I finally got my hands on one of this year's most anticipated gaming releases: Guild Wars 2. I was lucky enough to get it for $72 as JB Hi-Fi were having a 20% off games sale, so I was pretty happy about not paying $90-110 for it as I'm a (very) poor student. Anyway, my desktop PC (which I named Tiberius, 'cause I'm pretty cool and like to name my possessions) is currently out of action, which is a major pain in the arse because my laptop can't run very many games. Therefore, I can only play games of high system requirements at an internet café (for now). Anyway, I finally had the opportunity to try out Guild Wars 2 for the first time a couple of days ago. I didn't really get to do much as there was a bit of patching to be done, but I thought I'd blog about my first experience with the game anyway.
Guild Wars 2 gives you the choice of five races: Asura (small, highly intelligent Yoda-esque beings), Sylvari (elf-esque, plant-like humanoids), Humans, Norn (Viking-like humanoids),and Charr (beast-like humanoids). And eight classes: necromancer, engineer, ranger, thief, elementalist, warrior, mesmer, and guardian.
I chose a female human ranger. The humans actually look pretty decent. The character customization is fantastic. Lots of hair styles to choose from, several body shapes and a decent variety of colouring for hair, eyes, skin, armour, etc. And you can customize each aspect of your characters face. This is something new to me in the mmorpg genre, as I'm a former World of Warcraft player, where the character customization is pretty limited. It's nice to create a reasonably unique looking character, she's pretty sexy looking too.
After you create your character's look, you choose a story background for them. Which apparently will determine which skills, weapons and abilities you'll end up with. You can choose whether your character comes from poverty, middle class or nobility; a personality trait (such as charm or dignity); which god you are blessed by; and what your biggest regret is.
It took me freakin' ages to come up with a name for my character, as all the ones I wanted were taken. I ended up settling with Yulissia (my main WoW character is named Ulysses, so I tried to get something similar). She is middle class, charming, blessed by Melandru - the goddess of earth, nature and growth, and her biggest regret is not recovering her sister's corpse. I chose a Stalker as my pet, which is a leopard-like creature.
After all this it was time to finally start my adventure! But unfortunately I needed to leave once I got into the game! At least I can get straight into it next time I have the opportunity to play. By the way, the server I'm on is Blackgate if you're interested. I hope to play soon!
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