ArenaNet Staff Rubi Bayer.8493 Posted August 18, 2023 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted August 18, 2023 We invited ArenaNet Partner Aurora Peachy to preview the first few maps in Secrets of the Obscure, and she's got a little preview for all of you. Check it out here! 15 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gehenna.3625 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Not sure how to react. It all feels very familiar like it reminds me of other games or something. WoW maybe, Aion Online perhaps? Can't put my finger on it but I just can't shake that feeling that I've seen this before. 7 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheThief.8475 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Gehenna.3625 said: Not sure how to react. It all feels very familiar like it reminds me of other games or something. WoW maybe, Aion Online perhaps? Can't put my finger on it but I just can't shake that feeling that I've seen this before. It's a more classic high fantasy setting, ofc it will remind you of other high fintasy movies, games etc.. EoD has an original and never seen before setting, but do you like it? Do you enoy the over saturated green jade everywhere or do you prefer this classic style? Asking for a friend Edited August 19, 2023 by TheThief.8475 5 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandaria.4891 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 41 minutes ago, TheThief.8475 said: It's a more classic high fantasy setting, ofc it will remind you of other high fintasy movies, games etc.. EoD has an original and never seen before setting, but do you like it? Do you enoy the over saturated green jade everywhere or do you prefer this classic style? Asking for a friend Exactly. High fantasy setting like this is overrepresented in MMOs. Jungle survival, arabian nights and cyberpunk instead are hardly seen, which makes them unique. But still excited about the coming expansion. About time Guild Wars 2 get its own shiny magical towers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agathon.6578 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 For me the map looks beautifull. All the doom speech online made me worried but it seems like they did a good job. Looking forward to it to explore myself. 3 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gehenna.3625 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 6 hours ago, TheThief.8475 said: It's a more classic high fantasy setting, ofc it will remind you of other high fintasy movies, games etc.. EoD has an original and never seen before setting, but do you like it? Do you enoy the over saturated green jade everywhere or do you prefer this classic style? Asking for a friend Hehe, no I don't like the oversaturated green. And I would've loved to see some more amber and Kurzick style in there but no the jade and the Luxons set the tone here. Even when Gyala Delve part 1 came out. What were the weapon rewards? Yep Luxon weapons. I never played part 2 of that map. Did they have Kurzick weapons there? Doubt it. But GW2 has always had their own distinct look, whether or not you like it is irrelevant. This feels like it's not part of that distinctive look but rather copied from something else. Oh well, I'm gonna see how it strikes me when I go there myself next week. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 6 hours ago, phandaria.4891 said: Exactly. High fantasy setting like this is overrepresented in MMOs. Jungle survival, arabian nights and cyberpunk instead are hardly seen, which makes them unique. Yes, but for cyberpunk aesthetics you play sci-fi games not fantasy games. Classic high-fantasy designs are more suited for a fanatasy game, especially when well designed, and especially when the cyberpunk campaign you got looked so improvisedly patched together with its individual elements not going together at all but instead created an ugly cacophony. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighthonor.4061 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 7 hours ago, phandaria.4891 said: Exactly. High fantasy setting like this is overrepresented in MMOs. Jungle survival, arabian nights and cyberpunk instead are hardly seen, which makes them unique. But still excited about the coming expansion. About time Guild Wars 2 get its own shiny magical towers. Overrepresented how? Most MMOs aren't high Fantasy at all. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Ashantara.8731 said: an ugly cacophony. To be fair that is a pretty solid description of the cyberpunk aesthetic. 2 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonySu.7942 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) Peachy is awesome! There is also a very amazing video about the Kryptis. Its a colab between Anet and Sugarwraith on Ytube, but I haven’t seen any blog post or Gw2 FB posts promoting it. Edited August 20, 2023 by TonySu.7942 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quake.9023 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 needs more promoting n marketing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 5 hours ago, TonySu.7942 said: Peachy is awesome! There is also a very amazing video about the Kryptis. Its a colab between Anet and Sugarwraith on Ytube, but I haven’t seen any blog post or Gw2 FB posts promoting it. You mean this one i guess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonySu.7942 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 (edited) Yes this one! I loved how she described the enemy and the way they look! And how they come out of the rifts! Edited August 21, 2023 by TonySu.7942 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, TonySu.7942 said: Yes this one! I loved how she described the enemy and the way they look! And how they come out of the rifts! Yea told us alot more then their rift open/close preview. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zok.4956 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Peachy is so excited in that video that she forgets to smile and seems to keep having to remember to say "uh....oh" to show her excitement even if her face is not showing it. 😉 On 8/19/2023 at 12:20 PM, TheThief.8475 said: EoD has an original and never seen before setting, but do you like it? Do you enoy the over saturated green jade everywhere or do you prefer this classic style? No, I don't like the oversaturated toxic waste green. But not because it's original, but because it's not made well enough for my taste. On 8/19/2023 at 1:20 AM, Gehenna.3625 said: Not sure how to react. It all feels very familiar like it reminds me of other games or something. WoW maybe, Aion Online perhaps? Can't put my finger on it but I just can't shake that feeling that I've seen this before. It reminds me a bit of the Djinn Envclave(Desolation) and the Necropolis(Vabbi), just less dead and sand and more gold and marble. Nonetheless, it looks nice and I'm curious to see what it really looks like as a whole when I explore it myself starting tomorrow evening (my local time). 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babana.7521 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 (edited) This production seems distance/unfamiliar from the original. There is a tad too much white with gold trimming....youtuber seems trying very hard to show excitement but I am not sold. Edited August 21, 2023 by babana.7521 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 8 hours ago, Zok.4956 said: > EoD has an original and never seen before setting, but do you like it? Do you enoy the over saturated green jade everywhere or do you prefer this classic style? No, I don't like the oversaturated toxic waste green. But not because it's original, but because it's not made well enough for my taste. Ditto. It was sloppily executed (you could see they were in a hurry to finish up), and as a result neither the colors nor the different design styles fit together. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate.8146 Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 On 8/18/2023 at 4:20 PM, Gehenna.3625 said: Not sure how to react. It all feels very familiar like it reminds me of other games or something. The building architecture and colour theme reminds me of Orokin architecture in Warframe, with a touch of TES white gold tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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