Guild Wars 2

http://i.imgur.com/dhMeAzK.gif
For the cutscene and the ambient.

I hope to see cutscenes like this in every update from now.

My first impression?

It was one of the few living story patches that has been entirely bug free in the first hour of gameplay. The only other one I’ve played bug free in the first hour was Origin of Madness. While not perfect, Anet is getting better at clearing out the bugs before it releases, and for that, I thank you!

The cutscene was very low quality imho, probably because it was prerendered (why even do this in 2014?)

Cutscene was epic. The destruction of LA looks awesome.

Then it was all…

zerg, zerg, zerg, zerg, zerg, zerg

Malediktus.9250:

The cutscene was very low quality imho, probably because it was prerendered (why even do this in 2014?)

It all depends on one’s level of expectations. I myself, if the cutscene looks good, don’t care how it’s done technically.

Xista.7391:

Cutscene was epic. The destruction of LA looks awesome.
Then it was all…

zerg, zerg, zerg, zerg, zerg, zerg

I can’t really see any other way for an event of this scale. I guess it’s more about a cinematic feeling than a challenge in this patch.

It is, as I said, first impressions. And the first impression is that I have fun. Zergy or not.

Malediktus.9250:

The cutscene was very low quality imho, probably because it was prerendered (why even do this in 2014?)

Because they had to have that transition section in the middle of the scene where they went from regular lions arch to destroyed lions arch. If they did it in real time, you would have to sit through a load screen in the middle of the scene, just to watch the whole thing unfold.

I love it so far. Don’t care about the overflows, don’t care about the zergs. It’s big scaled and epic. I wish more updates were this size. I guess my only complaint, at this point, is that the story isn’t presented super well, and hunting down all the NPC’s to talk to isn’t as easy as previous two where you were told where to go to get the background, but oh well.

Also I like the cinematic, didn’t look bad to me. I just wish it had more dramatic music. All in all, great so far. I hope the next release is even better.

EDIT: Just a nitpick, but I don’t like the loading screen for Under Attack LA. It’s all blurry and hard to make things out. They’ve done screens like that before, but I really prefer the ones where I can tell what I’m looking at without having to stare at it for an hour.

wookiee.4631:

Also I like the cinematic, didn’t look bad to me. I just wish it had more dramatic music. All in all, great so far. I hope the next release is even better.

It’s weird they didn’t give LA any special track for battles, but oh well.
Here’s the solution: https://soundcloud.com/arenanet/sets/guild-wars-2-the-origins-of
First song for fights outside of LA. The second for fights inside.

Chrispy.5641:

Malediktus.9250:

The cutscene was very low quality imho, probably because it was prerendered (why even do this in 2014?)

Because they had to have that transition section in the middle of the scene where they went from regular lions arch to destroyed lions arch. If they did it in real time, you would have to sit through a load screen in the middle of the scene, just to watch the whole thing unfold.

You know they could prerender it in 1080p with a good codec instead of this 480p crap. Or just make it load as you said. My computer is fast with kitten, so loading times wouldnt be bad at all.

First impression: boring as hell. Second impression: still boring as hell and also annoying. Will play it a bit for loot and achievements probably. Next patch in 2 weeks please.

I really enjoyed the chaos of it all, it really felt like a panic to save LA, and more authentic than doing the event later when there is more direction. The cutscene was pretty sweet too.