Guild Wars 2
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Published by

NCsoft - North America

Developed by

ArenaNet, LLC

Released

Aug 28, 2012

Platforms

Macintosh, Windows

Genre

Action, Role-Playing (RPG)

Perspective

3rd-person [DEPRECATED]

Pacing

Persistent

Setting

Fantasy

	Critic Score	User Score
Macintosh	...	...

Windows	90	4.1

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Description

Guild Wars 2 is an MMORPG and the sequel to the original Guild Wars game. It is set 250 years after the event of the last expansion from the original series, Eye of the North.

During these 250 years, massive creatures called elder dragons awakened and 5 races that were fighting each other are now fighting together against a greater threat, an elder dragon named Zhaitan that is spreading terror and corruption in all Tyria.

The player can choose from 5 playable races and 8 professions when creating a character, as well as some background story for his or her character. Each race have each own personal story related to the background questions answered upon game creation, while chosen profession have no effect on storyline. Each from 8 professions features a special mechanic related to it, along with different skills and weapon choices.

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G4 TV: X-Play	Windows	Sep 06, 2012	5 out of 5	100
Quarter to Three	Windows	Sep 20, 2012		100
Atomic Gamer	Windows	Sep 07, 2012	10 out of 10	100
PC Gamer	Windows	Sep 06, 2012	94 out of 100	94
ActionTrip	Windows	Sep 07, 2012	9.2 out of 10	92
JeuxActu	Windows	Aug 28, 2012	18 out of 20	90
NZGamer	Windows	Nov 02, 2012	9 out of 10	90
RPG Site	Windows	Sep 14, 2012	9 out of 10	90
XGN	Windows	Sep 13, 2012	8.5 out of 10	85
Splitkick	Windows	Oct 10, 2012	8 out of 10	80

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Awards

4Players
- 2012 – Best PC Game of the Year
- 2012 – Best Role-Playing Game of the Year
GameSpy
- 2012 – One of the Top 10 Games of the Year
GameStar (Germany) / GamePro (Germany)
- 2012 - Best Online Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
- 2012 - #2 Best PC Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
- 2013 – #3 Community Favourite of the Year (Readers' Vote)
PC Games (Germany)
- Issue 01/2013 – Game of the Year 2012 (Readers' Vote)
- Issue 01/2013 – Online Role-Playing Game of the Year 2012 (Readers' Vote)