There Will Never Be Another Game Like Guild Wars 1

We will never see another game like Guild Wars 1. So grateful that Anet keeps the game up and running.

I'm 74, played GW 20 years ago (not very well!) and the moment outside the EOTN when she says "I command in Captain Langmar's absence... my name is Gwen" I swear I nearly had a second heart attack!

Guild wars 1 got me closer to my brother. We never got along or did anything. But then I got guild wars for Christmas and after showing him the game he bought it the next day. That was 2008, now in 2023 we play guild wars 2 every week and we are in our 30's.

I am a simple man. I see GW1 video, I click GW1 video.

I’m old and was about 21 when the original guild wars came out. I played it quite hardcore. I remember farming the fissure of woe and the underworld with my friends to get the obsidian armor. The actual guild vs guild PvP and the alliance battles. The insanely epic thunderhead keep mission. Dealing with the mursaat and going through the path of ascendancy. Guild wars was a masterpiece of a game. And I was initially excited when they announced GW2 but that excitement wore off quickly when I realized it wasn’t really even the same kinda game. I resisted buying it but eventually broke down and started playing. I’ve had fun with GW2 off and on over the past 10 years, but I don’t think anything will ever top the original game.

I still play this. For around 18 years now.

Early in our marriage, playing GW1 was date night for us. We couldn't afford a babysitter for our 3 little ones at that time. GW1 was the substitue to a dinner, movie and sitter fees. There are so many fond memories of that time and it was a great time meating some wonderful people in game via TeamSpeak. I moved on to GW2 years later but hubby could not be bothered (maybe when he retires in a few years we can play together again (🤞🏼)) I'm now working on my college aged children to pick up the game...

It’s funny, I got GW as a kid because I wanted to play WoW but my parents wouldn’t pay the sub. So I looked for a similar game that had no sub, found this and it became one of my favorite games ever

This game helped me as I transitioned out of the Navy in 2006. If anyone reads this and knows how hard getting out can be, they'll understand. Many hours spent with guildies, friends, and I remember the people and the time we spent together more than anything. I logged in a couple weeks ago to see if my buddy was on, he still plays. This game has gotten me through depression, anxiety, helped me with addiction and also gave me friends that I still have to this day. Back when Randy Blackwolf was a noob, until having many Leather Bound Books

Man I miss this game so much it's hard to describe. I used to play this with my daughter, everyday we used to look into the community forums to check if there is a new infamous build for PvP or ways to farm ectoplasm in the hardest areas with minimum party or solo. I miss her so much I wish I could go back in time.

A good friend of mine passed away a few years ago. One of my fondest memories of him was us playing Guild Wars together for years. We had such epic times playing this game, so much laughter. His nickname in the game was MoB. RIP Jurie my friend you are missed

Best game ever - The dual-class system, Random Arena, GvG, Hall of Heroes 💖

I 100% AGREE, i quit gw2 2 or 3years ago after no updates for WvW.even though they promised gw2 was about WvW.. Gw1 was an experience I would honestly die for to relive again. The low level PVP the expansions. the high level pvp, the G'v'Gs, the exploration aspects, the feeling of action mmorpg DnD to MMO feelings, the personalization of building your own guild which people would join by recruiting for your guild. I ran a successful Kurzick guild and kurzick allliance #2 at the time for Ab'ing and faction which i was the leader of being only 15 years old at the time. The fantization of building unique builds that were not used by anyone else in low level arenas with lower HP and using a sword instead of a bow as a ranger, the secrets of getting a pet lv 20 when you are only lv 7 the secrets of speed running areas to get ahead in the game without doing story...the progression of paying people to run you to a city far far far away when you could scam them at any moment all existed years ago.

Guild Wars was my very first MMORPG I ever played. I was a beta tester back when they would released the beta test game at the start of every month. This game was (and is still) amazing. I still have very fond memories of my guild and doing GvG, which was an amazing aspect of the game. My guild is still intact, though empty, within GWs. I have one huge pet peeve is when folks refer to the ORIGINAL Guild Wars as 'Guild Wars 1'...grrrr! I'm now 59, still play pc games, but rarely dip into GWs. I tried Guild Wars 2, but it didn't win me over and left me feeling hollow. I would go back into Guild wars, but I find it just makes me sad, as it reminds me of all the friends and amazing players I once knew and are now no more. Although, I will say, it still makes me chuckle when I think back to when the 'flame wars' erupted on forums between WoW player fanbois and GWs fanbois - Guild Wars was the new kid on the block and a potential threat to WoW. The player rivalry between the two camps was massive, and each side looked for every and any opportunity to flame the other. Some were just plain nasty, but for the majority it was good humoured, often hilarious and would have me near to tears with laughter. I was privileged to witness an ANet moderator appear in game with their avatar and drop the 'ban hammer' on a player. The chat window went into melt down, and it was so funny. I also had the honour of chatting with Gaile Grey in game as she appeared in character. The other thing I loved about Guld wars was the Holy Trinity of Healer, Support and Warrior - epic and so much fun in GvG. What I admired about GvG was the fact that lower ranked Guilds got to play on home territory, so if you and your team appeared in a strange guild setting, you knew you were a higher ranked guild. Brilliant. Doing map runs for newbie players was an amazing, fun and warming aspect of the game. We did this for free, some players would charge gold, but to be honest, we ( I ) found it the best way to make new friends and potential new guild recruits. There was next-to-no voice comms back then, so every interaction was typed, and some of it was hilarious, and sometimes heart warming. Guild wars had a real sense of community back in the day on release - yes, we had some 'odd' people cruising the guilds to see what they could get for free then vanish, or just be there to troll everyone - but for the majority, it was a fantastic time and experience. I have dipped in just to reminisce and take my characters for a walk or two. European servers are (or were last time I saw, and forgive me if they have since been shut down) a ghost town, so I shifted to US as everyone seemed to be there who still played the game - but no one I knew. To any and all former and current players and devotees of the original, and best, Guild Wars game. I love and respect you all and you all hold a special place in my heart for keeping this beautiful and amazing game alive. Maybe I'll see you in game sometime.

I had worked to bring back my account and when I logged in the other night I learned that I had 8 Characters with no Quests. So I decided to buy the game again and go back through it. This game is my first introduction to MMOs or RPG, and I loved it. Now I spent yesterday playing it all over again and could not believe all the people that still play this still. I spend a total of 8 hours playing it yesterday and it was the first time in a very long time I wanted to call in to work to keep playing it. I could not get into GW2, having all the intences popup all the time is distracting and I don't enjoy the way it plays out. Great video.

Just recently started playing again and i'm seriously loving it. It has moved past nostalgia and now I'm just playing because it is fun. Also it was great that you remembered all the exact memories I had from it, like totally identical experiences.

I feel like I need to leave a comment here for my own legacy lol. I played this game from the ages 11 until 16 - then life hit and I was unable to play for a long time. The thing I remember the most was hanging out with my guild-mates, not even so much actually playing the game. This was a group of people I spent 4-6 hrs per day for 5 years with....I hope they are all doing good and look back on their time with this game as fondly as I do. Thanks for making this video, much nostalgia was had 💖

I missed Guild Wars the first time around - was playing WoW and Eve Online back in 2004-2006 - but the fiance and me played through the entirety of GW1 last year as a prelude to playing GW2 properly... glad we did. It's amazing how well it holds up, but it's also frustrating how many excellent ideas from the original were abandoned in the sequel. Like, as much as I enjoy the ridiculous 10 FPS meta event bosses with hordes of players in GW2, I find myself constantly thinking "This zone is cool; imagine how much cooler it would have been as an instanced mission environment with an actual challenge, and henchmen/heroes to make up the party gaps." And damn, the sense of journey! We literally took our characters from Ascalon pre-searing, right through to Eye of The North, and when you actually look at how the game's story leads you across the massive world map, and how you make friends along the way, and then move on, and discover new things... by the time you cross the deserts riding giant sand worms and reach the demonic hellscape of Abaddon's realm, it really hits you; that you've been on an epic adventure. As much as I love GW2, reaching the end of the core campaign in that one simply didn't hit the same note. Instead of me and the fiance being heralded as the heroes, we had... uh, Destiny's Edge inexplicably showing up to do a slow hero walk despite having done literally nothing whatsoever to assist in the defeat of Zhaitan except talk about themselves a lot then get on an airship.

GW1 was my introduction to the world of MMOs :)

Great video! I can relate to so much of this video. My W/Mo took up most of my childhood. I was so proud of my 15k armor, obsidian helm, and icy dragon sword. I just picked it back up a few days ago. I was expecting to find an abandon, out of date game and I was very surprised how good the gameplay still is and how many people are playing. This time around I am trying paragon in nightfall.