I try to spend time talking about new or upcoming games, but I suppose sometimes I should give a nod to those MMOs that are still around after four or five years.  That makes them about as old as the dinosaurs in technology years, doesn¡¯t it?

Guild Wars is one of these games.  guild wars gold It was released in 2005, and still has a steady fan base today.  It also still has no monthly subscription fee.  There are also expansions to the original game, totaling four in number.  The interesting thing about the expansions is that they¡¯re considered separate storylines.  You don¡¯t need to have bought one expansion to be able to have access to content in the next released expansion (with the exception of one).  This is a beautiful thing for your wallet.  You could finally buy your significant other a nice dinner at a restuarant instead of a bucket of chicken!

As far as gameplay goes, it¡¯s the traditional save-the-world-from-evil! general story.  Characters start off in outposts or towns, which are rendered in 3D.  Once out in the great wide world, your character is moved around from an overhead, third person perspective.  As with other MMORPGs, guild wars gold you can team up with other, live players, or in some instances, you can have NPC henchmen along with you for the ride. 

There is PvP, of course.  One of the more interesting aspects of the PvP system is that if you¡¯re in a guild (a collection of people in the game who band together), you can, as the game title suggests, have a fight between guilds.  The objective is to kill the NPC guild lord of the opposing side.  Actually, the PvP of Guild Wars seems to still be more deeply involved than any other game that is around today.  Arena, Team Arena, and the guild battles are just a few of the types of PvP that exist.  You can even have guild band together to form an alliance, and then have a gigantic fight versus another alliance.

Guild Wars is a familiar experience, because it was part of what set the status quo for other MMORPGs.  However, as it¡¯s still around, this means that it shouldn¡¯t be easily dismissed.  guild wars gold You can download and play a trial of Guild Wars for free, so go give it a shot.