Guild Wars - GW Just Got Harder (Guild Wars Eye of the North (PC))

Member Name: AndyCreighton

Product:	Guild Wars Eye of the North (PC)
Date:	25/05/09 (6 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A Lot More Challenging, Loads More Content, PvE Skills Are Fun

Disadvantages: No New Professions, Strange Story

Guild Wars Eye of the North is an expansion pack to the Guild Wars series, unlike the last 2 expansions it is not a standalone game and requires and least one of the previous games to play. I will be reviewing the new content in EotN, if you wish to read about the original Guild Wars, much of which applies to EotN, read it here:

http://members.dooyoo.co.uk/pc-game/guild-wars-pc /1245313/

The aim of EotN is to provide the experienced player with a high-level challenging campaign, therefore your character will need to be at the maximum level beforehand. This time around there are no new professions, this is more of a mission pack giving you some of the best missions and quests we've seen on Guild Wars to date. The game is very hard, although most of it can still be done with Heros.

Dungeons are a new feature to EotN, these multi-levelled bad-guy infested areas are some of the hardest areas in the game, but also provide some of the most rare and expensive drops. The one thing I found about EotN is that I never ran out of gold. Between the gold items, rare materials and gold I found on my travels I always seemed to be flush.

EotN also offers a whole host of new armour and weapon skins, some of which look great, most of which look just OK. To be honest its a good job there is an increase in gold as these certainly don't come cheap. There are also a number of headgear and other items that can be worn by all professions including the bandanna and glasses.

The story in EotN is a bit different to the previous game. It basically splits up into a number of sub-storylines, introducing you to a whole host of new characters and species, including the Asura, an ultra-intelligent albeit cocky race. The Norn, towering warriors with a sense of honour, the Ebon Vanguard, Ascalons in their fight against the Char and the Dwarfs who we've seen before in the first instalment. While the story is a bit chopped up it works well and is quite interesting.

The game also comes with an additional 10 heros for you, while these look different they offer no real difference from those you already have. Your also provided with a whole host of PvE only skills, which as the name suggest can only be used in the PvE side of the game. Some of these skills are great and overly powerful but fun to play with.

Overall Guild Wars EotN was, in my opinion, exactly what Guild Wars needed. A high-end portion of their game for the more experienced player. That doesn't mean newer players can't play though it, its just that the experience player will benefit more from this expansion.

Andy Creighton

Summary: A Good Expansion For Anyone Whos A Little Bored Of The Previous Games