World of Warcraft VS Guild Wars 2 | Which MMO Should You Play
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Hello everyone, in this video we'll be briefly comparing two of the most successful and popular MMORPGs, World of warcraft and guild wars 2 , highlighting their differences and similarities in the process.
write in the comment section which MMO do you think is better in 2023 and why..
thanks.
#guildwars2 #gw2 #worldofwarcraft #mmorpg - Hry
I just want to point out one particular mistake i made in this video, the exile's reach starting island was introduced in shadowlands NOT bfa!
Sorry for the misconception.
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I have played wow for sooo many years and i still love this game. But after experiencing the horizongal progression of gw2 and the combat system i can never go back to anything else. Not to forget the mounts, the world events, metas, fashiowars, exploration and everything this game has to offer. God i love this game so much. And its true it respects your time you dont have to catch up to anything. Last but not least, i like so much i dont feel obligated to play because im not paying a subscription fee, which was a thing i hated in wow. I would still give wow a chance but nowdays it feels so oberwhelming to me. If yoy have things in life going on and still wanna enjoy some true mmo action, gw2 is the game i 100% recommend
You actually got me with the facts man, I was playing WoW but your points for GW2 made me download it and give it a shot. Thx👍
Oh im glad if my comment helped! Im sure you gonna have some amazing time in the world of Tyria my friend!
it’s not as if MMORPGs are THE game style for players looking for a time-consuming experience, but I don’t know why in recent years there’s been a race to see who has the least time in life but absolutely wants to play an MMORPG. 😅
GW2 Is way better. Trust me, I was stuck in WoW for 15 years...
Tell me you suck at wow without telling me
@@KC-py5vqtell me you suck wow without telling me you suck wow
@@KC-py5vq Is WoW a hard game for you? Are you ok? xD
@@hctiBelttiL are you asserting that you have world first in regards to raiding and world first keystones?
@@KC-py5vq Are you asserting that the thick waters creep up the lion's mane?
"In WoW the questing is always fresh and diverse"...ROFLMAO...
ive bounced around MMO's for a long time mainly playing games like WoW, warhammer online, and FFXIV. starting GW2 today i hope it keeps me entertained
howd it go man let us know
We wanna knowwww
@@skylerfreeman1173 sad to say it didn't suck me in... I enjoyed the combat game probably would have been much more fun with friends but if I had any xD
@@lumc6 In my case took me 3 attempts to get into this game. So I kinda get if you tried and you felt its not this. If I may give you some tips try leveling at least one character to 80 lvl and i recommend trying out Necro. My 1st play through was as Ranger cause for many years Hunter was my main in Wow. I kinda had fun but after that tried after recommendation Necro, this proffesion made playing this game way more enjoyable. Next, went with Reaper specialization and it was so fun.
I have spent shit tons of hours in Wow but as I have moved to Gw2, last time I checked had 2.7k hours already and still got stuff to do. I don't regret time I have spent in Wow but Gw2 does so many things way better than Wow and thought of coming back to Wow is just repelling
update please
Played the two. Stuck with GW2 by a mile. Best community in MMOs, actually respects player's time. Combat and exploration is way better. GW2 is a game that you can go full on tryhard and grind your *ss off or just take your time and play casually. You will never feel forced to play to still relevant. Once you get your gear, you are set. Just try it out. Core game is free!
Are you rewarded for going all out in GW2 - as in, are there significant disparities between players according to gear etc.?
@@Avo7977No, the difference between easy to get gear and hardest to get gear is about 10-15%. If you love chasing numbers GW2 is not for you.
@@Avo7977no gear diff. But you can go all out on improving skill. For example, best player does 100% dps, a top player will do 90%, a common good player does 80%, an average player will do 60-70%. The skill progression can take time and be really rewarding.
Ive played and loved WoW. But in this day and age just pick GW2. It respects your time more with, has a better f2p model and no subscription fee. Better combat system and more interesting class and build crafting.
Maybe Blizzcon will change things up, thats around the corner. But who knows
After playing wow for 15 years my bigest regret is why i never tried gw2 at past. Im playing gw2 now for 2 mounth and i am sure i never touch wow again. The big factor is time respect by gw2
GW2 is the mmo for people that either have a life or like to play more than one game. I'll always play it for that reason.
I played wow for 12 years and let me tell you gw2 is much better playing for 2 years now and the systems gw2 have in pvp,wvw,pve is 10/10 my only problems is with the game is lack of pvp player base and no new raids only strikes. And the core world not up to date but its still fun to explore.
People still play World of Warcraft? why? I played WoW from 2006-2019. I played FFXIV from 2013-2023. I played GW2 2012-2014 and just went back 4 months ago, glad I did the game is amazing. WoW does NOT have "lore," more like poorly written story and 99% of the players have no clue what it is or even read a quest. GW2 story you play is 100% lore and very in depth with FFXIV have a slightly better edge on the lore story. However GW2 story makes sense, it is in order and no surprise races or "well the hell did that come from" jumps as in WoW.
Lol your intro where you walking in gw2 is the same place I use in my intros 😂 great video
Im late to this but i think you should mention that all the maps in gw2 are active there are meta events that happen in old maps/ new maps/ and starter zone maps so players are always active in every map. Its really easy to find a large group of players running to meta events even when you first start out. Example the human starting zone has a world boss in it called the Shadow Behemoth which takes a group of players to take down and it has some simple mechanics you need to follow to beat it.
Tried playing the latest expansion in a wow, and it felt so stale and routine. Quest quest quest, boring character mechanics. Gave guild wars 2 a shot and holy crap. The difference is night and day. Incredibly dynamic class design, world gameplay, crafting etc. experience given is a percent of your level. So no matter which zone and quests you do you get the same percentage of XP. So at level 70 you can play in a lower level zone and it doesn't matter. You still progress at a good rate. With world of Warcraft I felt like well. I always have to quest to get better gear so that I can do mythics and then raid the end. Guild wars 2 gives you a huge variety of things to do with fun combat and you don't feel like you're chasing a carrot all the time.
I think as we get busier the time respect from GW2 is one of the most important things an mmo can offer. I go back to New World and I have to revert back to grinding the same things for weeks i was doing last time just to be revelant in the same content i was already doing lol..
Used to play WoW when it first came out, long before any expansions. Gave it up after a few months both because of the subscription and because they pissed all over their own lore with fundamental aspects of the game. I still miss some of the RP I had there (used to run with PvP on at all times but it was an RP server).
Played GW, then GW2 since they came out, and quite honestly the game has ruined me for any other MMO I've tried. Haven't done any RP there though, no time anymore. Still, some of my fondest memories are from there, especially capturing that last POI in WvWvW back when it still mattered for map completion.
Played wow since Early BC late Vanilla, dropped off during BFA. Went to gw2. I miss Azeroth but Ive met so many more friends and regular groups running through tyria.
Definitely GW2.. it’s like a hidden gem of mmo. Meta events happen dynamically, the world explorations, the community, World bosses, WvW and gosh the Mount is GOAT compare to any mmo I played and surprisingly blizzard is copying 😂. What I also like no matter how long you’ve gone from the game your gear and everything is still relevant and best of all not a pay to win or subscription bullshit. Highly recommend this game
GW2!
Gw2👍👏🔥❤️
Played wow, i was obssesed with warcraft universe when i was in highschool 20 years ago. I instaled GW 2 in 2022, being very board of every mmo i played. I was so hyped by the first 40 hours , that when i got the mount trial i imediately bought the first two expansions HoT and PoF. I grinded so much gold for the utilities for my account, that i got very very burned out under 500 h of total gameplay. It quit and got back this year. All my hard work is there, ready to be used, all my achivements are there. The world stayed the same, even though i am 2 expansions behind. My equipement is still worth 100%. I have so much to do, not to mention what is coming, definitely the nr 1 mmo for me, the best one i have ever played. Other mmos may be superior in many other relevant ways, like beter pvp, better graphics, bigger communities, or much more spot light, but Guild Wars 2 is the only game that respects my interaction with it, even if it is a quick 5 min log in for the dailies, or hours upon hours of fun gameplay. And the fact that you can have premium currency with ingame gold it makes it so so so much worth it, especiallly bcs the premium items are centered around utility, not the pay to win classic avennue. You get utility for your account, utility that provides you with better ways of enjoying the time you spend with the game. It is my retirement mmo 🥂
I believe you forgot the Endgame World vs World where a server fights against 2 other servers. Massive battles. Have not seen it in any other game yet.
Got into guild wars 2 finally. It's been weird having to break old habits that inhibit my fun. It's the most fun online game right now.
It feels almost taboo to work one one thing then ping pong to another goal when I get bored of grinding out the former. Like, I had the goal to unlock my skyscale and I took multiple breaks by focusing on my fractal level or doing story content. At no point did I ever "fall behind" or felt like I was wasting my time by doing something else. I'm never pressured to play since there is no sub fee and for once I actually feel kinda good about buying from the cash shop. I usually abhor them but with how guild wars 2's DNA being so fundamentally different, it's like a completely new experience doing the same motions. Playing guild wars 2 like other MMOs literally ruins all fun and completely misses the point of the game.
If you want to play more of the same antiquated MMO concepts stick to WoW or FF. If you're tired of it then try GW2. Your mindset is the biggest hurdle to your own personal enjoyment.
class comparison if you wanted to try GW2 from wow.
Light Armor:
Mesmer= Arcane mage/rogue/shadow priest
Elementalist= Fire and Frost Mage/Shaman
Necromancer= Warlock/Unholy DK
Medium Armor:
Engineer= Hunter(traps and tools aspects) /enhancement shaman
Thief= Rogue/shadow priest/Monk/MM hunter
Ranger= Druid/Hunter
Heavy Armor:
Revenant= Death knight/Demon Hunter
Guardian= Paladin/Priest/Windwalker Monk
Warrior= Warrior
Damn. I got thousands of hours in both and this was genuinly a very good summary for anyone wanting to try either.
My issue with WoW is as I level up less content becomes viable and my options for where and what to play shrink. In GW2 as I level up my options expand until I hit max level where the whole game is open to me and viable.
Played GW2 for quite a while, still do not really like any of the classes. Love the exploration, questing, events and especially the mounts. Just can't find a main class, none of them really stand out as fun. Going to try out WoW again and see if I will stick with it. Otherwise, maybe I'm just not into MMORPG's anymore.
Problem is most good looking Stuff in Gw2 is locked behing Gemstore or Trading Post. Its not like In WoW where you can run old Raids to get nice looking gear. You have to buy skins by converting Gold to Gems in a rotational Gemstore. Also you need to buy Character Slots and shit.
Thank you for pointing that out
I played it 10years ago or so and what I vividly remember is you gotta use gems for Bank slots too.
Really turned me off of this game
You really prefer to grind the same raid over and over again thousands of times killing each boss in one hit without any kind of challenge or fun involved in the process to try to get a cosmetic instead of just getting gold by playing the game regularly and with that gold directly buy what you want?
@@sorigamarell1241 name me one method that a beginner can do to make Gold. In Final Fantasy 14 i was able to make millions of gil the moment i reached like level 20. In Wow you can do t easily with jobs. In gw2 i did drizzle wood and got nearly nothing
@@sorigamarell1241 also gw2 has a weekly rotating Shop. Sometimes the items you want are not in it. Meanwhile in Wow i can run a few raids in a few hours and collect many cool armor pieces.
@@2yt4u.14. I don't really know any farming method in gw2, I've been playing for 2 years and throughout that time I have managed to buy with gold an approximate total of 8000 gems simply by playing the game normally without grinding anything in particular. In my experience I can tell you that if you simply keep playing regularly, the gold ends up reaching your pocket by itself.
Everyone have a different taste some people like bananas some people like strawberries some like both. For me i like GW2 more because i like the environment and the Explorations and mounts makes it 100 times better and I like how the things i achieve are unlocked for my entire account ( for all my characters and the new characters) so i dont have to repeat lot of things.
Also the fact that i dont get to play every day and only in my days off make playing a free to play game that is not pay to win so rewarding because everything i do again is saved for my entire account which is totally worth it and not soul consuming in a maw lol HOWEVER i have to admit that world of warcraft has a way better story line even though the writers ruined it at shodowlands chapter still better than gw2 story in my opinion
that mesmer fashion
If you value your money play GW2 but it doesn't mean that GW2 is the better game. If WoW is similar to GW2 as buy to play with free sub then I'll definitely play WoW.
Oy!
I saw this video earlier!?
What's different now?
Hello mate!
Yes i reuploaded it because there was an issue with the sound in the previous one.
Thank you for tuning in!
Just the fact that the entire base game( which is hundreds of hours worth of story, raids, dungeons, open world challenges etc) is *free* is alredy a net positive.
I’ve played wow from its very early insider only days to dragon flight. I’ve played Final Fantasy 14, spent two years engrossed in NewWorld which became a waste sadly. EQ, UO, Asherons Call 1&2, BDO, ESO.
All of these games have their own unique styles. They all have similar things, but Guild Wars 2 gets a lot of things right. They respect players time. The world feels alive and there are events going on both small and large scale. Your gear stays relevant. No stupid borrowed power like wow. No level squishes. Fun PVP modes. Guild Halls that can be customized in some wild ways.
Patents! This mmo can be put down and picked up. Most meta events happen several times a day. Busy people also can find time too advance.
Chase items and completionists dream.
I have tried to get back into wow and it’s just not hitting the same. Endgame is pretty much raids and mythic plus and a real classy player base who gate keeps and wants everyone to be top parse etc. its no longer fun.
I felt sad when metzen talked about landing the ship before we’re old. I’ll be there but it’s LFR me for the story and that’s it. Even metzen does not see how the players aren’t the same. It’s never going to be wow 1.0 again.
On top of that GW2 is not even comparable with WOW, the fact that gw2 doesn't need subscriptions and wow needed, I believe WOW can be compared to FFX1X DUE to it's monthly ttrash subscription just to play lol and definitely not GW2
i spent hundreds of $$ on GW 2 character boosts cuz of the dumb, hero point system. Who the fuck thought to lock the most fun and interesting skills behind a map exploration system that takes 5000 years? Anyway, tried every class....and then just quit. GW 2 is.....not my cup of anything. Recently started retail WoW, so far LOTS of fun. We'll see if i stick to it.
In GW2 you create your character and start at the very beginning of the story.
In WoW you have to play three RTS games before start the MMORPG and will be thrown at three expansions after the actual beginning of the story.
So in the metter of storytelling, GW2 is way better.
I have never played any of these two, and I feel like the video tries too hard to make WOW looks good
yes
In WoW your toons are rented thanks to the Subscription model. No subscription in GW2.
Dude just be honest you can't do shit without paying in gw2
With only 30$ upfront you have all content in WoW meanwhile GW2 is very expensive you need spend 200$ for all expansions and dlc. If you are new player WoW is cheaper to getnl unto.
@@Dark_Wizard_of_Mu Yeah even i as a gw2 player knows its a shit system can't even get a Mount without paying.
In WoW you can NOT pick what expansion to level in with your first character. This made me quit, because i hated the aztec themed troll temple zone. 35 levels and i was in the same stupid zone. It got boring quick. I also noticed the same 5 dungeons kept popping up in the dungeon finder, why? WoW has hundreds of dungeons and you give me the same 5 over and over.
Gonna get to the point on this one. GW2 has some unique ideas in place that I found enjoyable *weapon types effecting spells*
But this game does have one big problem for me personally and that is the graphics/bloom.
Specifically, if there was a bloom toggle, I think this game would look way better, but since that is part of GW2's style. The game is sometimes unbearable with how much lighting abuse they have going on via armor/landscapes. *dirt should not glow*
Another rough patch is that if you are playing on a trial, mounts are not a right in GW2, making the experience traveling...Less then good. *Seriously, there should not be a timer on trials for how long you can use a mount for, it's 100% FOMO*
All in all, while endgame -can- be good, my first impressions of it--And a specific dragon fight involving a ship/cannons left a terrible taste in my mouth.
there is a graphic option to turn off post processing. also you can turn ally skill animation off (I turn it off on everyone but you can also set to show party or squad if you want to, tho keep in mind if ur doing a 50man squad for meta, it'd be like you didn't turn anything off at all 😂) for big metas it's gonna get bright still but i stopped getting skull lag after I turned other ppl's skill animation off
I had bloom issue in first few years. After i changed my monitor n gpu....i decided to seriously fix it. So i took alot of time to adjust all options from contrast brightness vibrancy etc both in nvidia n monitor, now my game looks really good, right amount of glareness, color, ambience, shine, darkness etc
QUESTION IS: WHo would play a cartoonish game like WOW and pay tons of money just to keep playing?? It's nothing compared to gw2 duuhh
There basically is. See insig's comment.
Problem is that it turns of everything else included in the post processing. No underwater effects, no drunken effects, no heat haze etc...@@israelquiles9127
the most interesting fact of guild wars 2. that in a game named "Guild Wars 2"... there are no factions, and thus no faction warfare........
but world wars against worlds are daily
GW2 is fun but the graphics look dated
I'd rather play a game with dated graphics than a cartoon looking game
@@raffyalam3929 Honestly both of them are cartoon looking with their graphics.
What? Ich play GW2 for a while. When i look wow videos, wow looks old.
@@Erix2k Both look old, go into any zone that isn't EoD or higher in GW2 and they look old. The new zones in wow haven't looked old in quite awhile and they've updated many old zones. Neither game is exactly new graphically. They both have a paticular style. In wow's case they went with a style and stuck to it for a couple reasons, one being it can run on lower hardware which broadens their playerbase.
Gw2 the game where every class is a dps,clump together for boons.warrior has less hp than a reaper with light armor a whole mess 😂😂.crafting is good though
Yes thats the only Thing that really bothers me. All classes can fill any role
why would that bother you? i personally like not switching characters everytime i want to play healer, dps, or support/dps. in gw2, a profession can be all 3 just by swapping build templates with a button. its kinda confusing to keep the immersion in when im not always a necromancer.
i think its a matter of what people are looking for and looking at. Couldn't pay me to reinstall GW2 . Reasons why I wont go back. I played GW2 for 9 Years Wow for 20.
-I have dealt with way more Drama with the community of Gw2
-They only release expansions every 3 years which is slow
-The expansions they have released feel so small compared to WoW
-Gw2 world feels so small compared to WoW
-Detail I feel the detail lacks in Gw2 you walk in a house it looks tossed together not a lot in it , you Walk into a house or a ship on WoW it's lively and looks lived in.
-I grew up playing with Everquest so the combat system on WoW is something I am used to.
-They have only ever released 1 new Class on GW2 . (lame)
-Gw2 said releasing new races will never happen because it's to much work. (lazy)
-The economy was broken in gw2 by one pissed off hacker who put a bunch of items in the Trading post (never happen in WoW)
-WoW so called gear grind is EASY and you can literally do it with out even trying. Just by playing the game.
-Gw2 has never updated anything graphics wise. WoW has.
-I feel like the devs do bare minimum on Gw2, compared to the Devs on wow
-I like that Blizzard will alert you they know about certain problems in the game and the are working on it. With GW2 I had to search and ask around.
-in the 12 years of GW2 They have NEVER released any new dungeons.
-Fractals DO NOT count . They are consider MINI dungeons for a reason.
-GW2 does not know how to balance classes. So the pvp SUCKS! Don't get me wrong I was good at it and never struggled . How ever to watch my friends main classes that always got the short stick and watch them struggle ...made me feel bad for them. I was always carrying someone. MY friend I had to always help out and carry on GW2 Can hold her own in WoW even she dropped GW2 for WoW
There are only 2 things I feel like Gw2 did better
Animations
Crafting
To me not worth staying around for. Just saying to me there is a reason WoW can get 2,129,170 players a day and Gw2 gets 365,656
oh Id also like to point out if I Blocked someone on WoW . I never saw them again the world was so big. In Gw2 I would constantly run into my ex husband, 2 ex bestfriends, and 1 stalker even after blocking them. The game is so small hard not to bump into the very little bit of people who play it. I even remember a time where my Bestfriend was like " awe look at this Asura" I look over and was like " b*tch that's my ex husband. " she gasped and ran away from him. I mean that moment I found funny. All the other times not so much to have to bump into people you can't stand.
I just don't get horizontal progression. I like getting stronger, and if I'm not, i don't know why i would be playing
You don't really get stronger since the enemies of the following updates will also increase their numbers to be equal to you, so you are really stuck eternally at the same point having the same power as the enemies of the moment, it even has the disadvantage that with numbers constantly increasing, past enemies no longer offer a challenge and are therefore unenjoyable content. It makes no sense that any random bear from the initial area of dragonflight is more powerful than Arthas himself.
It's very simple. If you want casual game go gw2, if you want more endgame focused go with wow. Their very different games aimed at people with different goals.
This. This is always my answer.
@itsmegiancarlo Yep, both games are good. they just have different focuses. Each game has its own strengths and weaknesses. I personally like both. I play wow for the difficult endgame, but when I want to relax and just have fun, then I get gw2 going.
Lol no
I've been playing GW2 since 2012 beta. If Wow became free to play I'd quit GW2 in a heartbeat.
You can't afford 15 a month??
then after playing WoW for a month you probably switch back to GW2 with a big relief
i think its not so much people cant afford it but just the fact you have to pay that forever and are expected to pay for $60+ expansions on top of that just does not feel good at all after people get a taste of the pay once play forever model GW2 has.@@KC-py5vq
GW2 is amazing. i will never return to wow.
Why should I pay unnecessary Money for something where WoW is 11 years behind? All features since Shadowland is copied from WoW. After the Announcement of the 3 expansions, WoW is where GW2 is today! What a Question!! Little Money and in front of WoW or pay a lot of Money and live Years behind the Moon!
Everyone on here is gonna say GW2 because hating on blizzard is the cool thing to do. But the truth is Wow is a way better game. Im a classic player and there is no world quite like azeroth. Just look at the numbers. There is a reason why Wow is the most popular mmo of all time and people always come back to it.
it's just a lot of fat geeks
ofcourse GW2 is the best, who would pay a game every month just to play a childish looking game like WOW?
WoW goes GW2! Blizzard has been copying GW2 since its release! Why should you play WoW when all the features have existed in GW2 for Years! Without GW2 there would be no Dragonflight or Future Expansions! Sad but True!
WoW lore died at the end of WotLK ! GW2 > All ! ! ! :)
Correction: The normal races actually have more customization than the allied races, which is sad really.
gw2 was a let down for me played on launch was fun but after the game became boring. now i never look going back to gw2 and thx god i did that . i love hardcore mmo not casual
i can tell you havent touched it since release... since its in fact.. not casual at all while doing the end game stuff.. sad you never got there.. not hardcore enough id say..
even now Gw2 raiding still cant even compare to WOW wotlk difficulty level 15years+ ago. I dont enjoy doing stuff that is not rewarding. in WOW u raid and guarantee shinny stuffs in Gw2 u raid and guarantee trash@@Ailasor
,,Free to play version with ,,some'' restrictions''. HAHAHAHAHAH more like bazzillion most important things are all restricted to the point i have to say it shouldnt evr be called ,,free to play'' , but only something like ,,test mode'' .
idk, ive played f2p gw2 for 1k hours. granted i got addicted to wvw the moment i stepped in there, but it doesnt remove the fact i still got full ascended gear and was able to have fun with a f2p... or maybe im just a masochist coz a 60 slot inventory is torture with gw2's loot generosity. xD
Brother… the restrictions only like inventory space, banks and arguably the mount unless you have the expansions but they generously give you rent mount with only few hours.. imagine those who played since launch without mount at all until expansion came out. Gems you can exchange with gold vice versa 😂 now compare that to your monthly subscription.
So weird everyone loving the horizontal progression honestly that's the only system I absolutely hate about gw2. I never accomplished anything I'm as strong the moment I start to the moment I quit. There's no fantasy to it. But both games stories are forced down your throat to a point I find neither enjoyable to progress through. I want to play the mmo how I want not pay for this to move on.
no thx no pay to win for me, i will go with guild wars 2
if you are 15 wow if you are 30 gw2 - SIMPLE
At first, you should never play actual wow, it is pathetic