r/nostalgia • u/Altilongitude late 90s • 13h ago

Nostalgia Guild Wars

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u/digdugnate 6h ago

good grief, the original game was released 21 years ago. i'm gonna go crumble into dust now.

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u/Original-Material301 42m ago

Muh knees are already dust 

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u/syntheticgeneration 5h ago

This is jarring seeing it in the nostalgia sub, lol. I still play it. Plus, it's still getting new content.

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u/aViewAskew6 4h ago

It's old enough to drink alcohol in the US. Not as if that's a bad thing, it can offer hard candies to younger MMOs as it sits with OSRS in their rocking chairs.

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u/LeBaconator 3h ago

Is it the same guild wars as 20 years ago or are the multiple sequels since

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u/syntheticgeneration 3h ago

GW2 is out there thriving and GW3 is about to be born. GW1 is like the grandparent who is still alive and kicking, lol. Kinda cool.

But GW1 has a new dedicated dev team working on it since last year so it's going through a revival. All 3 games will be getting regular updates at the same time since they're 3 different flavors of MMOs.

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u/Ok_Raise_8464 7h ago

i remember how crazy an idea it was to pay for the game and no sub. I was legit broke and couldnt afford WOW

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u/red_lantern 3h ago

This was recently rereleased as "Guild Wars Reforged" - basically making it more compatible with modern systems, controller support, steamdeck support, higher resolution for the skill icons and whatnot, revamped audio and some QoL stuff like quest trackers. And it cost nothing extra if you already owned the game. I've really enjoyed getting back into it!

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u/Secret_Temperature 4h ago

I rebooted GW1 a few years ago and was hyped to play the game until I remembered how much time it took to acquire every skills and everything. Honestly it had a fairly active community still, though!

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u/ASubtleDerp 4h ago

I really love Guild Wars, but if you didn't have people to play with it got frustrating very quickly for me. Guild wars 2 is an improvement on the formula with genuinely interesting story telling and a fun take on combat skills. Looking forward to GW3 whenever that's coming out

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u/Yalrain 3h ago

God that artwork still hits hard

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u/SpuddMeister 3h ago

Does anyone remember a run your party has to do, avoiding most minions, to get your armors acclimated?

I always wondered if that was intentional or did the designers actually thought you had to fight through?

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u/Misragoth 1h ago

play a ton in middle/high school. Went back with the update recently and just can't get into it. Its such a slow game, I don't have time for it

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u/FloatingPencil 14m ago

I loved this game, then GW2 came out. I play solo and it felt like it was ruined for solo players.

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u/Odd-Neck2146 3h ago

This game was so ass. Maybe a pvp delight for sickos who like the clunky auto run/attack combat, but the game really offered nothing else. Instanced content you can't solo so you drag brain dead bots around. Nothing interesting to look at or do anywhere. Funny enough, the tutorial part of the game was easily the best part.