A game untouched by greed or time. Its still as great as it was back when we were younger

If they would do a remake of Guild Wars where they touch only the graphics and nothing else I would probably quit my job ngl

This is the BEST game I played in my entire life. Not for the PvE but for the PvP. It kept me playing 7 years only GvG battles daily. Was part of a few top 100 and top 50 guilds in GvG. No other game had such good PvP like GW1.

The henchmen system is a revolution missed by everyone

There are no biased opinions on GW, my man, there's only general consensus about its greatness 😅

What a masterpiece, it has aged like fine wine.

if i could relive the golden age of guildwars, i would

GW1 was one of the best gaming experiences of my life

I never liked gw 2 in comparison to gw 1. the pvp modes in gw 1 were so darn good. only reason it "died" is because ppl were hyped into gw 2. i honestly wish gw 2 never released.

From what I understand, keeping the servers up costs so little that my constant recommendations alone might be paying for it. Just got another two people into it and then just in pre searing they’re already having an amazing time. One of them was like “wait so this is JUST the tutorial???” I feel like every time I introduce someone to this incredible game, I can experience it for the first time all over again.

I just bought GW1 complete collection and I cannot wait to get off work and jump in, haven’t played in 15 years. Even got one of my best friends who I played with back then joining me :)

I started playing Guild Wars 1 since Prophecies came out back in 2005. It's such a beautiful game that even Guild Wars 2 can't touch it. Even if I myself have migrated to Guild Wars 2, this remains my favorite and all time classic.

My parents played this game when I was a kid and I watched them and thought it was cool. I wanted to make characters, so they got me my own account to do so! Later on, I decided to actually try playing it, and since that moment GW1 has been a huge part of who I am as a person.

Just watching this makes wants to play again. I played over 16 years and 15,000 hours in this game. There was always something to do in this game, pve, pvp, gvg, Holiday quests and parties, GVG almost every night. This is truly one of my favorite all-time games. No other game I've played since, has ever given me the fun and satisfaction in both PVP and PVE. Just the satisfaction of healing and DPS build strategies in this game was was brilliant.

GW1 is such a game where u feel worth ur Time spend in, if u wanna have a break, take a break, and go back in where u stopped....the music is such a classic Masterpiece, the Maps are incredible good designed....i just love it

I support this game by buying character slots and stuff every once in a while.

I love this game, i play since 2004 with many breaks. I began 14 yo, i m 31 yo... I play every day.

I have to say I had only ever heard of this game before, never seen it or played it, but here I am, 46 yrs old and in 2023 and just started it for the first time like 2 days ago. Looks like it's gonna be a fun time!

The poor man's WOW? Pft, more like the rich mans guild wars.

That world map brought back so much nostalgia.... damn

I genuinely needed this video to get me to dip my toes back into this game. Guild Wars 1 is incredible.

This game has been such a big part of my life when I was a teenager. I still have guildies as friends on social media and even know couples who met in GW and have a kid now. The only downside of playing GW now is that you're doing everything with heroes. Making parties and having to do complete a mission with them was sometimes frustrating, but the community was one of the best I've ever experienced. The skill system is what I miss the most in GW2. Half your skills are decided by your weapon and the other skills you barely change, if ever. In GW you'd change your skills all the time! Trying to find a new way to combine 8 out of hundreds of skills.

Love this game, still one of the best MMORPG's ever made.

If Anet could bring the game some new stuff, I'd be back in no time. This game is pure epicness

This brings back so many good memories and sleepless nights. It warms my heart to known that the devs won't shut downt the servers. Really makes you appreciate it more. And it is Buy to play, where a lot of games are/were pay to play, and got canceled and shut down. In an era where new mmos had to be "WOW killers" this was very different. This one really stood the test of time. Happy to see it make a return in 2023.

Recently got back into playing gw1 and it’s awesome! Just got my first LDoA which I’m pretty proud of lol. Would be awesome to see more ppl discover/rediscover this great game!

The end game was great, farming the Fissure and Underworld was super challenging up worth it if you could find ecto or obsidian.

guild wars (1, not 2!) is my favorite game

I love this game. I've had some of the greatest adventures in my gaming life on this game. I initially bought it out of curiosity, because it was said to be a "dead mmo". I figured I was going to treat it like a single player game. That's not what happened however. The community that still plays this game is INCREDIBLE. I've made friends on here that I played 14 hour sessions with going through the story together and watching all the cutscenes and exploring all of the beautiful and unique places that this game has to offer. We went out hunting down skills, they taught me about builds and how everything works. I sank like 200 hours in, in a very short amount of time. I haven't touched the game in a while, but the memories will always stay with me. This game truly is unique. The way you're able to build your character and the story and the world are just amazing.

Really sad seeing this, love you boys i'm sure we are old adults now... but I still remember the first time heading into the Maguma Jungle, or seeing Rurik get axed, getting my first 15K armor..... What a time to be alive, wish I can be chilling at the beautiful pools in the Crystal Desert.

I used to play from release, and not even 5 years ago there were barely any videos on YT about Guild Wars 1, mainly OSTs uploaded(thanks guys) and a few guides that were never taken down. But I am SO glad to see this resurgence. I played this game when I was 18, I'm 36 now with 2 children and don't anticipate investing so much of my time doing this again, but my account is still active and every once in a while I love to sit in the places I spent the most time in with people who may be reading this now. What a thought huh? All of my characters have the last name "Arroyo" just in case anyone may know me!

Guild Wars was my live back then.. I knew every quest every inch of the maps.. but then I stopped playing cause Irl reasons.. came back a few years later Andy account got hacked.. the stole everything from me and all my characters were naked.. I asked Arena net if they could give me my stuff back but it was not possible.. I still miss the game a lot

I like that you clarify that you're not being paid by Arenanet or NCsoft because the idea of them secretly sponsoring people to talk about Guild Wars is funny mental image to me when they don't even really update the game anymore

I always thought this. Even years on I don't even play games anymore but I miss guild wars it was such a sick part of my childhood!

This game was the bomb, And it's still so mutch better then GW2

I ignored Guild Wars back in the day, but have been revisiting all the old MMOs that I tried, but never got into because of WoW. Really looking forward to picking up Guild Wars 1, $25 for an MMO that will be accessible forever. So fucking awesome.

Back at its release I never played WOW and Guild Wars was my first MMO experience, and I'm so frigging happy it was, outstanding classic MMO, with great cut scenes and storytelling as well. the art design and world was simply fantastic as well.

I played GW from age 6 to 14 or so with my dad. Good times.

It was best game ever so happy to see people still play it, I might jump back on.

When this game came out I got it for my B-day and MAN this Journey I had i played everyday no-lived it and still I would just re-create a char and start over this was really the best game for me.

I still love this game. Today I've met a random dude from Germany in Dzagonur Bastion while cruising through Nightfall. We did a couple of missions and it felt like I was 13 again. Minus the fear of getting clobbered by the AI :P

GW1 is one of the most incredible ORPGs.

now this is a man who loves MMO's and guild wars 1. pure love for the game!

This is my favorite MMO of all time. Always makes me happy to see others enjoy it as much as I did way back when. God I'm old...

One of these days I will finish GWAMM! It's only been 20 years!

Guild Wars 1 is the best. I didn't even need to watch the video. It just is. Gonna watch the video anyway and be like "Yeah I love that about Guild Wars 1 too!"

It's cool to see Gw1 covered in 2023. I remember when I got the Gwamm title.

God dammit I’ve tried so hard to not dip back into it. I’m too busy. Now I can’t wait anymore. Thanks.

Absolutely love this game, remember the days getting home from school and logging in with friends to play through the missions, recently created an alt account and falling back in love with it all over again!

Nice review. Good to see GW1 getting some love. Re your comment about Nightfall and Factions not being "Real Expansions". You might mention that they add new maps, new story and new classes. Also nightfall adds Hero's of course. So that's ticks all the boxes that other folks look for in expansions. So there's that. And re Eye of the North - You can enter EotN at level 10, you don't have to wait until level 20. My go to is to do that and then level to 20 in EotN with the Scale Up that EotN gives you. And if you follow Asura quest line and get Pain Inverter, you have a 1 shot boss killer to use in whatever other expansion you play later. Also I have mercs that I get using PVP characters, so they start at level 20. Even with these tricks, the game is not a slam dunk, but it's work and a challenge. Enjoy.

Put 3k hours into it back in the good days. xD It still is awesome

One day I want to get back into it. I've listen to the ost hundreds of times for over a decade and listened to it today which is my usual 😂 It's my favorite mmorpg of all time and it's beyond nostalgic. Thank you for the video!

I got into to guild wars back in the day best it didn’t have a subscription, too.

That was a really good video, i enjoyed it! Make more you've got talent!

I still jump on from time to time. I played this when it first released and hadn't played for 12 years. Now I jump back just to enjoy the music and mindless go through random missions. This game is awesome

i still go back and play it from time to time. the first guild wars is still my favorite game.

I think I'm going to return to this game. Thanks for the video dude!

Your reason for playing guild wars is exactly the same as mine! 🤣 i recently completed a prohecies playthrough and i loved it

This was my favorite game. I had to start new accounts over the years and bought it on steam at one point and every time I scroll by.... it always floods back.

I loved the theory crafting! My fav team comp was Fevered Dreams, which trivialized most hard mode content. Also had a blast in AB, when it was still alive.

Thank you for great video for Guild Wars. It is still a great game. Im still playing a lil

To this day Guild Wars 1 holds an incredibly special place in my heart. And there's still so much I haven't done. Plus, I was like 8 when I played the first time around, and only really completed Prophecies, did most of Factions, and did a little of both Eye of the North and Nightfall. I definitely need to get back into it at some point.

Ahhh still such a great game. I've played it since launch and still hop on at times.

Good stuff! I feel differently when it comes to PvP related content, but it's still there

I downloaded this today after remembering how much pure bliss it brought to a younger me.

i didnt even know it was going to be open indefinitely. i am rejoining and i am keeping a presearing character to try to get it to 20

i'm really glad i played this for hundreds of hours with my friends back in the days. We still share the stories from time to time and it brings us back ;) Would be awesome if arenanet would give GW1 another shot!

This game has so many great lessons and features that modern games should learn from its borderline stupid why its just in this game.

30 max titles for GWAMM :)

I started gw1 in May'05, first ever online game, first ever mmo. Everything about it; the soundtrack, art, landscapes, character building, story..all superb. It was my single most favorite gaming experience ever. Unforgettable nearly 19 years later.

Playing this game right now. Have been for the past 210months.

I may come back again. Really good game. Bought Factions very late back in 2018. I can just recommend it to everybody and I love that ArenaNet is still running the servers for it. Also you explained it very well. I would recommend to go with Prophesies, since it's Tutorial still has my heart and my Level 20 Max in their is also a nice Quest to do :D

Man this was my childhood drug! My Brother showed it to me in 2008 and I Loved it … PvE and PvP was just perfect 😢

An incredible game! I got thru proph, factions, a good chunk of eotn towards the end and some of nightfall. I need to finish nightfall, what a fantastic expansion! The music, the environments. The people that still play are awesome!!!

This game is the one for me. So much great memories

Wow..what a fucking amazing nostalgia bomb. Im coming back

I am still playing it everyday. Only classic DooM and GW1 are the only old games that I've played for a long time. Hope you can return to this game after your done with your Fallen Order playthrough.

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.

Id like to play it again, the solo campaign was so great but no idea about the build.

Just a friendly reminder that it costs absolutely nothing to re-record when reading a script. Otherwise a really good unbiased video. :)

I had feeling a couple months ago. I learned about it because I was looking for a large game map because I love to explore. This game kept coming up and I honestly thought I could never have a gaming experience like this anymore. I have been gaming my whole life and getting old. I just always felt like I have played on the skyrims. My best experiences have come and gone so I have to take what I can get. This game proved me wrong. Makes me wonder what else Is out there.

Played GW2. But my best friend spend many time - long time ago - in GW1. We will now give GW2 together a try. We are over 50 now... Started console and PC games as children... Thank you for your video and - Greetz from Germany!

Just started in 2023! Well I first played it as a kid but it was only for an hour it two and the game felt very different because it just released. Haven't played in many years. It's cool to see in many towns there's more players still than I thought there'd be.

One of the best games I ever played! Haven't touched it in 15 years, though. I might come back, seeing it's still active.

amazing game, still pop back in from time to time, so glad its still accessible :)

I am back into GW1! I remember seeing this game for sale in Walmart for 10+ years I feel like

This was such a good game. I have real bad adhd, but this and the fable games were the only long form games I really enjoyed as a kid.

I'm more into sci fi games. Even so, after 17 years happy spellcasting I also give this 10/10. IMPORTANT note: 'God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals' title can be displayed in guildwars TWO!

This was one of my first official mmo games. I was there with alpha and beta and couldn't wait for final release! The official release server wipe was amazing with beats and wurms spawning and killing everyone. Eventually I got my friends to play and we formed a really awesome guild called gba ( golden bliss alliance) lol

I could've sworn they took down the servers when 2 was released, I'm legitimately sad I could've been playing this whole time. My favorite game of all time

I remember spending weeks and weeks in pre.. I hated post until eye of the north expansion. But just farming pre and doing char runs was so fun.

I still remember my first time playing the beta for this game on my 56k dialup connection.

I spent 6 years playing this game 2005-2011 Its the best mmorpg ive played. Ive made some great friends on there. 55 monk farming, OG tomb runs. Thise were the days.

Also dropped you a sub! Hope to see more gw1 content man!

Woah, I love this game. 4000 hours... but have not touched it in like 5+ years... this has just made me re-download and log in..

Ritualist and Mesmer or Dervish healer, loved the variety and unique things about this game. Capturing elite spells, dual classes, skill templates and so much more. Nothing like this exists as far as I know. Plus the map size is insane.

I still have my install CDs..l had no idea the game servers were still going!

Great game. The only thing is because it's old players have figured out all the best builds. Wish anet would do a rebalance of buffing skills that nobody uses any more.

Yo my guy. We are streaming and making content for GW1! GW1 is not going anywhere. The game is linked to GW2 through Hall of Monuments. Come play with us man! OUR GUILD IS GROWING.

Dude I miss grinding this game!!! Grinding ectos was legit. I had a perfect icy dragon sword and an almost perfect fire dragon sword!