Should i play GW 1 before GW 2?

[chromlucina123]

Hello everyone,
I recently bought the complete edition and want to roll a new character in GW 2.
my question is: as someone who cares about lore and story in games should i play GW 1 before GW2?
or should just watch a YouTube video or just skip GW 1 altogether?

[Khaziir Everflight]

Originally posted by Psil_Semilan:

Asking questions like this you might just as well support fascist movements

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you on about?

[chromlucina123]

Originally posted by Angel:

Gw2 is MMORPG
Gw1 is CORPG

If you're interested on story and lore more than playing in large fights with friends, I'd say Gw1 first for many reasons

Action Combat, Relaxed big fights, playing with community of players: Guild Wars 2

Gw1 is quite old game, not always a bad thing but you can feel it, and if you're modern videogamer you might get even little confused ( At least I did )

Whatever you end up playing first, Hopefully you will have a blast :sog_heart:

thanks
I'm an old ass boomer so i think i'll be ok with the some dated mechanics :D
I just rolled a Mesmer in GW1 lets see how it goes.

[chromlucina123]

Originally posted by Psil_Semilan:

Asking questions like this you might just as well support fascist movements

Damn it
You saw through my ruse. I thought I was subtle.

[TeknoBug]

oooh are there GW1 servers around? Back then I wasn't all that interested in GW1, Dark Ages of Camalot and Aion was more up my alley back then.

[SinisterSlay]

Originally posted by TeknoBug:

oooh are there GW1 servers around? Back then I wasn't all that interested in GW1, Dark Ages of Camalot and Aion was more up my alley back then.

Yeah all still running. Anet said they are so cheap to run that they just leave them running to keep fans happy.

[Cyanmurder]

GW 1 is dead, unless you like ghost town

[RotherHans]

GW1 is an ugly old game teeming with literally all bad out of date gameplay concepts from back then.
Gw2 is basically still the industry standard in action gameplay and a monster of still relevant content.

Yeah, just fire up a random Woodenpotato youtube video, if you need dat ancient lore .

[Flatter]

Former GW1 fan, new to GW2 here and I hate it so far.
GW1 is dead and GW2 felt like a trap for GW1 fans.

Before GW2 came out there was so much advertisment in GW1 for GW2 to be the follower, even the last GW1 expansion was very much about taking your archievements to GW2. But as other said, it seems an other genre.

My first hours PVE (as GW1 fan) feel until now like:
- ???? I don't see the skill building system. This can't be GW2.
-Are the attacks the same, just an other amount of damage?
-Is this about pressing buttons as fast as possible? not really or.
-What are these currencies? Was this a popup to buy gemstones with cash? Please no.
-Oh hell, they put even a more increadable amount of trash items.
-For what are these trash items good and wich one to sell and which to trade where? Oh yes! a mushroom cooking recepy at the trader. Ok I activitated the recepy and ... tadada ... Disapeared. Seemed is unlocked, or? Clicking on the mushroom ... Nothing ... How does it work? ... Damm, I don't get it.
-This world seems very messy, I do quests without feeling a keystone archievment thing. Or a place to calm down when I am afk, because the trashy monsters reswarn.
-Where is the quest to end this tutorial?