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| From: NCsoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $19.79
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Avg. Customer Rating:  297 reviews
Sales Rank: 1890
Platforms: Windows Nt, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: FGXP000501
Model: FG-XP-00050-1
UPC: 892566000507
EAN: 0892566000507
ASIN: B0002BJQDY
Release Date: April 28, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Software is in good shape, however packing/case shows some wear. CD is in unused or lightly used shape.
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| Features:
| • | After learning the game and building up your first character, you can jump right in to head-to-head competition or guild warfare | | • | Choose from a wide range of professions - Master nature as an Elementalist, serve divine spirits as a Monk, subvert with charisma as a Mesmer - along with more traditional classes like Necomancer, Ranger and Warrior | | • | The game includes integrated support for guilds, with guild banners and halls, chat rooms and forums -- guilds can challenge other guilds to battle, compete for control of key parts of the world, and be ranked on a worldwide ladder | | • | Unique streaming technology means no more patches -- new content is always being streamed to you directly, for new challenges and a continually changing world |
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Product Description
Guild Wars is a new kind of MMORPG experience. It eliminates the less exciting aspects of world-map play by using a mission-based design, while still keeping the features that make massive online role-players great. Make new allies in towns or outposts, form a party, and then go tackle a quest together. Your party always has its own unique copy of the quest map, so camping, kill-stealing, and long lines to complete quests are all things of the past. As you play out your quest, you have an unprecedented level of freedom: Your magic can build bridges and open up new pathways, or it can burn down forests and villages. Best of all, you'll never meet new players only to discover that you can't play with them or compete against them because their characters are on a different server than yours -- in Guild Wars, all characters live in one seamless world.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 292 more reviews...
 GW rocks! August 25, 2008
This game sets the bar for all RPGs. It looks great, plays great, and has tons of good content werth perchasing.
Next best thing to WoW. July 26, 2008
Like so many others out there, I'm not made of money and paying for an online game every month is just out of the question. I'd read about this game and its unheard of free online pay, so I'd been eyeing it for a few years. I finally bought it a couple weeks ago and wow. It's pretty darn good RPG.
There's a huge world to explore, quests to take on, big (and small) decisions to make, and you can always add more on to it with the sequels and expansions. Whether your thing is tossing spells left and right or bashing bad guys over the head, it's all catered to pretty well here. You're required to have two professions, so you can do both if you want to (personally, I prefer a ranger/spell caster combo, but that's just my own taste).
This is really supposed to be a group thing, joining up with other players to make your way through the world. Teambuilding, cooperative gameplay, etc., but -- and the reason it didn't get five stars from me -- you can get around that fairly easily. Run across a quest that takes more than one player? No problem, just hit the public area and ask and/or hire someone to help you complete it, then go your separate ways. It gets a little bit lonely that way. Then again, if you feel the need to connect, you can just hang out in an active zone and chat. Still, it might be better if having a group was required, and not something you could get around.
That aside, this is definitely worth the money and I really recommend it. Is WoW better? Probably. But if you don't have that kind of money, this is a more than decent substitute.
Older gamer loves this game!! April 28, 2008
"GW" is my first foray into the world of online gaming.I was a little intimidated at first,what with the zillions of people running around all over the place,but I quickly found that other,more experienced players were more than happy to help a newbie such as I.
I soon became immersed in the huge GW lands and have been having such a good time with the characters I created.I am a Ranger/Elementalist in this game,and it is really fun to add skills,and win battles,complete quests,and a myriad of other stuff.I was invited to join a guild,which I did,and the people in the guild are helpful,funny,and obviously in love with this game as much as I am.
I am currently playing GW and Factions at the same time.Tonight I load Nightfall and have more fun!!!
This kind of game is perfect for someone who has been a fan of RPG's since Diablo.The advances these kinds of games have made are incredible.
Prepare to have your slippers knocked off!!
Guild Wars Rocks April 28, 2008
This is a great game! Not only are there great graphics and amazing gameplay, the storyline is amazing and well thought out. This game should be played by everyone around the globe. Even if you don't like MMORPG's, you will after this game!
If you are looking at this, why haven't you bought it already? April 25, 2008
Do you hate online RPGs because you have to pay money? do you want a good looking game with a solid gameplay system? Look no further.
You may be trying to compare this to World of Warcraft, but they aren't really compareable. Guild Wars defines a genre somewhere between multi and single player, and has no known clones.
There are two modes in the game, PvP and Cooperative. In my opinion PvP is better, yet cooperative is also very fun with a good story.
There are six characters to choose from (eight if you have factions, ten if you have nightfall). Each one has its own strengths and weaknesses. For example, the elementalist has the most mana of any class, his spells are also the most powerfull. Yet, the elementalist has a low health capacity and bad armor. The warrior, on the other hand, has next to no mana, yet he does not need it for his abilities, he also has the best weapons and armor.
The game is very balanced, and easy to dive into, it also seems to satisfy the wants of both the casual and hardcore gammer. A casual gammer can dive into Guild Wars for fifteen minutes at a time and still have fun in PvP. The hardcore gammer will play throught the cooperative mode and then find alot of fun in PvP.
The graphics are great, clean, beautiful, and fast. The sound is equally as good. This game will keep you occupied for a long time. Yet, for me, I seem to play it for a consistant month or so and then stop. The addiction of this game always returns.
And yes, you do need internet connection.
Graphics 9/10
Gameplay 10/10
Story 10/10
Sound 9/10
Presentation 10/10
Length 9/10
Stability: Perfect, Polished, No Lag
Score 10/10 - Revolutionary
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