Now about 3 years ago, Guild Wars 2 was announced and as a giant fan of Guild Wars 1 I was a bit dissapointed at first because from what they said back then it sounded like just another boring MMORPG like WoW, but after following the development a bit it's actually nothing like that.
The following teaser trailer was released over 1 year ago, Cataclysm was (only) announced 7 months ago so keep that in mind
[youtube:2njy0bel]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjCehYrEbO0[/youtube:2njy0bel]
Even though the races shown (all existing in GW1 as well but only human playable), the ingame graphics (which are all hand painted like WoW :uparanoid: ) and all seems quite impressing already, check out their newest trailer where they also talk about the game design of GW2.
It's definitly going to surprise a lot of people and I just so goddamn hope they implement it all.
It sounds a bit like a mix of the fable series, WoW and fucking awesomeness :ugly:
[youtube:2njy0bel]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfCf9R0Phxw[/youtube:2njy0bel]
Now, I'm definitly going to buy it (still
no monthly fees, like GW1) and probably going for Charr (
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Charr ), simply for their awesome walk animation and looks (seen in the first trailer, the Teaser trailer, at 2:22) or maybe Norn (
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Norn )
So, I know of a few WoW players already who're going to quit WoW for GW2, because it's got thousand times better graphics, similar (if not better) gameplay, neater game design, giant lore as well (see GW1) and NO MONTHLY FEES.
For those who have played GW1 and fear little RP in GW2 (although GW1 had more "playable story" than WoW
) here's something for you:
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/p ... -overview/ (epic roleplay)
One more thing: for those of you owning a copy of GW1 (with the latest expansion "Eye of the North") you better beef up your Hall of Monuments, because you're going to get bonusses for it in GW2
