Guild Wars 2
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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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Part of the Following Groups
- Fantasy Creatures: Dwarves
- Guild Wars series
- Middleware: Awesomium
- Middleware: Scaleform GFx SDK
- Middleware: Umbra 3
- Physics Engine: Havok
- Portability Engine: Cider
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Critic Reviews
Atomic Gamer | Windows | Sep 07, 2012 | 10 out of 10 | 100 |
PC Gamer | Windows | Sep 06, 2012 | 94 out of 100 | 94 |
Eurogamer.fr | Windows | Sep 11, 2012 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
GameTrailers | Windows | Sep 11, 2012 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
Legendra | Windows | Sep 17, 2012 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
90 |
Game Revolution | Windows | Sep 04, 2012 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
90 |
Gamereactor (Finland) | Windows | Sep 04, 2012 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
PC Games (Germany) | Windows | Oct 01, 2012 | 88 out of 100 | 88 |
Mana Pool | Windows | Oct 19, 2012 | 8.2 out of 10 | 82 |
Edge | Windows | Sep 19, 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)
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Art Leads:
David Beetlestone, Aaron Coberly, Jens Hauch, Ryan McIntyre, Matthew Oswald, Heron Prior, Jamie Ro, Steven Waller, Paul Whitehead
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