Guild Wars

April 27, 2005 by Foton • Filed Under Playing Around (w/ new games) • 5 Comments

Guild Wars threw open its doors earlier today for those that pre-ordered … like I did, a few hours ago. (UPS, don’t fail me now!) The rest of you wishy-washy types will have to wait until the 28th to attend the noob meet and greet.

Unlike the Warcraft opening, lo these five months ago, there really hasn’t been a huge buzz among the super-secret player societies with Guild Wars. I’d like to think it’s because THEY (meaning, not me) learned a lesson about shooting their mouths off with: this will be different! this is Blizzard! Blizzard is god! Blizzard’s stuff is very polished!

Ya, it’s polished alright. Five months later and I still have a two-second cast time on my instant-cast spells … if I cast at all, that is.

Don’t get me wrong, I have concerns with this Guild Wars game. The important difference is, I have much lowered expectations this time. One could say, I have ZERO expectations even. The only certainty is that I’m out 80 bucks. (What can I say? The in-game collector’s-edition-only doodads sound cool.)

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