Guild Wars 2 is shaping up to be a major hit on the MMO scene with wonderful visuals, great character design, wacky races, and cat minotaurs toting rocket launchers. What better time, then, to talk Guild Wars 2 with a fellow in the know, Colin Johanson? Learn about plans for the game’s launch, how they’re working with player feedback from the beta, and what’s on the horizon. Check it out. Guild Wars 2 Hub has the story.
Guild Wars 2 features a new style of quest design, where quests just sort of appear around the character as he moves through the world. These quests have branches depending on what the character does or doesn’t do. This sort of new design is a challenge to MMOs that do things in the old EverQuest style, like say, that massive colossus over there with the Orc on its shoulder.
Since GW2 isn’t the only came sporting some brand new design ideas, what does that mean for the heavy hitters that are still locked to the early days of MMORPGs?