It’s on sale for the rest of the day: I’ve heard that it was all right. Thought I might try it at some point. At least, while I’m waiting for DLC from Dragon Age Inquisition, Issue #11 from The Secret World, and the main The Witcher: Wild Hunt game …
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That DLC is just killing you, isn’t it?
It was such a great game I want to play more of it. 🙂
I hope you enjoy storming Tyria. I’ve blown *mumble* hours there over the last few years. (And sunk a bunch more in Guild Wars 1.)
What GW2 server are you on?
If you want help let me know.
GW2 is a blast.
It’s… okay.
From a touristy perspective, it’s a very pretty place to wander around in. The story bits are pretty well done and the auto level feature ensures that no matter what zone you head into you’ll still have quests and Rifts, er, events to fulfill.
But that same autolevelling means that even if I pop back to the human start area in my 50s or higher, the mobs there will still offer a fight, even if I don’t want them to. And speaking as a crafter, the crafting in GW2 is a slog. Far too many materials needed for far too little payoff. “I need 100 green wood to craft 20 wood dowels to make 10 totems to gain half a point of skill.” And if you don’t like the combat system, well, you’re not going to have a good time.
Don’t get me wrong. It’s not a disaster like the first release of FFXIV was. But from my experience and those of my friends, it tends to be a “you’re either hot or cold to it” game.
I’d recommend Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor. I’m about 75% through the story and it’s been pretty entertaining. Feels like you are really in a Lord of the Rings movie. The best part is the Nemesis system that randomly changes up the Uruk Hai captains and War Chiefs that you have to defeat. And even if you slay a captain there is a chance he will be resurrected. But he will have scars across his face and wearing extra pieces of armor. If you get killed by some random no name Orc he will be promoted as a Captain into the ranks of the Army of Sauron and gains a power level of a unique set of strengths and weaknesses. The randomness of the game really opens up when you can brand orcs to do your bidding. You can command them to attack other orcs and create power struggles that pit one captain against another. The fact that you have so much control over the bosses you have to face makes you feel a little more involved as a part of the game. It is refreshing compared to your average ‘God of War’ type of game where you are just a lump of meat smashing buttons so as to defeat a scripted boss fight and progress along in the story.