Hey guys, it has been forever since I last posted. I missed
it, what with the insane amount of exams *cough-retakes-cough* I had to do and
the sudden absence of teachers and....I’m making excuses. Allow me to get down
on my knees and grovel my way back into your forgiving hearts.
So, tonight’s post. You’re probably thinking ‘dude shut up
and tell me something interesting.’
I’ve been busy being a studious, good teenager and it is
boring, and means I’m somewhat behind on my gaming. I began a post about my
poor attempts at Halo and decided that it wasn’t what you wanted to hear from
my first post after such a long time.
Looking back through our posts I laughed at some of the
things we’d done, some I miss and some I still don’t understand what we were
thinking. But hey it’s a new year...for me. So new ideas, new games and many
more posts.
Has anyone ever played Guild Wars?
Well, tonight is all about Guild Wars 2, wait until you see
it. Not only does this MMO RPG have a new storyline but its producers claim
that it is responsive to player actions. How many MMO’s can claim that?
The new game has technology based on physics. Yes I mean
Havoc, the new state of the art physical simulation technology. All the best
new games have it these days; Halo III, Assassins Creed: Revelations... (You
know I just noticed that we have never done a post on Darksiders or Halo or
Gears of War or Saints Row...forgive us) The game also has 3D environments and
a little extra enhancement of animation.
There are 5 races and 8 professions to choose from.
RACES
Human
Charr
Asura
Norn
Sylvari
PROFESSIONS
Scholars have light armour
Elementalist – May switch between attunements: Earth, Air,
Fire or Water where other professions allow switches between weapons. Earth
focuses on defense, Air is for focusing on target damage, Fire focuses on area
damage and Water is for healing or movement restrictions like snares.
Necromancer – We all know what Necromancers do but for those
who don’t, Necromancers have power over the dead. They can summon minions,
namely the dead, to fight for them or generally do their bidding. They have a ‘Life
Force’ which builds up as people die around them which can be used instead of
hit points.)
Mesmer – Basically an illusionist (A rose by another
name....). Mesmers can create illusions of doppelgangers which can be used in
many ways including sacrifice for effects.
Adventurers have medium strength armour
Ranger – May use ranged and melee weapons, traps and spirits.
They are focused on quick movement and defence. Can have an animal companion equipped
with special skills depending on the animal.
Thief – May use ranged and melee weapons and are able to use
pistols. In combat uses stealth, shadowstepping and traps. Can steal other
people weapons and instead of a cooldown period Thiefs can use some of their
initiative.
Engineer – Can use pistols and rifles and a number of
gadgets for offence, control and healing even grenades and flamethrowers.
Soldiers have strong armour.
Warrior – Can use a mixture of ranged and melee weaponry
which range in uses. They can assist allies and have a special ability which
allows them to increase damage to foes when the bar is full.
Guardian – Use Courage, Justice and Resolve to assist allies
in attack. Can create wards and summon enchanted weapons.
Players must be able to use strategy as they are able to
choose 10 of a number of abilities from a skill pool. A step on from the first
Guild Wars has the 10 slots with predefined functions such as healing, a
mixture of profession and weapon, undefined and elite. Guild Wars 2 focuses on quality
over quantity of skills so instead of being Jack of all trades you get to be a master
of few.
Guild Wars 2 is set 250 years after the first game and
whilst characters are not transferable, achievements and honours will be
recorded in the Hall of Monuments, which also appears in Guild Wars: Eye of the
North, monuments allow the players access to exclusive titles, items, and animal companions.
A Bit of Plot
The game is set in Tyria. 5 elder dragons have awoken since
Guild Wars, spreading destruction and corrupting citiszens. Humans have been at
war with the Charr and are weakening as a result. The Charr have finally won
back the remains of their homeland, Ascalon, from the humans. The Nords are
being forced to migrate south by the rise of the Jormag. Asura, a technologically
advanced race have had no choice but to build permanent homes above ground for
the dragons to awaken. Sylvari, a 25 year young race, have settled in Tyria
near the Asura, they have an unexplained connection to the elder dragons.
Cantha have been
isolated by a xenophobic climate reinforced by the undead navy of Zhaitan, an
elder dragon, whose reawakening caused The Battle Islands to cease to exist
because of the tidal wave from the emerging of the old Kingdom of Orr. Elona
are another continent has been cut off. Another battle goes on between Palawa Joko's Mordant Crescent and
Kralkatorrik in the Crystal Desert, as well as occasional reports from Order of
Whispers spies
Basically the
whole world is in turmoil and everyone is at war or dead.
Your character
must reunite the Destiny’s Edge guild whose eventual reassembly mimic the world
as a whole as it unifies to create an army strong enough to defeat Zhaitan.
Sounds pretty
epic doesn’t it? Considering it is a MMO I think it has an impressive storyline
and could prove to be a thrilling adventure.
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