Guild Wars 2

A few things that jumped out at me while I played the demo:

-I really like the aesthetic of the Elonian city, the farms and the desert wasteland surrounding it all.

I spent most of the time in the city just looking at all the details. It reminded me of a high end beach resort with palm trees and luxurious fountains lining the open air architecture. The starfield skybox is gorgeous and it so beautifully fits the silhouette of pyramids and vertical wind turbines. If the other areas are as beautiful as this, I think I am going to like exploring Elonia.

-The raptor.

Do I really need to say anything else? I main a thief which can move pretty quickly, but I found the raptor to be much faster even than that. Moving fast is nice, but what really sells me is the fluidity of mounting/dismounting and the movement animations. nothing about it feels static or awkward. I even did figure 8s around other players and found the interactions to look so realistic. A+ here. It sort of hurt to get off the demo, play the regular game and not be able to use that mount. It just fits into the game so well.

-Balthazar

I’m no loremaster of guild wars to be sure, but I am looking forward to what’s going on with the human god of war. The conversation/fight with the retreating fire warrior slave revealed that Balthazar wants to kill the elder dragons which is good (I think). I actually wanted to see if I could join Balthazar until it was revealed that he is actively enslaving people which is bad. (Why do bad guys always want to enslave their armies?) I think the story will at least be intriguing. Looking forward to it.

Anyways I am done rambling, can’t wait to play POF. Please give Kthx.