Comments on: The Next Next Big Things

By: Saccia

Saccia — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:14:01 +0000

LOL, Erkht! I’ve never heard of the jump rule as a pass/fail item. But, you’re right. It is damn annoying. I tried Guild Wars for an hour or two. It has some nice ideas, like how you can invite an NPC to fight in your group to fill in a role that is currently absent from your group. Other than that, I was throughly bored and I uninstalled it.

By: Erkht

Erkht — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:46:33 +0000

I tried Guild Wars, for all of 10 minutes.. It failed my number one test for a fun game, as did SWG: There is no way to make your character jump. In SWG you can jump, but it’s just an emote.. Always annoyed the hell outta me.. 80 gajillion dollars to develop this cutting edge *3D* world, and you can’t jump over a 6 inch freaking curb.. WTF!?! So ya, Guild Wars, studied all the keybindings, no jump. Ran to the top of a very small (15 feet?) hillock, and couldn’t jump off or run down it!! LAME! If I want good 2D gameplay, I’ll just go back to UO or D2..

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 04:25:57 +0000

Aye, that’s what the word on the street is about Guild Wars – no monthly fees. There are also some ex-Blizzard folks working at Arena Net (the company behind it), if that means anything to anyone. Since I haven’t played any of the free trials or betas, dunno how “fun” it actually is.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 03:17:58 +0000

Aren’t they planning no monthly fees for Guild Wars? I thought they were planning on charging for additional content (expansions). If so, Guild Wars definitely looks interesting. I love the idea of MMOGs but I still can’t come to terms with the monthly fees. If GW doesn’t charge them, I would definitely give it a try.