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Guild Wars 2 (2012)

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The Path of Fire demo story instance. I had intended to get this up during the first beta weekend but had some SERIOUS internet issues to put it simply.

Keep in mind this was the first beta weekend so..There were no access to any of the new specs for PVE at the time of this video's recording.

I did enjoy this one a bit but..I hope the story picks up, it just feels kind of weak. The Forged don't seem all that different from Elder Dragon minions honestly, I just wish they'd have taken it in a more interesting direction. Why bother having Balthazar if he's just gonna be an obvious villain who just kills random innocent people to expand his ranks? I just wish they'd try to make things a little less typical. Maybe have Balthazar recruit people to become Forged willingly with promises of eliminating Palawa Joko and Kralkatorrik. He's a freaking god, why is he basically just acting like an Elder Dragon?

That's my issue, I sort of wish the story would take things in a more interesting direction, less just the basic good vs evil thing, thought that's the point of not having the Elder Dragon as the main antagonists. It's a shame I remember how people were hoping Fake Lazarus to be morally gray and that didn't happen either.

I'm still not big on the Mastery system either. People always talk about immersion and realism when it comes to this game but grinding these out from doing non related events is a chore. They said they were inspired by metroidvania games but those games don't make you grind to get new abilities, weapons and equips for the most part. You find them from exploration, solving a puzzle, beating a boss, etc. That is just more satisfying by far but difficult to put into an MMO I suppose.

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