The main IncGamers.com site is sporting two new articles which have been put together over the past 48 hours. First up is my article after playing during the first 24 hours of the headstart going live, and what a blast I had, just to experience the game in its final state was really enjoyable.
The second article has been posted by Tim which looks specifically at WvWvW gameplay and it’s a great read as he describes the Defense of Dreaming Bay.
Read more & comment >>Seeing as we can’t play right now, the next best thing is to read about the game some more. There’s a few new preview articles you can check out today.
It certainly feels like Guild Wars 2 fever is starting to hit.
Read more & comment >>Well testing os over and excitement builds toward the launch at the end of August. With the beta weekend now in the can, a few articles have popped up with impressions.
So what do you think of the game now you have either had a chance to play and the Beta is over?
Read more & comment >>Guild Wars 2 has done away with traditional questing in favor of dynamic events. Even though the personal story lets players still experience a more familiar quest structure, when exploring the world outside of these tailored instances they will be hard pressed to find to now so well known exclamation marks. In stead hearing of a village being under attack in a long winded text or dialog from ‘NPC village Joe’ you will actually experience the attack yourself and if you don’t hurry and get involved ‘village Joe’ might end up dead and you singing his long winded eulogy instead. Warhammer started it, Rift continued it – how is Guild Wars 2 faring with their radical implementation of dynamic events? Read some of my impressions from the beta weekends below.
Dynamic events were supposed to make the world feel more alive in contrast to the static mobs standing around in other MMO’s but do they really? As much fun as I had in the BWE (both of them) I couldn’t shake the feeling I was playing themepark 2.0 with an invisible puppet master dev pushing the button every 20 minutes, releasing the centaurs to entertain gamers. The events didn’t flow from world occurrences but rather from underlying mechanics alien to the world itself. (Unless of course the centaurs set their invasions by the clock: “its been half an hour guys , lets stretch our legs and swing our swords – again”)
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Curious about the Elementalist in Guild Wars 2? Have you been a fan of this profession since the release of Guild Wars seven years ago, or have you been falling in love with the ability to swap attunements since the Beta Weekend in April? Look no further for information about this class on our profession forums here at GWOnline.net. We have been following the development of the profession since it was first announced and compiled a lot of things that will be of use to you now or at the next BWE.
Join us at the forum and don’t just lurk around any more! We are a friendly place for both veterans and newcomers.
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The last time I played Guild Wars 2 was 2 years ago, in Köln during the GamesCom. That was an hour only, standing, in a very crowded and noisy area.
This time, I was sitting behind my own (elderly) PC, with only my cats to bother me (told my husband I wouldn’t be available for the entire weekend). I also didn’t really follow any news about Guild Wars 2, about skills, weapons, armour, and such. Only basic gameplay. So, I’m writing this as a person who has a lot of Guild Wars 1 experience and hardly any knowledge of Guild Wars 2.
There’s been a lot of GW2 action since the Beta wrapped up so let’s tale a look at more of of the coverage both here and around the Intertubes.
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General Press
Get used to fighting from this position
I was fortunate enough to play Guild Wars 2 this weekend. The following articles marked “beta coverage” are based on my gameplay experience.
Trust me when I say this… you will die. A lot. And you will love it. It’s not uncommon to find downed or dead people to revive. It’s not uncommon to be one of them either. It’s awesome. So dramatic, so engaged, so … fresh and exciting.
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Rotation guide for noobs (edited from the official GW2 Wiki).
In fact, it’s harder to come up with weapon skill examples that should be spammed on recharge.
The following is based on my PvE experience, but of course applies even more to PvP. I’ll talk mostly about Mesmers and Engineers because I played those two professions the most, but I have found the same general principles to apply across all professions with very rare exceptions.
Read more & comment >>Over the next few days there will be lots of Beta coverage landing on the intertubes so will keep you all up to date with all the articles and videos as they come in. We will keep a compiled thread on the go in the forums which you can find here.
So far as the embargo lifted we have…
- Beefjack were not too impressed with GW2 in their preview.
- Videogamer preview
- mmorpg.com preview
- Massively preview
- Venturebeat preview
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- IncGamers Plays – The Human Storyline Video with commentary
The latest Invisible Walls episode has just landed on Gametrailers and on this week’s show the guys talk about last weekend’s Guild Wars 2 Beta test. Listen and watch below for their impressions.
At the end of my last report on my experiences over the GW2 beta I’d just helped to defeat the the mighty wurm, Issormir, earning me respect from my fellow Norn hunters; and it now appears to be the day after, or possibly longer after drinking all that ale, since the Great Hunt.
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