Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role playing game (or MMORPG for short). The game is developed by Arena Net who developed the previous game, Guild Wars. Guild Wars 2 is set 250-300 years after the story of Guild Wars 1. ArenaNet has released many gameplay videos at the major game festivals around the world. The articles on the Guild Wars 2 site state that there are five races. Those races are the Sylvari, the Norn, the Charr, the Asura and the Humans. Each race has a specific starting zone where a player will start his adventure and ultimately forge his destiny. ArenaNet has currently released six professions. The professions are guardian, necromancer, warrior, rogue, ranger and the elementals. Each of the races has a specific role but variety is sure to be included. The article was written by the ArenaNet team.

Guild Wars 2 was first announced in 2007. It is now 2011 and is scheduled to be released in November. I am interested in seeing how much work that was put into the game. Mega-corporations such as Blizzard Entertainment have accumulated billions of dollars as a result of their fast selling games such as StarCraft I and II, Diablo I, II, and soon II, and World of Warcraft. This game should be developed enough to not be considered a World of Warcraft clone like other games. This game is very similar to other games I have written about. All the games I have written about are unique in their own special way. I found the article interesting because of the amount of detail the writers put into writing stories for their readers. The writing and storyline are both excellent in their own way.

I am excited to see the release of Guild Wars 2 be a huge success. Any people have waited for this game to be available for what will be four long years. One of the most exciting and re-assuring things about Guild Wars 2 is that there is no subscription!  Many other MMORPG’s such as World of Warcraft require a subscription of $15 a month; Guild Wars 2 just requires a purchase of the game. From then on out, players can play forever if they wish.

Guild Wars 2 is expected to be a hit. I am estimating at least 5 million sales in the first month alone. There are many unique classes and races that are unique to Guild Wars 2. The fact that Guild Wars 2 does not require a monthly subscription is astounding to hear. I predict that ArenaNet will make this game superb and it will dethrone World of Warcraft’s place as the online game with the most players.