Guild Wars 2 is Ridiculous 

The full length spoiler free dive into all of Guild Wars 2 content is live! Check it out here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xn55XoRIMlM.html

What's excellent about this video is your ability to make even a veteran like me see Tyria through the eyes of a new player. It's such a beautifully crafted world!

This was an amazing video! I’m a 10 year vet in this game, but this video made me want to create a new character and experience the world again. Thank you for this. Music choices, timing, humor, visuals; all perfect!

You know what's ridiculous? It's the fact that this video went from ultimate funny material to cinematographic epicness in 15 mins. Best thing I've watched all week 😂😂😂

Crazy part is 99% of these were in the game 10 years ago. At the time dynamic questing was and still is the most fun way to quest. It's sad that after 10 years of GW2, we still have new MMOs coming out with "pick up 10 weeds, kill 5 chickens" level of questing....

Fair review (the small glitches included) and very entertaining 😆 I'm glad to see another content creator discover Tyria and enjoy it(and great editing!)

What’s ridiculous to me is how high quality content creators like you don’t have more subs. Liked and subbed.

Need to check it out, dropped WoW after 17 years and still haven't found a replacement, this looks just the ticket! Thanks for the great, informative, review.

That ending really got me bro 😥 It's been 9 years and I came back to see my lvl 80 warrior on a whim, now there's mastery and expansions.. what the hell I love this!! 😭

What blows my mind as a 10-year veteran player of GW2 is that almost ALL of the content you experienced and reviewed here so far, has been in the game since release. Like, this game has been here for 10 years, just waiting for you to explore it. I often find that many MMO players were too preoccupied with their current MMO when GW2 released in 2012 and had a hard time breaking their mindset away from the established routines that dominated the MMO landscape at the time, so they never gave this game a proper chance. I think, in some respects it truly was ahead of its' time and it's always a joy to see new players discovering it for the first time. Better late than never!

this was honestly beautiful and calming to watch, i really loved the narrative and pretty much everything else, this video was amazingly done, i would watch hours of this

I just dove in to GW2 last week and so far am loving it. An easy recommendations for anyone that hasn't already tried it out and is looking for a fun and quality mmo to explore. EDIT: I've been enjoying the game so much that I purchased the expansion bundle! I'm not going to boost though. Going to take my time to enjoy eveything the game has to offer.

Fantastic review. I'd really recommend trying out the other expansions too. The gliding added by heart of thorns, and also the mounts in Path of Fire, are really great additions to the game. The mounts in particular are significantly more immersive and enjoyable than mounts in any other game I can remember. They're not simply a thing you click for 3 seconds to go faster, but add meaningful gameplay opportunities that rarely feel "manufactured". Also the rollerbeetle is just plain fun

More Disco Gizmo please, you have convinced me to try GW2, Great Channel BTW.

I finally tried guild wars 2 last year and fell in love. From the zone events to finally getting your Skyscale, it was a blast. My biggest takeaway was the community. I had never seen a such a warm and welcoming MMO community. My whole experience was wonderful but my IRL friends didn't play it so i went back to wow. The funny thing is after over 20 years of playing MMOs, some of the warmest memories come from my brief stint in Guild Wars 2.

I would love to see you continue Disco Gizmo's adventure, but I wouldn't recommend jumping straight into End of Dragons because it's the culmination of 10 years of storytelling. You wouldn't really know what's going on and you'd see major spoilers for parts of the story that you haven't experienced yet. Chronologically, the story goes: Base game -> Living World Season 1 -> LWS2 -> Heart of Thorns - > LWS3 -> Path of Fire -> LWS4 -> Living World: The Icebrood Saga -> End of Dragons. With the recent update, you should be able to unlock the Raptor mount without doing Path of Fire, but before that people would recommend doing the introductory parts of Path of Fire until you unlock the Raptor mount, and from there go back and do the story chronologically. LWS1 and LWS2 are a bit dated and don't take mounts or gliders into account, but they're worth it to get the full story for maximum enjoyment. As someone who enjoyed the base game, the first 2 seasons should be good content for you nonetheless. The game really ramps up from Heart of Thorns onwards, it's jaw-droppingly amazing.

I was so sure you had millions of subscribers like this is premium content! You are way too underrated.

Dungeons in GW2 are mostly seen as revolving around movement and exploration. This is why you will not see too many people queueing for it regularly. I guess 'fractals' e.g. are closer to what you would expect a dungeon to be in other mmo and there are tons of people queueing for stuff like this in GW :)

Thank you for a fun, well narrated and educational look at one of my favourite game!

Just downloaded GW2 after watching this. Very good work sir, can't wait to see more with Lt.Disco Gizmo.

Closing with Fear Not This Night was fantastic; what a tear jerker for we who played through the story contemporaniously - truely it was the most epic loot in the game at its time.

You've got such a great balance of analysis and gentle humour. Subbed my dude 🙌

What a rad video, found it on r/gw2 and i must say, easy sub.

Ridiculously awesome! Best mmo by far. 4000 hours played still not bored.

I used to play hours on hours of this incredible game, until real life got the better of me. But watching your video, really made me miss this game, and wanting to start anew. thanks for this Mitch (: Incredibly well done (:

What can I say, yet another class video, in a league of your own mate, you deserve great things bro

Veteran here with 14000 hours played. You have captured the essence of what I loved about the game when I first started playing 10 years ago. The game is still going strong bringing in fresh experiences even to this day. Fantastic video!

Guild Wars 2 has been the only MMO out there that truly makes me feel like I'm in a hostile environment when my character should be. The lands of Orr are both unforgiving and draining to be in. There is a constant threat, a real "land of the dead" feel to it. Everything wants to kill you, nothing is good there, nowhere is safe.. even the safe zones come under attack from time to time & get overrun. This game is so underrated and I highly recommend anyone try it.

Been playing for more than 4 years and I already forgot how amazing it feels when you first get to experience this game. Truly a starter friendly MMORPG and one of a kind.

I'm amazed, you did a very good job this video is fantastic!

This used to be my favorite game of all time. I haven't played in years and was never good at it, but this video inspired me to take out my collector's edition statue and display it again. This is one of the best MMO's to date.

Another fantastic, unbiased review. GW2 is one of those MMOs I keep coming back to, there's just always so much waiting for you.

as a gw2 player from the first betas in april/may 2012 i must say you've made a work of art of this review , thank you for this...

Guild wars 's dungeons are actually the fractals of the mists. Its like guild wars version of dungeons 2.0

Your review of this game made me remember why i love it so much. You're pretty funny too, so i think I'll sub and see your other reviews of games. I've got a feeling you can make even boring games interesting, so this'll be blast 😀

The editing on this video is insane! As a long time guild wars 2 player, its great seeing things like this. Absolutely amazing!

Definitely needed this. What seemingly started as satire turned into incredibly informative. You’d be a great DM for story telling

This is a very well-produced review, I like it. Want to add one nitpick for any new players who see this who might be misled -- you don't need to "get a mount first" for world vs world as the only mount you can use in the game mode is the warclaw, which is unlocked by playing world vs world. It does require the Path of Fire expansion to start the unlock process, but once started, the entire unlock process is done within the world vs world gamemode.

I played it on release, I'm not sure if it was the people I was playing games with at that time, drinking heavily, working crazy hours, but I didn't get into it. Watching this video makes me wanna give it another chance

It's almost like this video was made specifically for me. I just stopped playing ESO and something about FFXIV just doesn't do it for me, so I was wondering what other game there was out there. I played GW2 when it came out but went back to WoW, now that WoW really is dead, I think I'll give GW2 another shot. Great video!

Playing 10 years and still loving it...I love taking a new character and re-exploring the early "forgotten" zones, finding players still actively living in those zones ☺️

You've given me yet another game to try. Thank you my good sir.

This video is what got me into GW2. When it launched on Steam I was on the fence on whether I wanted to buy the complete addition and go all in. I did and wow. This game is amazing. Sitting at around 400 hours in a very short time, at least for me. Still having fun. Thanks for the great review.

How is it possible for you not to have more subscribers? It's beyond me. This is quality!

I've been playing GW 2 (again) for a few months and have been pretty happy. However, once you get to 80 and/or the expansions things become very complicated and the difficulty seems to ramp up. I am constantly confused on how to go about doing things in the high level game. Even basic items, like how to get to expansion zones, are never mentioned by the help file or wiki. Still, it has great content. I've probably spent about $250 between picking it up at release, getting all the expansions, and buying Gems to spend in the in game store and don't feel like any of it was a waste.

Just watched your DC Online video last week, so cool to see you dropping a GW2 video! Not to mention, easily one of the best GW2 'reviews' I've seen in a very long time, covering everything from levelling to raiding, and ending it with Fear Not This Night no less! Welcome to the game and thanks for putting more eyeballs on it - hope you enjoy your stay :)

wow, just wow. That was a beautifully done video, so funny, but also incredibly well-researched. This was one of the best-constructed endorsements for Guild Wars 2 that I have ever seen.

GW2 has always been my favorite mmorpg ever! I tried wow, eso, and many other mmos but always come back to it.

What's ridiculous is that you are still at 20k. Pure quality.

Hey all, veteran GW2 player here. Thought I'd add a few notes about the new player experience for anyone seeing this video and thinking about trying it out. -At one point in the video, Disco makes a trek across the map to a higher level zone. This is perfectly fine, of course, but it's good for new players to know that every character created has access to waypoints at every race's starting zone by default, allowing you to explore whichever region of the world you want and making it easy to join up with friends who're playing a different race than you. -While PvP and WvW make fine endgame content, one of their biggest selling points is that they can actually be accessed from the early game and used as alternative methods of leveling up. PvP doesn't use equipment stats, meaning even a completely new character is on an even playing field with all others (stat-wise, anyways). WvW boosts all characters up to level 80 temporarily, but *does* use equipment stats, so lower level players will still be behind, but that doesn't prevent you form participating in large-scale sieges with big groups. -Also, when it comes to mounts in WvW, it should be clarified that the mounts earned in PvE can't be used here. There is only one WvW mount, the Warclaw, which can only be earned by actually playing WvW. Luckily, one of the upgrades to the Warclaw pulses a speed buff to nearby players, so if you run alongside a group of players all on Warclaws, you should be able to keep up on foot. -Dungeons are a bit notorious within the community for being somewhat empty nowadays, but there are always still people looking to clear them for the first time or farm some dungeon currency. If you can't find a group, I recommend making your own listing on the game's LFG tool. -If Raids seem too menacing, the game has several other options for level 80 group content that can ease you into it. Fractals are similar to Dungeons, but are a bit shorter, making up for it by being denser and harder, with more modernized boss design. They're also conveniently sorted into 4 tiers of difficulty, allowing both new and experienced players to enjoy them. Strikes are like shorter, easier Raids that pit you against a single boss (except the "Forging Steel" Strike, which is kinda just its own thing). There are also a variety of large scale open world fights called world bosses-they tend to be the easiest, and make a good starting place for improving players. -Finally, something that I don't think was actually touched on as one of GW2's major draws is its level scaling feature. Unlike other games, where low-level zones become obsolete after you surpass a certain level, in GW2 traveling back to an old zone will temporarily scale your level down to accommodate the area, allowing you to continue earning rewards and XP there.

The sequence at the end of this video is totally breathtaking! The way it has been edited, and the music, it made me feel really emotional. Stunning piece of work, just stunning!!

I've seen a bunch of different videos of the same tone and conclusion, praising GW2. It's unfortunate that most of them get dismal views and are viewed primarily by veteran GW2 players. Game deserves more coverage and popularity.

Just watched your 2 guild wars videos. Really well done. You got yourself a new sub. Looking forward to watching some of your other videos.

This is perhaps the most complete review I’ve ever seen for the game. I’m keeping this link to spread to all my friends when steam release.

GW2 open world and mount system are unrivaled in mmorpgs

hot damn , that was such a good video , i really love your style . guild wars 2 will always have a place in my heart as my "home" game , nothing else i played really compares .

downloading it rn cause of you! great review

You did a great analysis of this game I might try it out myself

What i really do enjoy in with guild wars 2 is the freedom you have as a player. Its an adventure and you are truly an adventurer when playing. What you do and how you do it its all up to you.

just subscribed, would love to see you on an adventure to all the livingworld and up to the expansions. The story gets better the more you progress.

Sad thing is that new people don't get to see the old the original Lions Arch before it was destroyed and rebuilt.

That was a great insight into the game! I've often hummed and hawed over getting it, but I'm convinced! Especially being able to level in a couple of different ways, that seems very cool.

I discovered GW2 years ago. Although I end up only playing for a few months at a time, I keep coming back and I always have a blast each time. It is just such a unique mmo.

What a wonderful video! You're really well-spoken with your arguments, the editing is top-notch with a good balance of funny moments and factual stuff, and I can really hear the passion in your voice. I'm happy you've enjoyed the game so far, and I'd love to see/hear more of your experience! Tyria still has a lot more to offer :)

GW2.. has been years since I last play the game, I stop playing right after finishing my grind for the dragon mount. I guess it was a huge burn out for me, now maybe it is a good time to return once it get on steam

Just discovered your channel and you are 110% on the mark about this game. Everytime I come back to this game, I always wonder why I stepped away. Its damn good.

This review is on a whole other level! I am watching it a second time because its just so damn fun and entertaining. I feel like Im watching a movie recap or something. Excellent job!

Fantastic review of a fantastic game! Well done mate!

Ridiculous is the fact that people are still playing WoW when GW2 exists. People complain that there are no decent MMOs, but GW2 as been going strong for 10 years.

This was super entertaining and does a great job of highlighting how the game feels.

GW2 veteran here and well done good sir. Amazing MMO design for sure a must play for any MMO lover out there.

This is some quality content! As a veteran player of the game, I find myself sometimes going back to older zones to soak up the atmosphere and the music and just running around doing random things. It helps that even the content that is 10 years old still provides rewards and useful materials for someone with nearly 2500 hours under his belt.

been playing for 8 years now, and there is one massive downside to this game: i can't play any other MMOs without feeling massively disappointed, because of how spoiled I am from GW2

Started this game in my vacation time at end of august. And now a month later I’m hooked. The leveling, story from living worlds and first expansion of heart of thorns are great. And there is so much more to do and experience. So far the best mmo experience I had in a long time. Strange they don’t market in better😂. This should be the most played mmo by far

if you care about an honest review of a gw2, from a veteran player who also played alot of other mmos, read this: the biggest issue with gw2 is the lack of actual endgame content. there hasnt been any new raids in 4 years and the most recent expansion has virtually no content, besides the mandatory continuing of the story. also the lack of balance and straight up ignoring of pvp, is a problem if youre a pvper, and to some extend to pve aswell. balancing between classes can be so off, that even in pve you only want the few best specs for the more difficult endgame content. to put it simple, there are alot of things in gw2 that are fun and good on a surface lvl, but as soon as you dive deeper into those things, you realize their obvious flaws and lack of content/depth. for example, you can have alot of fun with pvp, bc u can jump right in, gear is equalized and you can experiment with alot of different builds. but as soon as u want to play pvp seriously and climb the ranks, you quickly realize how bad it actually is. its not balanced, theres no good rewards, and its straight up ignored by the developers for 6 years straight. same goes for raiding. raiding is fun, encounters are really clever and nicely designed, but there are only very few raids and no new ones since 4 years and the rewards are bad aswell. you quickly realize that all gw2s focus is on the casual player who plays and farms braindead open world content all day. but if thats what u do in mmos anyways, go ahead and knock yourself out with gw2. if youre a pvper or raider, go have some fun, but dont expect gw2 to satisfy your needs for a long time. also, i personally hate todays cash shop in gw2, im very well aware that there has to be a cash shop in a buy to play game, but when new items and cosmetics ONLY get introduced through the cash shop, rather than ingame content AND the cash shop cosmetics look much better than everything you can get ingame, thats a propblem. also fuck lootboxes. and btw, gw2 is as p2w as any other mmo out there. sure gear is capped and you cant buy more and more power, but in a game where power doesnt matter, the definition of p2w shifts aswell. if an mmos focus has a major emphasis on cosmetics, like gw2 does, and you can buy almost every cosmetic item with money, and sometimes via the cash shop exclusively, thats a problem. ofc that doesnt apply to you if you dont care about cosmetic stuff, but if thats the case, what are you doing in gw2 anyways? "transmog" or fashion being the endgame is always a funny meme, but its literally true for gw2, theres just not alot of other content and the games emphasis on cosmetics is so much bigger than in any other mmo, due to their horizontal progression sysstem, rather than a vertical progression system. tldr: gw2 is nice on a surface lvl, nothing more nothing less.

Guild wars 2 is a proof that gaming companies could live off for years and years without making their games pay to win or sub based but still with microtransactions. this is why i don't trust them when they say "devs need to eat". are they saying that gw2 devs transcended to beings who don't need food? if this game could do it then others can. it's just that greed is a very addictive trait.

I started playing this game almost 7 years ago on and off as a f2p player before finally caving last year and buying the expansions. Your review really brought back a lot of memories of playing this for the first time and makes me appreciate it even more now as a more veteran player. Great video! Also as a person who basically played necromancer exclusively for these 7 years your choice of class makes me happy lol it’s so fun playing my tiny asura necro

I'm currently downloading the game after watching this video cause ngl it looks REALLY awesome and everythink you told and shown of the game in this video alone sounds super fun :)

so many memories in this game. a masterpiece of an mmo that got blasted by sceptics for it's very intentional artistic artstyle (it's basically a painting. that puts people off. not "dated" graphics imho)

Just started playing last week, got 57 hours so far. Best MMO I played in the last 10 years.

Main drawbacks for me as a new player: - The VFX are extremely outdated, not felling impactful or impressive at all. Most AOE abilities are circles on the ground. - The leveling is very dull, repetitive and waaaay too long to be enjoyable. Spamming the same 5 skills does get boring over 30+ hours. - The PvP Community is very toxic but that's not the game's fault I guess - Content creators advertise the classes as being able to fill any role, however after you do some research you realise that there are only about 4 professions that can heal a raid efficiently and if you don't play them you're trolling

Honestly I've always had the desire to jump into GW2 and play it since I watched Angry Joe's review of it back in ye olden times, I even purchased the first two expansions. But each time I get on I never really last that long because of how much there is to do, it makes it feel kinda daunting since I've not played many MMOs. And when I come back I end up just making a new character because I have no clue what I was doing with the last one 😅

Been off and on playing guild wars 2 since launch and it’s so good that I can honestly pick it right back up and after a few minutes I’m right back in the swing of things. I really do love this game and it’s world. Shame it didn’t get the recognition it so clearly deserves. People were so dead set on wow and burned repeatedly by a lot of Korean MMO’s. They just never gave it an honest shot.

Never played GW 1 or 2, but this made me seriosuly consider trying. I'd like to see you playing more at the very least.

For once a thorough review going all the way, at least for core GW2. Great video!

The editing is hilarious :D Had a laugh watching this. I am new into this game too, about 2 weeks. Have so much fun! Also was wondering why it took me so long to play it :D Amazing video, keep it up :D

There are homes in GW2, they are called "Home Instance" and are located in your races home city. They aren't super customizable as like ESO, but have tons of benefits for crafting, currency, traders, items, etc. I've had the game since release and have played an absurd amount of time before realizing these home instances existed, 😅. GW2 has always been a game I kept going back to just for the shear amount of content and the great community. Great video, and yes it is ridiculous that is exists in P2W 2022. Cheers!

Guild Wars 2 is why I'm so hard on other games. I've seen how nicely I can be treated by a game and I refuse to settle for less anymore.

What an amazing video! Been playing gw2 for 10 years and it made me want to play gw2 even though I was playing it while watching. :D It's so lovely to see my comfort game getting more and more attention recently.

As someone who's been playing for about 2 years I'm completely in love with this game. I really like how it respects your grind, as compared to an mmo I was playing before that. Getting best gear is very achievable and once you have it, it stays best. after that you can start working on stuff like shiny legendary sword and a shiny legendary staff and a bigger shiny sword. (I like shiny stuff okay!) Or you wanna try new builds on new characters and gotta get stuff for them. and then you make 5 more characters and each has like several different builds so yeah ... >< A bit of gripe though is, even though there's no pay to win, there is def pay for convenience in the cash shop. Especially the equipment and build slots are kind of expensive since they are per character.

I no longer play this game and honestly, only reason I watched this video is because RU-vid wouldn't stop recommending it to me. Out of all the "Why you should play GW2" and "GW2 in XX year" videos I've watched, this is by far the best. Most just regurgitate the same boring things that one can find in 100 other similar videos but this is made to feel like an adventure while presenting everything someone new would care to know. It just makes you want to give the game a try or at least, find out more about it. Really great job.

"Fear not this Night" with the visuals at the end was really, really cool

You are one incredibly talented creator! Thanks for this video, a true pleasure. And worthy of Tyria!

subscribed because you used fear not this night properly.

These environments look absolutely gorgeous, seems to have aged well! I'm gonna give it a try =) Thanks for the video

What a fantastic video, I've been playing for years now and you gave me chills. Guild wars 2 is a seriously underrated game and I'm so happy that more people are getting into it.

Great review! One of the most solid MMO's I ever touched, f2p base game, a recent new expansion and a ten year anniversary. A MMO that respects your time much more than any other. It's your world to engage in the community, to either play the hardest content or simply have fun with other players. Don't miss it. The game has hundreds of hours of playtime before you're ever getting bored & the wiki for gw2 is one of the best out there.

This video was glorious.

Incredible review! Great script, great editing, and especially great camera work in-game!

Great video, I was on the fence about trying this one but this video helped me decide to give it a try. Also great humour, you got yourself another sub.