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I bought this on release after being a massive Guild Wars 1 fan. I have tried 5 or 6 times to get into it but I just can't, it just isn't guild wars to me.
The first time I absolutely hated it because I thought I was going to be playing a similar game just improved and updated and it is so different I couldn't stand it. Since then I have tried to get into it with a more open mind knowing I wouldn't be getting a game that plays the same as GW1 but it just never sticks for me and I find it boring within around 10 - 15 hours.
If they made a remastered GW1 I would buy that shit in a heartbeat, just no other MMO has hit the same for me :(
i played the first one enough that yeah, i get where you're coming from. never seen anything else quite like it
Literaly me. I still consider it a far better MMO than WoW back then. Of course GW1 eventualy had its own issues too, but I was heavily invested in the GvG aspect. The competitive pvp along with the complexity of team + character building was truly unique.
I too hoped GW2 would be much closer to GW1 but instead GW2 is very much a complete pivot towards the more traditional MMO aspects, I was never a fan of the open world shit, GW1 wasn't even an "MMO" to begin with(I'm sure you remember these talks even back then lol) and if I wanted open world shit I would have picked WoW or whatever clone.
Yet even though the MMO community generally likes GW2, I can't judge, seems like a fine game on its own but its definitely very little to do with GW1.
A proper sequel to GW1 would be amazing but I'd hope its single player or even more instance restricted. So many good RPGs have scratched that character build depth since then and the PvP aspect, these days on the modern internet is just not appealing anymore.
I couldn't agree more. I tried getting into WoW back then and remember it just didn't compare to Guild Wars.
I loved the different builds you could make and then later on when they introduced heroes you got to play around with builds and their synergies with each other in a more in depth form. The whole thing is just unmatched in my eyes.
I can also never forget the in engine cut scenes which supplied some moments of gold like Rurik surveying the chart advance whilst staring at a wall that was twice his size as the character model couldn't see over it.
Guild Wars 2 is just a generic MMO in the world of Guild Wars :(
I was never a huge Guildwars 1 guy but I gotta agree that at least (back in the day) It was the only MMO that had the "sauce" like WOW did for me.