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<blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 2482684" data-attributes="member: 924"><p>I got Guild Wars about a month ago. It was fun at first, but got real old real fast.</p><p></p><p>First off, the PvP is not for the casual gamer. Unless you play the game a lot (specifically PvP) and know how to exploit the engine/system, you will lose. And lose quickly. </p><p></p><p>Secondly, the PvE (Player vs. Enviroment, or the traditional RPG part) is extremely linear. </p><p></p><p>Basically, you have to do the game in missions. Sort of like levels in an FPS or platformer (though no jumping, thankfully). Most of the missions are extremely linear and consist of moving a few feet, killing enemies, and repeating 30-40 times.</p><p></p><p>There are quests, but they are grouped around the mission areas. That is, once you finish all the quests in your given area, you have to do the mission to advance. And most the ones I've found are either deliver something, or go to place x, or kill y. (Which probably can't be helped, I guess).</p><p></p><p>That said, you can skip missions. By paying a higher level character to move you from one mission area to another.</p><p></p><p>And even though I got tired of it, I still played it for 100 hours or so (and still play it occasionally). So it's definitely worth the money.</p><p></p><p>Also, it should run great on your computer. I have a AMD 3400 and the world's worst video card, and the graphics are the best I've seen. Amazing. And the frame rate is great. The game is supposed to be optimized for ATI cards, too, so you should have an edge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trancejeremy, post: 2482684, member: 924"] I got Guild Wars about a month ago. It was fun at first, but got real old real fast. First off, the PvP is not for the casual gamer. Unless you play the game a lot (specifically PvP) and know how to exploit the engine/system, you will lose. And lose quickly. Secondly, the PvE (Player vs. Enviroment, or the traditional RPG part) is extremely linear. Basically, you have to do the game in missions. Sort of like levels in an FPS or platformer (though no jumping, thankfully). Most of the missions are extremely linear and consist of moving a few feet, killing enemies, and repeating 30-40 times. There are quests, but they are grouped around the mission areas. That is, once you finish all the quests in your given area, you have to do the mission to advance. And most the ones I've found are either deliver something, or go to place x, or kill y. (Which probably can't be helped, I guess). That said, you can skip missions. By paying a higher level character to move you from one mission area to another. And even though I got tired of it, I still played it for 100 hours or so (and still play it occasionally). So it's definitely worth the money. Also, it should run great on your computer. I have a AMD 3400 and the world's worst video card, and the graphics are the best I've seen. Amazing. And the frame rate is great. The game is supposed to be optimized for ATI cards, too, so you should have an edge. [/QUOTE]
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