

You get tons more content for the same cost.


I don’t see why, if you could fork out money for Diablo 3, you wouldn’t fork out money for this. It’s not like World of Warcraft, where you have to pay subscription fees every month.ĭue to the success of the free-to-play model for MMORPGs, of which Guild Wars is one of the most popular, other MMOs like Star Wars: The Old Republic and Rift have adopted free-to-play aspects in their games in their bid to get more players. You never have to pay subscription fees, like in the original Guild Wars. It’s free-to-play, with no subscription fees Here are a list of reasons on why this game is so awesome, interspersed with some thoughts on what could make it even better.ġ. Yes, Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is just out, but Guild Wars 2, to me, is the game to beat. In short, if you want a new MMORPG poison, go buy Guild Wars 2. Damn you ArenaNet for making such a spectacular sequel! Guild Wars 2 continues to suck all my waking free hours. In a nutshell: I fell in love all over again. So how does Guild Wars 2 compare to its predecessor, whom I simply loved to bits? I have played quite a bit of MMORPGs in the last seven years, like World of Warcraft (till Burning Crusade), WarHammer Online, and Rift.īut nothing compares to the time I spent on ArenaNet’s original Guild Wars, where I spent over 2000 hours(!) over seven years playing that game with all its expansions. Launched about one and a half months ago in late August, it took me some time to post this review, partly because I was travelling in and out of the country but mainly because I was having so much damn fun playing the game. It wasn’t Diablo 3, nor was it Mass Effect 3. There was only one game for me I had to play in 2012.
