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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 Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Even though this game has been out for quite awhile, I just want to put in my two cents. There's plenty of places to find out exactly what guild wars is, but heres a few reasons why I like and why I dont like it.

If GW didn't have few things going for it it wouldn't be that special. I think one of the main things that make this game what it is, isn't nessarily the graphics, but the whole art direction of the game. From the box art to the character select screen, the game is beautiful. I remeber the main reason I bought it was simply the box art. I'm not speaking strictly about the graphics here either, everything about the game is pleasing to behold (oddly, except the loading screen.) Your character whether it's a stealthy assasin or a powerful warrior all look the part. I mainly choose to play chicks because I'd rather stare at the backside of a girl for hours on end, and boy does she look nice. Warriors and weapons are strong and powerful looking, skill effcts are nice, the scenery is beautiful to behold. And herein lay some of my main complaints with GW.

GW has big beautiful environments to trek out and explore, but sadly there's no real reason to do so. Every environment seems like it was painstakingly produced but oddly is devoid of life. There are no "secret treasures" to be found, no secret pathways, no special monsters or special weapons to discover. In games like Final fantasy and Neverwinter nights, you are rewarded for going off the beaten path. Rewarded by a conversation with one of your characters, rewarded by finding a new spell or weapon. In GW you simply follow your green arrow until you get to a monster or your destination and that's it. NPC's are basically paper dolls that DO NOTHING but sit in one spot forever until you come up to talk to them. Towns are empty cardboard husks that only exist to serve you to find them, find some meaningless quest and go kill a monster. I realize that is somewhat needed given the nature of the gameplay, but come on these people could have cycles,they could come in and out of buildings, the could have SOME sort of life besides never moving and doing nothing.

The main story in GW revolves around the CHarr invasion, but somewhere in the middle a whole host of new enemies are introduced and the story goes all over, what story there is to begin with. I'm later up in the game and I really have no clue what is going on, I just follow the missions with a friend.

Guild Wars' problem is it wants to be a lot of things to a lot of people, but doesn't go quite as far as it needs to to satisfy the role players out there. It's more of an "action" game with RPG elements that you can play with a friend. It has some similarities to Neverwinter Nights and if it would take a lot more of them from it, you would have a serious winner on your hands. As it is you never feel like you're in the game. It looks as if theyve addressed some of this with the new expansion Eye of the North, but we'll see.

I know it seems like I've bashed the game but it really is fun to play given what it is and if you understand you're not getting an RPG. The 8 skills at a time forces you to strategize and balance, the environments that you traverse are all gorgeous and well designed, and the multiple expansions means you'll never have nothing to do. It's just to bad it's not geared more to the person who just wants to experience the story and do a little role playing. For that you should get games liek NWN and Oblivion.

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. Go to [...]for more info about this awsome game.

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.

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.

Guild Wars

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game for online play that does not cost to play. The graphics are cool and unique.

Guild Wars

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

graphics arent nearly as nice as advertised, but very catchy game, hard to stop once you start.

Fun game....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a very good game overall. The only problem I have with it is online chatting. Some people talk on it like its AOL when all I want to do is missions. When you can find good people online to play with the game is fun.

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