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Free online play, but a bit of a let-down.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: October 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The one thing this game has going for it is the free online play, and that's a big plus, but unfortunately after you get beyond the fact that it's cheap, there's not much to this game. After you get through the tutorial part of the game, the world changes and the landscapes are suddenly depressing - everything is blasted, dry and dead. Also, there are only humans around - no elves, no dwarves. There are no cities and no villages. A tent is the best shelter anyone has. It may fit within the storyline, but it is SO depressing. I've played four online games so far (Star Wars Galaxies, Lineage 2, City of Heroes and Everquest 2), and I think I enjoyed playing all of those games more than I enjoy Guild Wars. I miss having my own home to decorate, as I did in SWG and Everquest 2.

All in all, Guild Wars is playable and enjoyable in terms of game mechanics, but the game world is depressing and there's just not enough variety to hold my interest.

THIS GAME ISNT WHAT THEY PROMISE!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 28
Date: July 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

GUILD WARS is a Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game, not the promised MASSIVLY Multiplayer Online Game. The only thing Massive about this game are the Towns, which act like giant 3D lobbies. In these towns is where you meet up with about 100 characters if your lucky. After you leave town there is no one. All areas outside of town is a giant Instance. This means that when you leave you and only you are in that area, not anyone else (unless you grouped together with up to 8 people in the town). This makes the game extreamly dull and lifeless.

Now the gameplay. I found that the skill system was horrible, because of the fact that you have 100's of skills but you can ony use 8 of them at any given time, and you cant change which 8 you want to use unless you go back into town and change them. What is the point! They say it is an innovation and adds a level of skill to the gameplay. I say that the game developers were just being lazy.

Now a game that is coming from some ex-Blizzard employees that worked on Diablo II i was suprised at how extreamly lame the Weopons and Armor system was in this game. Instead of finding super rare items and pimpin out your gear like most wanna do (especially when you reach that ridiculous level cap, which is only 20) you have to find materials so AI crafters can make armor out of the materials you bring in. Now this is also featured in World of Warcraft(WoW), but unlike Guild Wars(GW) the super elite enemies actually drop armor!!! Instread of some totally rad bear fur(sense the sarcasim).

The level 20 level cap is just plain wrong! For people who spend 100's of hours of their life involved in a MMORPG theyd sure like to stand out a little more than the guy that has played for about 3 hours total and has the same level (level 20).

Now this game is supposed to be focused around PVP (player vs. player). Well this isnt much fun either considering that there is absoltly no team cooperation between players. Maybe they should provide a headset and voice support or something instead of trying to make them type out strategy while they fight. "NER NER NER hey im attacking this guy and i need some help. NER NER NER, hey guy over there hel......", To late he's already dead, he couldnt type fast enough while he was getting he butt whooped. This PVP fails horribly.

Thier is also a feature that allows you to draw on the minimap to cordinate attacks and such. This feature is useless since most people draw obsene things such as penises instead of cordinating attacks.

WoW is a more in depth game allowing you to create groups on the run, take up a race, a class, and 2 professions and secondery professions. Since Guild Wars doesnt have this that means that I have a Character that is a HUMAN WARRIOR that has 2 professions of MINING(mine for raw materials needed to make stuff) and BLACKSMITHING (able to create armor and weopons from raw materials)and has a secondary profession which is fishing (catch fish to eat them). Guild Wars offers a RACE and a CLASS.

GW has no monthly pay because it really isnt a MMORPG so to say. It offers nothing more than Diablo II did but the difference is that Diablo II is way more fun and easier to pick up and play, and still has no monthly fee. Now WoW has that monthly fee of about 15 dollars a month. If I save up 50 cents every day for the month ill have my monthly payment. A candy bar is more than 50 cents. If you really wanted you could BUM 50 cents from someone thats how cheap it is.

GW offers little for your money and after you get to that level 20 cap and keep doing repetitive quests over and over again you'll be left at the end of the day feeling cheated and wondering "why is this worth 50 dollars"?

hours and hours of entertainment

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i bought this game for my boyfriend and boy, does he love it! he spends about 5 hours a day playing guild wars. he has played many games in the past and this is by far his favorite. he said that the details and picture quality is excellent. i highly recommend this game.

The world of Tyria is a land with many quests to do, monsters to kill, and land to explore

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Guild Wars is probably the best game out there, online or offline.
But what makes Guild Wars so great? That is what I shall be explaining throughout my review.
Before you get to the adventures and battles, you must create you own character. Although that may not sound very interesting, creating a character in Guild Wars is actually quite fun, and is consisted of five easy steps.
Step one: choose which kind of character you want, and by this I do not mean a profession. I mean whether you want a role-playing character or a pvp only character. If you choose a role-playing character then you play though the whole game, starting at level one and with poor equipment. If you choose a pvp only character then you can only fight other players.
Step two: choose a profession. The professions that you may choose are these.
Warrior: A Warrior relies on strength and melee weapons. A Warrior may wield a sword, an axe, or a hammer with equal skill. If the Warrior wields a sword or an axe, then they may also equip a shield for increased defense. If the Warrior wields a hammer, then they may do more damage but not carry a shield.
Ranger: The Ranger is a very skilled archer and survivor. They may lay traps and are extremely deadly at a distance. They also have the ability to charm animals, who will then follow them and fight to the death to protect them.
Monk: The Monk has the ability to call upon the favor of the gods to protect and heal allies, as well as smite enemies.
Necromancer: The Necromancer uses dark magic to drain their opponent's life and take it for their own, as well as deal a significant amount damage to one or more targets. They may also use corpses to their advantage by gaining health from them or raising undead minions.
Elementalist: The Elementalist uses the power of fire, water, earth and air to destroy their foes. Fire deals a large amount of damage to enemies and usually has an area of effect, so it is especially effective against large groups of foes. Water slows down enemies and blurs their vision. Earth is very good for defense, and Air concentrates its power on a single target.
Mesmer: The Mesmer specializes in draining their opponent's health and energy as well as dealing damage back to the dealer.
After making this very important decision, you will move on to step three.
Step three: choose what gender you want your character to be. This choice will have no bearing on the actual game and merely a matter of preference.
Step four: choose how you want your character to look. You may choose a hair style, a hair color, a face and a skin color. Each profession looks different and like step three will have no bearing on the actual game and is a matter of preference.
Step five: choose your character's name, this name must consist of at least two words and may only be used with English letters. You may not choose a name if it is already being used by someone else. Once you have made all of your choices, don't worry too much about making your character perfect as you can always start over and change whatever you want. When you are sure that you are happy with your decision, click the play button.
First, you will see a short cut scene of the city of Ascalon and about how the beastly Charr, which are a large and aggressive species, are becoming a threat and how Adlebern, the king of Ascalon, is in need of heroes.
Afterwards, you appear in that very same city of Ascalon. You are level one and possess very poor equipment. Go talk to the man directly in front of you with the large, green exclamation point above his head. Once you have done this, your training has begun.
In order to began your adventure and become a hero, you must choose a secondary profession. Once you choose your secondary profession however, you may not change your mind! So be sure that you like your secondary profession before you make the ultimate commitment.
After doing a few quests in Ascalon, you will level up! You will then acquire attribute points. As an example of attribute points, let's say that you are a Ranger. One of your attributes is Marksmanship, which increases the amount of damage you do with your attacks and will affect the effectiveness of Marksmanship skills.
Skills are even better. For instance, a Ranger could have skills such as Read the Wind, which makes your arrows move twice as fast and will deal an amount of extra damage depending on how many points you put into Marksmanship.
Once you feel that you are ready, and after you have gotten your second profession, go talk to Sir Tydus and say that you are ready to go.
So stop playing Runescape and enter the world of Tyria.

Great Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As a Diablo 2 veteran, this game fills in for the gap until a next one appears. The storyline is very well scripted and it keeps the player interested until the end. Battling isn't too hard as everything is simple and easy to pick up and play. I recommend this game for other RPG players that are looking for a great game to play.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my first online game and love it. I have been playing for the last 6 months and it is still enjoyable no matter how many times I restart. Graphics are great and the people play this game are cool. And the free online play is great. I recommend this to anyone

Ok but totally for the apocalyptic everything's burning guys

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 22
Date: May 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The game came recommended to me by an aquaintance on WoW that works for NCsoft. I've almost played them all and I'm highly addicted to online gaming. I went out and bought my bud and me copies of this on the recommendation alone. The game play is up to par with the competition and beyond in many areas. If you read the other reviews here on Amazon they are pretty much on the mark. However I would have given this a total heads except for the fact that I personally hate all this post-war apocalyptic garbage. As you start out learning the game you are in a totally awesome graphic environment. I feel, even though it's not 100% lifelike that it even beat out EQ2. The falling leaves and sunlight through the trees, lush countryside and waterfalls are breathtaking. But as you leave safety behind for the real outside world (and no, you can't go home again) you end up two years down the road in a totally destroyed landscape - red black and brown and the same few mobs over and over again. It's cool for most people, especially the teens that like this sort of thing, but I've actually been driven off after almost 2 weeks to adding a game to my arsenal that I thought I'd probably never end up playing - FFXI. I'll pay the monthly fee and stick with the WoW, the EQ2 and the FFXI until I go bankrupt. The red glow night after night is hard on the eyes.

Game is not for All MMO players

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 17
Date: June 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is a good game but its not for all MMO players its mainly for those that get board easily hehe who are low income and also for those that whine about kill steals

I like this game as it is set to where you can do most things solo at a early lvl and later on when you are established in a guild you can play for the higher lvls or just look around for a group granted there is some that rush through and some that dont know what they are doing there are always people like this in games but it is rewarding when you find a group that knows what to do and dont leave anyone behind if possible

i have a lvl 10 elementalist ranger at the moment and i have solowed for the most part with myself or 1 person in game or npc group of 3 others with myself the group max is 4 now i believe i havent done any pvp yet but from the reviews ive read i doubpt i want to there are some invisable walls but you arnt lead down a path all the time you can cut crossed country in alot of areas

Economy is like all other games can be high in areas as people are greedy most of the stuff is found and sold on a auction channel of sorts but most basic thigns are bough from npc's

the avatars in my opinion as a female very beautiful atleast the elementalist but yes as in all games you have scruffy looking fellows too

The bottom line here is what one man's or woman's opinion of a game is not always the opinion you would give a game my advice is try it if ya dont like it sell it used or something like that or see if there is a trial or spend all your time reserching it and let somone else dictate rather you will or wont like a game you will never know till you play it for yourself.

Julie

Build Wars - Taking the World by Storm

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 23
Date: December 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Sometime you have to realize and accept that this game is not your ordinary mmorpg. You can beat this game, 100%. You can play every mission, finish every quest, and unlock every town. You can have a lvl 20 elite character with armor worth 1 million gold that even looks 1 million times more uber than your cheap set with the exact same stats. Cant afford to be pimp? No worries! Ebay is just a click away. So, Ive got my pimpin gear. Then what? This is PVE, so lets go kill some fake monsters who run in circles with some fake henchman who also run in circles. Sweetness. But now Im bored; these enemies arent human and dont cuss and call me a noob when I kill them. Now what? PVP? Yes, that is available. You can unlock every upgrade and skill very easily, duh, all you need to do is play 10 hours a day or use a faction bot and you'll get them in no time. Then? Congrats, you are now able to play any build. So head to an 8 man tournament. You can go with a PUG group for instant playing, nobody is stopping you. Will you progress? Yeah, dont worry, everyone wins once after 100 tries with a PUG group . Ok, but how about joining an organized group? Oh yes, you can. First, you must flash your rank, because if you didnt know, your experience with playing is directly proportional to your rank. Ask any rank 9 who got his account off ebay, he will concur that he is 9x more skilled than any of you because he can make a sexy yellow dragon. So now youve got your 8 experienced men ready to make a clean sweep to halls. But first, you must disclose any promise A-net said about this game depending solely on your skills. This is Build Wars, not Guild Wars. Cheap and mediocre formations come first, not your 10 years of video-game playing to the point of perfected nimble reflexes. After sharing your ingenious strategy to the group, its time to battle. First opponent, IWAY. Dont worry, these are only deer flashing newbs who use someone elses build and dont understand why it actually wins. Use your original build to the max. Use every quick instinct you have in you to defeat them. But 60 seconds later, your dead? What? How did they do that? This doesnt make sense, I thought my expertise on Build Wars would wtfpwn these noobs. So lets warp back home. Should we try again? Sure, just spend another hour trying to find 4 more men to replace the ones that mysteriously dropped, then you can keep trying to your hearts desire...or until another drops, but no biggie. Just keep in mind, effort is crucial, because if you do happen to win halls, you get treasure beyond your imagination. Xtreme Godly Gold items for your uber PVE character so he can pwn even more brainless monsters. What else can you win? The mother of all, Celestial Sigils. These items allow you to buy your own guild hall to play even more Build Wars with guild members who are online once a week for 10 whole minutes. But not only do you get treasure for winning, you get fame. Do you have any idea how awesome fame is? If you win 10,000 times you too can have your personal yellow dragon that you can flash to show your amazing skill at Build Wars. Are you catching on? With more fame you get more opportunities to join even more uber groups to get even more fame! Do you realize what you can do with MORE fame?? Even STRONGER groups!! These groups dont just win 1/5 rounds, they win 1/4!!!! Do you have any idea how unbelievably awesome that is?!?!? No?! Im sorry, but I just cant explain the feeling because no english words have yet been created for such an emotion. If any one of these qualities please you, play this game. This is just not Guild Wars, this is Build Wars, the leading product in life wastement as of 12/7/05. I dont know about you, but my nervous twitch is acting up again without my daily dosage of Build Wars, so I must go right back to playing! See ya!

Family of GW Addicts

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the first game that EVERYBODY in my house loves to play! From ages 5 to 46 every one of us enjoys this game (yep, we of the female variety play this game too). My BF is addicted (he has 4 accounts, I never see him but GW keeps him out of trouble), my 10 year old daughter plays (parental controls helps keep most of the potty mouth off of the screen)it has taught her to type. My 5 year old has a character to play in pre-searing and I am on my second account (4 characters is not nearly enough and I'm not sure that 8 will be either). Endless game play! "I finished the game" yeah, right! They are constantly adding new quests and there is always room for PvP.

The down side, with only 2 computers in the house capable of smoothly running GW we have to take turns...

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