Guild Wars - Eye of the North - Expansion (Jora Sleeve) |
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List Price: £14.99
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Binding: Video Game
Brand: NCsoft
EAN: 5060094441856
ESRB Age Rating: Rating Pending
Label: NCsoft
Manufacturer: NCsoft
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: NCsoft
Release Date: 2007-08-31
Studio: NCsoft |
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Great!...with a couple of frustrations, 2007-09-18
As an avid fan of all GW titles I too was looking forward to this first and only expansion. Again, as in previous titles, I wasn't dissapointed although a few things annoyed me. Let me first tell you the fun stuff: As this is 'only' an expansion, it starts where Prophecies stops (sort of); this way you can pick up the storyline, which in my opinion was the best of the three titles. Once you get a bit further in the game, you begin to unlock certain items/NPC's/skills, some of which are awesome. You can also prepare your current characters for eternal glory with the 'hall of heroes', here your characters will be displayed with their armor, weapons...etc for all to admire once we all begin on GW2.
For the rest, the gameplay hasn't changed, the looks haven't changed. No need to, as this was more than OK.
The frustrations: certain services/kits are no longer location bound or bought with money. You have to earn titles before you can do this or that. That's OK to a certain level, as it avoids the classic situation where a new player is 'run' or 'taxied' to a more advanced area, gets all the benefits from this area and then goes back to finish his early quests.
Also, as stated by others, I feel it's just a filler until we can lay our hands on GW2.
Nonetheless, the pros outdo the cons so my advise is: buy it, enjoy it and lets meet in GW2!.
 Very Good.....Bloody Short!, 2008-01-27
I have been playing GW for over 2yrs now, i have all campaigns and this expansion, with all of them complete on hard mode. This expansion is really good, but just doesnt have that same feeling as the others...Like on nightfall going though the campaign, struggling and then you make it and feel like you have really achieved something. This doesnt feel the same at all, because it is so short. I would say that factions is the best still, and that GW is still the best online MMORPG
Short but Sweet, 2007-12-31
Eye of the North is a great expansion on the previous 3 Guild Wars campaigns. It is the precursor to Guild Wars 2, and introduces all the new concepts that will be involved in GW2. The new races are introduced - Charr, Asura and Norn will all be playable races in GW2.
Then there is the Hall of Monuments, an invention that many Guild Wars players will be thanking Balthazar for. This allows players to create a monument for their characters, in which their achievements can be transferred to GW2. The transferrable achievements are Titles, Heroes and Pets, Armor, Weapons, and Minipets.
I have no real complaints with the expansion, but it could have been a bit longer. I finished the main storyline in less than 2 days. There is plenty more to do though - the Dungeons do not even feature in the main story line, and the various minigames leave a lot to be explored.
Grinding it out, 2007-09-11
After the sneak peek weekend i was very much looking forward to playing this new expansion to the GW series. However, after some few days of playing the game i have become quite bored of GW:EN. And here's why;
In about all of the current MMORPG the 'grind factor' is a main stay and is used to stretch the gameplay out, Guild wars up until now has managed to avoid this and was pretty much the reason i was hooked. With this new expansion there is a heavy emphasis on accruing points (towards titles),
which in turn unlock npc's that offer unique rewards and items, these include new armour sets (not really new - just revamped versions). The countless hours spent collecting these points do not justify the ends and unless you're a fan of repeatedly killing mobs of enemies, you're going to lose interest rapidly.
The attractive unique items to GW:EN e.g. the destroyer gauntlets and weapons look fantastic but once more require a ridiculous amount of time collecting materials and no little gold expenditure. Another frustrating example of the 'grind' feature that has crept in.
Without wanting to be too critical of the designers, GW:EN comes across as effort to keep the gaming community occupied until the new GW2 is released, but sadly it has mistaken grinding as a viable substitute to proper gameplay.
As an avid fan of the 3 Gw games -Prophecies, factions and nightfall,all of which were excellent, i am disappointed with this expansion and just hope GW2 doesn't go the same way.
Not bad, but...., 2007-09-13
... I have to agree with A. ODONNEL. The change in the overall thrust of what one does and where, is not good. Much more farming and tedious rehashing is now required.
It is true, you don't *have* to go for these things. But they are a significant point of what GW:EN is about.
I too will be looking at GW2 a bit more carefully before acquiring it, as and when the time comes.
The game itself continues to look and sound fine, with some additions and refinements helping the new areas seem at least a little fresh. From a technical standpoint, it's rather good. But it doesn't have the magic stardust the others have.
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