Hello,
There have been many of these kinds of threads I'm sure, but I find that everybody just has a slight difference in games they like and dislike ("hate" is an overused word that has totally lost it's meaning).
Guild Wars 2. It has been a while since it launched. I'm very interested in investing quite some time in this game. It has a ton of hype, it's loved by the fans of the franchise and even liked among the general WoW crowd.
To determine whether or not Guild Wars 2 is "my thing", allow me to accompany you with as much information as I can think of, beginning in what MMO's I played.
World of Warcraft. Of course. What other MMO could possibly be my first? In Vanilla, when I was much younger, I thought it stank of elitist college students who liked to crush the little guy, ninja as much loot as possible, were willing to run the same dungeon about 10 billion times in order to get the one-in-a-million chance at getting that one item in a set which was unique, bragged about being level 60, 70 or more in a very short time, neglecting the world itself and were general DOUCHEMONKEYS. My god, I hated Vanilla. It catered so much to players who were willing to sell their souls for the Winterspring Saber Mount or whatever.
But now? I think World of Warcraft is the best MMO you could possibly make. Seriously. I'm one of those the aforementioned elitists hate. And I'm not an entitled kid, and I didn't even make a forum post venting my frustration of the game. I just tried to ignore the annoyance until I stopped in 2010. WoW now is bursting with content, but it's now catering to the extreme other end (me). I would really, really LOVE it if only I didn't play the game to death. It's one of those few games that I really have no shred of interest playing. Not because I don't like it but because the mechanics feel so incredibly old I would be bored out of my skull, which is a real shame because I would probably LOVE WoW now.
Cabal Online. While playing and taking a break from WoW, every now and again I played Cabal Online. I loved that game until I stopped out of repetition. I adore the combat, flashyness (is that a word?) and the simple questing. Oh yeah! The music kicked ass as well! I loved the idea of setting up shop on your own too.
Guild Wars: Factions. I liked it to an extent. I liked it better than WoW Vanilla. The way the game tells you the story while you have to chase a murderer or something through dangerous dungeons and such was really fun. I thought the level 20 cap was interesting, but honest to god, I don't remember why. I loved the Asian look of the world, and I liked the PvP too. Actually, the only reason I stopped playing was because it was too difficult for me. I couldn't complete it! I hated the difficulty. You always needed a full group to do anything. You could hire AI partners in that game but they were absolutely useless!
ArchLord. Two words. Korean. Grind. The movie BenX made me play the game. I liked the setting and art style.
Aion: Ascension. As I'm writing this post I uninstalled Aion. If I look at it from a pure technical standpoint, I think it's a good game, even a great game at times. Some of the individual areas look REALLY nice and above all, it's free! But let's be honest here: It's trying to be WoW with more flying and more grinding. If I wanted to play WoW, I'd play WoW.
So, based on these opinions I hope you guys can determine if I would like GW2 and what I would dislike about it. If you have anymore questions, please do not hesitate to ask them.
TL;DL: GW2 good? Bad? Me like WoW 2012. Cabal Online fun too, fighting nice. Guild Wars: Factions too many other chosen ones needed. ArchLord Korean grind, no fun. Aion: Ascension is okay, but too much WoW. So, based on these opinions I hope you guys can determine if I would like GW2 and what I would dislike about it. If you have anymore questions, please do not hesitate to ask them.
This post may be edited many times, so expect to see some edits if needed.
There have been many of these kinds of threads I'm sure, but I find that everybody just has a slight difference in games they like and dislike ("hate" is an overused word that has totally lost it's meaning).
Guild Wars 2. It has been a while since it launched. I'm very interested in investing quite some time in this game. It has a ton of hype, it's loved by the fans of the franchise and even liked among the general WoW crowd.
To determine whether or not Guild Wars 2 is "my thing", allow me to accompany you with as much information as I can think of, beginning in what MMO's I played.
World of Warcraft. Of course. What other MMO could possibly be my first? In Vanilla, when I was much younger, I thought it stank of elitist college students who liked to crush the little guy, ninja as much loot as possible, were willing to run the same dungeon about 10 billion times in order to get the one-in-a-million chance at getting that one item in a set which was unique, bragged about being level 60, 70 or more in a very short time, neglecting the world itself and were general DOUCHEMONKEYS. My god, I hated Vanilla. It catered so much to players who were willing to sell their souls for the Winterspring Saber Mount or whatever.
But now? I think World of Warcraft is the best MMO you could possibly make. Seriously. I'm one of those the aforementioned elitists hate. And I'm not an entitled kid, and I didn't even make a forum post venting my frustration of the game. I just tried to ignore the annoyance until I stopped in 2010. WoW now is bursting with content, but it's now catering to the extreme other end (me). I would really, really LOVE it if only I didn't play the game to death. It's one of those few games that I really have no shred of interest playing. Not because I don't like it but because the mechanics feel so incredibly old I would be bored out of my skull, which is a real shame because I would probably LOVE WoW now.
Cabal Online. While playing and taking a break from WoW, every now and again I played Cabal Online. I loved that game until I stopped out of repetition. I adore the combat, flashyness (is that a word?) and the simple questing. Oh yeah! The music kicked ass as well! I loved the idea of setting up shop on your own too.
Guild Wars: Factions. I liked it to an extent. I liked it better than WoW Vanilla. The way the game tells you the story while you have to chase a murderer or something through dangerous dungeons and such was really fun. I thought the level 20 cap was interesting, but honest to god, I don't remember why. I loved the Asian look of the world, and I liked the PvP too. Actually, the only reason I stopped playing was because it was too difficult for me. I couldn't complete it! I hated the difficulty. You always needed a full group to do anything. You could hire AI partners in that game but they were absolutely useless!
ArchLord. Two words. Korean. Grind. The movie BenX made me play the game. I liked the setting and art style.
Aion: Ascension. As I'm writing this post I uninstalled Aion. If I look at it from a pure technical standpoint, I think it's a good game, even a great game at times. Some of the individual areas look REALLY nice and above all, it's free! But let's be honest here: It's trying to be WoW with more flying and more grinding. If I wanted to play WoW, I'd play WoW.
So, based on these opinions I hope you guys can determine if I would like GW2 and what I would dislike about it. If you have anymore questions, please do not hesitate to ask them.
TL;DL: GW2 good? Bad? Me like WoW 2012. Cabal Online fun too, fighting nice. Guild Wars: Factions too many other chosen ones needed. ArchLord Korean grind, no fun. Aion: Ascension is okay, but too much WoW. So, based on these opinions I hope you guys can determine if I would like GW2 and what I would dislike about it. If you have anymore questions, please do not hesitate to ask them.
This post may be edited many times, so expect to see some edits if needed.
