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 dont see how being instanced in particularly bad. Yes MMO is about interacting with others everywhere. But when you're out adventuring with your group and you run into other groups, what REALLY happens? You humbly greet each other, offer help, items and food, smile, bow and be on your merry way? NO! You fight over mobs. You fight over camps. You curse at each other for mob stealing, for training mobs on each other etc etc etc.
On the other hand, if you get in trouble, noone will be around to help. Noone to come and raise. And again being in a real shared world adds alot to the atmosphere. But most of the time all you see is rudeness behind anonymity.
Also there will be no unexpected pvp, no high levels ganking you from out of nowhere. So you see there are pluses and minuses to both implementations.
I'm taking the wait-and-see approach to this game as well. And I'm hoping that it will pick up and be good, but I'm predicting something of a SWG thing here...
On the other hand, if you get in trouble, noone will be around to help. Noone to come and raise. And again being in a real shared world adds alot to the atmosphere. But most of the time all you see is rudeness behind anonymity.
Also there will be no unexpected pvp, no high levels ganking you from out of nowhere. So you see there are pluses and minuses to both implementations.
I'm taking the wait-and-see approach to this game as well. And I'm hoping that it will pick up and be good, but I'm predicting something of a SWG thing here...
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