Humans.
And only humans as an option to play.
Actually, GW2 got this aspect totally right, thankfully introducing other playable races as well as humans.
I didn’t realise he did the music in those games as well! Although I probably should have guessed.
It seems that my memory half-failed me. I just double-checked and it turns out that Jeremy Soule didn’t do the music for the Baldur’s Gate series, although he did do the music for the first Icewind Dale game.
Sorry about the confusion.
Incidentally it’s a bit off-topic but I love the fact that the racial capitals are all unique. I have to admit my first impression was negative – I thought Divinitys Reach was too much like your typical ‘ye olde fantasy towne’ and the others were too weird and confusing. (I still get lost in all except Hoelbrak.)
But when I actually started thinking about it I realised that’s exactly how it should be. Divinitys Reach is like the archetypal fantasy human city and the others are like something created by an alien race – the layout and the architecture is like nothing on Earth (literally, although each has some real-world influences). It really feels like each city suits and reflects the race that built it.
Absolutely! That’s much of what I meant about each city being distinct.
Jeremy Soule’s music in both the Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale series was very good.
This thread is the reason why this game is so alt friendly. The game is so vast, it lives, it breathes. There’s so much good and only a few flaws that are really minor in comparison. They will be fixed eventually but the core game is just rock solid.
Indeed!
I also love the fact that each playable race has its own unique starting experience, individualized even further with the various different character story choices made throughout character creation.
In contrast, although I also enjoy playing DC Universe Online, its beginning portion is the same for everyone regardless, so after playing through a few alts that beginning portion can get a bit repetitive.
My guess is that the devs will indeed expand into all of those areas eventually this year, with Cantha and Elona to be particularly large expansions.
It’ll certainly be interesting to see how many more visual details, new music and added ambiance will be added in the new content the next few months.
Happy New Year, also from the West Coast!
Having New Year’s Day off from work (as I’m sure most of us here do), I’ll have nearly all day to play GW2, with a few breaks to watch select recorded episodes from Syfy’s Twilight Zone marathon! 
Well, we have quaggan cities underwater andd scritt dungeons underground here and there in game, they are not instanced but still very cute(and when I say cute i mean the real power of quaggan ubercuteness) and good-looking.
I haven’t visited either yet, but I absolutely can’t wait to!
And yeah, music is just awesome
Absolutely!
Is the music for both the Quaggan city and the Skritt dungeon distinct (just curious)?
My main (ranger) is a human because I wanted her to be descended from my GW1 characters.
Change “her” to “him” and that describes my GW2 main.
Bravo, FGreenOak! Absolutely agreed!
Congratulations ArenaNet! Very well deserved!
Welcome!
Play the game some and form your own opinions/impressions about it before reading these forums.
That’s what I did and I’m totally glad that I did, since if I had read these forums first (while some of the negativity here is indeed constructive criticism, much of it is just from negative nellies), I likely wouldn’t have given this game a chance.
Most of all, have fun!
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And even the countryside music varies depending on which zone you’re in.
… but so is each city’s accompanying music and ambiance.
Very well done, Jeremy Soule!
It’s downloading again.