User:Aspectacle

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Guild Wars 2. Not Guild Wars. The information we're getting from gamescom serves to emphasize this in every way.

It is much closer to a standard MMO than it ever was, than I thought it would be, in that they've pulled in more generic MMO tropes than I ever imagined they would. It is clear to me now they, unlikely many recent game sequels, have truely made a new game and in doing so have replaced and changed a great deal of the mechanics which made Guild Wars a unique game in the MMO (or nearly-an-MMO) space.

I have yet to find a 'true' MMO which wasn't utterly boring from the get-go or didn't turn into a horror grindfest past say level 20. So I'm now in a position that I have to have think - convince myself - that somehow against all odds ArenaNet will deliver an MMO which uses all those tropes which I can actually enjoy. What ArenaNet says about their philosophy and their gameplay is now playing at uncomfortable odds with my experiences playing every other MMO out there.

I think I'm still optimistic but getting all this information about the differences from Guild Wars hits against what I truely am - a Guild Wars fan. I think it will take time to accept these new things - as I'm sure I will - I'm too far gone on this to back out now.

-- Aspectacle