Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons

 PC
  • Publisher: NCSOFT
  • Release Date: Feb 28, 2022
Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Screen Rant
    Mar 10, 2022
    70
    Where the game goes from here remains to be seen, but Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons is exactly the kind of promising expansion the game needed to lay the foundation for its future in spite of these issues, with a core concept and some brilliant moments buoying it through the turbulence of some of its other changes.

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#66 Best PC Game of 2022
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#49 Most Discussed PC Game of 2022

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 111 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 75 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 111
  3. Negative: 24 out of 111
  1. spike_sprf
    Mar 2, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Shing jea and Kaineng introduce some new textures to the game. But most of the textures and models are recycled. The main story is not that great :(
    Also there a no side stories besides the main story. The majority of the additional content is just farming and not to exciting...    … Full Review »
  2. 5hg54h45h4h45h
    Mar 2, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. The Starting Location Looks appealing, but they cant reproduce the Aura of factions. Most of the content is mindless grinding. I really wished they come up with a great story, but this Aurene Arc is mostly boring. Athough, I liked Mai as a Character, this is the only appealing Character to me.

    Also disconnects are really annoying. IF you disconnect during a mission and reconnect like 1 second later all mission progess is lost. This is a problem since the original gw2 came out...    … Full Review »
  3. awesinine
    Mar 2, 2022
    1
    As a long time GW2 player, I'm disappointed to say this expansion feels incredibly unpolished and rough. The actual story content is decentAs a long time GW2 player, I'm disappointed to say this expansion feels incredibly unpolished and rough. The actual story content is decent (as always) but lasts only 8-10 hours. They want you to do the story on every character to unlock the ascended weapons this time around, so you can stretch that 10 hours to each of your characters! I hope you enjoy watching the same cutscenes and listening to the same dialogue multiple times.

    The new elite specs are clunky, balanced poorly without any real niches to fill, and generally look out of place (see mechanist with their giant jade robot. I hope you like green). The additional features for this xpac are fishing, which is insanely boring (see genshin
    impact for the same implementation), more strikes (which were all cleared day 1 and don't really add challenging content to the game), and of course: new buggy and laggy metas. The endgame still lives largely in the cash shop or grinding out 1000+ hrs for infusions/legendaries, which are better off just purchased with gold (which you can conveniently buy using gems). There's nothing new or innovate in this xpac.

    In 2022 the game runs poorly on even the best hardware. You can expect framerates between 30-50 in open world / populated areas using a 3090 and top tier processor using dx11 (beta). You can also expect the game to crash regularly when using dx11 (beta). The alternative dx9 is more stable but suffers from worse framerates and severe micro-stuttering. Make no mistake, the dx11 beta is an impressive addition to the game and the engineering team should be applauded for the work they've put it, but this poor of performance in 2022 shouldn't be acceptable for any live service game, even if you've been playing the guild wars franchise since GW1.

    There are so many great games out right now that do everything GW2 does, but better. The one area where it stays a leader in uniqueness is in it's WWW system. As of right now that system is being reworked in an ongoing series of beta rollouts independent of the xpac. If you like large scale battles, id say that its worth checking out. Otherwise for 2022 GW gets a 1/10.    … Full Review »
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