Most wonderful screenshots of Guild Wars!

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

14 Dec 2005 at 22:22 - 1

*These screenshots are from Guild Wars in 2003*

http://www.gamershell.com/downloads/start.html?id=2332&mirror=7&cat=movie&filename=gui dwars_e3_trailer.zip&ts=1144726881&auth=jhfef62fsr 9Qg
Movie! The only movie I could find of the beginning of Guild Wars. Quite hilarious

There are some things I'd love to see in the current Guild Wars, but the graphics sure are improved. Enjoy!

http://loadedinc.com/e32003/shots/im...d%20Wars/1.jpg
Holy Wrath?

http://loadedinc.com/e32003/shots/im...d%20Wars/4.jpg
It's the purple female Warrior fighting Trolls!

http://loadedinc.com/e32003/shots/im...d%20Wars/5.jpg
Ice Golems?

http://loadedinc.com/e32003/shots/im...d%20Wars/6.jpg
Skeletons!

http://loadedinc.com/e32003/shots/im...d%20Wars/7.jpg
Hmm, those skeleton shields look pretty bad-ass.

http://loadedinc.com/e32003/shots/im...d%20Wars/9.jpg
Ah, they already knew how to lure in those days.

http://loadedinc.com/e32003/shots/im...%20Wars/10.jpg
Nice Goblins, luckily, they took those out of the game.

http://loadedinc.com/e32003/shots/im...%20Wars/11.jpg
Wow.. One of those Warriors in this picture is pretty damn small!

http://loadedinc.com/e32003/shots/im...%20Wars/12.jpg
The thing over there looks like a teleporter.. What could it be?

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/img/200...day2/guild.jpg
Character screen with SIX characters, damn ANet, why did you have to change this?

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/img/200...y2/guild_2.jpg
Tundra Giant? ANet sure expected us to have alot of imagination in those days..

http://www.dvd.it/img_bigss/226522a.jpg
Love the look of the skeleton!

http://www.dvd.it/img_bigss/226522b.jpg
Nice, a city!

http://www.dvd.it/img_bigss/226522c.jpg
It's a Female Necromancer, and a nice interface too!

http://www.dvd.it/img_bigss/226522d.jpg
The beauty of the Shiverpeaks!

http://gr.bolt.com/previews/screens/...ild_wars1b.jpg
Fiery mod, hooray!

http://gr.bolt.com/previews/screens/...ild_wars2b.jpg
Shiverpeaks again, looks like Grenth's Footprints..

http://gr.bolt.com/previews/screens/...ild_wars3b.jpg
Fisherman's Haven?

http://cerberus.gamershell.com/scree...27976_full.jpg

Nice huh?

Rel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

i chill in id1 ha

Guess Who Fails At Game Balance [izzy]

E/Me

14 Dec 2005 at 22:24 - 2

what the.... lol

Lasareth

Aquarius

Join Date: Jun 2005

Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place

14 Dec 2005 at 22:26 - 3

Ah... those were the days

Guild Wars certainly has become a lot more graphically complex since then. Those pictures remind me of WoW's visuals.

Volarian

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Texas

NOT-Nomads Of Turmoil

14 Dec 2005 at 22:40 - 4

Hmmm guess my vidcard cleans up the toonish look a bit??

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

14 Dec 2005 at 22:59 - 5

That was back when GW was striving to look like WoW, but then they realized looking cartoonish was silly...and the game evolved from there, and they had a pizza party. And everyone was happy. Except the pizza...because they ate him.

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

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

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

14 Dec 2005 at 23:26 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maxiemonster

http://www.dvd.it/img_bigss/226522a.jpg
Love the look of the skeleton!

http://www.dvd.it/img_bigss/226522b.jpg
Nice, a city!

http://www.dvd.it/img_bigss/226522c.jpg
It's a Female Necromancer, and a nice interface too!

http://www.dvd.it/img_bigss/226522d.jpg
The beauty of the Shiverpeaks!

Nice huh? HAHAHAHA! It looks like WoW!

That just roxxors my boxxors!

Fred Kiwi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

[cola]

14 Dec 2005 at 23:29 - 7

I honestly love that interface that there now. And I wouldn't mind having those visuals either.

BBoy_Manchild

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2005

dayton ohio

N/Mo

14 Dec 2005 at 23:31 - 8

http://www.dvd.it/img_bigss/226522b.jpg
that reminds me of a crappy version of the towns in ES2- and kinda 3 morrowind

Cartoonhero

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Sooner Nation

Mo/

14 Dec 2005 at 23:33 - 9

so glad they veered away from the WoW look. gag.

hkr

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

on the internet

Gothic unDead Alliance (GDA)

W/Mo

14 Dec 2005 at 23:39 - 10

Dude....... I'd be better off thinking GW was never liek taht

Semper

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

[uBp]

W/R

15 Dec 2005 at 00:07 - 11

....BARF!!!! cool of you to post ...them...

Faith the Insane

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

15 Dec 2005 at 00:42 - 12

omg....that looks so awesome....I wish they would bring it back to how it looked....
I bought the game when it looked like it does now..those pics are awesome

Monseir

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

IM da shiznit

The Shiznitz

W/Mo

15 Dec 2005 at 00:50 - 13

Too WoWish for me. Gag.

Kariston The Swift

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Sand Scorpions[SS]

R/Me

15 Dec 2005 at 00:53 - 14

I like the interface but the graphics are bleh

storm of daeth

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

somewhere

Zealots Of Abaddon [ZOA]

15 Dec 2005 at 01:17 - 15

man i never knew that they looked like that i bought gw in june i was torn between gw and WoW but i decided on gw because of WoW's cartoony look =D im glad they changed it...... but nice screens nice to know what it used to look like

bebe

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

http://tinyurl.com/4g5ueb8

Put the peanut in the peanut hole!

15 Dec 2005 at 01:17 - 16

rofl. awesome

zoozoc

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Beaverton/OR

Disciples of Birkler [BIR]

15 Dec 2005 at 01:21 - 17

that is just funny lol

Daemon Dremora

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Millington, TN

Seele Erntemaschine {Nein}

15 Dec 2005 at 01:22 - 18

I never knew that GW used to look like that. I bought it when it looked like it does now. Thnx for the pics though. I am very glad they went away from the WoW look.

Ultimate_Gaara

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

BC, Canada.. how aboot that eh?

15 Dec 2005 at 01:23 - 19

Ya i saw some of them a while back, as already stated the first thing that came to my mind was WoW at top graphics... heh

Fian Adair

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dublin, Ireland

An Cuallacht

R/Me

15 Dec 2005 at 02:34 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maxiemonster

http://www.dvd.it/img_bigss/226522c.jpg
It's a Female Necromancer, and a nice interface too! Upkeep? What was that all about?

Claire Wolf

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Zephyr Of Tyria [tZoT]

15 Dec 2005 at 03:23 - 21

The shiverpeaks there look like something from a popup story book... all you need is a gingerbread man and a gingerbread house~

Lou

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Colorado Springs colorado, denver when I'm not in school

Looking

15 Dec 2005 at 03:28 - 22

I think those graphics look awesome. Guild wars now looks great but I like what they did with the interface and stuff back then.

MoldyRiceFrenzy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2005

Santa Rosa, CA

Confusion in The Ranks[tArD]

Mo/W

15 Dec 2005 at 03:43 - 23

holy crap i never seen those b4 MAN i wish guildwars kept those i love those visuals and the animation looks... aww

Holy Arch

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

[IV]

Mo/

15 Dec 2005 at 04:39 - 24

Its stonehenge in the shiverpeaks!!!! I thought we got rid of English infulence in America about 250+ years ago

BBoy_Manchild

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2005

dayton ohio

N/Mo

15 Dec 2005 at 05:35 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holy Arch

Its stonehenge in the shiverpeaks!!!! I thought we got rid of English infulence in America about 250+ years ago no..... we are still plagued by crap like the beetles, the UK can keep their crappy bands

M1h4iL

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Perth, Australia

15 Dec 2005 at 05:37 - 26

Looks like WOW, gj to Anet when it polished the game.

ecirbaf

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/Me

15 Dec 2005 at 14:22 - 27

EDIT: wow , I thought it was a joke but apparently it is not..

I've never seen or heard of a graphics overhaul like this for a video game before, this is crazy.

http://www.guild-hall.net/screens2e.php

Would anyone have a link to some good article on the mke up of the game ? Unfortunately I havent been buying Edge magazine or Game Developer for a long while ... this graphic overhaul just amazes me o_O !!

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

15 Dec 2005 at 14:50 - 28

Haha, I knew you'd like them, 3 more added!

I'll keep adding them, I keep finding more

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

15 Dec 2005 at 15:09 - 29

necrotic traversal 15 energy.. lol isnt it 5 now

Vhayr

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Malice Nights [MN]

A/Me

15 Dec 2005 at 17:19 - 30

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBoy_Manchild

no..... we are still plagued by crap like the beetles, the UK can keep their crappy bands Opinions opinions opinions

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On topic, I'm glad the graphics have moved on from what they were before, some of those screenshots remind me of a beefed up Daggerfall.

Glasswalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Northwest Ascalon

Freedom

N/R

15 Dec 2005 at 19:33 - 31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maxiemonster

http://loadedinc.com/e32003/shots/im...%20Wars/12.jpg
The thing over there looks like a teleporter.. What could it be?? If memory serves correctly, this was an early version of the Mission with the Eye following you around...

EDIT: I Don't remember the Upkeep tab at all... Any of the old folks here?

Dentenko

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Mo/Me

16 Dec 2005 at 00:47 - 32

wow thats crazy...very WoW....il play Wow for that type of graphics thank you....

wolver1ne

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

W/N

16 Dec 2005 at 04:10 - 33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lasareth

Ah... those were the days

Guild Wars certainly has become a lot more graphically complex since then. Those pictures remind me of WoW's visuals. Damns.. that's exactly what I thought when I saw the shots. Props to the Anet team for getting GW from that to what it is today! I wonder how GW will look in say 2 years or so, say closer to Chapter 3.

Ultimate Warrior

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Canada

W/Mo

16 Dec 2005 at 04:19 - 34

... wish i had played back then

Meneldil

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

United States [KS]

[none]

R/W

16 Dec 2005 at 12:34 - 35

That was Guild Wars?!?!? OMGsh, I gotta do something... *Looks around* ... *finds a cardboard box, runs to it* ... *hides*

Andy_M

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Worthing, UK

(Don't fear) The Beaver

16 Dec 2005 at 12:42 - 36

'Beetles' - hehehehehehehe

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

16 Dec 2005 at 13:03 - 37

That's a nice paper effect interface, they should have kept that

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

16 Dec 2005 at 17:47 - 38

Nice? It's terrible!

I'm glad about the Guild Wars looks, though, I'd much rather have the beta looks

ecirbaf

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/Me

16 Dec 2005 at 18:03 - 39

Well it is nice .. as in classic old RPG feel.. but GuildWars is far from Baldur's Gate.

I'd say if it weren't for the very atmospheric and breathtaking graphics... the world of GuildWars would feel very empty, with its so-so storyline and cliche dialogues.

Amity

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

16 Dec 2005 at 23:40 - 40

Give me a bucket...plz

If these graphics look like WoW then thank god i got GW.