tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post631418907295035539..comments2024-03-29T14:47:49.328+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Never Satisfied: GW2Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-89761757210891117562019-05-17T10:26:23.448+01:002019-05-17T10:26:23.448+01:00I do think the "snapshot in time" approa...I do think the "snapshot in time" approach ANet have gone with is more problematic in GW2 than in many other MMORPGs. It's true that when I play EQ or EQ2 I'm traveling through zones that haven't changed much (or at all) in years but because the overarching storylines tend to be a) less foregrounded and b) more contained it's far less noticeable. <br /><br />In GW2 we have a single, very linear plot that stretched from launch until now. As we move through it certain major events happen that can't be ignored or even forgotten: namely the deaths of three Elder Dragons, each of which has imposed huge changes on the landscape across multiple maps. That none of those changes is or can be reversed by their deaths makes the whole process of defeating them redundant: we win, often at huge cost, and then nothing changes.<br /><br />The further along this narrative we travel, the more enervating and dispiriting the journey becomes.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-26605470030767704072019-05-17T08:45:56.677+01:002019-05-17T08:45:56.677+01:00I feel you. When the launched Jahai and included t...I feel you. When the launched Jahai and included the otherworldly scenery in the ??? i though: 'Finally something new'. I still hope this is some foreshadowing that we will sometimes in the future leave Tyria behind for something really strange. If only for a little time. That would be awesome. I wonder what the art department could do with some sort of carde blanche....<br /><br />On the other hand i always wondered how Kaineng would look in GW2. Perhaps we will get another city that can rival Divinitys Reach if we ever go there.<br /><br />I have a little hope from the outlok, that they will not release a new map with every episode of season 5. I hope refining a map over a few episodes could give us a more alive map, not just a snapshot in time like everything since HoT.Lognodohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082043538449120339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-64613586226642722302019-05-16T20:08:36.228+01:002019-05-16T20:08:36.228+01:00It's heavy asset re-use, but hot damn, if it i...It's heavy asset re-use, but hot damn, if it isn't the classiest and most gorgeous way to re-use assets I've ever seen.Jeromaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02206083433625986970noreply@blogger.com