11-02-2004, 06:47 AM
I did enjoy playing GW, both in the E3 demo and the recent open event, but I have doubts, like you and Lissa and others, about the game. Probably it will shine in PvP, not my personal interest, and it may well be a crossover game that will attract many people from different RPG/RTS/FPS backgrounds, perhaps more so than people that like pure RPGs, or action RPGs like Diablo. But the PvE elements did feel to me a little bit Dungeon Siegeish, not that I want to insult GW by comparing it with that abomination of a game.
I could certainly see buying and playing GW, but based on my limited experience in the WoW stress test, I found WoW a much more interesing game, even given a certain antipathy to MMOPGs (which GW definitely is not).
p.s. You can effectively solo in GW by hiring henchman -- a good feature -- and I have no idea why Lissa and a few others complain about the Monk henchmen. They were simply awesome, and better than at least 90% of the human healers out there, for sure including myself if I was ever masochistic enough to play a healer.
I could certainly see buying and playing GW, but based on my limited experience in the WoW stress test, I found WoW a much more interesing game, even given a certain antipathy to MMOPGs (which GW definitely is not).
p.s. You can effectively solo in GW by hiring henchman -- a good feature -- and I have no idea why Lissa and a few others complain about the Monk henchmen. They were simply awesome, and better than at least 90% of the human healers out there, for sure including myself if I was ever masochistic enough to play a healer.