Guild Wars 2

There has been plenty of discussion on the first big holiday event for Guild Wars 2, but I wanted to stress just how much I enjoyed a single aspect of it and would really like to see more of it.

I am referring to the new minigame-esque editions to the game. I believe the game itself refers to these as “activities”.

I was taken aback by just how much effort was put into these, let alone the number we received in the update in addition to everything else. Back before the game was even released, I was interested in the content I was seeing in the game that was straying from the usual MMO content path: Jumping puzzles and puzzle dungeons, etc. These kind of activities only positively build upon that.

It brought to mind memories of Warcraft 3 custom maps, and while I am not a DoTA or MOBA fan, the Inquisitor game reminded me of other fun gametypes I have seen in the past, and the Clock Tower puzzle was in a category all in itself (beating that felt very rewarding). I feel these activities are a perfect way to keep people from getting tired of the repeated motions they get comfortable in, and the random nature of them keeps them from getting stale.

This isn’t to say that the activities in the game already are not up to par, since I enjoy Keg Brawl a great deal as well, but I am very happy that these are still being added with a lot of effort behind them.

Please…continue to bring these to us. Thank you.

I can confirm the cancelling trick works. That or just coincidental timing.