Guild Wars 2

So, despite all the bugs of a rushed update (I would not have minded waiting while these were polished out), I must say that I LOVE the new camera settings.

It took a little while adjusting the first person camera settings (such as model height, removing screen shake), but I LOVED playing in first person- far more than I expected. I was thinking I would never do it because you have less perception of things going on around you. However, this is part of the thrill of it.

I had just one little nag, which I think Anet could work on to make this experience really TOP NOTCH.

I started off on jumping puzzles. First person camera there is good.
Then towns. They look INCREDIBLE, especially combined with my new graphics card.(image attached)
Then I took a plunge into PVP with friends. THAT was a fun experience (I would not suggest doing rated games in 1st person though).
Then I decided ‘hey….let’s do SW!’. That was incredible. The husks loom over you, you have to be aware all around you for the terragrifs, behind you for the wolves, and even did the breach, vinewrath and labyrinth in first person.

Now, the slight issue I have which I think Anet could maybe work on to improve this view was the UI. If we could disable some components, or even change their visibility, size or transparency (so that 100% transparency is same effect as ‘off’), this would be very useful. I find this because using ctrl + shift+ h made the game very intense, but I could not see my health bar (made fights edgy, as it felt like I could go down at any moment (although never did).

So is Anet going to work more on 1st person combat? What do you guys think… reckon they should improve this now that the camera feature is in?

I don’t really care about the first person combat, I just wanted that feature to be finally able to take screenshots of the scenery and other characters ^^

For example, for the first time I could take a closer look at a friends ranger and I liked how much detail I was finally able to see, without having my own character standing in the way(I love my Charr, but sometimes I want to see other things than his back) xD

I think they mostly intended the first-person mode to be for screenshots. GW2 is a game where you really need to be paying attention to what’s around you in order to do well in combat, so first-person is going to be pretty much objectively worse for that, no matter what they do.