Guild Wars Launches [Apr 28, 2005, 11:52 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Today marks the official launch of Guild Wars, ArenaNet's free-to-play MMORPG:
Thursday 28 April 2005/... ArenaNet®, creators of the highly anticipated online roleplaying game Guild Wars®, and NCsoft® Corporation, the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced that Guild Wars is available at retail in Europe, North America and Australia.
Guild Wars is the ultimate global online RPG, a transporting experience that transcends the boundaries of geography, technology and language. Play with anyone, anywhere, at any time and there's no subscription fee required. Guild Wars immerses players in a colorful, robust and detailed online fantasy world where success is determined by player skill, not by the time spent playing.
"By bringing together the best elements of action, roleplaying and massively multiplayer games we have created a unique gameplay experience that appeals to casual and core players alike," Mike O'Brien, ArenaNet co-founder said. "Players throughout Europe, North America and Australia will now be able to compete in the Guild Wars world together."
Players must select eight of the more than 450 available skills to build competitive characters for each battle. Challenging gameplay forces players to use their heads and make good decisions in a brains-over-brawn battlefield. Dramatic guild challenges, tournament play and arena combat provide a unique game experience each time players log on.
I played a few beta weekends and was semi impressed. Went out and traded in my old xbox for the CE. Of all the pre-order weapons the one I want is the one with the most requirments to use (the bow). Which I didn't even get until the game went live today. And the Divine Aura? What a bunch of hyped up CE collective shit it is. What does it do? Every time you do an emote you have extra tiny particles around your hands.
And quite honestly this game is a waste of bandwidth. 90% of the time your in your own little instanced area unless you HAVE to have someone else with you to do a quest.
It would have been just as better off actually giving the NPC's a buttload more dialog and turned it into an offline game. Not to mention everyone looks exactly like everyone else.
After playing WoW even with the server problems, this is just another really pretty poor mans version of Diablo.
And quite honestly this game is a waste of bandwidth. 90% of the time your in your own little instanced area unless you HAVE to have someone else with you to do a quest.
It would have been just as better off actually giving the NPC's a buttload more dialog and turned it into an offline game. Not to mention everyone looks exactly like everyone else.
After playing WoW even with the server problems, this is just another really pretty poor mans version of Diablo.
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