Guild Wars 2

I love it when a PvP game allows you to save the replay post-match, and when you watch the replay you are basically watching as a spectator with the ability to control the camera as well as see from the other team’s point of view.

It really helps after a losing match to watch from the other team’s perspective and see what you did wrong from that angle.

The replay files would not be videos as they would just be lists of movements and triggers. They could only be viewed in-game. Loading a replay would load you into an offline instance of that PvP map where you could view the match interactively. The replays would not be large files and could easily be posted and shared online, and anyone can download and watch them as long as they have the current version of the game client. After game updates, replays from previous versions may become incompatible.

This has existed in Blizzard games for well over 10 years now.

thats one thing i loved in Champions Online, they had something very similar called “demo” (which i guess they used to make their ingame trailers)
it allowed you to type a command which would then record everything that happens around you in a .demo file which you could open with the game client to replay with multiple camera and speed options including slowmo and freecam.

it would indeed be great for GW2, to be able to slowmo replay if you get spiked so you can see exactly what is happening.
it would even help people learn if they could watch and replay other peoples movements.

When it comes down to a replay system and comparing it to Starcraft or a MOBA the thing you have to remember is that those games operate on a 2D plane which has to be rendered back to the player in a completely editable (rewind, fast forward, etc) form. Im still semi-new to programming and I don’t know too much about graphics but I would imagine rendering a third dimension back to the player with all of these features would be an even more difficult task to accomplish.

While Im not saying it isnt a possibility in the future I wouldnt expect it anytime soon.

Requesting this from Anet is like requesting Taco Bell to use real meat in their tacos. Too expensive and they would rather spend their time figuring out their next promotion to get you to waste your money.

I don’t believe this will actually happen, lol >.<

I don’t believe it’s all that difficult, but I wouldn’t expect a game to add something like this post-launch.