Guild Wars 2

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  • Publisher: NCSOFT
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2012
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3192 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 426 out of 3192
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  1. AJCk19
    Nov 14, 2022
    3
    Get with the times, and add native controller support. I shouldn't have to rely on the community or steam's overlay. Which is still janky because this game was designed for KB&M only,
  2. weallone
    Sep 6, 2022
    0
    Nice game from racists... I bought the game with addons and now they just removed it from store.
  3. DUBB01
    Sep 3, 2022
    0
    dirty fascists fight against players for the sake of the west, spanish shame
  4. Vald44
    Aug 25, 2022
    0
    what kind of racism against Russian players? why did you block access, and even my account, which I didn’t log in for 2 years? you guys are nasty nazi clowns, i spit on you and laugh out loud
  5. rubs23454
    Aug 23, 2022
    0
    Probably one of the best MMOs on the market right now and i wish that it changed the industry to be more like it. unfortunately the ability to convert in-game currency into premium currency made players that have reached endgame irrelevant to the microtransaction based monetization system and caused the game to have no good endgame content releases for over half a decade and a balanceProbably one of the best MMOs on the market right now and i wish that it changed the industry to be more like it. unfortunately the ability to convert in-game currency into premium currency made players that have reached endgame irrelevant to the microtransaction based monetization system and caused the game to have no good endgame content releases for over half a decade and a balance patch timeline of 9 months that usually make the meta worse… Expand
  6. Montel
    Jun 23, 2022
    0
    The game WAS fun until i went in WvW. Theres lots of cheaters. Using the report tool ingame do nothing because they are still there after months, reporting in the forum end in a ban but not of the cheater, you get a ban for something called "name and shame". Asking why you get a ban and the cheater not end in a ban because "you cant talk about anet decisions". Any post with proof ofThe game WAS fun until i went in WvW. Theres lots of cheaters. Using the report tool ingame do nothing because they are still there after months, reporting in the forum end in a ban but not of the cheater, you get a ban for something called "name and shame". Asking why you get a ban and the cheater not end in a ban because "you cant talk about anet decisions". Any post with proof of cheating and expoiting get deleted (videos and screenshots). I did bit of search in google and ive found that the same cheats are there from 10 years ago. rofl.… Expand
  7. BeatHour
    May 29, 2022
    4
    Just reviewing the story missions of the base game here. This is one of the worst story experiences I've ever had. Mediocre voice acting; a lot of the minor actors sound like they just wandered into the studio. Very strange mechanics, like turret sections where you have to press the number keys to move and shoot the turret, or escort missions where you have to stand right next to but alsoJust reviewing the story missions of the base game here. This is one of the worst story experiences I've ever had. Mediocre voice acting; a lot of the minor actors sound like they just wandered into the studio. Very strange mechanics, like turret sections where you have to press the number keys to move and shoot the turret, or escort missions where you have to stand right next to but also slightly ahead of the NPC at all times to get them to move. TERRIBLE story progression. All that happens is you meet a few new characters, they die or betray you, and the other characters (most of whom have no personality beyond their fantasy race) are surprised. Then you beat the main boss by hopping on a turret and spamming 1 for 5 minutes straight.

    After peaking ahead at some story content for the "Path of Fire" expansion, it does seem like their writing ability and use of mechanics gets better over time. But the base game is so atrocious and skippable, please do yourself a favor and just skip all the cutscenes. You don't need to know anything besides the Jolly Green Giant guy is the main hero for apparently no reason. That's it.    … Expand
  8. kouradas
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    zero for this trash.

    1.You buy the game yet are subtly forced ingame to buy more bags, storage, convenience items etc etc through the most imaginative ways. 2. game engine is obsolete. You would think they would do something with all the money they get. NOPE 3. zero QoL updates. Absolutely zero for a game that is out 11 years now. Finished a quest? you need to go back to deliver    zero for this trash.

    1.You buy the game yet are subtly forced ingame to buy more bags, storage, convenience items etc etc through the most imaginative ways.

    2. game engine is obsolete. You would think they would do something with all the money they get. NOPE

    3. zero QoL updates. Absolutely zero for a game that is out 11 years now. Finished a quest? you need to go back to deliver it. In other mmos you get your reward and continue playing, not here. here you must go back to deliver your quest and go back to wherever you were. nice

    4. Mounts are the worst i ever seen. So heavy and cumbersome

    5. said mounts are in steps. The first mount runs, the second jumps a bit higher, the third hovers on water, the fourth glides, and the fifth flies a bit better :D see what they did here?

    6. No option to hide other peoples magic effects-cosmetics etc. obviously this game was not done for raiding, the term wow rejects has some basis here

    7.Progress is horizontal, this means that if you play 3 years and go back to starter areas you are still weak. This has led to expansion areas being empty. Good luck finding help to kill x-y-z boss or anyone to help you qith quests. Everyone is at tyria, no one at expansions

    8.The game is structured in such a way that you make zero gold to be forced to pay to buy gold.

    9. If you want to raid you must play specidif builds. No matter what they tell you. If you dont do enough dps you dont raid. simple as that

    10. Classes are boring and weird. Rogue with staff? mage with sword? ranger with double daggers?

    And a ton of other fails i could mention here but dont take my word, go play the free version and make up your mind. Imma head back to wow, the true king. Other mmos should copy what wow does if they want money    … Expand
  9. abotogar
    Oct 29, 2021
    4
    the skyscale collection is the most frustrating quest i face in a videogame, it is almost impossible to do this quest without a group in cetain point, to make the matter worse it is not good for the business since guild wars if filed with cosmetics in game purchases.
  10. Miyammoto
    Aug 31, 2021
    0
    Guild Wars 2 could be the best game in the world, but there is no Russian localization. Arena net is the most greedy company in the world. They sell the game, they sell skins in the game, but they can't find 3 cents for Russian localization. This is discrimination against the ru-community.
  11. PHDIKOULAS
    Jul 29, 2021
    0
    -Clunky ui
    - you CANT hide other peoples effects, enjoy your epilepsy in raids
    - want to craft something? does that something need 9 prerequisites? do you have the mats? enjoy crafting 9 items before the one you want as opposed to making right away the item you need -you cant patry to finish quests quick, you need to kill 10 wolves by yourself :D the game doesnt want you to party -only    -Clunky ui
    - you CANT hide other peoples effects, enjoy your epilepsy in raids
    - want to craft something? does that something need 9 prerequisites? do you have the mats? enjoy crafting 9 items before the one you want as opposed to making right away the item you need
    -you cant patry to finish quests quick, you need to kill 10 wolves by yourself :D the game doesnt want you to party
    -only centaurs as enemies, and bandits sometimes
    -complicated store system
    -millions of currencies wtf?
    -mediocre story
    -more centaurs to kill, maybe join them? They don't seem to end
    -you can have 2 professions only, you have to BUY to have more and THEN PAY to swap active professions or crafting disciplines as they call it to differ from competition xD
    -no fishing............................ lmao
    -people pay money on this game for years now yet i fail to see how all this money was invested in the game, if at all
    -centaurs centaurs centaurs. I got tired of killing centaurs. once i killed a stray rabbit. felt good mon, to break the monotony you know
    -sold a ton of items in my bag of 8 slots(dont be dense son you got to pay to get big bags here) and i got 30 rupees. Used a teleport payed 54 rupees............................................
    -end game dungeons are boring af
    - community 60% toxic 40% pretty nice people
    -more centaurs to kill wtf man
    - missing or losing your target, only to retarget something else that has full energy to come and kill you wtf?
    -ranger pet...... if you played ranger in wow, try something else here, thank me later.
    -leveling is extremely slow. Only gets decent when you get some xp boosters. otherwise 10% from food on 50exp is nothing
    -saved the best for last. You pay? you get good gear. You don't pay? Wat u doin here son? go play some roblox

    stopped as soon as i hit 80 just to see if endgame it got better. It didn't :D

    If you like a good Mmo either try wow, or its f2p dying clone Rift.

    GW2 has failed miserably. NCSOFT, when you see that name just move on, simple as that. This game hasnt seen new content or raids in over 2 years and if the coming expansion doesn't deliver many more will quit playing    … Expand
  12. Tenarus
    Apr 22, 2021
    2
    The phrase "never play on patch.-day" never fitted any game better then guild wars 2. Well and from patch-day I went to patch-week to patch-month, because not only are patches released incredibly buggy - they stay bugged for SEVERAL months if not years.
    Overall the storytelling is ok-ish. I've seen better, I've seen worse.
    The quality of the patches got worse and worse with every    The phrase "never play on patch.-day" never fitted any game better then guild wars 2. Well and from patch-day I went to patch-week to patch-month, because not only are patches released incredibly buggy - they stay bugged for SEVERAL months if not years.
    Overall the storytelling is ok-ish. I've seen better, I've seen worse.
    The quality of the patches got worse and worse with every release. The content feels like the same thing over and over again. Most things you do ingame are not rewarding at all. For players that spend a longer time ingame there is simply not enough to do. What do I mean by that? Let me tell you what my playtime looks like: Mondays I jump in the game, just to do the weekly raid reclears in like 2 hours (raids, that have been in the game for years. The release of the last raidwing is more than a year ago...) Some evenings I do a quick fractal run which cant keep my group entertained for more than 30 minutes. Farming at this point is pointless - you cant progress gear and I dont want to build duplicate legendaries. But Arenanet stated - against what players want - that there will be no more dungeons and as far as I know no more raids. Content draught which gets me to stop playing.

    And lastly the cashshop: What started off as some nice cosmetic rewards got a dump of putting new stuff in every other week just to earn more and more money. This isnt bad in itself, but selling CHAIRS? The shop got quite ridicculous...

    TL;DR So all in all: A game that started off good a while ago, but cant deliver any content that keeps you playing. To top all of this off the content that is currently in the game is severely bugged. Content in the game keeps you doing stuff for max ~4h/week if you clear all of it.    … Expand
  13. Constipator
    Mar 16, 2021
    0
    First off just let me say that for the era this game came out in, the visuals were second to none. It had breathtaking and imaginative landscapes. This was further expanded on with vistas on the map being interactable showing what was probably the art team's vision of certain maps. The in game soundtrack also has songs I've actually looked for and listened to as background music when I wasFirst off just let me say that for the era this game came out in, the visuals were second to none. It had breathtaking and imaginative landscapes. This was further expanded on with vistas on the map being interactable showing what was probably the art team's vision of certain maps. The in game soundtrack also has songs I've actually looked for and listened to as background music when I was studying or doing other hobby work. The characters and voice acting does a stellar job of immersing yourself in the world(albeit the main VA's do a lot of background characters so sometimes it can break immersion). The B2P model in this game seems fair although I wish there was incentive to buy larger quantities of credits as there is no bonus for buying larger credit bundles.. that's just my take on it though, the dye does seem TOO pricey though. I also really like the story and got invested into it more than most MMO's. I personally really liked having Rytlock, Canach, and Taimi around. PoF was a breath of fresh air from this game. I tried it out on a whim and it really sold me on the game when the initial release was so underwhelming.. and HoT(Heart of Thorns) didn't garner any interest whatsoever. Honestly it's a stroke of genius the way they handle leveling and expansions. You have a max level and afterwards there are masteries for the content, think of them as additional benefits that give you utility and survivability in the expansions. The way they handled mounts is also great, I really love this system. There's also dynamic map events that are really cool, I've participated in the ones in the HoT area and would recommend people check out.

    So after all this I imagine most people are wondering "Well, why the low score?" and to that the answer is simple. At the end of the day this game is an MMORPG and it should play like one. I've always HATED the combat. A lot of people defend it saying it's the best of the genre. Imagine doing world quests in WoW, killing the mobs you need, then afterwards when you go to loot the mobs your character decides to auto attack another pack when you're at low hp and then you die. Idk why your character queues up auto attacks when your current target is dead, this is a huge oversight. Also unlike WoW where your character can auto target nearby hostile or only auto attacks mobs that are targeted, this one will just auto target mobs like 80 yds away. It seems like these people and myself are playing 2 entirely different games. There are monsters that fall into normal, bronze, silver, gold, and then boss quality. Some of the mobs in the game are normal(looking at you LWS2&3 and HoT mobs) that are as difficult as silver quality mobs. Silver quality mobs are like impossible for the normal person to solo. I feel like this game has a lot of BS moments where there was nothing I could do in the fight to guarantee my survival.. and I mean vs regular mobs, not even special boss mobs. Unlike in WoW where you fight a group of mobs, and it's uncommon for a group to chain CC you.. in this game you pull a group, every one of them is going to CC you and YOU WILL DIE. I know it makes the game "more challenging" but it also amounts to having a very poor player experience. The combat in the game is very janky overall, very akin to the trash combat in ESO.    … Expand
  14. AdamM88
    Mar 2, 2021
    0
    GW2 is one of those buy once, play whenever MMOs. Which would be nice, except, if you only buy the base game you are terribly limited, but at least you can figure out whether you want to spend more money on this garbage. If you want all the classes, the minimum amount of character slots, all the playable territories at least a small amount of Quality of Life features, then you'll need toGW2 is one of those buy once, play whenever MMOs. Which would be nice, except, if you only buy the base game you are terribly limited, but at least you can figure out whether you want to spend more money on this garbage. If you want all the classes, the minimum amount of character slots, all the playable territories at least a small amount of Quality of Life features, then you'll need to spend over 200 EUR on the game, and then you didn't spend any of lootboxes, cosmetics, gold, or other items. That's just the bare minimum you should spend, if you want to play this game "seriously".

    Yes, you can buy gold. You can choose to grind days for a legendary item, or... You can deliver pizzas IRL for a few hours and spend some EUR to buy said legendary item. You can spend money in the game, so you have to play the game less!

    And you should. As the economy is, and always was, and will be, in complete shambles. Meaning, that 99.9% of all items are sold for vendor price on the auction house.

    Professions are really boring, and besides their forced and stale "legendary and ascended item crafting" "feature" there is nothing interesting about them.

    Items in general are ridiculously bland and dumb. There is almost no gear progression. Once you hit lvl80 (and you should not grind 1-80, just pay around 30 EUR for a lvl80 boost!) you can buy the second best gear for only a few gold. After that you may get a legendary or ascended gear, which is only a few percent stronger than the starting gear. In other words: LOOT IS MEANINGLESS in this game, as you'll never ever find equipment that is an upgrade for you.

    The world might seem big, but - and I am NOT exaggerating - they are pretty much the same area copy pasted on each other with the same textures and layout. Almost all areas contain the exact same mobs, doing the exact same thing (mostly nothing, really). The developers have less creativity than a 3 year old.

    The game is ugly, even for a 9 year old MMO. If you spend some money on the cash shop you can look alright, and some boss monsters look nice, but generally the whole world and the enemies your fight and the loot you wear is U-G-L-Y.

    The game is not new player friendly AT ALL. If you start to play this game then for the first hundred or so hours will be spent googling and reading wikis, as the game doesn't teach you anything at all.

    Classes are really boring and badly designed except for a small handful of specs. Abilities are pathetic and you only have a tiny few of them. There is no balance either.

    Everyone, even PvPers agree that PvP is one of the worst in all MMOs. The game mode is pretty much abandoned by the devs and also by the players - population is really, really stow. There are bots, afkers, win traders in almost all games. The meta is stale, and the class imbalance is nowhere close this big in other MMOs. The matchmaker mixes together everyone from all rank brackets.

    PvP has a big brother called Realm vs Realm. Think Alterac Valley just bigger and dumber and abandoned by the devs.

    The reward loops are super awful in the game. If you are looking for some of the MMORPG looops, GW2 has almost none of them.

    The game incentivises one player having multiple accounts.

    The community is quite anti-social and autistic.

    The developers don't care, they never did, and never had any talent to make MMORPGs.

    Two things are nice in this game:
    Fractals (a sort of PvE dungeons)
    Music -> The composer, Jeremy Soule was metood from the company, so you will not hear from him again.    … Expand
  15. Norfarell
    Feb 4, 2021
    0
    Whoever thought of making the underwater quest maps should be FIRED ON THE SPOT. I really try to like the game. I even have 600h hours played in it. Byt playing ONE OF THE **** WATER QUESTS makes me want to commit suicide, or at least delete the game. Thing that should take 15 minutes and be a Ipeace of cake tool 90 minutes because of **** up level design. I kept going back to the sameWhoever thought of making the underwater quest maps should be FIRED ON THE SPOT. I really try to like the game. I even have 600h hours played in it. Byt playing ONE OF THE **** WATER QUESTS makes me want to commit suicide, or at least delete the game. Thing that should take 15 minutes and be a Ipeace of cake tool 90 minutes because of **** up level design. I kept going back to the same spot time after time again.
    I really want to love GW2, but being forced to play those mentally retarded quests makes me want to puke, and throw the laptop into the wall...
    This "quest" was made 8 years ago. They had 8 years to make it reasonable. They could not be bothered to fix it... That is why I have to give it low score.
    Shame, but it has to be done. For the future of the game itself. If they can't fix one thing for years, then you cant trust them with anything.    … Expand
  16. 32Threads-
    Jan 1, 2021
    0
    Absolutely horrific customer service. 5,000 hours into the game and forgot my password. I have 10 or 12 characters fully leveled and spent a couple thousand dollars on the game over the years. I'm trying to reset my password and the customer service is no help at all. It's almost like they enjoy it. I told them two character names on my account and then they wanted more. I tried reallyAbsolutely horrific customer service. 5,000 hours into the game and forgot my password. I have 10 or 12 characters fully leveled and spent a couple thousand dollars on the game over the years. I'm trying to reset my password and the customer service is no help at all. It's almost like they enjoy it. I told them two character names on my account and then they wanted more. I tried really hard all day long to remember and came up with two more character names. I described their class, race, sex and dye colors. I told them how many hours I had in playtime, the last time I played. They just keep saying "Nope. We need the information on file." So vague about it. I couldn't remember my address from 8 and a half years ago. Then I remembered it and told them. "Nope." It's very simple why they won't give me a password reset. They want me (like so many others they've forced) to repurchase the game and DLC's. I wouldn't buy an ANET game if it was 90% off and I was using someone else's money. The EA Games of MMOS… Expand
  17. WOWisthebest
    Nov 25, 2020
    0
    Very, very trash game only low iq players like it. Even TESO is better. I recommend you World of Warcraft the Greatest game what ever made.
  18. Kylonas
    Oct 9, 2020
    3
    The game is unplayable rn because of lags. Everyday, all day. I love this game but it has such bad performance :/
  19. keszotrab
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    I generally don't like MMO's. They are usually grindy, boring, kill 500 bandits to level up. Guild Wars 2 is the best MMO i have ever played.
    Gameplay is awesome, 8 classes (9 with HoT), tons of customization options. Plenty of skills, specializations to choose from. Fighting in this game is super smooth, never seen something as good in a MMO game before.
    World is enormous, with point    I generally don't like MMO's. They are usually grindy, boring, kill 500 bandits to level up. Guild Wars 2 is the best MMO i have ever played.
    Gameplay is awesome, 8 classes (9 with HoT), tons of customization options. Plenty of skills, specializations to choose from. Fighting in this game is super smooth, never seen something as good in a MMO game before.
    World is enormous, with point of interests, quests, dynamic events, vistas. There is so much to explore in this game. There is so much cool landscapes.
    Story is surprisingly good for an MMO. Each race have diffrent begining of their personal story, then it becomes the same for each race but there is a twist, there are 3 diffrent "teams" you can join, each of them continue the story in a slightly diffrent way. It's rare to see a story that isn't completly linear in MMO.    … Expand
  20. nemoo
    Feb 13, 2020
    1
    Dont play this game if you want a support team that cares for you, got 20000 gold taken away and when i showed them how i got the gold they just stopped responding to my emails really lazy support
  21. brightwish
    Apr 19, 2019
    2
    I have played this game for many years, but unfortunately it has gone down hill recently. The only thing I liked about the latest expansion was the addition of mounts, which were done well. But the game does not have the replay-ability of other MMOs and is now boring.
    I also dislike the fact that Arena Net is starting to become too moralising and even political, which may put off some    I have played this game for many years, but unfortunately it has gone down hill recently. The only thing I liked about the latest expansion was the addition of mounts, which were done well. But the game does not have the replay-ability of other MMOs and is now boring.
    I also dislike the fact that Arena Net is starting to become too moralising and even political, which may put off some people. I want to escape real life when I play games, it is a shame.    … Expand
  22. controlpt
    Mar 28, 2019
    0
    More fame than actually talent in here. The world looks great, the combat system is nice, everything else is a grind wall and a cash grab. Developers constantly change direction, and the team doesnt seem fully focused, not enough to make consistent updates. Worst mmorpg I've spent money on, it's almost as immoral as Black Desert Online is.
  23. 6oni
    Oct 14, 2018
    3
    GW1 was gud but u must improve not get worse
    Now you can play as a human, rengar a plant, a giant viking or a rabbit from hell
    in a gigantic scenario that you will not travel in search of a nonexistent diversion
  24. xStevex
    Aug 24, 2018
    2
    Noob game for babies. It's just a zerg-fest of capped nabs that get destroyed by starter map bosses so routinely that Anet has nerfed them 3 times already, and STILL they drop like flies. They die so easily because nobody knows how to do anything in this game but run around in a giant pack randomly spamming like 3 or 4 generic attack skills. Take that away and they're clueless.

    Every    Noob game for babies. It's just a zerg-fest of capped nabs that get destroyed by starter map bosses so routinely that Anet has nerfed them 3 times already, and STILL they drop like flies. They die so easily because nobody knows how to do anything in this game but run around in a giant pack randomly spamming like 3 or 4 generic attack skills. Take that away and they're clueless.

    Every class is the same, with the only difference being the names of their skills and their animations. Other than that, every class has a an AOE skill, every class has a CC skill, every class has a nuke on a long CD, and every class has a heal skill. And the AI cheats liek you wouldn't believe but it's cleverly hidden behind the zerg mechanic that makes everything so random that it's hard to detect, but you will know when you use your heal skill in a big fight and half the mobs suddenly target you a split second after you use it, usually before it's even had time to go into effect. It's sooooooo bad!

    It's a good game for little kids, but that's it. For anybody else, it's a joke... an absolute joke.    … Expand
  25. JinxterMeta
    Aug 10, 2018
    2
    Welcome to Grind... I mean Guild Wars 2 a game where both levelling, crafting and trading is redundant because all gear is the same. Embark on an epic journey settled in a somewhat gorgeous world with a mediocre story where a team of developers takes a juicy dump on an MMORPG genre and badmouths the biggest MMORPG games we ever had for their gear grind focused gameplay while theirWelcome to Grind... I mean Guild Wars 2 a game where both levelling, crafting and trading is redundant because all gear is the same. Embark on an epic journey settled in a somewhat gorgeous world with a mediocre story where a team of developers takes a juicy dump on an MMORPG genre and badmouths the biggest MMORPG games we ever had for their gear grind focused gameplay while their "innovative" game is focused on a skin grind.
    Yes, you heard it right! ArenaNet takes a backflip into their puddle of creativity and replaces everything that was fun in MMORPG's with meaningless and tedious activities where your biggest achievement will be a months-long tedious grind to obtain a LEGENDARY.... skin. Yes, skin. Not an epic powerful artefact, weapon or something badass but a skin :|
    Keep in mind that you also can pay real money to buy skins, bag slots (rly!?) and other nonsense... because this is what we all wanted right? RIGHT?!    … Expand
  26. Skellimancer
    Jan 25, 2018
    0
    The original GW team must be in tears over what has become of their iconic game series.

    Disgusting gear grind
    Horrible PvP
  27. WolvenAshes
    Dec 6, 2017
    3
    Game is great overall, graphics are great and the classes are fun as well. But if you're just a free-to-play player, prepare for frustration. The forums aren't even available to you unless you buy the game. The. Forums. I refuse to buy this game after seeing that....Great game if you buy it, free-to-play players look elsewhere.
  28. ShinGlacier
    Dec 1, 2017
    0
    The game has a lot of potential, but ANet doesn't care about the players, they are more interested in their money instead.

    The game evolved since launch, that's true, but at quite a slow pace. The expansion stories were a lot shorter than the main one and a lot more convoluted. The new classes that were added with the expansions are a bit of a fresh air, but ANet doesn't know how    The game has a lot of potential, but ANet doesn't care about the players, they are more interested in their money instead.

    The game evolved since launch, that's true, but at quite a slow pace.

    The expansion stories were a lot shorter than the main one and a lot more convoluted.

    The new classes that were added with the expansions are a bit of a fresh air, but ANet doesn't know how to make them fit in the different aspects of the game (PVP, PVE, Raids).

    Spellbreaker from the last expansion doens't have a place in Raids, as an example. Scourge was so nerfed that it lost it's place in any raid for more than 3 months.

    ANet doesn't seem to test what they do and then it takes 2+ months for them to fix it.

    Classes are absurdly unbalanced in PVP, you can take an overpowered one and simply cheese you way to the top tiers.

    End game content (I include making new Legendary items, high level Fractals and Raid Wings in this category) are slow, very slow to come out. We had to wait 6 months for a new raid wing (had 4 before that), and ONE YEAR for 01 new fractal level. That is RIDICULOUS.
    The new legendary items are lackluster. As an example the new rifle and shield are simply garbage when compared to the previous ones. The medium legendary armor look absurdly crap, when compared with it's heavy and light counterparts.

    Now they decided and go heavy with the lootbox system. It was ALREADY present in the game, with Black Lion Chests, but now they decided to introduce Random Mounts for a price. When they are not random, which are 2 atm, they are extremely overpriced.

    Oh, and I forgot to mention that they slyly changed most of their servers to Amazon ones, giving most of their player base worse pings, while a minority ended up getting better pings, and they don't even acknowledge that.

    So yeah, that's it I guess. A game with potential, but huddled together with a greedy, lazy management.    … Expand
  29. Tarkhmog
    Sep 28, 2017
    0
    I bought Guild wars 2 in 2012, I don't have nothing to say wrong about the game, it's wonderful, it makes you feel you're in another world.
    The problem is, my account got wiped out by them because my characters were from 2012 and they "can't do nothing about that", the second problem is your "display name", when you choose your "display name" you will keep it forever, no matter what    I bought Guild wars 2 in 2012, I don't have nothing to say wrong about the game, it's wonderful, it makes you feel you're in another world.
    The problem is, my account got wiped out by them because my characters were from 2012 and they "can't do nothing about that", the second problem is your "display name", when you choose your "display name" you will keep it forever, no matter what happens because it can have "side effects", I told them that I take all the responsabilities if anything happens to my account but I needed to change my display name (not character name) since every friend can see you with that name in the friendlist and I don't want my friends to see my teenager nickname just because the game can't change it which I think it's just awful.
    My friend bought the game 50€ at the time now it turned "free account" because I didn't buy any extension, are you really joking me ? Like if I don't buy your F extensions you will make my account like I was a new player when my friend had to pay 50€ so I can play the goddamn game ?
    I never do reviews but this game just disappointed me.
    Like I said, nothing wrong with the gameplay, story etc. I played myself ALOT but it ended like this, which is sad but there is plenty of games that I can play and that are better than this.
    I just wanted to feel the nostalgia again but whatever.
    Sorry for my mistakes, English isn't my mother language.    … Expand
  30. Ellthan
    Aug 14, 2017
    0
    The community is honestly one of the most toxic I have ever seen in any MMO.

    CSGO Silver matchmaking has a better community.
    Dota 2 has a better community.
    LoL has a better community.

    The game is alright, but the community honestly ruins it and it genuinely is the reason I wrote this review and cannot recommend the game.
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#3 Best PC Game of 2012
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#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#4 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 69 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 69
  3. Negative: 0 out of 69
  1. PC Master (Greece)
    Feb 6, 2013
    90
    GW2 has made a powerful impact on the MMO scene, confirming years of expectations. Stunning presentation and revolutionary design guarantee a thoroughly enjoyable experience. However, it’s not flawless, nor complete. The beautiful vistas, the massive PvP element, the rich leveling experience- those can offer hours of gameplay, but the endgame is desperately seeking for enrichment. [November 2012]
  2. Gaming Nexus
    Jan 2, 2013
    95
    Guild Wars 2 surpasses the original in every aspect, from its massive and atmospheric world to its addictive and engrossing gameplay.
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  3. RPG Fan
    Nov 28, 2012
    80
    After spending fifty hours with GW2, I have a lot of praise for ArenaNet's work and the way it changes up some of the typical trappings of the MMO. And yet, I find myself thinking less and less about it each day. It's not a declaration against the product, mind you, but simply a fact that this game still is very much an MMO, and your enjoyment will directly relate to how much you enjoy the genre. For many who were hoping for a clean break from MMO design philosophy, Guild Wars 2 will probably come across as a slight disappointment. It pushes the genre slightly forward, however, and could lead to even further development in the future.
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