Guild Wars was released in 2005 by NCSoft and it was immediately a huge success. It had World of Warcraft as it’s competition, which was very tough competition, but it had one huge bonus. You didn’t have to get a monthly subscription to play. You just bought the game once and then you could play indefinetly. Then at the end of 2012 Guild Wars 2 was released and it just continued it’s predecessor’s success.

Guild Wars 2 claims to be unique in it’s genre because it has a story line that isn’t completely linear, which is very common in single player games but quite uncommon in multiplayer online games. Some people prefer the simple ways of World of Warcraft of course, since you can pick any random quest, and then just follow all the bread crumbs until you’ve leveled up enough to start playing different types of quests. In Guild Wars 2 you need to think about what to do next. When you join a team or guild it’s very important to not only have the right factions in the guild, but also that those characters have the right spells and the correct playing styles.

The game has sold over 3 million copies, and it’s peak concurrency has exceeded 400.000 players. It has beautiful graphics, and a very balanced gameplay between all the races available.Guild Wars players sometimes complained that the level cap was at level 20, and they have now raised it to level 80 in Guild Wars 2. The game also features a very good player vs. player system, which involves many mini games at various holidays or events, so the game never gets boring. It is also one of those games that is easy to get into, hooks you very quickly, but takes forever to master. Since you can get it for about $20 it really is great value for money, and you should definitely try it out if you like online games.

eir_guild_wars_2_avatar_by_nightseye-d570cf7