Guild Wars

[PeteJ]

I believe this is out on Friday, and I'm getting very excited. Guild Wars is developed by some ex-blizzard employees who disagreed with the way World of Warcraft was being developed.

This is a MMORPG, but one with a few interesting features...
For once, you become more powerful by becoming better at the game, not by spending more time with it. A level one character can defeat a level 20 if they are good enough.
No subscription cost.
No aimless wondering.
Every quest is unique to you and party (essentially every quest is a World of Warcraft Instance).
It looks ace.

Check out some videos 'n stuff at www.guildwars.com

[SuperBeatBoy]

got my special edition on preorder. looking very forward to this having played the beta trials and the fact it doesn't cost ?10 a month means you can play it at any time not worrying about the fact your wasting your hard earned cash on monthly subscriptions.

[PeteJ]

Can you go into some info about the Beta? How does the combat work etc? I've heard it has taken influences from Magic the Gathering, but at the same time is not card based...

It's difficult to find solid info because everyone on the forums has already played the game a fair bit, so are going on about stuff I don't understand!

[sithlordx]

Im getting it

There will be a guild to join I presume?

[Daragon]

Also got the Special Ed ordered from Simplygames for ?32 + preorder bonus. What an absolute bargain

Can't wait for this

[sithlordx]

whats special about the ltd edition version?

[Daragon]

Very much worth the extra couple of pounds:

aside from the game, you also get....

Hardbacked artbook
Soundtrack CD
Logitech Headset
3 month sub to Teamspeak
Exclusive in-game item (divine aura)

[SaijoBob]

I'm really interested in this game too. Someone here please write up some first impressions after you've had it for a few days!

[PeteJ]

Shall we setup an ntsc-uk guild? Could be fun, like

[mikewl]

I have just ordered this, it looks cool from what I have seen.

[sithlordx]

Can we buy the LTD edition version in the shops?

[PeteJ]

Online only for LTD edition, as I found out at 5:30 last night when Game phoned me up to say they couldn't get me one. I then tried ordering online, only to find they were out of stock...

So now I have a standard ed, and am installing now.

[FelixofMars]

Friend worked on it so I am getting it, even splashed out the extra money on the special version from play, I think it will be here soon, play shipped it yesterday.

[Nijo]

Play shipped my LTD edition yesterday too - but I see they're sold out now.

[PeteJ]

Well it's...odd. Not like WoW, anyway.

Space isn't jump, it's "do stuff", which is really confusing! I always jump in games for no reason, and pressing space makes my character in GW run to the last selected NPC or enemy. Argh! You also can't fall off things, which is annoying.

Anyway, there doesn't appear to be any English people on the servers at the moment, so haven't had a chance to party with anyone. I did a couple of missions on my tod which were straight forward (leave town - creates an instance - and kill the enemies...blah blah, find this item, blah blah), and then tried another mission to which I almost got my arse kicked big time.

I've created a warrior for the time being, because thats what I have in WoW, but I'll probably create another just for something a bit different.

World of Warcraft playtime: 164 hours
Guild Wars playtime: 30 minutes