Poll: WoW or Guild Wars: Which to get?
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Warcraft: $20 Burning Crusade: $30 WotLK: $40 Upcoming Cataclysm: $40 Monthly Fee: %15. So pretty soon, $130 just to own the complete game. If that investment gives you a relatively meager for the cost 6 months of play, that's another $90, bringing it to $220.
Guild Wars Trilogy: $50. No monthly fee, ever. If your unsure, go with the one that's a fraction of the cost.
I would say that GW is a better game anyways. WoW is addictive, and encourages grinding. GW encourages clever character building, and is far more action oriented. Besides, its PVP is some of the best out there. You hit max level sooner, but once you're max level, there's still the vast majority of the game ahead of you, for you to use strategy with, as opposed to running the same dungeon over and over again.
To throw in the unasked for opinion, consider trying DDO Unlimited. It just became free to play, and amazingly, becoming free hasn't watered it down at all. Looking through the options, I think its the clear fun-to-cost winner.
Guild Wars Trilogy: $50. No monthly fee, ever. If your unsure, go with the one that's a fraction of the cost.
I would say that GW is a better game anyways. WoW is addictive, and encourages grinding. GW encourages clever character building, and is far more action oriented. Besides, its PVP is some of the best out there. You hit max level sooner, but once you're max level, there's still the vast majority of the game ahead of you, for you to use strategy with, as opposed to running the same dungeon over and over again.
To throw in the unasked for opinion, consider trying DDO Unlimited. It just became free to play, and amazingly, becoming free hasn't watered it down at all. Looking through the options, I think its the clear fun-to-cost winner.
I own guild wars, and have an active wow subscription, and I have to say WoW is by far the better game. Guild Wars is cheaper, on an overall basis, although I'd say I've gotten more play time per dollar on WoW... I find Guild Wars really boring, and seldom play it.
Guild Wars was a better buy in its day in my opinion. Immersive, story-driven game, excellent gameplay, AMAZING soundtrack...really makes you care about it, and only for a one-time payment. The only thing that really impressed me about WoW when I tried it and watched my bro play it was the scale.
However, nowadays GW is ageing; fewer and fewer people are staying with it as there's no extra content being released for it, with the developers working on the sequel. If you want to get one of these two, then for this reason, get WoW. Or, even better, just wait for GW2 or TOR
However, nowadays GW is ageing; fewer and fewer people are staying with it as there's no extra content being released for it, with the developers working on the sequel. If you want to get one of these two, then for this reason, get WoW. Or, even better, just wait for GW2 or TOR
A few things:
1) No, you can't play it without the subscription.
2) I have played both. I think WoW has more replay value, and the social interaction is more possible because more people play, but GW is cheaper and has better graphics (graphics have never really bothered me in a game, having been an owner of an SNES).
To sum it all up, I'd say go for WoW if you have the time and money. Go for GW if you just want a decent game, but not a time/money drain, or if graphics matter to you. My opinion that WoW is better is mostly driven by the fact that the WoW community is so expansive, and so is the game content. I play both off and on though.
*note: Don't get WoW if you don't have alot of time on your hands--its very easy to get addicted. You feel the need to play it when you have it, but you don't miss it when it's gone.
1) No, you can't play it without the subscription.
2) I have played both. I think WoW has more replay value, and the social interaction is more possible because more people play, but GW is cheaper and has better graphics (graphics have never really bothered me in a game, having been an owner of an SNES).
To sum it all up, I'd say go for WoW if you have the time and money. Go for GW if you just want a decent game, but not a time/money drain, or if graphics matter to you. My opinion that WoW is better is mostly driven by the fact that the WoW community is so expansive, and so is the game content. I play both off and on though.
*note: Don't get WoW if you don't have alot of time on your hands--its very easy to get addicted. You feel the need to play it when you have it, but you don't miss it when it's gone.
WoW is very grindy and half of a person's preformance is their gear.XT inc said:
Don't forget the half that is preformance.
Although 99% of the grinding doesn't ever FEEL like grinding because you grind with different people each time you grind. That's what make WoW the better choice IMO.
GW seems..... lonely
WoW just doesn't "give up the goods" fast enough you have to slave away, It doesn't matter who its for grinding is grinding. And there is no fun in having to walk all the way across a map to click repeatedly on some guys and then walk back to be told you can know walk back to where you were and kill their boss man. And your reward for days of work? minor stat increase 1 count em 1 talent point and if you are lucky enough to be on an even numbered level a new ability. There is a horrible skew of work for reward, because there is allot of boring work to do to "ding".I think its all because the killing isn't fun.
So just because you haven't heard of the game that means it's not good?Teiraa said:
That's some poor logic.
I'm more into storylines, but i still chose WoW.
the quests have SOME story involved.
and i just like time consuming games.
being as young as i am, i have plenty of time.
so unless you're on a budget, and have little time, i suggest getting WoW.
the quests have SOME story involved.
and i just like time consuming games.
being as young as i am, i have plenty of time.
so unless you're on a budget, and have little time, i suggest getting WoW.
btw lv cap on wow its 80 and soon to be 85 but thats not the point. I would recommened WOW for now... becuase Guild Wars 2 will be coming out soon which will be a far better game then its predecessor, but if you cant decide then try looking at other MMO's until you find the one that you would fine bestMETC said:
