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As a gamer who has loved Guild Wars but who, honestly, is not very good at it, I thought I would throw my voice in the mix: GWEN is a great continuation of the GW legacy.I agree with other reviewers that the new mini-games (Asuran Polymock and Norn Fighting Tournament) are lame, the Hall of Monuments is not nearly as cool as it could be (although it has improved significantly since release), and some of the dungeons are rugged (SOMETIMES on par with the elite dungeons in the three campaigns, but often not).However, it is great at doing what GW does best: fun fantasy/adventure role-playing in a rich and vibrant world. Most importantly, whether you like to explore, collect, achieve, or whatever, it broadens the horizons for your characters in both serious and light-hearted ways.The 1up review on this site is totally unfair: There was a very satisfying amount of content for me just in the main story-arc. What's nice and new is that the story branches into the Jurassic/meso-American Asuran line, the forested Char line, and the snowy Norn line. the new stuff generally looks really good and gives you a way to reward characters who have fought long and hard.The new skills add a great dimension to gameplay, even in the other campaigns.
And to call the Norn "obviously Conan-inspired" as if all of GW isn't. not including all the great side quests. and I'm not any uber-elite player. "Thank you, Captain Obvious." GW is a great extender of the classic sword & sorcery genre. It is generally challenging on par with the later levels of the other campaigns, but I did not get nearly as stuck and frustrated as I did at the campaigns' missions. If you liked the others, you'll like this (if not, then no).
I've done plenty of dungeons and most of the quests by myself or with one other person. That's why it WORKS.GWEN is the next step for people who are having fun playing GW, and it continues the legacy of awesome. This way, you always have something fun to go do, even if you get stuck or bored with the scenery or whatever.Despite all the complaints about reskinned armor. The heroes are super-fun.
Enjoy. quick at loading. Very sweet graphics and playcontrol thats all completly customizeable. Endless good time exploring, trading, fighting, chating, missions, quests, player vs player.
Well, if you have good heroes and henchmen(like Sabway), the dungeons are actually really fun and explorable. First EOTN is a great game. You get some cool armor, new skills, new areas, dungeons(my fav), and much more.GAMEPLAY: 9/10-------------------------------It has great gameplay. ------------------------------OVERALL SCORE : 9/10------------------------------
Well, boxing is OK(not addicting, more like tedious), and Polymock is OK as well. I'm a big Pokemon fan but Polymock is not too good. Its something to do when your bored and you want some challenging matches.BONUS CONTENT: 6/10------------------------------The only thing I hate about EOTN, is its lack for bonus content. But other dungeons are VERY, VERY fun and take under an hour to beat(if you know what your doing).In my opinion, the dungeons were the best part of the game.
Also includes MINI-GAMES such as boxing and Polymock(kinda like Pokemon).GRAPHICS: 10/10-------------------------------The graphics are outstanding. Some dungeons like Slaver's Exile(which is ELITE), is very hard. Its a great expansion to Guild Wars Prophecies and should be bought. You get to play 18 dungeons and they are all types - Ice, Fire, Lava, Grass, Water, etc.
The characters look real and the snow is PURE awesome.DUNGEONS: 10/10------------------------------There will probably be a lot of people say the dungeons are too hard. The skills are easy to use and its not too hard for the casual player. It is over x50 better than World of Warcraft's and so much better.
Overall, great game.especially for an MMO with no monthly fee. The first expansion for guild wars that's not a standalone as well. It did very well, the difficulty really raises the bar, but can get tedious and somewhat frustrating.
The cutscenes are comical and the story line is decent. The addition of Hereos is great, especially to finally help in beating the titan quests at the end of Prophecies. The new areas offer great loot and drops from packs of monsters to include a majority of high level weapons, scrolls, runes, etc., whereas in Prophies most of the drops are crummy salvage items or gold. First I must comment that I ordered this game one of Amazon's branch businesses and it came quickly and worked as advertised. Overall, I am extremely pleased with this expansion and definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys guild wars. Very cool, yet difficult new monsters, although some of them seem to be repeats as you travel from one explorable area to the next. The new graphics and worlds are spectacular in comparison to that of Prophecies. I agree with some of the previous comments in that it does take a very long time to complete quests, as each one brings you about halfway across the world and into difficult multi-level dungeons.
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