What don't you like about GW2? I never really played GW1 much so I can't really compare them but I found GW2 to have the most fun and interesting PvE/leveling experience out of any MMO I've played. They actually rewarded exploring which is what I wish every MMO would do. I did quit GW2 after a month or so though, the PvP was pretty dreadful and the classes were all very meh... not to mention quite a few things didn't work correctly back then (no auction house etc)
Ha, I'm not sure what I didn't like, if I could put my finger on it I would be a better game designer. New shiny things, very pretty, but in the end this old man would start to dose off after 20 minutes in the game, so I quit. I thought the same would happen playing guild wars 1 again, but it just keeps me interested. It's the game and the quality of the story, not the mechanics and the shiny stuff.
You will hear over and over how story and quests mean so little to players. In a way it's true, but for the WoW crowd, not for us folks who like to treat games as a story. The GW1 main quest line tells a story of a horrible event that happened to destroy the beautiful GW1 world, and the argument between king (father) and son (prince) as to how to regroup and fight off the enemy that destroyed their world. It's worth buying the core game (prophecies is the original campaign) and trying it out.
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$20 for the core game, $30 for core plus the first three expansions.
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I'll never understand why they called it Guild Wars and put the chicks on the cover. It's a horrible name and tells nothing of the actual story. The best cover would have been the The Prince, The Charr, and the little girl who likes to collect flowers.
The expansions to GW1 were all pretty poor, and a hint that the devs had run out of good story to tell. My opinion of course.
Yesterday I made sure I could still use my GW2 account, so at some point I'll play again just to see if I have a different opinion.