Guild Wars 2

Kakeru.2873:

Grizm.4560:

I’m 35 and this thread is making me feel like it.

I’m sorry I didn’t want to make anyone feel bad, just saying that GW2 has a lot of things that show people like me weren’t their focus when designing said things (if that makes sense)

I think a more correct assumption would be that “people like you” aren’t their only focus. There are a myriad of types of gamers out there. Generations are being spanned these days. I’m extremely pleased with the “something for everyone” approach as opposed to the “all for one demographic” approach.

Now quit worrying about your particular demographic and go play and have fun! Danged kids…

If anything the 35+ demographic is the least catered to. My first game was pong. Glad they didn’t go that far back. :P

OP it’s great you have a few years with all that extra time but RL will creep up. If you don’t have a job already, you will. Then comes a more demanding job and so on. Not even going to mention a partner or a family since that is down the road. At some point you’ll realize that the next time you’ll have that kind of free time is when you retire. Which can still be a long way away for some.
You won’t always have the kind of time you do now, so enjoy it. And don’t waste all of it on video games. It’s nice to have a game made for people that have lives outside of Tyria. I still feel behind most of the time but at least it’s not impossible to catch back up.
And VOLKON said it best below me. It’s a focus that is spread across demographics giving something for everyone.

Maybe OP should spend more time on his schoolwork and less time being “hardcore” in a video game.

I’m 35 and this thread is making me feel like it.

Am I seriously the only 22 year old who has played and enjoyed 8 bit classics AND seen those “so terrible it’s hilarious” commercials?

Seriously?

I shed a tear for my generation.

I’ve finally realised why I can’t enjoy or begin to enjoy this game even though it’s amazing and is in my favorite genre.

I’m not the demographic at which they are aiming for.

With the “Super Box Adventure” commercial I realised GW2 is made for the 35 year old gamers, or gamers generally older than me in their late 20s to 30s, who love this nostalgic feeling of 8bit games and bad american commercials. I didn’t grow up with this so to me it’s just not something I can relate to on any level.

With no time constrains and content available to anyone at any skill level, they are aiming this game at ppl who have a wife and possibly kids, gamers who don’t have that much time in the day to actually play games in general, in another term casual players who don’t have all the hours in the day to play. That isn’t me i’m not a casual gamer, I have hours for college work (not uni), and games. I’m not constrain by casual hours.

I’m not looking for an arcade game or an adventure game to play, a 8 bit platformer or a platformer in general. I’m looking to play an mmorpg. Mini games are fun but when the bulk of my fun from the game is coming from mini games, i might aswell be playing a real adventure, platformer or arcade game than a water downed version of such in an MMORPG.

250 years of time is no small amount in the realm of technological and scientific advancement. Throwing magic in the mix can just speed things up.

Props to ANet for not making another fantasy world that stagnates for millenia.

agauos.8794:

I don’t understand how this commercial is genius. I expected something good considering all this praise. Are you guys being sarcastic? Is it so bad it’s good? I don’t get it.

It’s great because it’s an almost perfect reference/parody (depending on how you look at it) of all the absurdly cheesy ads 80’s & early 90’s games had. Remember, a lot of people here grew up when ads like that one were running on TV, it’s a fun nostalgia trip for us.

X-TREME 80’s RYTLOCK is my new favorite character. You have to bring him back for a cameo at some point, for whatever reason. This commercial is the greatest thing ever — nay, perhaps the greatest thing possible. The only thing that might tip it above 100% is if Rytlock started rapping.

My name is Rytlock, and I’m here to say
Super Adventure Box is comin’ your way!
Funky fresh graphics with 8 whole bits,
The cool chiptunes are all instant hits!
My main man Moto is a radical dude,
so visit Rata Sum when you’re in the mood!
Word.

However, the centaurs took over much of Queensdale in our absence. o.O

I play as an engineer who uses a rifle, therefore no weapon skin for myself. The content is so good that I don’t really care though. The rewards aren’t what is making this fun for me, the content itself is a blast. I just wish this would stick around forever instead of just the month of April.

Yep, agreed.
First time i enounter a 2-hours-wasting bug (frog not dropping shards) and STILL be happy and satisfied about my time spent. The run was so much fun i could just not bring myself to be mad

Hahah!

Wow, that reminds me of how some of the VHS tapes I used to record the Ninja Turtles cartoon looked, after I watched an old Nintendo commercial to death.

Super well done!

I would be curious to know how many players are completely confused by VHS tracking and artifacts.

I mean the ninja’s are great and all (really they are) but someone missed solid reference potential when designing this.

Seriously though, I have had a blast with this… it is the first jumping puzzle that doesn’t make me wish I had never tried it if, or more likely when, I mess up repeatedly… and even when it does frustrate, it is not rage enducing like a certain clocktower.

When I imagined Trahearne saying to my azura.

“You’re a good guy, commander. You haven’t kittened me in the kitten…yet,”

ROFLMAO…

Seriously, close your eyes, imagine saladhead and listen to the vídeo.

“We must bring the fight to Zhaitan, He is a big dragon. The fight will be hard. I will lead you. I am a good leader. I think.”

I feel inspired at least.

Mungrul.9358:

“I am that.” I think that’s on levelling. WHAT DOES IT MEEEAAAN?

I always thought it was “I earned that”. Of course said with a British accent.

“No! I handraised that minion!”

“Now I need to make another one.”

“It began as a corpse and now it is a corpse again.”

Seriously, who thought it would be a good idea to make necromancers have a line EVERY TIME a minion dies?!

I could not believe my ears when I heard the retro log-in music! It was great! Props to the ANet audio team for making me laugh the moment I got into the char select screen!

News flash: BL keys were on sale for 20% off the other day. You must’ve missed it.

Murderin.8269:

Its a religious holiday. Keep that crap out of the game.

Well, I agree with you in spirit, but none of the fun stuff we ever do in fictional in-game “holidays” are actually religious in nature. Heck, none of the fun stuff in real-world holidays is necessarily religious, depending on what you’re into. And then you have Hallowe’en, which people don’t even seem to remember was originally a religious ritual in the first place. A lot of these holidays are widespread and well-known enough that people are sort of expecting something to happen, and any excuse to celebrate or do something a little different is welcome.
Plus, if you’re going to hold an annual special event of some kind in an MMO, it only makes sense that it coincides with an actual real-world calendar event so the players can come to expect it and won’t forget.

It would be neat to see some small-scale, original Tyrian holidays, that are actually in keeping with the game’s lore and not dependent on real-world cultures. Like, do humans observe any holidays dedicated to Dwayna, Melandru, Balthazar, etc.? Do Asura have Eternal Alchemy Day, or hold annual science fairs? The Charr already have Meatoberfest going 24/7 — it’s clear they know how to party.

Only got 20 gold in my pocket

MikeRocks.9243:

John Smith.4610:

Gasoline.2570:

Let’s see what the average will be

Statistically inaccurate

Surveying forums leads to massive biases including Sample Bias and Response Bias. In this case there are at least 3 other biases not being accounted for off the top of my head.

This is very true. The only people likely to post are either those that have opened a lot of chests and received nothing, or those who’ve opened very few and received one.

Not even accounting for the MASSIVE player base that doesn’t even touch the forums.

And this is exactly why you can NEVER obtain accurate data from a survey. OP may not like to hear it, but John Smith is spot on.