You should take your time to listen to the dialogues of the NPCs. But that is not the same as if there is none. If you want you can skip it nearly completely (not completely completely, the last levels force you to experience the climax of it somewhat). I don’t feel that way and I even have an explanation for that criticism: It is true, that you are not FORCED to experience the background story. You rush from place to place and never get why. Interestingly one of the more audible criticisms in the GW2 forums is that you don’t have a background story. In GW2 you have more the sense of exploring one world with a quite consistent background story. In Atlantica Online the lore goes lost more or less after a while and the maps (though quite stylish) feel a bit glued together: now, there is a bit of Indian history, and then a bit of Denver industry. Or frozen mountaineous landscapes where the Sons Of Svanir try to overtopple the current Norn government (ok, Norns have no real government, but at least they have a consensus now to help the other races – excluding the Svanir guys). It is designed for a certain level range (like “20 to 30”) and usually themed: for example as a map where bandits roam, attacking innocent skritts (skritts are gnome-like creatures who love shinies), or a map where a centaur tribe has his camp and attacks human settlements, while in the sea the evil kraits try to abduct humans to enslave them. A map is typically quite large in itself. The world is divided in regions (like Ascalon) and those in maps (like “Fields Of Ruin”). GW2 has a huge and beautiful designed world called Tyria. I invest money and time where I think I get the best value for it. And this argument could also be turned around: There is an even older MMORPG out there which is by far the most wide-spread one, and there are a lot of GW2 fans who argue that it is not fair to a new game to compare it with an old one which had time to mature. There is no grace for old games which did not have move along, at least not from me.
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How can I compare a five year old game with a brand new one like GW2? Personally, I follow another school of thought: I live now, I have now to decide which game to play, I have not a lot of free time, and so I choose the best game out there.
Now, I know, there are some people who find that not fair. The difference to other reviews of GW2 is of course my Atlantian perspective: I will compare every now and then Atlantica Online to Guild Wars 2. Time to do the final review for Guild Wars 2. My character, Claudia Skullburn, a Norn Elementalist, has reached level 80 for weeks now. In the meantime I have played Guild Wars diligently.
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