Guild Wars 2

I can’t really sell the game to him but I know he’d love it. It’s pretty hard to show off because there’s a lot of running around involved. How do I sell the game to him without just saying oh there’s loads to do like exploring, dynamic events? It’s hard to sell to be honest without making it sound really boring.

Probably best to just go visit them and log in on their computer.

Do they have any mmo experience you could compare GW2 to? If they aren’t even interested maybe forcing it won’t help…

Hmm. If you’re sure he’ll love it then maybe buy it for him as a late XMas gift, and be handy by voice chat or game chat to answer all his questions as he designs his first character and starts playing.

You can also show him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOYP4ViTYzU which is a fantastic fan video made pre-launch from profession ability clips released by ANet. Regrettably the original cut from before Mesmers came out has been removed by the creator; it was far better paced. Still, this video remains stirring.

this trailer always got me hyped prior to gw2 release

As posted by Donari and applekwisp, i would also suggest that you either show it to your friend or just let him watch some youtube vids that help showing the game as it is!

Here’s a documentary-style tutorial of GW2 on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6XccPXb7Do&list=UUP_FgMqOxp_VsM0UfrL-DxA&index=6

Pretty much covers the basics in a nutshell.

Pull out a switch knife and say “Play GW2 or ELSE !” :P

Then say u got the idea from GW2 ..wont sound boring then :P