I want to make it clear to you that I like Guild Wars 2. I like that they’re trying something new and since I got out of my comfort zone (being accommodated to the quest-system and that way of playing) I found new joy in playing Guild Wars 2.
There are several issues that I think should be looked into but none more so than the storytelling and lore.
- The Magister at the Durmand Priory… couldn’t take her seriously to the same extent that I couldn’t take Vanille from Final Fantasy XIII seriously (which is also why I’ve left that game, and the same could very well happen with GW2 if they don’t start taking things more seriously). I mean her attitude to her superior as “Oh, don’t be such a sourpus” and then with going to fetch dwarven relics before the dredge complete it “C’mon. It’s going to be fun!” No, ANet, that doesn’t live up to your reputation.
- Tybalt I know is one of your favorite characters, but getting into the Order of Whispers with “Uh, apples, apples. We only sell apples here, nothing more!” and adding “What part of secret society didn’t you understand?”
- Let me tell you what I think is wrong – That he doesn’t act professional, keeping it cool and not panicking like that.
The Order of Whispers in GW1 were really, really hard core. You wouldn’t find them (certainly not at a fruit stand), no, they’d find you when you were alone and out of sight from the public eye.
I really looked forward to Guild Wars 2. GW1 wasn’t my favorite MMO when I started playing it, but I really got into the lore and found it rich and engaging, and eventually it became a favorite because of its lore.
- When I heard that GW2 came out and when I heard Mike O’Brien talk about it implementing everything that we loved about GW1, well, lets just say I was more than just excited.
- This is also why it felt like getting punched in the face when I couldn’t get into anything in GW2… even worse, I want it to engage me, but it doesn’t on the lore aspect of it.
My friends are leaving because of it, because while it is a beautiful world, it just feels empty without lore and storytelling. I’m the only one still playing regularly. At times they log in, but not for very long.
- This is how huge an issue it is to me.
If it doesn’t change then I can say for sure: I’m gonna leave too.
- I don’t want it to become like this, thus I am now making this thread, taking it up for discussion.
Do you think that Tolkien would have had such huge succes with Lord of the Ring and the universe if he hadn’t been serious about his work? Do you think the movie would have been as huge a succes if they hadn’t taken the story seriously?
I thought that the Living Story would ease the lack of story, because ANet wants to focus on what is happening now, but then suddenly: Rox!
- The look on this charr is… well, a joke. What is it with her eyes?
I’m going to give it a chance, of course… but ANet? You really need to pull yourself together, when it comes to this goofy style you got going. Take your world serious, because I do… to some extent… and it is vaning.
(edited by Sinifair.1026)