01-07-2005, 08:23 AM
Occhidiangela,Jan 7 2005, 01:44 AM Wrote:Guild Wars is not free. One must pay for it. I pre ordered it. That costs money. What is not included is a monthly subscription fee. It is not free, nor will its expansion packs be, if my guess is even remotely close.Of course GW is not freeware, but I think you know what I meant ;) It doesn't cost monthly fees, it's perfectly playable over 56K dial-up modems from anywhere in the world (according to Arena.net), and - due to the mission-based design with small parties in "instances" (similar to Diablo II) - it's much better suited for the occasional player. GW may have some "hidden" costs through frequent expansion packs to ensure constant cash flow, but one will see.
"Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays." -- Friedrich von Schiller