped at the Tombs, I wonder, will we have a new map point when we login Friday, or will we have to redo SC to get the next real mission/town/whatever? (Not that I'd mind, SC is actually one of the fun missions...)

Rizzen Khalazar

Rizzen Khalazar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Salt Lake City

Not bad at all. I cannot wait till this weekend. Im thinking of taking Friday off work for the last BWE.

Nascent

Nascent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Shi Mai

I agree, a little short. But worth it. The new area is very cool looking, I love the demonic faces in the stone!

Bgnome

Bgnome

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamsmith
I'm guessing this is where you go on that ship after finishing Sanctum Cay. For those of us who have done so and gotten dumped at the Tombs, I wonder, will we have a new map point when we login Friday, or will we have to redo SC to get the next real mission/town/whatever? (Not that I'd mind, SC is actually one of the fun missions...)
i am in the process of downloading the movie, but i think that this new mission may have something to do with that dragon valley around the tombs that some people accessed before.

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snipes

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Dragons Lair around tombs? I was wondering whether that will be open and whether that links to the islands instead of the sanctum cay mission linking to the islands. Anyone know?

Spooky

Spooky

Bokusatsu Tenshi

Join Date: Dec 2004

Bellevue, WA

KEA

E/Mo

Sheesh! For all the hours I spent help making these, I think you can see one of my characters for approximately one third of a second. At this point, this is becoming something of a running joke. Though, i'd prefer to think of it in a positive light.. they're just teasing glimpses before going ahead with a full on reveal of that which is my greatness. What else could it be? *coughs*

Anyway.. as for where this takes place chronologically.. I don't think I can answer that. They say themselves it will be available, but the thing is, it's like this, and like that, and also a little bit of something else .. so there's no way I can answer that without revealing things I shouldn't. Wasn't that a helpful answer? Move along. These aren't the droids you're looking for.

Executioner

Executioner

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

UK

N/A atm

Nice Vid, good sounds ! cant wait for this weekends sleep depravation .

Armaio

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canada

For those of you who participated in the first BWE - do your characters carry over? just for this BWE I mean, I know they dont for release..

Nascent

Nascent

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The Shi Mai

Quote:
Originally Posted by Armaio
For those of you who participated in the first BWE - do your characters carry over? just for this BWE I mean, I know they dont for release..
I'm fairly sure they'll still be there until the end of this BWE.

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Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Spooky
Sheesh! For all the hours I spent help making these, I think you can see one of my characters for approximately one third of a second. At this point, this is becoming something of a running joke. Though, i'd prefer to think of it in a positive light.. they're just teasing glimpses before going ahead with a full on reveal of that which is my greatness. What else could it be? *coughs*

Anyway.. as for where this takes place chronologically.. I don't think I can answer that. They say themselves it will be available, but the thing is, it's like this, and like that, and also a little bit of something else .. so there's no way I can answer that without revealing things I shouldn't. Wasn't that a helpful answer? Move along. These aren't the droids you're looking for.
Darn. I dislike the NDA more and more everyday. Blah i wish i knew an Alpha in person around here. Alphas are sick a lot... They keep on *coughing*.

Hmm i heard that we go from sanctum cay to the desert then to ice mission and then to volcanic islands. Makes sense, but there must be something after the volcano islands b/c A.net wouln't release the game ending before it came out.

Halfy

Halfy

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2005

Canada

Charter Vanguard

Rt/Me

Normally I would be cranky about them releasing more info from the full game and thereby reducing the amount of new stuff upon release, but the fact is that we are so close to release that it doesn't matter in the end. I bet we are somewhere around 30-40% unreleased game now.

Grymlock

Grymlock

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Manassas, Virginia, USA

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rizzen Khalazar
Not bad at all. I cannot wait till this weekend. Im thinking of taking Friday off work for the last BWE.
I'm ditching work on Friday as well

Adaria

Adaria

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Florida

Wayward Wanderers

E/Mo

And once again I cannot view this video because my connection/computer doesn't like FTP for some reason...

I don't understand it, it shouldn't be so picky like this... blah, I want the video tooooo o.o;

Kaiwyn

Kaiwyn

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

BC Canada

Quote:
Originally Posted by Adaria
And once again I cannot view this video because my connection/computer doesn't like FTP for some reason...

I don't understand it, it shouldn't be so picky like this... blah, I want the video tooooo o.o;
maybe that is why when I unzip any of the movies and they start on WMP all I get is the music!

Weezer_Blue

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

Go download Windows Media Player X (10). It just played the music for me as well - before I downloaded the new one. Not the WMP is any good - but I'm too lazy to get a better program anyway.


Awesome movie. I'd bet 10 bucks that it's either not on the known map or is part of that patch of volcanic islands in the lower left corner of the map. Of course, it looks quite a bit like lots of places. Until I saw the lava and volcanos I think it was in the area surrounding the tombs. The desert place.

Ensign

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

I would hazard to guess that this material is from the western parts of the map, particularly that volcanic island chain. I'm not an expert on GW Lore by any means, but it was made clear that the undead invasion of Kryta came from the west, not across the shivverpeaks.

Also, the southern continent is clearly a desert - just look at the Tombs.

There's more to the world of Guild Wars than most of you seem to think. We'll find out a bit more on Friday.

Peace,
-CxE

NiteX

NiteX

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Camelot

Pretty cool video, rather short like you all were saying. I really liked the new environment and enemies. Patiently awaiting for this Friday.

Shrapnel_Magnet

Shrapnel_Magnet

Pirate?

Join Date: Feb 2005

British Columbia, Canada

Idiot Savants

R/

I agree, Ensign, the number of exporable areas are surely going to be plenty... and if areas like the "catacombs" are any example, there may be some areas that are *below* the ground. The one wallpaper we saw was the Entrance to the Underworld, or something, don't forget...

whiskas

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

if you look, one of the players gets over 10% of their life taken away in one hit, either they were low level or those monsters are gonna be hard

Lunarhound

Lunarhound

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

Makes me wish more than ever that I could be here for the last beta.

Scythens

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

For those of you who can't view the movie, it's probably because you don't have the correct codec installed.

If you've downloaded the DivX version of the movie, then you're going to need the DivX codec. Just search for it on Google.

...now let's see what this movie's all about...

Armaio

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canada

I agree, not long enough, these video's need to be atleast 2 minutes for us to get involved with them. Looking very impressive though ..

Mslynx

Mslynx

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2005

I would love to find out about this area first hand. I don't know if my W/R is strong enough though. If she can't make the journey this weekend, my next girl will after release. BTW, I am also taking half a day Friday...