I agree that Guild Wars 2 is a great game. When I hear people point criticism to some of the aspects, I can see their reasons for it. I still find it an overall good experience though despite some flaws.
I absolutely love the art direction, and I can really appreciate what they did to make it stand out or at least improve upon from the first Guild Wars such as the full voice acting, improved mechanics, etc. It’s strange in that this game is meant to be played with friends, my friend usually doesn’t play MMOs but we started doing events together and are having a blast haha