More GW2 previews

[tanithryudo]

So I found Shing Jea too oversaturated (though who knows, maybe the actual release will pleasantly surprise me), and I never had high hopes for the grimdark that is Kaineng, and the earlier previews of Echovald Forest reminds me of a darker Maguuma Jungle/Path of Thorns. But today's preview of the Jade Sea I really liked. I prefer the open feel of of the land more than the claustrophobia of too much verticality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_JH2aihyB8

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EDIT2: longer preview

EDIT: Oh, and a preview of the new seige turtle mechanic is out too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYUAO3qpowo

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Comments

[cashew]

I expected bigger siege turtles. Am disappointed.

Jade Sea was always the best area outside of Shing Jea Island. Shing Jea aesthetic should've been the whole aesthetic for Cantha, and it's annoying that they went for the ghetto-metro look rather than an orderly imperial city with grid streets and over-engineered everything. (长安 looked like it was planned/designed using coordinates on a graph paper. There were very clear distinctions between shopping districts and residential districts.)

So anyway...yeah. Still not that interested in playing.

[tanithryudo]

Ha, I never really expected a US game to be able to depict China in an positive, much less accurate, light. So of course it would be all ghettos. The average westerner's image of China is probably still stuck in the 50s.

[cashew]

This is unfortunately true. It's one of the reasons I prefer to play East Asian games. At least the aesthetic is more...palatable. >.>;