I’ve always loved creating custom maps/levels in the map editor different games, Warcraft 3 in particular, which some of you might know has a very powerful editor.
Anyways, two years ago i decided to try on a real challenge; recreating the Jade Sea from the original Guild Wars: Factions. Or well, perhaps not exactly “recreating” since doesn’t take place in the same locations, but close enough.
So here is how it looks today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Hao3DCgwfzA
And in case you wonder, it’s not just made for the visuals – it’s also very much playable by up to 8 players.
Origin and Gameplay:
Since a few years back me, my brother and a few friends have had regular LAN parties, where we’ve often played custom Warcraft 3 games. The problem rose when some of us wanted to play Risk games (where you take over territory to earn income used to train units), while others wanted to play more single unit oriented games like DotA.
This map was an attempt to solve this issue; you have one “leader” in each team – Kurzick and Luxon – that uses large armies to control the map. The rest of the players each controls a single powerful “hero” unit which they can use to turn the tide of large scale battles or sneak into the enemy territory to take over or disable key locations.
What has this got to do with Guild Wars 2?
Well, the simple answer would be that I and many others would really like to see a canthan expansion, and I suppose this is my way of showing support for it. I know that it wouldn’t be quite the cantha we knew (Cough Ascalon Cough), for several reasons, and that for example the Jade Sea will probably be a normal sea once again, but I’d still really like to see what they could make with the new engine.
Anyways, as tl:dw for the video i’ll also show you some screenshots below.
