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.
Kobalt, who made your definition of MMORPG the official one?
Every single mmorpg on the market, from asheron's call to final fantasy 11
What genre would you call it?
Same one diablo and nwn is I would imagine
Why is every major gaming website (okay, except for IGN) referring to it as a MMORPG?
Mmorpgs is a nich market to say the least(though this is changing), and if you read reviews of mmorpgs usually they hardly know anything about the genre.
So, every gaming site/magazine thinks it's a mmorpg because they don't know much about the genre and anet said it was a mmorpg(anet is running a creative campaign, one sentence say its not a mmorpg so people dont flame them for false advertising, the next they say its a mmorpg with no monthly fee).
while all you have done is explain how it is an unconventional MMORPG
This argument is weak because it can be used anywhere. Im sure there are arguments calling action games with a little rpg element thrown in a "uncoventional" rpg. Still wrong though
All I know is that Arenanet set out to make something different from anything before it, and your argument proves that they have succeeded.
Well if it proved one thing, is that there are alot of retards on these forums
Every single mmorpg on the market, from asheron's call to final fantasy 11
What genre would you call it?
Same one diablo and nwn is I would imagine
Why is every major gaming website (okay, except for IGN) referring to it as a MMORPG?
Mmorpgs is a nich market to say the least(though this is changing), and if you read reviews of mmorpgs usually they hardly know anything about the genre.
So, every gaming site/magazine thinks it's a mmorpg because they don't know much about the genre and anet said it was a mmorpg(anet is running a creative campaign, one sentence say its not a mmorpg so people dont flame them for false advertising, the next they say its a mmorpg with no monthly fee).
while all you have done is explain how it is an unconventional MMORPG
This argument is weak because it can be used anywhere. Im sure there are arguments calling action games with a little rpg element thrown in a "uncoventional" rpg. Still wrong though
All I know is that Arenanet set out to make something different from anything before it, and your argument proves that they have succeeded.
Well if it proved one thing, is that there are alot of retards on these forums
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