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Best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I finished this game a few weeks after I got it, and it's probably the most addicting thing I've played. Sometimes it can be difficult and I've found myself trying to do quests and missions multiple times. I find that this game is fairly n00b friendly, since no one can really judge how well you play(which is good for me, since I think it's very strategic). It is very team based though, so you can either get the henchies(makes things harder), or you can get real people(sometimes a huge hassle because no one wants to invite you to their party). Obviously it's a good game (Game of the Year!) and a must have. Just don't get it when you have important stuff to do(like school work or something) because it's a lot of fun. It's a good place to start out on Guild Wars.

Not very well thought out

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: August 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Guild Wars is a truly unique game indeed, a mixture of genius and stupidity. I won't make my review long by repeating what others have pointed out; I will talk about factors I haven't read others mention yet.

As others have stated repeatedly, Guild Wars requires no monthly payment to play. This premise could lead one to think that they'd have less money to pay good developers, and hence, might be a lesser game with mediocre graphics and cheesy content to make a quick buck. Surprisingly, not at all! I have played Everquest 2 for several years, and I have to say that Guild Wars' graphics in terms of characters and environments are THE BEST compared to any other online game I've ever played (which are Ultima Online, World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, and Everquest 2). Their nature environments were created with excruciating detail, and with stunning beauty I've seen only in single-player RPG games. This for me was a stunning positive surprise, and their 3D terrain, in my humble opinion, is a work of artistic genius.

But there is one thing Guild Wars has done very poorly -- their 3D camera angle management. This is the only game I've ever played that makes humongous *automatic* vertical angle adjustments on your view at the slightest move of a mouse! When you encounter an enemy mob, you'd want to adjust your vertical view so your target is in plain clear view, but depending on your environment (i.e. if there are walls, big rocks, etc.) the game could swing your vertical view almost 90 degrees up or down at the slightest move of your mouse! This has led to situations where I got killed because I could no longer see the enemy AND could *not* move the camera angle to bring the enemy back in view!! I have been in battles where it was such a major struggle just to stablize my view of the enemy mob, and this factor has caused me an inordinate amount of exasperation, especially when it led to the death of my entire group. You see, once you beat the primary game scenario, you will have the option to explore the areas in Hard Mode where all mobs are pumped up in level and in number. With this automatic vertical camera angle the game does to me, I have died all the more frequently. I've stopped playing Hard Mode altogether.

You may also have read from the other reviews that this game is all instanced except in towns. This simply means you only get to see other people in towns, or if you invite them into your group and adventure within an instance. Community-wise, this game is simply inferior to all the other online games I've ever played. In fact, I will go so far as to say that I have felt 95% of the time that I was playing a single-player game. Now I'm not the kind of player who likes to socialize that much in online games, but even I started feeling lonely.

Overall, it is just too bad. Guild Wars is a very well-planned game in many ways, with the most beautiful environments I have ever seen to date, but this laudible accomplishment is tainted by the difficulty of maneuvering within the game due to automatic camera angle adjustments. I think the developers didn't play this game; if they did, then they should kick themselves for allowing this to happen because for this player, it really killed my fun.

Lastly, Guild Wars 2 is underway, and they've announced that your characters in the current Guild Wars are not migratable. I don't know how wise this is, but maybe they should've allowed a minor migration. For example, maybe they could've decided to give a slight credit to all the accomplishments of a character in Guild Wars 1, perhaps in the form of some in-game object, something that won't give former players too much of an advantage over new players, and yet make them feel that the playing time they did in Guild Wars 1 has not been all wasted.

Guild Wars is unique in their business model (i.e., no monthly payments), and clearly demonstrates talent amongst their art designers, game designers, and developers. It astounds me to see such enormous talent making glaring oversights, which when rectified, could easily establish Guild Wars as the top MMORPG game in the industry.

Better than any MMO EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: May 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've played almost every mmo out there and this game is definately a step above. I thought since there was no monthly fee that there would be a huge lack of content but boy was I wrong!!! I have played it since release and there is so much to do and so many styles of play that I feel I will never grow tired of it. I've cancelled all my monthly fee games to play this one and I haven't regreted it since!

complex online role-playing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

great game, very flexible, a bit like diablo with bigger scale, much better graphics and a lot more flexibility. it doesn't cost to play online like others. you can either play by yourself or other peoples or hire computer gen char to play with.

Pretty Dang Cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Guild Wars is an astounding MMORPG that, dare I say it, doesn't require a monthly fee! That alone puts it in the top of the MMORPGS. And, on top of that, its a pretty fun game. The only downside is that your charactor can only get to level 20. It is however quite a challenge to do so. Hmm... Let me try and think of another downside... Nope, cant think of any others. On the upside, it already has 2 expansion packs out and new ones come out every six months. So expect a lot of extra fun. This game also has some of the best graphics of any other MMORPG. Anyway, get this game it is worth every penny plus more.

Best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Really awesome role playing game. There is always something to do in the game such as quests or missions. And during the holidays they have special things going on also.

A great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Guild Wars is a great game for people who like all out fighting and roleplaying. And if you like games with swords and shields this game has more like magic and much more. Another thing is you get to make a guild or join one and do guild battles. [...]

A great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Guild Wars is a great game for people who like all out fighting and roleplaying. And if you like games with swords and shields this game has more like magic and much more. Another thing is you get to make a guild or join one and do guild battles. Go to [...]for more info about this awsome game.

Great Buy!!! Guild Wars!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Guild wars is a fantastic game, great graphics, great controls, amazing attacks, and marvelous special abilites. This game is divided up into to seperate zones and in those zones are realms and in those realms is the world of Deserts, Oceans, Valleys, Forests, Catacombs, and so much more. There is 2 downfalls though i had with this game. This game kept me going for a year and 3 and a 1/2 months. but then it got so old that i never wanted to play it again. Even though it was just that long, i still recommend getting this game. I had so much fun when i bought it. And the second downfall is, it is so hard to get the game to start and get on the internet if your using a router. You have to reconfigure it and everything. When i got it i was totally new with the router stuff, but if you have some expirence with a router then its no problem, you'll be playing in know time.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game about 2 months ago and did not think I would like it, But was I wrong, it is one of the best games I have played in a while online. I recommend you get it, only one downfall is it is very slow to get into the game when you are starting the game If you play with a router. If you have experience with routers then you can make some final adjustments and be on in not time.

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