ArenaNet: GW2 will fulfil MMO promise

By Robert Purchese Published 12 May, 2010

What players thought genre could be.

A confident ArenaNet has told Eurogamer that Guild Wars 2 will epitomise what players hoped the MMO genre could be.

"The message we're sending is people are sick and tired of traditional MMOs," said lead content designer Colin Johanson. "They've been playing the same game for 10 or 15 years, chasing a big carrot on a stick trying to level up.

"Your character has no personality, you don't have a story, the world feels dead and for the most part there's no incentive to interact with the hundreds of other people playing the game. We're trying to change all of that.

"We've kept the best elements of Guild Wars 1 and then taken all of the other elements and tried to make the best thing anyone has ever made before," he added. "We want to make the MMO that players thought MMOs were actually going to be."

Johanson believes that there is "a lot of room for growth" in the MMO genre and believes ArenaNet "can evolve it to the next level".

Guild Wars 2 has no release date but the floodgates are beginning to open. Today NCsoft revealed dynamic events and personal stories - the two-pronged approach to questing in the game.

Our full interview with Colin Johanson explores these potentially revolutionary ideas in full.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (12) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Bloobat #1 2 years ago

    AWSOME, pre-ordered, NO monthly fee's, some MMO's could learn form this!

  • VicViper #2 2 years ago

    @Bloobat

    Where have they started pre-orders? Even the offical site hasn't started and the release date seems pretty far off from even being announaced, although I admire your enthusiasim.

  • Xardan #3 2 years ago

    Oh god, oh god! I cant wait!

  • ZuluHero #4 2 years ago

    "Your character has no personality, you don't have a story, the world feels dead and for the most part there's no incentive to interact with the hundreds of other people playing the game. We're trying to change all of that."

    Yes! Yes! Yes!

    Really really can't wait - where did you preorder from Bloobat?

  • sesskie #5 2 years ago

    Cant wait for this shit. I ahve always wondered, what would MMOs be like if companies werent forced to implement hurdles and timesinks designed to make sure you play for as long as possible, so you ekep renewing your subscription?

    I guess GW2 is the answer to that never-answered WHAT IF of MMOs.

  • Benno #6 2 years ago

    I have to admit, I do like the sound of this

  • hiddenranbir #7 2 years ago

    Dynamic worlds, dynamic npcs, please please please. I don't want static gated world areas. I have faith!

  • Vyggo #8 2 years ago

    I have heard this kind of stuff before, I am going for the wait and see-approach.

  • davisorle #9 2 years ago

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  • tenofspades #10 2 years ago

    I had no faith with any mmorpg previously that they could be anything special, but I certainly believe GW2 could be, and will be a very credible alternative to the big goliath WoW.

  • hiddenranbir #11 2 years ago

    I have heard this kind of stuff before
    From what games?

  • Slipstream #12 2 years ago

    no incentive to interact with the hundreds of other people playing the game.

    With that said I hope they realise what this means. No more instanced open world being the primary thought here...